Gov. Hochul often touts how well she got to know New York while she was traveling the state as Andrew Cuomo’s lieutenant governor, saying she knows “every rest stop on the Thruway.” But after hearing her first State of the State address as a duly...

“People are working very hard right now to keep things going amid rising inflation costs, ever-present New York state taxes and skyrocketing energy bills. While we heard a lot of grand political pandering only action will help farmers and small businesses...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) recently joined the Auburn/Cayuga NAACP chapter for the 55th Annual Freedom Fund Gala, an event with a changing theme every year that looks to promote community engagement and activism. This year’s theme was...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) spent the evening of October 26, 2022 at the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES facility in Liverpool hosting a forum that investigated the current status of safety for students, teachers and faculty in New York...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette), a longtime proponent against lowering the overtime threshold for farm workers and laborers, is anguished by the revelation that the Department of Labor has adopted a proposal to reduce the overtime cap from...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is celebrating the announcement revealing that technology company Micron will be setting up shop in Central New York very soon. The company announced it would be constructing its new chip manufacturing campus...

This past week, I attended the opening ceremony for the Harriet Tubman Auburn Mural Commemoration. It was a lovely event attended by the organizers of the mural, the Harriet Tubman Boosters, and the artist commissioned to do the piece, Arthur Hutchinson....

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R, C, I-Lafayette) is making his feelings clear in regard to the alarming notion gaining traction in many school districts nationwide that sex education and gender identity studies be taught to students in public schools as...

New York State has a unique relationship with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, of course: 25,000 people were injured in those attacks, and of the 2,996 that died, 2,753 were killed in the World Trade Center and the surrounding area, 184 at the Pentagon, and...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is continually disappointed with New York’s decision to relax laws designed to punish drug lords and those who bring illicit substances onto our streets and into our communities. Following the news that the...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is calling for immediate action in response to the increasing immigration crisis, as New Yorkers grow more frustrated with the wave of undocumented immigrants flooding the state. As over 9,000 migrants have...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is pleased to celebrate the success of the annual Empire Farm Days, which returned to the Heritage Hill Brewhouse and Palladino Farms in Pompey this past week. This annual festivity attracts thousands of families...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) and Sen. George Borrello (R,C,I,LIBT-Sunset Bay) today were joined by legislative colleagues, agriculture industry professionals, education professionals and local leadership at a press conference to champion...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette), Sen. George M. Borrello, and members of the state Legislature will be hosting a joint press conference on Wednesday, July 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Elly’s Acres Farm, 3390 Eager Rd., Jamesville, NY 13078,  regarding...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette), Sen. George M. Borrello, and members of the state Legislature will be hosting a joint press conference on Wednesday, July 20 at 10:30 a.m. at Elly’s Acres regarding the introduction of the ‘Ag Ed Expansion’...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is upset to hear that Gov. Kathy Hochul has scheduled a special session to pass further gun control laws followingthe Supreme Court striking down the state’s previous concealed carry law,which deemed that...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) was infuriated to hear the news that Gov. Kathy Hochul passed yet another extension for New York’s COVID-19 Disaster Emergency executive order. Originally expiring yesterday on June 14, Gov. Hochul has cited...

“It’s been a tumultuous, emotional weekend for all of New York, but most certainly for one of our proudest cities, Buffalo. My heart and prayers go out to all the victims, their families and friends, and the entire community of Buffalo, who will undoubtedly...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is cheering the passage of Assembly Bill 6945, a measure that establishes transportation services for those in addiction treatment, which could include inpatient, residential, and outpatient services. Lemondes,...

This week, the New York State Assembly passed legislation, co-sponsored by Assemblyman John Lemonades (R,C,I- Lafayette), to authorize the Upstate Flood Mitigation Task Force and ensure their ability to provide invaluable emergency services for upstate...