On Thursday, August 9, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was thrilled to welcome local veterans and their guests to the VFW Post 2718 in Franklin Square for a free BBQ. The event had over 75 attendees with veterans from WWII, the Korean War and the...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce his food drive to stock the Long Island Cares (LIC) Mobile Breakfast Food Truck collected 1,033 pounds this June. Ra partnered with St. Anne’s School, Garden City, and Notre Dame School,...

With the recent release of the Department of Public Service Staff Report on New York American Water’s overcharging of customers, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is appalled by the company’s behavior. The report revealed the company made incorrect...

In honor of Flag Day, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was proud to present Homestead School an American Flag which had been flown over the New York State Capitol building in Albany during a special ceremony on Friday, June 8. The flag was accepted...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) joined Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C,I,Ref-Canandaigua) and his colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference for a press conference to call for transparency and accountability in government regarding...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce the recipient of this year’s Sen. John J. Marchi Memorial Athletic Scholarship as Marissa Nicoletti, a senior at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square. The $3,000 scholarship is offered...

“I am pleased to announce Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood has been appointed as attorney general and will finish out the remainder of the current term as New York’s first female attorney general. Instead of appointing a party’s political...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was pleased to partner with students from the Mineola and Carle Place school districts for his annual Heart for Heroes campaign in honor of Memorial Day. The campaign asked students to write letters thanking active...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was pleased to host a Healthcare Fraud Seminar on Saturday, April 28 at the Mineola Memorial Library. The event featured special guest speaker John Rotondi, a certified senior Medicare patrol educator. During the...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce the success of his Shed and Shred event in which Nassau County residents dropped off expired or unwanted medication, e-cycled old electronics and shredded documents on Sunday, April 22. The...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was pleased to attend the Annual Installation Dinner for the Mineola Junior Fire Department on Saturday, April 28 to honor John Lodigkeit, the Junior Fire Fighter of the Year.

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) partnered with Girl Scout Troop 1888 of Franklin Square to collect umbrellas for the Mary Brennan INN, a soup kitchen in Hempstead, to help the less fortunate. Together, they collected over 50 umbrellas to help keep...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased with the recent announcement of legislation by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to prevent school districts from being required to use students standardized exam results for teacher evaluations by the state....

As a former Little League player himself, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was honored to read the Little League Pledge at the Franklin Square Little League’s opening day ceremony at Rath Park on Saturday, April 21.

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) recently partnered with the American Red Cross to bring the Pillowcase Project to the fourth grade students of Notre Dame School in New Hyde Park on Tuesday, April 10. The Pillowcase Project is an educational program...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is disappointed to announce that his bill, the “Standardized Testing Transparency Act” (A2312) was held in the Assembly Committee on Education. The legislation would have allowed the Commissioner of Education...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is disappointed to announce the blockage of an ethics reform bill (A5657-A) he cosponsored which would have brought long overdue reform to New York’s government and provided more transparency as to how the state...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce the passage of a Resolution to declare March 27, 2018 Nephrotic Syndrome Awareness Day in New York. Nephrotic Syndrome is a kidney disorder, which affects roughly 5 out of 100,000 people, that...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) has strongly condemned attempts by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to sneak a tax hike into the state budget being enacted in Albany. The backroom tax hike would allow Nassau County to issue no assessment...

“My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the wife, four children and loved ones of firefighter Michael R. Davidson, a Floral Park resident and a 15-year veteran of FDNY who lost his life last night while extinguishing a fire on a movie set in Brooklyn....