Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Our area received a significant amount of federal dollars and because the stimulus money is now coming to an end, crafting this year’s state budget will be even more challenging because we will no longer have this federal money.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care act is one of the most expansive and sweeping laws to pass in a generation.

My office has worked with the Ladies Auxiliary for the past four years on this project to help promote their cause and boost collections.

By Assemblyman Will Barclay (R-Pulaski) The beginning of October was a wet one for Central New York. On the last day of September, a record 2.66 inches of rain fell in the Syracuse area causing […]

Preliminary studies reveal that New York is positioned to lose two seats in the House of Representatives when Census 2010 is complete. House of Representative seats are based on population.

Approximately 1,300 New Yorkers take their own lives each year, and it is estimated that for every suicide death, there are anywhere from 8-25 suicide attempts.

From some time, we have heard from economists and scholars that the manufacturing sector of New York’s economy is dying. However a recent study published by the newly created Manufacturing Research Institute reveals that the prognosis is inaccurate and that manufacturing is on the upswing.

The Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) recently reported some good news: New York remains the safest large state in the nation and the fifth safest state overall.

Our state has the bad habit of mandating that programs and services and their associated costs be covered by local municipalities.  While this has enabled the state to keep the costs of these programs from impacting the state budget, they put substantial stress on property owners who have to pay property taxes to pay for these mandated programs.