Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

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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