Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Barclay, Assembly Republicans Call On Governor, State Commission Of Health To Reconsider Vaccine Mandate In Healthcare Industry

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski) and his colleagues in the Minority Conference called on Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Commissioner of Health Dr. Howard Zucker to reconsider the recent vaccine mandate that will likely result in severe job losses and diminished care in New York’s healthcare industry.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Barclay: Eviction Moratorium Extension Highlights Ugliest Parts Of Albany

The Legislature reconvened in Albany on Wednesday in order to extend the state’s moratorium on evictions. The Special Session, which concluded after many New Yorkers had gone to sleep, was needed to extend the state’s misguided eviction moratorium until January 15, 2022. The bill itself is almost as flawed as the process that led up to its passage.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Barclay: Statement On Special Session To Extend New York’s Eviction Moratorium

As Gov. Hochul and Majority Leaders consider a special session this week, they should be reminded that our immediate next step must be to fix a broken rent-relief program and demand the Office of Temporary Disability Assistance (OTDA) do the job it has thus far failed to achieve. We’ve heard promises to that end, but it’s time to see results.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Barclay: New York’s Public Health Officials Must Regain Trust Of Those They Intend To Keep Safe

After months of deceiving 20 million New Yorkers, former-Gov. Andrew Cuomo left office in disgrace. Among his many failures, Cuomo and his aides purposely hid the true impact of COVID-19 from the public in order to save face, sell books and preserve his own public profile.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Barclay: Howard Zucker’s Tenure Needs To End

Gov. Hochul’s second day in office should be Howard Zucker’s last day at the Health Department. With the state finally admitting the total COVID death toll is roughly 12,000 higher than previously reported, it has never been more obvious that the health commissioner’s tenure needs to come to an immediate end.

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