Politics

Assembly Will Barclay

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

September 8, 2021 Contributor
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 Will Barclay

Barclay: Eviction Moratorium Extension Highlights Ugliest Parts Of Albany

September 3, 2021 Contributor
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 Will Barclay

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

August 31, 2021 Contributor
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 Will Barclay

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

August 30, 2021 Contributor
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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