All one must do is open the morning paper or turn on the evening news to learn about the latest community devastated by a shooting, brutal attack or a laundry list of other random acts of violence taking place across New York state.
Since taking office, Gov. Kathy Hochul has insisted a full review of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response is forthcoming.
Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay, Assemblyman Ed Ra and the Republican members on the Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, chairwoman of the committee, calling for an immediate hearing regarding the budgetary impacts of New York state spending under the COVID-19 emergency.
Last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul convened an “extraordinary session” of the Legislature in a knee-jerk overreaction to a recent Supreme Court ruling that determined New York’s gun licensing laws to be unconstitutional.
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay today announced Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation, A.9805/S.08822, that improves parking enforcement to benefit people with disabilities.
Rushed, politically driven policy making doesn’t work, and California’s current energy crisis is proof of this fact.
Rather than explain how a department under her control could spend hundreds of millions of dollars more than needed on COVID-19 test kits, Gov. Hochul instead insisted the purchase was a good idea, proclaiming she would “do that all again” if given the chance.
In June, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month, we celebrate all the great health and wellness benefits of our state’s delicious produce.
As a state and as a nation, we are facing a growing and unprecedented gun-violence and mental-health crisis that has completely shaken our most basic sense of security.
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