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Source: Sen. Stec helps pass agricultural package | Sun Community News ALBANY | Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) has helped pass a package of 10 bills designed to boost our agriculture industry. Four of the bills, which Stec co-sponsored, address major issues like l

Source: Senate passes fire department ambulance reimbursement bill | Sun Community News ALBANY | A bill co-sponsored by Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) to allow fire departments to bill and be reimbursed for providing life-saving emergency ambulance services has pa

Source: Sen. Stec advocates against planned energy cost hikes | Sun Community News ALBANY | Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) has joined colleagues in urging residents to submit official public comment on the Climate Action Council’s (CAC) draft Scoping Plan by the A

From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones               Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced that nominations for his 2022 Women of Distinction Awards are underway. The Women of Distinction Awards are held annually and honor local women who have had significant positive impacts on their community and those around them. Awards will be given for […]

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Source: Lawmakers: DOT fee preventing access to broadband | Sun Community News ALBANY | A group of lawmakers is asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to unwind a 2019 tax that they  say is adding thousands of dollars per mile to the cost of broadband installation and preventin

Source: No Major Changes for Forest Rangers in the Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Sen. Stec urges Hochul to reject farm labor decision  | Sun Community News ALBANY | Sen. Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to reject the Farm Laborer Wage Board’s recent recommendation to lower the overtime threshold for farm workers fr

Source: Eric Adams calls for bail reform rollbacks at virtual state budget hearing – City & State New York

Assemblyman Billy Jones, “With Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement today lifting the mask mandates for businesses, I want to thank local business owners and patrons for their patience over the past couple of months.  I agree with both New York State United Teachers and New York State Council of School Superintendents who have called on the […]

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) joined several of his Senate Republican colleagues in calling for the Department of Health to conduct an audit into the March 2020 directive to place COVID-positive seniors back into nursing homes. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo and the-DOH Commissioner Howard Zucker authorized this directive and in its aftermath, thousands of death […]

Source: North Country would be divided among three new Congressional districts | NCPR News

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) issued this statement following the Farm Laborer Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40:                  “The Farm Laborers Wage Board decision to lower the overtime threshold sets our local agriculture industry and family farmers up for failure. Despite widespread opposition from farmers across the state, […]

Source: Legislature will draw its own new district maps and vote on them | NCPR News

Source: Wage Board votes to slash farm OT threshold to 40 hours over next decade | Business | nny360.com

“With crime rising across New York State, I feel it is necessary to once again urge the State to make necessary changes to bail reform. I voted against bail reform in 2019 because I was concerned about how it would negatively impact public safety. I have continuously advocated to make important changes that will address […]

Source: Supervisors discuss Moriah Shock with top Hochul administration official | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Less than six weeks before the scheduled closing of Moriah Shock Correctional Facility, Essex County supervisors said the lines of communication w

Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) today joined several of his legislative colleagues in calling for Governor Hochul to end her healthcare workers vaccine mandate.  “Because of the Governor’s mandate on health care workers, we’ve lost 34,000 skilled workers. We had a shortage of healthcare workers before the pandemic – now is not the time to show […]

The New York State Department of Labor Wage Board was expected to decide whether they would be lowering the overtime threshold for farmworkers from sixty to forty hours per week in 2020 but extended their decision until this year when they scheduled three additional hearings about the matter. Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) testified in […]

Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) issued the following statement after Governor Hochul’s 2022-23 Executive Budget presentation:              “After the lengthy, self-aggrandizing budget proposals of recent memory, Governor Hochul’s budget presentation was to-the-point. “At first glance, there’s several items in her proposal that would benefit North Country families and businesses. For years, I’ve advocated for tax relief […]

 “Governor Kathy Hochul announced her proposed budget today that will help move our state forward and will address many issues people are experiencing across the North Country. This included funding that will help the North Country get back to work such as $10 billion for healthcare, $31 billion for education including a $1.6 billion increase […]

          “Unfortunately I tested positive for COVID-19 but I am taking all the necessary precautions and have started to quarantine. I am thankful that I am vaccinated and got my booster shot but this is a reminder of how prevalent COVID-19 is in our community. We all must continue to work together to get through […]

Source: With all of its problems, New York made time to outlaw little shampoo bottles in hotels – syracuse.com

              To address the severe lack of access to COVID-19 testing, Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) and his district staff delivered more than 1,000 test kits to locations across the entire 45th Senate District. Providing these tests to local organizations will help ailing residents receive the medical care they need and assist communities in combating […]

Source: New York state saw nation’s third-highest outbound migration last year – syracuse.com