New York State is broke. If you couple the current sluggish economy with decades of reckless spending to finance political and social experimentation fueled by unsustainable taxes in an environment totally lacking in accountability and oversight, you...

During this difficult economy budgets are strained at all levels – the state faces a $10 billion deficit and this proposal does nothing to help our current situation. Because many things are absent from this proposal, taxpayers will not get the property...

Two pieces of legislation were recently introduced in the New York State Assembly that would require the annual registration of personal and commercial bicycles and also would require that all bicycles be issued a license plate. I have heard from many...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,I,C – Gowanda) announced today that the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) will continue ownership and maintenance responsibilities of the Route 219 bridge over Cattaraugus Creek straddling the Cattaraugus...

The Governor’s 2011-12 State Budget address this afternoon was another stark message of the reality that all New Yorkers must face. The State of New York spends too much, regulates too much and taxes too much. The news was not good, but the proposals...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,I,C-Gowanda) today announced that he has recently been named to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team. The team is charged with finding ways to save money within the Medicaid program in the upcoming state budget...

After listening to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s first State of the State address today, I walked away optimistic and hopeful. When many New Yorkers lack trust in state government and do not believe that it can deliver on what it promises, the time to act...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio (R,I,C-Gowanda) has written a letter to Acting Commissioner Peter Iwanowicz of the Department of Environmental Conservation expressing his opposition to the pending approval of additional, more restrictive regulations on outdoor...

Assemblyman Joe Giglio (R,I,C-Gowanda) is encouraging his constituents to visit the newly created New York State Job Bank website. Assembled by the New York State Department of Labor, the website serves as a resource for both job seekers and employers. “The...

Assemblyman Joe Giglio (R,I,C-Gowanda) has expressed his frustration with the state Legislature’s inability to take any meaningful action during this week’s special session. Between the drain of taxpayer dollars and complete lack of activity, Giglio...

Legislative leaders put forward a one-house budget bill that taxes and spends in record-setting fashion. Although legislative leaders still cannot present a budget revenue plan, they went ahead and pushed through a budget that spends more money than the...

Nearly three months after the budget deadline expired, legislative leaders are finally moving forward with the process. Legislative leaders in the Assembly and Senate are pushing their two-way budget agreement through their respective houses with nearly...

As a State Assemblyman, I have consistently advocated for rules reforms that would be the first step toward ending gridlock and dysfunction in Albany and would transform state government into a body that is accountable and responsive to the needs of taxpayers....

With the passage of last week’s economic development budget bill, downstate legislative leaders from the same party and same city have once again unfairly slashed programs and services that are vital to our Western New York businesses and communities....

Assemblyman Joe Giglio (R,I,C-Gowanda) recently joined his Assembly Minority Conference colleagues and New York’s dairy farmers at their annual Dairy Day celebration on Tuesday, June 8. Giglio noted that agriculture is not only a cornerstone of New...

This bill that supposedly helps save state parks is nothing more than a money grab by legislative leaders. The state needs $11 million to reopen these parks and we have had the means to do it, yet legislative leaders continue to hold a gun to the heads...

Since the Governor proposed the idea of closing down our parks, I have advocated against these closures. It was unwise to close the doors to begin with, and now the State must undergo costs that are greater than the savings it would receive for closing...

Assembly leaders today brought to the floor two bills that would ultimately limit our 2nd Amendment Right and increase the financial burden on firearm manufacturers, businesses, licensed owners and local governments. Instead of passing a budget and delivering...

Assemblyman Joe Giglio (R,I,C-Gowanda) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will award $18.5 million for the relocation and rebuilding of Tri-County Memorial Hospital. Giglio has worked with U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer...

Assemblyman Joe Giglio (R,I,C-Gowanda) today joined with the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program in their annual Mother’s Day breast cancer awareness campaign to urge women to get mammograms. “As Mother’s Day approaches,...