Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced the inclusion of $450,000 in the SFY 2021-22 final budget for the Peconic Estuary Partnership. Last year, as in years prior, the Peconic Estuary Partnership (PEP) received $200,000 in funding through the...

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that the enacted 2021-22 State Budget contains $175,000 to continue the successful South Fork Behavioral Health Initiative, and an additional $175,000 for the North Fork Coalition for Behavioral...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that he has introduced legislation to facilitate the development of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs in the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) service territory. The same-as legislation will be...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that his legislation to extend the expiration of provisions of law that grant localities greater contract flexibility, by authorizing shared purchasing, has passed the Assembly today (A.2580). This legislation...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that he has been appointed to serve on the General Government Conference Committee by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. The joint Conference Committees are comprised of members of both the Assembly and Senate,...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that he helped pass the Assembly’s 2021-22 state budget proposal that includes $29.5 billion funding to General Support for Public Schools (GSPS), an increase of $3.1 billion or 12 percent over the 2020-21...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced the inclusion of $900,000 in the 2021-22 Assembly budget proposal for the Peconic Estuary Program. Dubbed one of the "Last Great Places in the western hemisphere” by the Nature Conservancy, the Peconic...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that the Assembly one-house budget proposal includes increased funding to local governments across the state and removes cuts previously proposed by the Governor for municipalities that failed to comply...

“The harrowing and detailed accounts of pervasive sexual harassment and assault at the hands of Governor Cuomo depict egregious abuses of power that have no place in any work environment, especially not in the highest office of the New York State government....

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that he helped pass a series of bills to increase safety and improve the quality of life for New Yorkers living in nursing homes. This package reimagines nursing home care and prepares for future public...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that projected allocations to municipal governments under President Biden’s American Rescue Plan have been released. This $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed through the Senate on Saturday and will...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that a new state-operated mass vaccination site will be opening at the SUNY Stony Brook Southampton Campus, located at 70 Tuckahoe Road in Southampton. This new site is part of 10 additional state-run mass...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that he helped pass a series of bills to increase safety and improve the quality of life for New Yorkers living in nursing homes. This package reimagines nursing home care, increases oversight and transparency,...

Last year, when COVID-19 first threw our state into turmoil, an overwhelmingly bipartisan legislative majority granted the Governor emergency powers to quickly deal with the sudden crisis. While the uncertainty we all faced at the beginning of the pandemic...

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today reported that revenues for the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund (CPF) produced $21.07 million in revenue for the Peconic Bay Region during January 2021. This compares with $9.1 million during January 2020,...

On January 14, I issued a statement highly critical of New York State’s vaccine distribution system, particularly regarding its failures to serve less populated areas such as the East End and the needs of our seniors. Last week, I co-sponsored legislation...

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. today announced that in an effort to affirmatively fix some of the issues related to the vaccine rollout, he has co-sponsored legislation introduced by Assembly Member Kenneth P. Zebrowski, to establish a...

Assemblyman Fred Thiele today announced that he has introduced two pieces of legislation to strengthen the penalties for violating the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and the Open Meetings Law (OML), Articles 6 and 7 of the Public Officers Law, respectively....

The issue of the Governor’s emergency authority is being widely discussed in Albany in the wake of the cover up of public information regarding nursing home deaths during the pandemic. The State Attorney General’s (AG’s) compelling report has been...

Assemblyman Fred Thiele today announced that he has introduced legislation to give manufactured homeowners in New York State the right of first refusal when the park in which they reside is put up for sale, regardless of land use changes. Manufactured...