New York lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul are expected to put the final touches on measures that will restrict where guns can be carried in public throughout the state as well as expanded permitting requirements for concealed carry. 

At the same time, Democratic officials from the Hochul administration to members of the Legislature are trying to craft the bills so they withstand legal scrutiny. 

"We want to do this the right way," said state Sen. Zellnor Myrie. "These are major, major implications for the safety of every New Yorker."

Members of New York's Legislature returned to the Capitol on Thursday for a rare summertime session to address the Supreme Court ruling last week that struck down a 110-year-old law for concealed carry of a firearm. Lawmakers and Hochul have agreed to an outline that will restrict guns in parks, educational institutions and mass transit. Businesses will have to affirm guns are allowed in their establishments. 

New permitting requirements for concealed carry will also be put in place that will include training, as well as require the locked storage of guns in cars. 

But hanging over the proceedings at the Capitol in Albany is the concern gun-rights advocates will challenge the measures in court, and once again be successful. 

"Any time we are trying to ensure that we comport with constitutionality, we want to be careful because this is such an important public safety bill, we don't want to subject it to attack," Myrie said. 

There are some parameters the Legislature can act within as laid down by the court. Setting rules for permits, as well as specific venues for restricting guns, can be put in place. But the state cannot ban guns based on density of the population alone, like a blanket ban for Manhattan. 

Hochul on Wednesday said experts who have studied gun law issues are reviewing the language. 

"We know we have to make sure this is constitutional, we get this, we aren't looking to go back to court," she said. "But we have more powers that people realize and we are going to institute those to make sure New Yorkers are safe."

Republicans, meanwhile, have knocked the session being called in the first place. As is often the case in Albany, legislators spent hours waiting around for bills to vote on as discussions over changes to mayoral control of New York City schools were being negotiated. 

"​The research isn't being done," said state Sen. Jim Tedisco of the gun law changes. "They're rushing to judgment and what this tells me is this is a lot about politics."