As the Executive Budget proposal inches closer to a final product, its insufficiencies and impacts become clearer.
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There are few instances in recent memory that so profoundly illustrate what not to do when addressing a public policy crisis.
Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay (R,C-Pulaski), Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt, and Republican Members of the state Legislature today called for a special session in order to address the migrant crisis that continues to spiral out of control across the state.
New York state’s many incredible sheriffs give our communities peace of mind by putting those they are sworn to protect above themselves.
Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay and the members of the Republican Conference today called on Gov. Hochul and state leaders to immediately call a meeting of the state Domestic Terrorism Task Force (DTTF).
Assembly Democrats yesterday blocked several common-sense public safety protections in the Codes Committee, all but ensuring they will not appear before the full Assembly.
New York Democrats have a longstanding habit of taking an issue like environmental policy and addressing it with the most extreme, unrealistic solutions conceivable.
Once again, New York’s budget was passed with little respect given to even the most basic expectations of transparency and democratic ideals.
“Gov. Kathy Hochul promised a better, more transparent budget process when she took over as New York’s executive. Promises made, promises broken.
