Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) will receive the Thomas Paine Award from the Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) for his excellence in defending the Second Amendment to the Constitution. “This is an incredible honor,”...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) held a breakfast meeting with superintendents, Board of Education members and teaching staff members from across his district to seek better answers about reforming the state’s education system. “Meeting...

“This governor has put together a biased panel that helped put New York in the mess it’s currently in. If there was any seriousness to reforming the Common Core curriculum, there wouldn’t be conversations about just changing the name and moving...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R, C-East Aurora) is hosting a breakfast roundtable this week with superintendents from throughout his district to discuss the Common Core curriculum and the APPR teacher evaluations. “I believe we are going to have...

Amid reports of a potential name change to the Common Core curriculum, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is pointing out that the standards don’t face a branding issue, they face a credibility issue. “Parents didn’t opt their children...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) has signed on to a bipartisan letter urging Gov. Cuomo to continue state-level sanctions against Iran, like the New York Iran Divestment Act of 2012, regardless of the executive agreement entered into by the...

“For the past two years, my colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference and I have called on Gov. Cuomo and the Assembly Majority to authorize a review of the Common Core Curriculum and halt the implementation of that curriculum during the review....

In light of a new study performed by The Tax Foundation and KPMG accounting firm, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is renewing his call to drastically reduce the tax burden placed on New Yorkers and their employers. Except for manufacturing,...

“The recent report by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli showed that three out of every four new statewide jobs over the past five years have been created in New York City. The Legislature and this governor have repeatedly made promises to bring new jobs to...

“The State Education Department reported yesterday that 20 percent of students between grades 3 and 8 opted out of taking the high-stakes state testing. The opt-out movement is one I’m proud to be part of as we attempt to take control of our classrooms...

In light of the recent undercover videos released by The Center for Medical Progress exposing the callousness of Planned Parenthood and the abortion process, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is calling for a statewide investigation into Planned...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) and his Assembly Minority colleagues have signed on to a letter alerting the state’s new Education Commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, of their work regarding the Common Core curriculum. The letter, which touts...

“The tax dollars that go into rebuilding La Guardia Airport and the Tappan Zee Bridge aren’t just coming from New York City, they’re coming from upstate and Western New York, and we deserve some accountability. Gov. Cuomo’s focus continues to...

“The decision by unelected bureaucrats on the wage board to raise the minimum wage for fast food businesses adversely affects young people looking for work and seeking to gain experience at a first job. As someone who owns and operates a small business,...

This year’s legislative session generated a lot of headlines for the powerful downstate leaders ensnared in a corruption scandal, but not a lot of headlines for the work it failed to accomplish. This is yet another year where downstate took care of...

“We may have extended session another week, but we didn’t tackle many of the major issues facing our communities. The Legislature didn’t stop or even reform the Common Core curriculum, nor did it fully eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA)....

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) and several of his colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference called on legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to shut down the START-UP NY program. Following an extensive audit by New York State Comptroller...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is calling on the Assembly Majority to pass the agreed-upon pension forfeiture measure they promised to bring to the floor following budget negotiations. The one-house measure the Majority is bringing to the...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) expressed pleasure at the news that the state is hiring over 100 new correction officers for New York’s prisons. With prison violence on the rise, DiPietro viewed the decision as necessary to combat a growing...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is a sponsor of Assembly Bill 4313, which would allow military veterans to buy back as many as three years in the state pension system. This is currently only available to veterans of certain wars. Nearly identical...