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New Regulatory Relief Helps—Structural Reform Matters More

June 20, 2026 Contributor

If you were one of the nearly 4,000 New Yorkers who submitted ideas to the state’s new EXPRESS NY program, you likely welcomed the governor’s announcement this week outlining 50 actions aimed at cutting red […]

Division Of Budget’s Financial Plan Shows The Price Wasn’t Right

June 13, 2026 Contributor

When New Yorkers buy a car, sign a mortgage or even order dinner, they expect to know the price before they commit. Albany operates by a different set of rules. This week, the state Division […]

Statement From Assemblyman Will Barclay On Novelis’ Oswego Hot Mill Restart

June 12, 2026 Contributor

I was pleased to learn that, after nine months of recovery efforts following the fires at the Oswego facility, Novelis’ hot mill is back online. The employees, contractors and partners who worked around the clock […]

STATEMENT FROM ASSEMBLYMAN WILL BARCLAY ON THE END OF THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

June 7, 2026 Contributor

At the conclusion of this legislative session, New York is no better off than when it began, and in many respects, it is worse. The affordability crisis that Albany paid lip service to earlier […]

Politicians Should Not Pick Their Voters Democrats Move To Gut NY Redistricting Protections

June 5, 2026 Contributor

Every 10 years, following the federal census, congressional and legislative district lines are redrawn to reflect population changes. Most New Yorkers probably don’t spend much time thinking about the process, nor should they have to. […]

State Budget May Dominate Headlines—But This Deserves Your Attention

May 29, 2026 Contributor

The whirlwind of the state budget is finally behind us, and it’s getting more than enough airtime. What I want to bring to the forefront is that next week marks National CPR & AED Awareness […]

Schumer Statement On The Passing Of Donald Newhouse, A Giant Of Journalism And A Champion For Syracuse

May 27, 2026 Contributor

New York, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement on the passing of Donald Newhouse, longtime journalism leader and owner of Advance Publications, whose newspapers included Syracuse’s Post-Standard: “Donald Newhouse was […]

The Nuclear Future We Fought For Is Finally Here

May 23, 2026 Contributor

Start spreadin’ the news. This week’s announcement that Constellation Energy will pursue federal approval for new nuclear development at Nine Mile Point is monumental news for Oswego County and all of New York. If approved, […]

Schumer: Zeldin & Trump Betray New Yorkers, Side With Polluters In Trump Plan To Allow More Cancer-Causing “Forever Chemicals” In Drinking Water

May 19, 2026 Contributor

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement on EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and the Trump administration’s proposal to allow more carcinogenic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water: “Lee Zeldin used […]

Albany Prioritizes NYC Bailouts While State Budget Reaches Record Lateness

May 15, 2026 Site Administrator

There were some state budget developments this week, but we definitely didn’t get the white smoke we were expecting. While our own state budget remains in bureaucratic purgatory, now 45 days past the April 1 […]