New York State Assembly

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...

Year after year, the governor’s budget proposal unfairly taxes working families or cuts services they depend on. Unfortunately, the governor’s budget is no different this year. He continues to add to the already tremendous burden on Suffolk County...

Citing a highly flawed and defective Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Assemblymember William Colton (D-Brooklyn), Chair of the New York State Assembly’s Solid Waste Commission, has come out strongly opposed to the construction of a Waste...

In a spirited show of bipartisanship, Assemblymember William Colton (D-Brooklyn) has joined forces with his colleagues from across the aisle in the New York State Assembly in calling upon the Governor to permanently eliminate New York State sales taxes...

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) joined Assembly and Senate colleagues in supporting legislation that would create a bipartisan Senate-Assembly task force to examine long-standing legislative procedures and recommend changes to the lawmaking...

Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick (R,C,I-Smithtown) joined a bipartisan Assembly coalition to call on Gov. George E. Pataki and the state Legislature to honor the promise it made to New Yorkers nearly two years ago – to permanently repeal the sales tax...

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick), shown here speaking at a press conference in Albany, and fellow minority Assembly members today called for reform of an antiquated state law that costs New York consumers millions of dollars each year and...

Assemblymember William Colton of the 47th District has come out strongly critical of the distasteful broadcast that was aired on Hot 97 during the week of Jan. 21. "The Tsunami Song," which contained racial overtones and ridiculed the...

Assemblyman William Colton (D-47 AD) has again arranged with Baruch College to bring VITA (Volunteers Income Tax assistance) and TCE (Tax Counseling for the Elderly) programs to the Gravesend and Bensonhurst areas. Starting on Tuesday, Feb. 22nd and...

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin announced today Assembly passage of legislation allowing women needing Emergency Contraception (EC) – or the morning-after pill – to access it through a pharmacist or registered nurse without...