On March 16, the State of New York agreed to a permanent injunction that would force it to drop the requirement for concealed carry applicants to disclose their social media accounts.
The Stipulation of Partial Agreement was issued in the case of Antonyuk v. James (formerly Antonyuk v. Negrelli), a case challenging New York’s Bruen-response bill known as the “Concealed Carry Improvement Act.”
The outcome, as it relates to future applicants, is that the state will no longer ask for disclosures of social media accounts: “The Superintendent shall ensure that the PPB-3 license application form does not include language requiring social media information.”
One plaintiff (Sloane) has been dismissed from the suit, along with Judge Doran (the local licensing officer for Onondaga County), who was sued for his role in enforcing the social media disclosure. However, the three remaining plaintiffs, including Mr. Antonyuk, continue their challenge against the state’s sensitive places bans.
The agreement states, “This partial settlement shall have no precedential value or effect whatsoever and shall not be cited, used, or admissible in this or any other proceeding or action as evidence or for any other purpose, except in an action or proceeding to enforce the terms of this partial settlement.”
After the Supreme Court decided United States v. Rahimi in June of 2024, it granted the petition for certiorari in Negrelli/James, vacated the Second Circuit’s opinion, and remanded the case back to the Second Circuit with instructions to reconsider in the context of Rahimi. (Read more about the Second Circuit’s handling of this case.)
