Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is pleased to announce $456.8 million has been allocated for the 2019-2020 heating season for the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). Eligibility for HEAP benefits is based on household income and if a...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) spoke this morning at a public hearing in Albany to discuss public financing of political campaigns. Members of the press, local elected officials and concerned citizens raised their voices about a controversial...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) recently participated in a hearing on rural broadband hosted in the Legislative Office Building in Albany. The purpose of the hearing was to gauge the impact of companies such as Spectrum and Charter and their...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is rallying support for direct-care workers ahead of Direct Support Professional Recognition Week, which takes place from September 8 to September 14. Tague hopes to bring awareness and assistance to direct-care...

Editor’s Note: Link to survey to select Gov. Cuomo’s new custom license plates; custom license plate options attached. Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I-Schoharie) today launched a survey to select Gov. Cuomo’s new custom license plate design....

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is pleased to announce that seven libraries across the 102nd AD have received new funding from the State Education Department Public Library Construction Project to update and maintain their premises. The...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) recently attended the renowned University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business for the 2019 Emerging Legislative Leaders Program. The program selects 50 exemplary legislators from across the country...

**Editor’s note** Governor Cuomo’s remarks on the St. Clare’s pension situation can be found here. "For the governor to not know — or not care — about the crisis that's been growing for over a year now in which our fellow New...

“The year of the criminal, the illegal immigrant gift package and actively attacking upstate farmers, the Assembly Majority politicians have made this Legislative Session a cavalcade of progressive dreams. They gave driver’s licenses to illegals...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) recently voted against a bill that would heavily regulate the agriculture industry in upstate New York. Tague is particularly concerned with the bills’ lack of concern with the unique circumstances and...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) attended a press conference today in support of over 1,100 former employees of St. Clare’s Hospital at risk of losing their pensions. In 2018, all former employees of St. Clare’s Hospital were informed...

“I’ll say it again, this legislation highlights the disparity between the Assembly Majority and the taxpayers,” Tague said. “A Siena poll shows that a majority of New Yorkers oppose granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants,...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) attended a press conference alongside his colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference to urge the Legislature to pass real, common-sense amendments to the bail reforms enacted in this year’s state...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) warns of a bill (A3675) that Assembly Majority politicians are pushing through the Transportation Committee today. This bill is the first step on the road to giving illegals driver’s licenses and granting...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie), alongside Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb, Sen. James L. Seward (R,C,I,Ref-Oneonta), and several of his peers in the Assembly Minority Conference, introduced legislation this afternoon that would give...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) has signed on to a letter of support with members of the Assembly Minority Conference opposing a bill that would unionize farm laborers. The legislation would grant collective bargaining rights along with...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) applauds the nation’s first-ever tax credit to employers who hire individuals in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The credit aims to encourage employment and provide a stable income source to...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) happily attended the opening of the new Candlewood Court Apartment Complex in Richmondville on Friday, May 3. Candlewood Court is a new high quality apartment complex that was funded in part by the Small...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) stood opposed to an Assembly Majority bill (A.3972) which would require employers to make an official job offer to candidates before inquiring about any past criminal convictions of a prospective employee....

Late last week, the Assembly Majority announced they were pushing legislation that will permit the Board of Parole to evaluate all inmates over the age of 55 who have served at least 15 years in prison for possible parole release. The legislation comes...