ALBANY, N.Y. – Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced reported gun violence in New York state is at its lowest point since the state started tracking the data in 2006. Shooting incidents with injury declined 26 percent through September, compared to the same nine-month period last year, as reported by the 28 police departments outside of New York City that participate in the state’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative.