Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) visited the Lancaster Public Library and announced the library will extend its operating hours to include noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays throughout the 2024-25 school year. The temporary extension of opening...

“While the leadership at Western Regional Off-Track Betting may have changed, the issue with the $500,000 severance packages has not. These golden parachutes are still illegal and a flagrant waste of public dollars, and the board should vote immediately...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) recently attended Fantastic Friends of WNY, Inc.’s end of summer party at the South Line Fire Department and announced she had secured $10,000 for the nonprofit organization. The funding supports Fantastic...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) recently visited the Village of Sloan Summer Concert Series and announced that she has again secured $10,000 for community programs like the concert series. The August 22 show, which featured the Beatles tribute...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) recently joined South Line Fire Department Chief Andy Dayton to see new lifesaving equipment bought with state funds she secured.South Line used the $125,000 state grant to acquire self-contained breathing apparatuses,...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) joined parole officers and representatives of the Public Employees Federation to call for changes to the state’s parole system to protect public safety and hold parolees accountable for violating the...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) welcomed the return of the Lancaster Youth Bureau’s Summer Theatre Workshop on August 8 by announcing she has secured $15,000 for the Lancaster Youth Bureau to purchase air purifiers, a projector, and support...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) and Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) visited Cheektowaga Town Park on Thursday and announced they have secured $2 million to replace critical sanitary sewer infrastructure at the Harlem Road Pump Station. The...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace joined Cheektowaga Supervisor Brian Nowak and other local elected officials to unveil a new sculpture in Town Park that pays tribute to Cheektowaga’s Polish American heritage and history. The sculpture was fittingly...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced she has secured $50,000 in state funding for the Cheektowaga Police Department for officer wellness programs and the department’s first therapy dog. CPD joins a growing list of local police...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) recently joined Village of Lancaster Mayor Lynne Ruda and members of the Lancaster Fire Department to unveil upgrades to Firefighter’s Park in the Village of Lancaster, which utilized $75,000 in state funding...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace and Senator Sean Ryan called on the Western Regional Off-Track Betting Board of Directors to rescind severance packages totaling over $500,000 for three departing executives. In late June, the OTB board approved the...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) recently announced that she has secured $10,000 in state funding to help the Village of Depew offer popular community programming, including the summer concert series, Founder’s Day, and Fall Fest. Assemblymember...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced the New York State Assembly passed legislation she introduced (A7717B) that would protect the privacy of law enforcement officers in court proceedings to remove firearms from dangerous individuals,...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) and Erie County Legislator Tim Meyers (D-Cheektowaga) announced that they have secured $650,000 in state and county funding for the Cheektowaga Police Department to complete its new training facility...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) recently honored several local women whose public service and support for the community earned them the title of Women of Distinction. The honorees were nominated by fellow community members during March, in...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that she has secured $500,000 in state funding to establish a family grief center in Western New York.The center, which will be created under P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative’s Ultimate...

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) recently joined members of the Legislature in welcoming Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Adrian Kubicki, to the New York State Capitol for an event recognizing October 2024 as Polish American Heritage...

Today, Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that she has secured $10,000 in state funding to support Danceability, Inc., a nonprofit that serves people with special needs, in its mission to give children of every ability the chance to...

“If there is one thing all New Yorkers agree on, it is the need to maintain safe and stable infrastructure. With this spending plan, I helped deliver billions in state funds to repair our roads and bridges and support local governments. Every dollar...