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Friend Applauds Court Ruling Striking Down Noncitizen Voting in NYC
Mar 21, 2025
Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is celebrating a victory for the integrity of New York’s elections following the Court of Appeals' decision to strike down New York City’s noncitizen voting law. The ruling reaffirms that voting is...
Amendments
Feb 20, 2025
Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is calling on the governor to take action and place a hold on the HALT Act as part of her 30-Day Executive Budget Amendments due today. The HALT Act has significantly increased violence within New York’s...
Friend Urges Replacing the Office of Cannabis Management
Mar 21, 2024
Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is calling for the elimination of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and believes the responsibility should go to the State Liquor Authority or even local control. This comes after the New York State...
Friend Calls on State to Halt Electric Bus Plan
Feb 13, 2024
New York state's mandate to transition school buses to electric power has left many questions, and Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) has voiced significant concerns over the feasibility and implications of this ambitious plan. With the...
Friend And Colleagues Attend Rural Equity Forum
Dec 12, 2023
Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) and his Assembly and Senate colleagues recently held a rural equity forum in Bath, New York. Rural New York is essential to our state’s economy but receives little attention from state leaders. The forum...
Friend Decries Governor’s Plan for Free Health Care Program for Sex Workers
Jul 25, 2023
Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) objects to the Governor’s unilateral actions to create a $1 million sex worker health care program. The program would provide primary, sexual and behavioral health care and dental coverage. “Most law-abiding...
Friend: The Federal Government Must Step Up to Fix Migrant Crisis Before Any State Resources, Including SUNY Campuses, Are Used
May 17, 2023
“State resources should not be used on a federal failure. SUNY Cobleskill and other campuses should be off-limits to housing migrants. It would be a total disruption to the activities and education that occurs year-round. Summer is a busy time for SUNY...
Friend: Migrant Crisis is Here, NY is Not Equipped to Help, Majority Lawmakers Must Appeal to Washington to Slow Surge of Migrants
May 12, 2023
Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is calling on Majority lawmakers to work with Washington, D.C. to finally put in place reasonable measures to slow down the rate of migrants being released into the country. New York City has been inundated...