Upstate New Yorkers are familiar with how downstaters think at this point. With this year’s state budget, it shows that things haven’t changed. The only new element was that Gov. Cuomo was calling the shots because downstate liberals didn’t...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is applauding the successful reinstatement of funding to local municipalities in the state budget. After funding was at risk of being cut from the governor’s budget plan, Hawley fought hard to ensure that...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) has voted against budget bills that raised New Yorkers’ taxes for frivolous social programs that should have not been debated and voted on during the current health crisis. In addition, increased gun control...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) has called out the executive order signed by Gov. Cuomo that requires the National Guard to transport extra ventilators from hospitals in upstate New York and bring them to downstate hospitals. He is also fighting...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is calling on his assembly colleagues to consider passing a continuing resolution, a bill that sets aside money for government agencies, in order to ensure the state government continues to operate at the fullest...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) has supported the bipartisan bill A.10153 that will extend financial coverage to individuals under government-mandated quarantine for COVID-19, or coronavirus. The bill temporarily expands eligibility for the state’s...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is fighting for small business relief with the “Small Business Recovery Act of 2020”, an act that aims to provide critical financial help at a time when the survival of many small businesses hangs in...

As many of us are aware, the virus known as COVID-19, or coronavirus, has required us to make many changes in our day-to-day lives. From limiting social interactions to setting up curfews in the evenings, these changes are most definitely out of the ordinary....

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is suspending office hours for the duration of March 2020. This is being done to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus. “This change is not being taken lightly, because...

In the wake of large-scale developments throughout the country, I want to take the time to go through the facts as we have them available to us today, and I want to reassure my friends and neighbors that we are working diligently on the situation. Our...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is holding his next round of office hours for Genesee and Monroe county residents starting tomorrow. The office hours will be attended by Hawley’s staff. The 139th Assembly District, represented by Hawley,...

In light of the CoronaVirus impacting individuals in western New York, Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is urging residents to remain calm but take basic precautions to avoid becoming infected or ill. To date, there have been 142 total confirmed...

**Editor’s Note: Click here for a video clip Interview with Hawley on Infrastructure Investment https://youtu.be/Bn0loy8wWZg In light of years of stagnant investment in the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and a proposed...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) commemorated Fort Drum day in Albany on February 26 by congratulating and commending Senior Commander of the U.S. Army Fort Drum & 10th Mountain Division, Major General Brian J. Mennes. “Congratulations...

“This is an unprecedented attack on the autonomy of our local governments. If the people who live in our towns and villages Upstate have no say when it comes to something as fundamental as land use, what rights can they reasonably expect to maintain?...

**Editor’s Note: Letter to Assembly Speaker Heastie Attached Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) has written to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie requesting increased funding for County Cooperative Extension (CCE) Associations which haven’t...

**Editor’s Note: Click here for a video clip of Assemblyman Hawley speaking on the ‘Green Light Law’ https://youtu.be/NQzheKdm3lo Following a briefing in Albany by members of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Assemblyman Steve...

Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) joined fellow veteran Assemblyman Jake Ashby (R,C,I,Ref-Castleton) alongside their colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference, to co-host a “Voices for Veterans” press event Wednesday at the American Legion Cottreall-Warner...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) announced today that he will join Assemblyman Jake Ashby (R,C,I,Ref-Castleton), local veterans and members of the Assembly Minority Conference tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. for the first of several events...

**Editor’s Note: Letter to Speaker Heastie Attached As budget negotiations in Albany intensify, Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) has written to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie requesting that Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) Aid be restored in...