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Rockland Assemblyman Prepares to be Called Back to Capital to Deal with Congestion Pricing

June 14, 2024

State lawmakers could be called back to Albany for various pieces of unfinished business, and at least one Rockland Assemblyman has a bag packed and at the ready if called.

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NYS Lawmakers Announce Bills to Bolster Fire Safety in Rockland County

March 18, 2024

On Friday, Rockland County’s New York State lawmakers announced new bipartisan efforts to get several New York State bills passed in Albany that prioritize fire safety in Rockland County.

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GOP Lawmakers Bring Legislation to Make Dismemberment and Corpse Concealment a Felony in Wake of Suffolk County Case

March 13, 2024

A Republican Rockland state lawmaker has joined with three other GOP colleagues in the Assembly and Senate to make the crime of “body dismemberment and concealment of a human corpse” a bail-eligible, class-E felony.

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Lawmakers Have Adverse Reactions To Proposed State Budget

January 31, 2024

State lawmakers from Rockland and Westchester counties on both sides of the aisle are upset about the latest state budget proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul last Tuesday.

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Assembly Dems block bill to rename Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to the beloved ‘Tappan Zee Bridge’

April 25, 2023

A bipartisan bill to rename the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge the Tappan Zee Bridge bit the dust in the state Assembly on Tuesday.

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Lawmakers Want to End Midnight Budget Secrecy With ‘Transparency Act’

March 30, 2023

On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, Senators Jim Tedisco and Steve Rhoads, accompanied by Assemblyman John McGowan and other lawmakers, held a press conference to make a case for their bill before the April 1 New York state budget deadline.

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McGowan Runs For State Assembly In 2022: Patch Candidate Profile

September 27, 2022

Rockland Legislator John W. McGowan has the Republican line on the ballot, vying for New York Assembly in the 97th District against Democrat Eudson Tyson Francois.

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