Ritchie
Ritchie: Children In Child Care Settings Should Not Be Required To Wear Masks
Now, as the pandemic subsides and mask mandates ease for adults, the state has a new target when it comes to its onerous COVID-19 mandates—toddlers.
Politics
Katko
Katko Introduces Legislation To Promote Clean Drinking Water Access For Low-Income Families
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24) today introduced the Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Program Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure the affordability of clean drinking water and wastewater access for low-income families in Central New York and nationwide.
Katko
Katko Urges President Biden To Reaffirm Commitment To Israel
U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) today led an effort with Congressional Republicans urging President Joe Biden to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to Israel, the nation’s strongest ally in the Middle East, and to reject calls from the far-left to reduce security assistance to Israel.
US Senator Chuck Schumer
Schumer Introduces Legislation To Invest $53 Billion In Domestic Semiconductor Industry, Fuel American Innovation
Yesterday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer filed the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which combines Schumer’s Endless Frontier Act, other bipartisan competitiveness bills, and $52 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations to implement the semiconductor-related manufacturing and R&D programs authorized in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act and a program to support legacy chip production that is essential to the auto industry, the military, and other critical industries.
Katko
Katko Announces Introduction Of Metastatic Breast Cancer Access To Care Act
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24) yesterday announced the introduction of Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act.
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay
Barclay: Statement On Gov. Cuomo’s Book
His decision to publish a self-promotional book during the deadliest public-health crisis of our lifetimes was wrong in both principle and process.
Katko
Katko Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation To Reduce Shortage Of Mental Health Professionals In CNY
U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) yesterday, during Mental Health Awareness Month, reintroduced the Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act, bipartisan legislation that would increase the number of mental healthcare professionals practicing in Central New York and underserved communities throughout the United States.
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay
Barclay: Statement On New York Lifting Mask Mandate For Vaccinated Population
After calling on Gov. Cuomo to take the advice of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and remove the state’s mask mandate for most vaccinated people, I am pleased to see he cleared up the unnecessary confusion created last week.
Katko
Katko Announces Passage Of Measures To Protect Pregnant Workers From Workplace Discrimination
U.S. Rep. John Katko (R, NY-24) today released the following statement after the House passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation Katko introduced alongside U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D, NY-10), Lucy McBath (D, GA-6), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R, WA-3), and Bobby Scott (D, VA-3) that would protect pregnant workers from workplace discrimination:
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Gillibrand Releases Statement On DOD Report Showing Reports Of Sexual Assault Remain At Record Highs, Conviction Rates Continue To Decrease
Yesterday, the Department of Defense released its FY20 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military, and the data demonstrates that reports of sexual assault in the military remain at record highs, that the number of cases that went to trial after substantiation of allegations of sexual assault decreased, and conviction rates dropped significantly.