NY Senate

Ritchie: Local Rotarians are helping the world eradicate polio

BY PATTY RITCHIE Across the world, more than 1.2 million people have proudly joined their local chapter of Rotary International.  These people are your neighbors, family, friends and perhaps yourself. The Rotary motto, “Service Above Self,” is meant to inspire members

NY Assembly

Brabenec: Bail reforms are a threat to society

BY KARL BRABENEC The recent criminal justice reforms implemented by New York Democrats have left police, prosecutors, judges and the public endangered and exposed. This insensible legislation threatens the well-being of the public by allowing allegedly dangerous criminals and drug

NY GOP

Langworthy: President Trump is under attack

BY NICK LANGWORTHY President Donald Trump is under attack from radical leftists, but the New York Republican Party has his back. This week, we launched our Stop the Madness! Tour where I traveled across New York State to hold traitorous,

NY GOP

National Federation of Republican Women elects Schockett to lead

Nassau’s Ann Schockett to Lead Largest Republican Women’s Group in Nation  New Yorker Ann Schockett has been unanimously elected President of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW), the NYGOP today announced. Ms. Schockett was nominated and elected by delegates to the NFRW

NY Assembly

Santabarbara wants stronger limo safety regulations

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is continuing to push for more limousine safety measures in the wake of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) releasing its initial report on the 2018 Schoharie County limousine crash that claimed the lives of 20 people.

NY Assembly

Brabenec: No license plate taxation without justification

BY KARL BRABENEC With Gov. Cuomo’s recent announcement to rescind his new license plate tax, New Yorkers can take a collective sigh of relief. His proposal was a blatant money grab to fund Albany’s addiction to runaway spending. I am

NY Senate

Flanagan: Democrat electioneering must be struck down by the Court

BY SENATOR JOHN FLANAGAN Democrats controlling this state violated the very responsibilities given to them by the people by putting their duties in the hands of nine unelected, and therefore unaccountable, Public Campaign Finance and Elections commissioners. This unconstitutional abdication

Governor

Feds are reviewing Cuomo’s Fidelis deal

BY BILL HAMMOND Federal officials are reviewing the state’s expropriation of $2 billion from the sale of Fidelis Care health plan, potentially throwing a wrench into the plans of administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo for using the money. An Aug. 21 letter

NY Assembly

DIPIETRO: “License plates and cash grabs”

BY DAVID DIPIETRO Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen Gov. Cuomo’s attempts to line the state’s coffers by charging an exorbitant price to replace outdated license plates in New York state. This comes on the heels of the most

NY Assembly

Sean Ryan is oddly silent on Scajaquada speed limit

Assemblyman Sean Ryan — the far-left leaning Democrat from the West Side of Buffalo who has loudly opposed Chick-fil-a from opening locations in Cheektowaga and unabashedly supports drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants — is now uncharacteristically silent about a petition to

Education

Kolb: Back-to-school costs are at all-time high

BY BRIAN KOLB Summer always seems to go by in the blink of an eye. Before we know it, the days are shorter, the air is cooler and it’s time to send our children back to school. This change of

Environment

Tonko congratulates Santabarbara on A+ rating from conservation voters

Advocacy, legislative work on local environmental issues in Montgomery County cited Albany-area Congressman Paul D. Tonko is congratulating Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara again received an A+ rating from the New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) for his legislative work on

NY GOP

Catsimatidis and Langworthy form a new axis of power in New York

New York State Republican Party Chairman Nick Langworthy has received the influential backing of John Catsimatidis, the billionaire New York City businessman who has been a key figure inside the political power structure architected by former Chairman Ed Cox. Catsimatidis

NY GOP

Langworthy taps Jeffery Williams for key party fundraising post

As part of his plan “to rebuild, retool and revitalize” the New York Republican Party, Chairman Nick Langworthy has appointed top real estate executive, civic leader and former government official, Jeffrey Williams, to serve as the Party’s regional finance vice