Gallahan Calls on Department of Labor to Reopen Offices For in Person Services
May 24, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is calling on Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Labor to reopen physical unemployment offices following a statewide relaxation of COVID-19 related regulations, including capacity restrictions...
Gallahan Joins Assembly Minority in Pushing for Passage of Bill Banning Lawmaker Book Income Following $5.1Million Cuomo Book Deal
May 19, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is rallying alongside fellow Minority members in the Assembly to pass a bill (A.7107) that would prohibit statewide elected officials from profiting on published works while serving in their position. The effort...
Gallahan Announces Award Of Multi-Million Dollar Grants For Affordable Veteran And Senior Housing In Seneca County
Apr 29, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is announcing $11.2 million in funding from New York Homes and Community Renewal to Lafayette Apartments and Huntington Apartments to build affordable housing for veterans and the elderly in Seneca County. Lafayette...
Gallahan And Assembly Minority Join Small Landlords In Voicing Opposition To Eviction Moratorium
Apr 28, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is joining Assembly Minority in opposing the extension of a legislative moratorium on evictions, which Majority members are looking to extend until August 31, 2021. He was in attendance as Minority lawmakers...
On the Budget: Big Spending That Misses the Mark
Apr 12, 2021
As with most things in life and in government, there was both good and bad in this year’s state budget but taken as a whole it is incredibly troubling both for the immediate well-being of taxpayers and our future fiscal stability. This year’s $212...
Gallahan Rejects Unsustainable Assembly Budget
Apr 6, 2021
“This budget is incredibly irresponsible and will adjust the people and government of our state to spending levels we will be unable to sustain in the years to come. Worse yet, even with the budget being as large as it is, it still fails to prioritize...
Gallahan Concerned as Recreational-Use Marijuana Becomes Law
Apr 1, 2021
“In legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, we have opened the door for a myriad of unforeseen consequences to ravage our communities in ways we will pay for financially and in terms of our public health and safety. When looking at how legalization...
Gallahan and Assembly Minority Call for Expansion of Hunting Licensing and Use of Crossbows in Budget
Mar 30, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) and other members of the Assembly Minority Conference wrote a letter to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins urging them to include measures in the final state budget...
Gallahan Calls on Commissioner of Taxation and Finance to Postpone State Tax Deadline
Mar 18, 2021
Today, Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is calling on the Commissioner of the State Department of Taxation and Finance, Michael Schmidt, to postpone the deadline to file personal state income taxes from April 15 to May 17.The IRS recently announced...
Gallahan Outlines Priorities for New York Amid Budget Negotiations
Mar 16, 2021
“As we head into the final weeks of the budget negotiation process, my focus is on protecting local taxpayers, getting kids back to school and getting our economy restarted. New York is getting billions in federal funding and we must remain laser focused...
Gallahan Urges Constituents to Take Legislative Survey to Share Opinions on Top Issues
Mar 15, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) has created a legislative survey that can be taken online, and which was also sent physically in the mail to many constituents. The survey seeks to solicit opinions from residents within the assemblyman’s district...
Statement from Assemblyman Gallahan Calling on Governor Cuomo to Resign
Mar 12, 2021
“Our state is facing incredible challenges we have never seen before. An ongoing global pandemic, vaccine distribution and a state budget that must be passed in less than a month. I commend the Attorney General, Letitia James, for her investigation...
Gallahan Slams ‘Emergency Powers Bill’ That Actually Further Empowers Governor
Mar 5, 2021
“After rejecting an amendment that would fully remove the governor’s emergency powers, what passed today in the Assembly did no such thing. It should have been called a contract extension, because what this bill actually does is remove the April 30,...
Gallahan Rails Against Rejection of Amendment to End Gov. Cuomo’s Emergency Powers
Mar 2, 2021
“Today’s failure by Assembly Majority to rescind the governor’s emergency powers is extremely disheartening, to say the least. After lying to families and lawmakers throughout the state about nursing home fatalities and then working to cover it...
Gallahan Disappointed with Cancellation of Session
Mar 1, 2021
“Our state is in a crisis, and today the Speaker has shown he is more concerned with protecting the Governor from the consequences of his coverup of nursing home deaths and allegations of sexual harassment than helping New Yorkers make it through this...
Gallahan Urges Governor and Health Commissioner to Release Guidance to Have Students in Classrooms Five Days a Week
Feb 25, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is calling on Gov. Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker to release plans for getting children back in schools five days a week following comments during a budget hearing made by Zucker in which he...
Gallahan Calls on Cuomo to Allow Interscholastic Sports to Resume in New York State
Feb 25, 2021
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) has written a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling on him to allow interscholastic sports to resume after speaking with athletic directors within his district about their plans to keep student athletes safe. ...
Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan Responds to State Attorney General’s Nursing Home Report
Feb 17, 2021
“I want to thank State Attorney General Letitia James for her hard work bringing these shocking revelations to light in her report released today regarding the Department of Health’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes. The findings...