Ra Proud to Announce 2025 Italian-American Conference Scholarship Opportunities Open Now
Mar 6, 2025
Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is proud to announce that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for its 2025 scholarship program. These scholarships provide financial assistance to outstanding...
Ra Attends Economic Development Hearing, Calls Out Empire State Development Failures
Feb 26, 2025
“Taxpayer-funded programs administered by Empire State Development repeatedly fail to produce real, measurable results. In fact, based on an independent report, only five of the twenty-five tax credit programs analyzed had a positive return on investment....
Ra Responds to Governor’s Executive Budget Proposal
Feb 21, 2025
“The governor has presented what is, once again, her most costly budget ever. As reported, this year’s $252 billion proposal hikes state spending by nearly $8.6 billion and balloons our out-year deficit to more than $27 billion. While it is tempting...
Assemblyman Ed Ra on Court Ruling: Ethics Watchdog Must be Truly Independent
Feb 18, 2025
“This ruling is a win for accountability and a long-overdue step away from Albany’s old, broken system that allowed politicians to police themselves. Ethics enforcement cannot be controlled by the same politicians it’s meant to oversee—that’s...