New York state lawmakers will return to Albany for an extraordinary session next week to pass legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that overturned the state's gun safety law which requires people to show "proper cause" to get a license to carry a concealed handgun outside the home.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday evening announced she will convene the session on June 30.

In the 6-3 decision, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that "New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense." The law is is more than a century old.

"The Supreme Court's reckless and reprehensible decision to strike down New York's century-old concealed carry law puts lives at risk here in New York," Hochul said in a statement. "Since the decision was released, I have been working around the clock with our partners in the legislature to craft gun safety legislation in response to this ruling that will protect New Yorkers. My number one priority as Governor will always be to keep New Yorkers safe." 

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The bills that state lawmakers expect to take up include restrictions on guns in areas deemed sensitive and changing the permitting process.

New York's gun laws are among the strictest in the country. The state has enacted measures meant to keep guns away from people who are deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. Limits are in place on high-capacity magazines. Someone under the age of 21 can no longer possess a semiautomatic rifle under a recently approved law.