Gov. Hochul delivers her executive budget proposal. Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) was critical of Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive budget proposal today. With ongoing concerns about the state’s high cost of living and an election year underway, the governor stressed affordability in her remarks despite record-setting budgets in each of her five years in office.   “Hochul is trying to position herself as a champion of affordability, but let’s be honest, for five ye

A Column from the Desk of Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) I represent the hard-working people of Western New York. I have...

“Albany Democrats’ inability to deliver a timely budget is a slap in the face to New Yorker schools, libraries, non-profits and so many...