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Gallahan: Donate Life Month in New York State is Incredibly Important

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Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) joined his colleagues in the Assembly and Senate, representatives from Donate Life New York State and members of the community at a press conference in Albany on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, to celebrate Donate Life...

Gallahan: A Third Emergency Budget Extender Has Been Enacted—How Many More Will There Be?

“It feels like Groundhog Day here in Albany as yet another budget extender is passed for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Rather than passing the final budget as soon as possible to deliver much-needed funding to New York families, schools, businesses and local...

Gallahan: NYS Assembly Minority Conference Leading the Charge Against Human Trafficking

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) and his colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference unveiled the 2025 New York State Assembly Minority Conference Human Trafficking Task Force Report. This task force, led by Assembly Minority Leader Will...

Gallahan: Three Months is not Enough—We Must Extend the Deadline for Implementing Changes to CDPAP

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Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) attended a press conference in Albany on March 25, 2025, to support the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences’ call for a delay in the implementation of changes to the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance...

Gallahan: Albany Lawmakers One-House Budget is Out-of-Touch and Reckless

“The governor’s executive budget proposal for this year was $252 billion—I am shocked to see this number now jump to a bloated $256.5 billion in the Assembly one-house budget proposal. When I first took office in 2021, the Assembly one-house budget...

Gallahan: New Traffic Safety Memorial Law Will Help Reduce Vehicle-Related Deaths Statewide

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) supports Assembly Bill A.3938, also known as the ‘Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law.’ This bill would establish a traffic safety memorial sign program to publicly memorialize the victims...
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Biography

Assemblyman  Jeff Gallahan

Jeff Gallahan was elected to the New York State Assembly on November 3, 2020. His district is comprised of portions of Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Broome and Chenango counties.

Jeff believes that his real-world experience is beneficial to the people of his district and throughout New York. He is a believer in the “American Dream” and has raised his children to be hard-working while leading by example. As an Assemblyman, Jeff fights to hold the line on taxes, end dangerous bail reform measures and make New York a more affordable place to live, work and raise a family.Jeff is committed to standing up for middle-class values, small businesses and our important agricultural community.

Prior to being elected, Jeff was a journeyman machinist at the General Railway Signal Company, moved into Cutting Tool Sales with various manufacturers and moved up the ranks, eventually taking on a number of management roles. Jeff and his wife, Lynn, are proud small business owners and founded CR7 Food Trailer and Catering in 2017. The business serves Manchester and surrounding communities. Through this venture, they are able to give back to a variety of causes by donating their time and resources, including the Boy Scouts of America and the Shortsville American Legion. Prior to being elected to the Assembly, he served as the Manchester Town Supervisor for 11 years and 4 years preceding as Town Councilman.

Jeff is the founder of the Red Jacket High School trap shooting team where he teaches local youth about firearms safety. He also volunteers for the Sons of the American Legion, Clifton Springs Area YMCA and is a proud supporter of the Back the Blue movement and local sportsman clubs.

A lifelong resident of Ontario County, Jeff and his wife of 45 years Lynn, are the proud parents of two children who attended local schools and grew up in the community and proud grandparents of 3 grandsons.