Recent memo downgrades attacks by inmates as “harassment” or “disruptive behavior” instead of assaults.  Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) today blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul’s latest Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) memo  as a cynical attempt to rewrite reality amid escalating violence inside New York’s correctional facilities. Since the governor signed the HALT Act in 2022, inmate-on-staff assaults have surged nearly 40%, while inmate-on-in

A Statement from Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) I am appalled, yet utterly unsurprised by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s shameless op-ed attempting to justify her support for the Medical Aid in Dying Act. This isn’t compassion; it’s a dangerous assault on the sanctity of life, dressed up in flowery rhetoric about “individual choice” and “bodily autonomy.” But coming from Hochul, it’s nothing more than rank hypocrisy from a governor who has spent her entire tenure trampling

This Isn’t Enough — And New Yorkers Deserve the Truth As the Ranking Minority Member on the Assembly Corrections Committee, I’ve reviewed the prison package now sitting on the Governor’s desk. After reading the coverage here , I need to set the record straight — because what’s being presented to the public is simply not enough, and in some cases, flat-out misleading. This bill does nothing to address the real crisis inside our prisons: • chronic understaffing • Zero recruitme

David DiPietro, from the 147th District in New York State, has received a perfect 100% legislative score in conservative values from the...