Press Releases

Assemblymember Wallace: Assembly Budget Proposal Invests in Our Schools and Provides Relief for College Debt

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that the Assembly’s 2017-18 state budget proposal includes vital investments in education and more support for college students. “The budget proposal I helped pass reflects my strong commitment...

Assemblymember Wallace: Assembly Budget Proposal Gives Tax Relief to Small Businesses, Middle-Class Families

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that she helped pass the Assembly’s 2017-18 state budget proposal, which includes tax relief for small businesses and hardworking families across New York State. “As Western New York’s economy...

Assemblymember Wallace: Assembly Budget Proposal Provides Vital Economic Development and Infrastructure Funding

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that the Assembly’s 2017-18 state budget proposal includes vital economic development funding and infrastructure investments to improve local roads, bridges, and water systems. Investing in our...

Assemblymember Wallace Co-Sponsors Bill to Fix Problems with STAR Program, Help Homeowners Receive Tax Relief

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that she is co-sponsoring legislation reforming the state’s School Tax Relief (STAR) program to return to upfront, straightforward tax relief (A.5969). “Taxpayers shouldn’t have to jump...

Assemblymember Wallace Honors Four Chaplains

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that Feb. 3 has been proclaimed Four Chaplains Day in New York State thanks to a resolution she put forward in the Assembly. The day honors four heroes who lost their lives 74 years ago when the SS...

Assemblymember Wallace Passes Ethics Reforms, Holds Government Accountable to the People

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced that she helped pass critical ethics reform legislation in the Assembly. Wallace voted in favor of a bi-partisan bill to strip taxpayer-funded pensions from public officers convicted of corruption...

Assemblymember Wallace Announces Vital Funding for Lancaster

“The village of Lancaster has been chosen to receive a $200,000 grant through the Restore New York Communities Initiative, which offers state funds to renovate commercial and residential properties. The funds will allow the village to move forward with...

Assemblymember Wallace Announces Committee Appointments

Assemblymember Monica Wallace (D-Lancaster) announced she has been appointed to five Assembly standing committees: Aging, Energy, Local Governments, Real Property Taxation and Veterans’ Affairs. “I am honored to serve on the Veterans’ Affairs...