Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is criticizing the single-party budget proposal that was debated and deliberatedyesterday, calling the proposed tax hikes in New York ‘a stretch too far’ given all that has occurred over the course of the...

“Assembly Minority gave Assembly Majority every opportunity to do the right thing and remove Gov. Cuomo’s extraneous emergency powers – in their entirety - in the wake of his administration’s lies and his personal scandals. They turned us down...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is making sure locals know where they can turn if they continue to have difficulties signing up for the COVID-19 vaccine. A recent development shows there is a unique organization set up to ensure those who...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) joined his Assembly colleagues to draft a letter to Speaker Heastie requesting that additional funding for mental health care for the state’s veterans be considered in the one-house budget proposal, for which...

“Majority members are completely disregarding their commitment to public service in order to defend a unilateral hold on emergency powers by a clearly unethically-incompetent governor is dumbfounding. This is a sad day for New York, as it definitively...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) continues his efforts to hold state leadership accountable following the bombshell report by the New York Post detailing how a Cuomo aide admitted the administration misreported nursing home COVID-19 deaths...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) has called for an independent and thorough investigation into the Cuomo Administration following a report by the New York Post which tells us that the Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa confirmed to Majority...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is joining his legislative colleagues in calling for a subpoena for Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker following the scathing report on the COVID nursing home policies published by Attorney General Letitia...

Despite the fact that it may not feel like it, the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr – his activism, his community-building, and his leadership – was only mere decades ago. The shame and evil of segregation, of division, was such a short time ago...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is joining his fellow district colleagues in mourning the loss of former Chenango County Minority Chair Tom Morrone. A well-liked and well-known local official, Lemondes is extending his condolences to Tom’s...

Assemblyman John Lemondes (R,C,I-Lafayette) is sharing his response to the governor’s recent State of the State. Like many New Yorkers, Lemondes has seen firsthand the challenges of the pandemic and its impact across several aspects of life, particularly...