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Barclay, Republican Leaders Call For Action On $1.3 Billion In Rent Relief Funding

April 1, 2021 Contributor

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski) and Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt (R-Tonawanda) yesterday urged Gov. Cuomo and legislative colleagues to move forward in distributing $1.3 billion in unused federal assistance.

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Katko, McBath, Moore, Young Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Support Survivors Of Domestic Violence

March 31, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) today announced he reintroduced the bipartisan Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA).

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Barclay: Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Will Only Create New Problems

March 31, 2021 Contributor

Many are going to celebrate the passage of the ‘Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.’ But we didn’t solve any problems today, we only created new ones.

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Assembly Republicans Join Calls For Cost-Benefit Analysis Of New York’s Green New Deal

March 30, 2021 Contributor

Assembly Republicans are joining Multiple Intervenors, New York’s largest energy consumers representative, and more than 70 state organizations calling for a fiscal impact study to guide the Climate Action Council’s (CAC) development plan.

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Katko Invites NY-24 High School Students To Participate In 2021 Congressional Art Competition

March 30, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Rep. John Katko (NY-24) today announced his office is now accepting entries from high school students residing in New York’s 24th Congressional District for the annual Artistic Discovery Congressional Art Competition.

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Gillibrand: Emergency Educational Connections Act Would Increase Funding For Emergency Broadband Benefits To Help Working Families Access Internet

March 30, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced legislation to invest $6 billion for the Emergency Broadband Benefit program to help close the homework gap and ensure families across New York can access essential online services.

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Senator Charles Schumer unveils the NRCâ€™s new security measures. With the senator are, from left, county legislator Mary Flett and Amy Tresidder, and Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman.

Schumer: Without Action ASAP, A ‘Ghost Gun’ Tragedy Will Haunt

March 29, 2021 Contributor

Saying Americans are clamoring for action on the issue of gun violence, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said, today, that under current law, the Department of Justice (DOJ) in concert with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) can do something—right now—to tackle the rising threat of untraceable and undetectable firearms known as ‘Ghost Guns.’

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Barclay: Budget Priorities That Will Break The Bank

March 27, 2021 Contributor

“One-House Budget Resolutions” should be viewed as a political statement rather than a policy document. However, the statement made by liberals in the Assembly is cause for concern and anxiety.

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Schumer: CDC Must Direct Dollars To Fund Boots-On-The-Ground In NYS

March 25, 2021 Contributor

Just days after announcing a push for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to deploy a billion dollar blitz to educate, conduct outreach and build more confidence in the effective COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced the White House heeded the call and will deploy $3 billion to the national blitz.

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Gillibrand: Attacks On Asian American Communities Are Wake Up Call To Tackle Online Hate

March 23, 2021 Contributor

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released a statement about a declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that highlighted the heightened threat posed by domestic violent extremism in 2021 and that how white supremacist and militia extremists pose the most lethal threat to our country.

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