Month: January 2020

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara announced that he helped pass a legislative package today to bolster anti-discrimination protections for New Yorkers with disabilities and improve their access to vital resources. These measures were passed in honor of this year’s Legislative Disabilities Awareness

State Senator Patty Ritchie is calling for the passage of a measure that would close a loophole responsible for allowing the personal information of first responders called to crime scenes to be made available to accused criminals. Included in the

ALBANY, NY — Today, Senator David Carlucci (D – Rockland/Westchester) passed legislation (S.5557A), which will lower property taxes for seniors and people with disabilities. The bill co-sponsored by Carlucci will raise the income eligibility for seniors or people with disabilities

ALBANY, NY — State Senator Liz Krueger released the following statement today regarding the announcement by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli that his office will review whether to divest from 27 coal companies: “I commend Comptroller DiNapoli for taking this first

ALBANY, NY — The New York State Senate Republican Conference today announced a statewide ‘Repeal Bail Reform Taskforce’ to collect testimony from law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victims, local leaders, and the public who were shut out from publicly commenting before Democrats

Assemblyman thanks organization for care, support provided in the wake of the Schoharie County limousine crash Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara has been named a “2020 New York State Legislator of the Year” by the American Red Cross of New York State. Santabarbara

Bill would ensure assessors follow common sense guidelines when utilizing assessment methods.  Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski announced the Assembly unanimously passed his legislation that would establish clear and unambiguous guidelines for assessors to utilize when formulating assessments (A4752-C). This bill is

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 60-year-old James Rath of Lake View has been sentenced by Erie County Court Judge Kenneth Case to a one-year conditional discharge. The defendant, who is the owner of Wanakah Grill in

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that a jury has found 30-year-old Indaleccio Rodriguez Escalera of Buffalo guilty, as charged, of one count of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and one count of Assault in the First

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 42-year-old Larry Jones of Buffalo pleaded guilty before State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia on an indictment charging him with one count of Assault in the Second Degree, a Class

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 30-year-old Antonio B. Lee of Buffalo has been arraigned before Buffalo City Court Judge Debra Givens on one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a Class “A-1” felony. It is

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 46-year-old Kenneth Achtyl of Hamburg has been sentenced by Orchard Park Town Court Justice Jorge S. de Rosas to a 1 year conditional discharge. On Sunday, December 3, 2017, at approximately

Republican activists in New York’s 27th congressional districts are outraged in the aftermath of party bosses’ endorsement of State Senator Chris Jacobs, a policy moderate who is well known as a ‘never-Trumer’ and has been hostile to second amendment rights,

The Republican nomination of State Senator Christopher Jacobs in New York’s 27th congressional district is igniting a fierce schism inside the party that longtime party operatives describe as tantamount to a declaration of war against the conservative base of the party.

New York’s 27th congressional district will have a special election on April 28, in which the party chairmen of the nine counties that comprise the district select a nominee for that office — scheduled just months before the regular primary

The Republican Minority Leader in the State Senate, John Flanagan is slamming Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s new bail reform law — which has allowed for egregiously unsafe releases of criminal offenders in dozens of high profile cases. STATEMENT FROM SENATE REPUBLICAN

BAYSIDE, NY  — Northeast Queens elected officials announced today that they are calling on Chancellor Richard A. Carranza to hold a public meeting on school safety. This demand follows a January 16th Department of Education Town Hall meeting in District

A statement by Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,Ref – Meco):                 “Gov. Cuomo is proposing that the state further shift its financial responsibility for Medicaid onto Counties. Although the Governor and Democrats in the Legislature are desperate to fill the $6