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...

**Editor’s Note: Letter to Speaker Heastie Attached Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) has penned a letter to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie requesting that Library Aid be fully funded in this year’s state budget. Gov. Cuomo plans to cut...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) today scoffed at politicians on the Social Services Committee, many of whom are from New York City, who voted unanimously to block Hawley’s bipartisan legislation (A.2251) that would institute a 90-day residency...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) attended a press conference today calling for the repeal of the state’s new bail reform law. Surrounded by Assembly colleagues, law enforcement officials and victims of this new law, Hawley demanded that leaders...

Editor’s Note: https://youtu.be/kZp7EyFkZEU Click here for a video interview of Assemblyman Hawley speaking on bail reform Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) stood with hundreds of law enforcement officers, district attorneys from around the...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) today criticized Gov. Cuomo’s new proposal to close several more unspecified prisons as part of the 2020-21 Executive Budget. Hawley, backing concerns of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police...

With New York State making major changes to the School Tax Relief (STAR) program in recent years and Gov. Cuomo proposing even more changes in this year’s budget, Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is urging homeowners to double-check that...

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is holding his next round of office hours for Genesee and Monroe county residents starting February 12. The office hours will be attended by Hawley’s staff. The 139th Assembly District, represented by Hawley,...