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Assemblymember Steck speaks with Moms Demand Action about gun control. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck meets with some Colonie Little League players -
Assemblymember Phil Steck walks in the Colonie Little League Opening Day Parade -
Assemblymember Steck meets with local music teachers to discuss access to music education for students
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Asssemblymember Steck had the pleasure of spending an afternoon speaking with members of the Colonie Youth Advisory Board made up of students from the North and South Colonie School Districts as well as students from CBA, their school administrators and community leaders. He was asked to be their guest speaker for their monthly Board Meeting and discusses topics ranging from school funding to ethics to the property tax cap. -
Assemblyman Phil Steck joins Assemblymembers Angelo Santabarbara and James Tedisco, Gary McCarthy, Mayor of Schenectady, Anthony Jasenski, Sr. Chair of Schenectady County Legislature, Greg Carlin, Chief Executive Officer of Rush Street Gaming, and David Buicko, Chief Executive Officer of The Galesi Group at the ground breaking ceremony of Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady. -
Assemblyman Phil Steck joins Assemblymembers Angelo Santabarbara and James Tedisco, Director of New York State Canal System Brian Stratton, Schenectady City Council members Ed Kosiur and John Mootooveren and former Schenectady City Council member Margaret “Peggy” King at the ground breaking ceremony of Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck served breakfast to guests, active military, and veterans from around the Capital Region at the 7th Annual "To Honor and Serve" Veterans Day Breakfast hosted by the Capital Region Chamber and the Unified Military Affairs Council (UMAC). -
Assemblymember Phil Steck honored the Niskayuna High School Boy’s Lacrosse Team with a resolution in the Assembly for capturing the 2015 New York State Class A Championship. K720 -
Assemblymember Phil Steck meets with local students from Shaker Robotics Team during their visit to the Legislative Office Building in Albany. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck fights for local tax relief with the Municipal Health Insurance Savings Act (A.739) at a press conference on May 19th, 2015. Steck was supported by a bipartisan group of state legislators, county and local officials, school Superintendents, the New York State Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) and the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC). -
Assemblymember Phil Steck and Representative Paul Tonko join the Jewish War Veterans of the USA Albany Post 105 during their 50th Annual Four Chaplains Brotherhood Award & Remembrance Ceremony to honor the 2014 recipient, Ray Sestak, at the Stratton VA Medical Center on February 22nd, 2015. -
Assemblymember Steck speaks with 5th graders from North Colonie’s Boght Hills Elementary School who were learning about the Capitol and its history. -
Assemblymembers Phil Steck, Angelo Santabarbara and Pat Fahy meet with Senator Chuck Schumer. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck welcomes Ryan Devanandan, Scripps Capital Region Spelling Bee Champion and National Spelling Bee contestant, along with his parents, Anita and Moses Devanandan, and Sand Creek Middle School Principal David Perry to the Assembly. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck welcomes the Albany County Regional Chamber of Commerce with Assemblymembers Pat Fahy, Angelo Santabarbara, and John McDonald. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck discusses education issues at a forum in the Capitol with Assemblymembers Steve McLaughlin and Jim Tedisco. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck speaks at a press conference at the Capitol with Assemblyman Richard Gottfried on Single Payer Healthcare. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck meets with students from Watervliet High School with Assemblymember John McDonald at the New York State Capitol -
Assemblymember Phil Steck tours The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering with Assemblymembers Fahy, McDonald and Santabarbara. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck tours The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering with Assemblymembers Fahy, McDonald and Santabarbara. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck interviews Gary Striar, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross Northeastern New York Chapter on his TV Show, Assembly Update. -
Assemblymember Phil Steck and Albany County District Attorney David Soares at the Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama. -
Assembly Member Phil Steck attends the re-inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington D.C. on January 21, 2013. -
Assembly Member Phil Steck joins in the ribbon cutting of the Bellevue Women’s Center’s new Breast and Heart Health Center. -
Assembly Member Phil Steck attends an event to mark the opening of a new building at Bellevue Women’s Center which houses the new Breast and Heart Health Center.
