Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

As we spend more time outdoors with the warmer weather, it is important to take proper precautions to ensure protection from Lyme disease.

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the nation and is most often contracted in the spring and summer months.

The 2019 state legislative session thankfully came to a merciful close in the early morning hours of June 21. After last November’s election, when downstate Democrats seized control of the state senate, most understood that the legislative agenda would be tilted towards downstate’s liberal priorities.

June is National Dairy Month which began in 1937 as a way to promote the health benefits of milk consumption and to celebrate award-winning cheese, milk, butter, yogurt, ice cream and other dairy products.

For the second time in three years, property owners along the southern and eastern shores on Lake Ontario are experiencing catastrophic flooding. With lake levels nearly 3 feet above the 100-year average, water has once again eroded shorelines, forced the collapse of sea walls, and flooded septic systems and homes.

If there is a lesson to be learned from this legislative session, it is that elections have consequences. One-party rule has removed the political checks and balances that previously existed in state government.

Members of the Assembly Majority have proposed a bill that would, once again, place restrictions on hunters and sportsmen across New York. The bill, A.722a, would ban hunting contests, competitions, tournaments or derbies in the state.

For victims of heinous crimes whose perpetrators are behind bars, parole hearings can be traumatic. The state can do more to protect victims and families of victims from undue suffering by passing Ramona’s Law.

It was less than 30 years ago when the Americans with Disabilities Act passed Congress and was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.

There is a bill gaining support in Albany that, if enacted, would further reduce the amount of farms in our state. The bill is called the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act.