The City Council's Committee on Standards and Ethics on Tuesday declined to take disciplinary action against Brooklyn Council Member Inna Vernikov, who was investigated for bringing a handgun to a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Brooklyn College in October 2023.

Vernikov, who has a concealed carry permit, cannot openly carry her firearm and is barred by state law from bringing a gun to “sensitive locations," including protests. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office on Nov. 17 dismissed the charge against her, stating that the firearm was missing the spring recoil, assembly rendering it inoperable, according to Sandra Ung, the chair of the ethics committee.

Ung said the majority of the committee took offense that Vernikov, who represents Gravesend, Coney Island, Midwood, Sheepshead B

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