Videos
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Steck Introduces Madison Vandenburg
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caption: 'May 1, 2019<br />During West Point Day in the Assembly, Assemblymember Steck welcomes Niskayuna High School graduate Cadet Martino An who is a pre-med student at the Military Academy. "With his background he will have every success in that medical field," said Steck.<br /><br /> ',
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Assemblymember Steck Welcomes Cadet Martino An
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caption: 'April 8, 2019<br />"If a corporation went out of business the top ten shareholders of that corporation had to pay the wages of the employees that the company had not paid at the time it went out of business. We extended that a few years ago to include foreign corporations in that rule and now we are doing the same with foreign limited liability companies," said Assemblymember Phil Steck, Sponsor of Bill <a href=\"https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=453&term=2019&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">453</a> which ensures that wage theft from employees of Limited Liability Companies (LLC) does not occur when the LLC is established in a foreign state but employs workers in the state of New York<br /> ',
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Steck Discusses Unpaid Wages Relative to Closed Businesses
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Assemblyman Steck Introduces Advocates From The Brain Injury Association
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caption: 'June 14, 2018<br />"New York Health Act would save nearly $45 billion in the first year alone thanks to reduced administrative costs and 98 percent of households would pay less for coverage than they do now. The system would also end the local share of Medicaid funding, which is increasing our property taxes in this state, creating the potential for significant property tax relief for my constituents," said Assemblymember Phil Steck, who voted in favor to establish the New York Health Care program. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A04738&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.4738-A</a>)<br /> ',
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Steck Votes to Establish NY Health Act
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Steck: NY Health Act Will Attract Businesses
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caption: 'May 14, 2018<br />"It is my pleasure today to welcome 12 members of the 21-member Boy Scout Troop 1701, the newest Boy Scout Troop in Latham New York in the Town of Colonie. The Troop was founded in 2014, and in those four years, 13 boys achieved the rank of Eagle Scout," said Assemblymember Phil Steck while introducing a Troop, which has built a handicap-accessible fishing pier, installed trail bridges and developed a nature trail at the Albany County Park, to the Assembly chamber.<br /> ',
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Steck Introduces Boy Scout Troop 1701 to Assembly
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caption: 'April 30, 2018<br />"I would submit that the bill is flexible and it does deal with scenarios, does provide for situations in which their rapid attention to a contract is needed, while at the same time, in most situations when people do have the time, that they can be treated very fairly as consumers instead of being forced into unconscionable provisions that they did not even know were in the contract," said Assemblymember Phil Steck while speaking on a bill he authored that would create a statutory explication of certain types of unconscionable contract terms. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=2855&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.2855</a>)<br /> ',
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Steck: Protect Consumer from Unconscionable Contracts
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caption: 'April 16, 2018<br />"Recently we introduced legislation… to give our farmers a 10% discount through EZ-Pass on the New York State Thruway. Low-emission vehicles currently get that discount, and we want to do the same for our farmers, because obviously it is extremely important to get goods to market and make sure that our farmers succeed," said Assemblyman Steck in support of a bill that would provide discounted rates for farmers who utilize the Thruway. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=10285&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.10285</a>)<br /> ',
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Assemblyman Steck Fights to Give Farmers a Thruway Discount
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caption: 'March 26, 2018<br />"I just wanted to thank my colleagues in the New York State Assembly for not only being advocates on this issue and recognizing its importance, but also in our budget, voting for the revenue that's necessary to accomplish it. I have colleagues that I deal with in the Senate who talk very well about the need, but they don't commit to the revenue, and we have done that," said Assemblymember Phil Steck a member of the Assembly Taskforce on People with Disabilities, while speaking at a press conference that outlined priorities for disabled communities in the 2018-2019 New York State budget.<br /> ',
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Advocates for Disabled Communities
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Steck Welcomes Father Bob Longobucco to the Assembly
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caption: 'March 14, 2018<br />"A great New Yorker once said 'All we have to fear is fear itself' and if we want to really build our infrastructure which is what will make our economy move forward, I suggest that we consider this idea of reinstating what was a very successful revenue raiser in this state: the stock transfer tax," said Assemblymember Phil Steck, speaking on the Assembly Budget Proposal for New York State's fiscal year 2018-2019 during Assembly Legislative Session. (K.912)<br /> ',
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Steck Discusses Economic Changes in the Assembly Budget Proposal
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caption: 'March 12, 2018<br />"The New York State Whistleblower law is extremely weak. It only covers massive threats to public health and safety. It should be able to cover individual threats to persons as well as financial wrongdoings," said Assemblymember Phil Steck, author of legislation that would eliminate a disincentive for whistleblowers. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=2565&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A.2565</a>)<br /> ',
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Steck Sponsors Bill to Strengthen Whistleblower Law
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caption: 'February 12, 2018<br />Assemblymember Phil Steck, member of the Committee on Health, questions Dr. Howard Zucker, MD, JD, and Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, about Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA's) and if they are newly able to practice as independent physicians during the NYS Assembly and NYS Senate joint hearing to examine the 2018-19 Executive Budget Proposal and its impact on Health/Medicaid.<br /> ',
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Steck Inquires About CRNA's and Their Qualifications
