New York State Assembly

Following last Thursday’s Community Board 11 meeting, where a crucial vote took place to approve the rezoning proposal for portions of Gravesend and Bensonhurst offered by the Department of City Planning, Assemblymember William Colton (D-Brooklyn),...

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced today the availability of scholarships to SUNY Maritime College. Elected officials can nominate qualified New York State residents from across the state to attend the College and receive...

The Assembly Minority delegation representing Long Island is supporting a proposal that would restore Comprehensive Operating Aid (COA) to school districts throughout the state as a one-time retroactive restoration aid payment for the 2003-04 and 2004-05...

The Assembly Minority delegation representing Long Island is supporting a proposal that would restore Comprehensive Operating Aid (COA) to school districts throughout the state as a one-time retroactive restoration aid payment for the 2003-04 and 2004-05...

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) will discuss Timothy’s Law (A.2912) with Tom O’Clair, Timothy’s father. The interview will be televised on Time Warner Cable channel 12 at 7:00pm, Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Timothy’s Law...

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz announced his firm support of members of 32BJ at the rally on the steps of the Bronx Courthouse. Speaking to hundreds of members of 32BJ, Assemblyman Dinowitz stated that he supported the members in their efforts to win a...

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz was appointed by Speaker Sheldon Silver to the Mental Hygiene Conference Committee. As Chair of the Assembly Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Assemblyman Dinowitz will participate in the joint budget negotiations with...

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz was appointed by Speaker Sheldon Silver to the Mental Hygiene Conference Committee. As Chair of the Assembly Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Assemblyman Dinowitz will participate in the joint budget negotiations with...

The Assembly passed a measure Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) sponsored that will dramatically improve transparency and accountability for New York’s public authorities and public benefit corporations (A.5626). "Scandals and fiscal...

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced the Assembly passed a bill she supported to limit the influence of lobbying on the awarding of state and local government contracts (A.9-C). "Billions of taxpayer dollars are spent every year...

BINGHAMTON - Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced today that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications throughout New York State for two athletic scholarships at $1,500 each and two academic...

New York taxpayers should not be rewarding companies that send jobs out-of-state or overseas with tax breaks and financial incentives. That’s why I am sponsoring legislation in the Assembly to discourage outsourcing jobs from New York State (A.1213)....

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) was joined by fellow minority Assembly members and Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a press conference in Albany to call for immediate action on legislation that would keep dangerous...

With New Yorkers facing Governor George Pataki’s health-care cuts and taxes of more than $2.5 billion, it is my sincere hope that while he is in Washington D.C. today, he will make it a point to appeal for New York State’s fair share of Medicaid...

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) will host the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ mobile outreach van from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 1 at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Ave., Wantagh. "I am pleased, along with the Wantagh...

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) will present her plan for Medicaid reform as part of a Community Health Forum, Friday, February 25, at the Broome County Public Library, from 10am-Noon. Assemblywoman Lupardo is a co-sponsor of...

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo (D-Endwell) said today the only way to truly fix the state’s broken Empire Zones program is to pass the Assembly’s reform plan she has sponsored (A.6). "Before we extend the program which expires at the...

Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced that a proposed constitutional amendment and legislation she sponsored to ensure that responsible state budgets are adopted on-time every year passed the Assembly (A.1, A.2). "New York’s budget-crafting...

Assemblymember William Colton (D 47th AD, Brooklyn) while satisfied with Justice DeGrasse’s ruling on funding for New York City schools in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) case, is furious with the statement by Governor Pataki that he will appeal...

Following years of mobilizing and spearheading the community’s fight against careless and reckless overdevelopment, Assemblymember William Colton (D-Bensonhurst/Gravesend) is calling the Department of City Planning’s (DCP) rezoning plan for portions...

Assemblyman William Colton has arranged with the Automobile Club of New York to have another Defensive Driving Safety Course given at 29 Bay 25th Street (Off 86th Street.) on Saturday, February 26th, from 9 AM. to 4 PM. The previous course given on Feb....

Thank you, Bill (Rudin) for that kind and generous introduction, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for that warm reception. Bill Rudin. Members and Friends of the Association for a Better New York. Good morning, and thank you for the invitation. Knowing...

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced today that Broome County will receive $278,253 for wireless E-911 system upgrades. The grant submitted by the Broome County Office of Emergency Services was approved by the New York State...

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) was joined today by Assemblyman Paul Tonko (D-Amsterdam) to present the findings from his Medicaid reform report, "Not All Counties are Created Equal: Uncapping the Truth about the Medicaid Funding...

Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick (R,C,I-Smithtown) was joined by fellow Assembly minority members and Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a press conference in Albany to call for immediate action on civil confinement legislation that...

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) was joined by fellow Assembly minority members and Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a press conference in Albany to call for immediate action on legislation that would keep dangerous...