Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Assembly Minority Proposes “Raise The Age” Reforms To Increase Accountability And Improve Public Safety

March 23, 2023 Contributor
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C-Pulaski) and members of the Minority Conference today announced legislation to reform the flawed “Raise the Age” and improve the level of accountability for those who commit violent felony crimes. The Minority Conference held a press conference today in Albany and were joined by district attorneys who have continued to point out the problems with the law since its passage in the 2017-2018 State Budget.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Assembly Minority Conference Offers Rules Reforms To Make Assembly Operations More Efficient

March 23, 2023 Contributor
The Assembly Minority Conference today introduced 10 proposals designed to strengthen operations in the Assembly Chamber. The measures are aimed at increasing transparency, making operations more equitable and procedures more efficient. Unfortunately, the Assembly Majority Conference rejected the measures during today’s proceedings.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Statement From Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay On The Assembly One-House Budget Resolution

March 17, 2023 Contributor
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C-Pulaski) today issued the following statement on the Assembly Majority’s One-House Budget Resolution. The resolution proposes to take state spending to $232.9 billion for the 2023-24 Fiscal Year. The proposed increase is $5.9 billion more than what was proposed in Gov. Hochul’s Executive Budget and $11.3 billion more than last year’s enacted state budget.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Small Businesses Getting The Short End Of The Stick Is Nothing New In New York

February 11, 2023 Contributor
The state budget process is a complex undertaking with an enormous impact on New York’s residents and businesses. At its core, though, the document has one simple aim, improve the quality of life for those living in the state. One way to accomplish this is by using the budget to shape economic policies that benefit important segments of the economy like the small-business community. In its current state, the Executive Budget proposal falls short in several key areas with respect to the state’s job-creating business owners.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Plenty Of Work Ahead As The State Budget Process Begins

February 4, 2023 Contributor
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget proposal, delivered earlier this week, sets another record high for state spending. But while spending big, the $227 billion proposal falls short on specific measures designed to reduce our cost of living. To put the plan in context, Gov. Hochul is calling for 50% more in spending than the proposed budget in Florida, yet New York has 2.5 million fewer people.

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