Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who held his ceremonial bill signing of his gun control law in Rochester as President Obama announced his plans to curb gun violence, praised the White House’s proposals, which include a re-instatement of the federal assault weapons ban and universal background checks.

In the statement released this afternoon, Cuomo notes that “we have done it here in New York” — a nod to the law being the first approved since the Connecticut school shooting that left 20 children dead a month ago.

“Today President Obama proposed a series of common sense measures that would strengthen federal laws to protect all Americans from gun violence, including universal background checks for all gun sales and a new ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines,” Cuomo said in a statement. “In addition, the executive actions the President took today will be a big help in the fight to keep guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous people, and keep our schoolchildren safe from harm. As many of the illegal guns in New York come from out of state, I strongly applaud the President’s proposal for tougher gun trafficking laws that will help to end the proliferation of lethal weapons across state lines.

“These are reasonable and sensible proposals that have nothing to do with the right to bear arms, or the interests of hunters or sportsmen. Our nation has experienced far too much bloodshed as a result of gun violence, and the time for action is now. I commend the President for his leadership and swift action to stem the tide of gun violence, and I pledge my full support to seeing these proposals put into law. We have done it here in New York, and Congress should stand with the President to make our nation a safer place for all.”

Obama is proposing both legislative changes and 23 executive orders on firearms.

Cuomo on Tuesday officially signed the gun control after the Assembly passed the measure.

The law includes an update to the 1994 ban on assault weapons and a reduction in high-capacity magazines from 10 bullets to seven.

Cuomo was able to gain passage of the bill through the Senate in part with the help of suburban Republicans who had pushed for stronger criminal penalities in the legislation.

Unfortnuately for the chances of Obama’s gun control legislation plans, he doesn’t work with just New York Republicans.

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