Press Releases

Walsh To Host Drive-Thru Drug Take-Back Event

This spring, Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) is hosting drive-thru style Free Spring Cleaning Events. The first event is a Drug Take-Back Event with the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department. It will take place on Saturday, April 17 from...

Walsh, Assembly Colleagues Request Updated Guidance for High School Graduations and School Events

Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston), Assemblyman Doug Smith (R,C,I-Holbrook) and the entire Assembly Minority Conference membership sent a letter to Dr. Howard Zucker, New York State’s Department of Health Commissioner, requesting updated...

Walsh, Assembly Colleagues Request Updated Guidance for High School Graduations and School Events - Letter

Walsh, Tedisco Introduce Bill to Remove Waiting Period for Personal Caregiver Law

Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) is teaming up with Sen. Jim Tedisco to introduce a bill that would immediately implement the Personal Caregiver Law that was signed by Gov. Cuomo on March 29, 2021. Walsh will be introducing the bill in the...

Walsh on Passage of Marijuana Bill

“Despite a final vote in the Assembly of 94 to 56, indicating strong bipartisan opposition, the governor has signed the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act, making New York State the 16th state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana. ...

Walsh, Legislative Colleagues Honor The 15,000 Nursing Home Residents Lost to Covid-19

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Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) joined Sen. Sue Serino, Sen. Jim Tedisco and colleagues in the Senate and Assembly Minority Conferences to honor the over 15,000 lives of New York nursing home and adult care facility residents, many of whom...

Walsh Advocates for Lifting of Restaurant and Bar Restrictions

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Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) joined Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt and members of both conferences in urging for the 11 p.m. curfew on restaurants and bars to be lifted. Gov. Cuomo has announced...

Walsh: It’s Time to Take Action for Residents in Group Homes

Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) signed onto a letter with colleagues from the Assembly Minority Conference to Dr. Kastner, the Commissioner of the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), requesting all data and information...

Walsh Reacts to Assembly One-House Budget

“Despite a substantial amount of money coming to the state from the federal government, the Assembly one-house budget proposes six new taxes and tax increases on New Yorkers. The Majority has blown through the 2% spending cap imposed by the governor,...

Walsh, Legislative Colleagues Introduce Impeachment Resolution

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Today, Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) joined members of the Assembly Minority Conference to introduce an impeachment resolution which calls for a simple majority vote in the Assembly of at least 76 votes. If passed, the process would move...

Walsh Calls for Cuomo to Resign

“For the past several weeks allegations, accusations and investigations have been piling up. With no end in sight, it is time for the governor to do what’s best for New Yorkers and step aside. “From implementing a budget that does right by our...

Walsh: We Need Real Action and Accountability

“Since Tuesday, Majority lawmakers have proudly promoted their agreed upon bill (A.5967) that they believe ‘immediately repeals the governor’s expanded emergency powers.’ However, calling this a ‘repeal’ is unquestionably false advertising....

Our Local Roads Are Essential

Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) pictured at CHIPS rally with members of the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences on March 3, 2021 in Albany.
Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) stood with her colleagues from the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences to urge for increased state funding for our local transportation infrastructure. In the governor’s proposed 2021-2022 budget,...

Assembly Majority, Stop Stonewalling

“Yesterday, session was cancelled by Assembly leadership to avoid voting on our Conference’s amendment to remove the governor’s emergency powers. Today, we introduced that amendment three separate times, giving the Assembly Majority’s ample opportunity...

Walsh: Assembly Majority Cancel Session

“Assembly Majority decided to cancel session today to avoid voting on an amendment to revoke Gov. Cuomo of his emergency powers – an action that is months overdue and necessary to address ahead of voting on any important bills, including the 2021-2022...

Walsh Responds to Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Gov. Cuomo

“As a second young woman comes forward with sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Cuomo, the need for a formal, independent investigation is clear. The claims by both Lindsey Boylan and Charlotte Bennett are disturbing and credible. As a former...

Walsh, Legislative Colleagues Call on Majority Conferences to Take Action

Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) pictured in Albany, NY at a press conference with the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences on Monday, Feb. 22 calling for the removal of Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers.
Today, Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston) stood with members of the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences to demand Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers be removed immediately. Walsh, along with Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay and Assembly...

Walsh: The Cuomo Administration Continues to Unravel

“Every day, the Cuomo administration continues to cover-up, double-down, and refuses to take accountability for its mismanagement of nursing homes during the pandemic.The governor adamantly refuses to apologize for his decisions, including the fateful...

Walsh Reacts to Cuomo Press Conference

“While the fight for answers for thousands of New York families who lost loved ones in nursing homes due to COVID-19 has been ongoing, the pressure has certainly been building over the past several weeks. From the Attorney General’s report to leaked...

Walsh Reacts to Cuomo Administration Admission to Nursing Home Cover Up

“Last night, damning information was leaked and the ugly truth is starting to surface. After months of cover-ups and deflections, it’s clear that the nursing home death toll was stonewalled by the governor and his administration out of fear that it...