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Assembly Majority Blocks Transportation Bills

April 26, 2023 Contributor
The Assembly Transportation Committee blocked 11 Minority-backed bills today, which included proposals to keep ride-hailers safe from sex offenders, restore the name of the Tappan Zee Bridge, and reduce costs for commuters and farmers. Also included in the Minority Conference proposals are measures that would honor Gold Star Families, Eagle Scouts and Girl Scouts and make it easier to become a bone marrow donor.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Criminal Justice Reform Must Fix New York’s ‘Career Criminal’ Issue

April 22, 2023 Contributor
New York continues to lag the nation in job recovery but creating the new profession of “career criminal” is not the answer. Crime across the state, and particularly in New York City, has become completely entrenched in our daily lives. While the Assembly Minority Conference continues to push our counterparts and the governor to do something about it, there seems to be no real progress on the issue as we move through 2023.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand, Rounds Lead Group Of 41 Bipartisan Senators In Call To Fully Fund U.S.-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation Programs

April 22, 2023 Contributor
This week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) led a bipartisan group of 41 senators in calling for $500 million to fully fund U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2024. Israel’s missile defense system is made up of four operational layers: Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow 2 and now Arrow 3. In addition to contributing to ballistic missile defense, these systems play an important role in countering hostile unmanned aerial systems. 

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Assembly Democrats Reject “Inflation Relief & Consumer Assistance Plan”

April 21, 2023 Contributor
Assembly Democrats today blocked a Republican proposal to suspend state sales tax on gasoline and a variety of everyday purchases, a measure which would have helped New Yorkers manage persistent inflation. The “Inflation Relief & Consumer Assistance Plan” (A.1690, Barclay) was rejected by Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee, preventing the bill from advancing to the Assembly floor.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Statement From Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay On New York’s Judicial Nomination Process

April 20, 2023 Contributor
“Rules aren’t supposed to change in the middle of the game. But the longer Democrats are in power, the more it seems to happen in Albany. The process of nominating a new chief judge has turned into a blatant attempt by New York Democrats to circumvent

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Senators Gillibrand & Welch, Rep. Velázquez, Anti-Hunger Advocates Introduce Bill To Boost Snap Benefits

April 20, 2023 Contributor
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Peter Welch (D-VT) and Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY-07) held a press conference to announce the introduction of the Closing the Meal Gap Act, which would expand and strengthen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for over 40 million vulnerable Americans, nearly half of whom are children. Other major groups of recipients include older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans.

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US Senator Chuck Schumer

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.3 Million To Advance Educational Programming And Support Research Institutions To Sustain Humanities Projects Across Upstate New York

April 19, 2023 Contributor
NEW YORK – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,375,458 million in grants distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which will strengthen humanities projects […]
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Assembly Republicans Call For Investigation On Gov. Hochul’s $2 Million ‘State Of The State’ Spending

April 18, 2023 Contributor
The Assembly Republican members on the Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee – Ranking Member Joesph Angelino (R,C-Norwich) and Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) – today called on their Majority Conference colleagues to launch an investigation into Gov. Kathy Hochul’s unprecedented $2 million expenditure to outside consultants for assistance with the State of the State Address in 2022 and 2023.

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