New York state Sen. Jeremy Cooney says he is going to run for a second term.

Cooney replaced Joe Robach in the 56th Senate District seat, who retired after the 2020 election.

Now he's the first chair of the Senate's new Upstate Cities Committee, focused on addressing gun violence across the state.

"For this campaign, it's not about one issue," Cooney said. "We owe it to New Yorkers to address the number of issuses they are facing especially coming out of this pandemic."

In his first year of office, Sen. Cooney said he has helped increase funding for suburban and city school districts, helped deliver $475 million in construction for city schools and advocated to improve housing security.