Ned McCormack, a spokesman for Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, confirmed there will be no gun show at the County Center.
"There was no contract for a gun show and the administration is not going to sign a contract for a gun show," McCormack told Daily Voice.
The gun show's past promoter erroneously posted dates on his website which he subsequently removed.
The Westchester Board of Legislators voted to ban all future gun shows on county property in January, but the 2017 show went on, generating criticism because a few displays featured Nazi memorabilia and Confederate flags.
Ken Jenkins, co-chair of County Executive-Elect George Latimer's transition team, was the first to announe there will be no gun show in January 2018.
Latimer, a Rye Democrat, defeated Astorino, 57 to 43 percent, in the Nov. 7 election.
Jenkins, D-Yonkers, was the original sponsor of legislation banning gun shows. His bill was initially proposed after the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn., five years ago.
“To profit from this is just not the business Westchester residents want to be in," Jenkins said at the time. The ban was reintroduced after plans for a gun show at the County Center in White Plains on Jan. 21-22, 2017, as reported here by Daily Voice.
NorthEast Gun Shows and Westchester Collectors announced a two-day firearm and knife show/sale at the County Center on the weekend after Inauguration Day 2017. More details can be found by clicking here.
After a gunman murdered 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in November 2012, Astorino canceled a show scheduled for February 2013 at County Center. There hasn't been one since.
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