Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski) today blasted the legislative Majorities for taking up the “Brian Benjamin Bill,” which changes current law specifically to allow the disgraced ex-lieutenant governor to be removed from the June primary ballot.
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Assembly Republican Leader Will A. Barclay and Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt today introduced legislation that would bring capital punishment back to New York state in the wake of this weekend’s tragic mass shooting in Buffalo.
Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay, Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt, Assemblyman Michael Tannousis and Deputy Senate Republican Leader Andrew Lanza today introduced a constitutional amendment (S.9484) to establish recall elections for district attorneys who refuse to enforce the law and champion soft-on-crime policies that are exacerbating a rise in violent crime throughout New York state.
April 1st is the annual deadline to pass the State Budget. But with the Legislature ending its work week yesterday, the budget is once again late and One-Party Rule has failed to meet its most basic obligation.
The Assembly Minority Conference today submitted its Quick Start mid-year budget analysis to the state Division of the Budget, providing its forecast on state spending and revenue for Fiscal Year 2023 and Fiscal Year 2024.
The Oswego County Legislature approved the 2023 budget during its end of year meeting on Thursday night.
Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski), Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt (R-North Tonawanda), law enforcement officials and members of the Assembly and Senate Republican Conferences called on Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders to walk back failed criminal justice policies and strengthen public protection in the 2022-23 State Budget.
Today, Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski) and Assemblyman Kevin Byrne (R,C,I,SAM,ROS-Mahopac), the Ranking Minority member on the Assembly Health Committee, issued a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul and Dr. Mary Bassett, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, urging them to review the state’s response to COVID-19 and make the necessary changes to ensure another failure of this magnitude can be avoided in the future.
The heartbreaking death of Jordan Brooks has left our community reeling, and has raised serious questions about how services for the disability community are administered in Oswego County.