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Assemblymember Steck on Electronic Filing
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caption: 'January 17, 2018<br />"Pastor Hamilton spent a good portion of both his life working and living in the 110th Assembly District. He grew up in the Town of Colonie and attended the Colonie Public School System, graduating from Colonie High School. Then went on to the College of St. Rose and got his Master's degree in social work at Rockefeller College and served with great distinction as a social worker before becoming the leader of the Friendship Baptist Church in Schenectady. He now lives in Schenectady County," said Assemblyman Phillip Steck, introducing Reverend William Hamilton, the Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church to the Assembly Chamber during legislative session.<br /> ',
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Steck Introduces Pastor Hamilton To The Assembly Chamber
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Steck Speaks on Authorization of Petroleum Gas Delivery in an Emergency
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caption: 'January 16, 2018<br />"Basically, for years, New York State has been subsidizing the economies of the poor southern states. New Yok sends $48 billion more in revenue to the federal government than it receives back in benefits. Our property tax state wide is only $58 billion, so if we had that $48 billion back, we wouldn't have to raise as much in the property tax. There was always an agreement that New York did that in the best interest of the nation, but in this federal budget, New York was attacked by the federal government and widening the disparity between how much New York sends out of state, ," Assemblymember Phil Steck said in response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiling his $168.1 state billion proposal for 2018.<br /> ',
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Keep NY Tax Revenue in NY
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caption: 'January 3, 2018<br />"The Governor has been talking about municipal consolidation but some of us have been working on that too for example I have legislation that would allow all municipalities to join county self-insured health plans that would save tax payers a lot of money, it would save employees a lot of money… What the Governor was saying is that there is a lot of challenges ahead that he is up to those challenges, I think we are as well in the New York State Assembly and we are looking forward to developing some concrete proposals that implement solutions to those problems for example the one that I'm talking about, which deals with lowering health insurance costs for municipalities and ultimately the tax payers." said Assemblyman Phil Steck after the State of the State speech by the governor.<br /> ',
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2018 State of the State Address
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caption: 'December 5, 2017<br />"Conventional banks have not been terribly active in this area, would you see the possibility of a public bank as something that could be helpful in providing access to capital not only for MWBEs (Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises) but for small business generally such as in Upstate New York, " asked Assemblymemeber Steck of Lourdes Zapata, Executive Director of Division for Minority and Women's Business Development, during the public hearing to examine the MWBE program and the 2016 MWBE Disparity Study. The public hearing was held by the Assembly Standing Committees on Governmental Operations, Labor, Small Business and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises. <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/publichearing/20171106.pdf\">PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE</a><br /> ',
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Access to Capital
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caption: 'October 30, 2017<br />Assemblymember Phil Steck member of the Committee on Health joined the committee on Corrections questioning Anthony J. Annucci, Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision asking, "If a county jail decides we're going to contract down to a medical provider like correctional medical services, who makes sure that that entity is providing the type of medical care that the state would deem acceptable?" during public hearing to examine health care issues in state and local correctional facilities, including adequacy of care, treatment of communicable diseases, women's health care, administering medication, long-term care, use of for-profit health care contractors, health care facility placements for inmates leaving incarceration, and potential Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. <a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/publichearing/20170913.pdf\">PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE</a><br /> ',
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Healthcare in New York Correctional Facilities
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Supervision of Health Benefits in Correctional Facilities
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New York State's Workers' Compensation Permanency Impairment Guidelines
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Defines Certain Contract Terms Unconscionable
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Welcoming Rabbi Lichtenfeld to the Assembly
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Introduction Members of the Islamic Community
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Introduction Reverend Bill Levering
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caption: 'May 16, 2017<br />Assemblyman Phil Steck spoke in support of legislation, that if enacted, would create a single payer health care system for New York State.<br />"This is a unifying bill. It is not means tested. Middle-class people can't say, I'm paying taxes for something that doesn't benefit me, but it only benefits the poor or the wealthy. In this bill, we are all in it together. It's a unifying force. We need to come together as Americans, adopt single payer health insurance. Let's start in New York State," said Assemblyman Steck. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=4738&term=2017&Summary=Y&Memo=Y\">A-4738</a>)<br /> ',
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Single Payer Health Care
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caption: 'April 5, 2017<br />"I vote enthusiastically for the additional funding for clean water and sewer infrastructure in this bill, I am hoping that moving forward we can include a fund for water and sewer infrastructure maintenance and improvement similar to the CHIPS program that we have for highways… instead of crisis management spurred on by events like the terrible tragedy in Hoosick Falls," said Assemblymember Phil Steck voting in the affirmative on legislation in the 2017-2018 New York State Budget that invests in clean water infrastructure. (A3007B)<br /> ',
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SCCC Administration Introduction
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Increased Funding for Local Infrastructure
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Women's Reproductive Health Act
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Assembly Budget Invests in Education
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