Minority and Majority politicians will always have disagreements about policy issues. If we did not, we would not need different parties in our political system. The same can be said when it comes to the Governor and the Legislature. We are co-equal branches...

Editor’s note: Link to Senate version of bill is attached Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,I,SAM-Meco), in partnership with Sen. Joseph A. Griffo, is introducing a bill that would expand and strengthen the checks and balances of our state government....

“As an eternal optimist, I was glad to hear Assembly Majority members were looking to finally remove the governor’s emergency powers. However, the bill they introduced today was anything but a revocation of the governor's emergency powers. It allows...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,I,SAM-Meco) spent session day on March 4 voting in favor of numerous bills thatsupport nursing home patients and their families in the wake of the disastrous COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed thousands of lives in nursing...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,I,SAM-Meco) is joining with the community to applaud the Community Foundation for directing extra funding toward the development of further broadband access and infrastructure in the area. As an avid and leading advocate...

“We need to support our local Highway superintendents so they can do their jobs as our people elected them to,” Smullen said. “It is of paramount importance that we invest in increased funding for our local roads. Roads are the backbone of civilization...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,I,SAM-Meco) is calling on the governor to make good on earlier promises and ensure broadband across the state is funded in this year’s budget. A staunch advocate for equitable broadband access, Smullen is determined to...

“The egregious misuse of power on display in our State Assembly is shocking. To continually block the process of legislative work simply to protect the hold of emergency powers, and to prevent accountability from being held against the executive, is...

“It’s astonishing the level to which Assembly Majority are willing to go in order to hide from the truth and from accountability, to the point where they will cancel a full day of session just to ensure that the Governor’s emergency powers remain...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,I,SAM-Meco) is looking to partner with Majority legislators in the Assembly to ensure an independent investigation will be conducted into the Cuomo administration’s alleged cover-up of nursing home deaths from COVID-19....

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,I,SAM -Meco) and Sen. Jim Tedisco (R,C-Glenville) have signed a letterto Gov. Cuomo urging that the renter’s moratorium on payments to landlords not be extended past the proposed end date of May 1 in an effort to support...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen(R,C, I, SAM - Meco) is reacting to the governor’s recent State of the State, as well as providing insight into his own goals for the 2021 Assembly Session. “Frankly, I felt the governor’s statement today rang hollow,...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C-Meco) today brought attention to an issue that has long been overlooked by Albany: the need for further broadband internet infrastructure in the rural regions of Upstate New York.  Smullen believes this issue deserves...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,Ref-Meco) is proud to announce that Gov. Cuomo signed legislation that will create the Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force and a pilot program to establish alternatives to road salt to preserve drinking water and...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,Ref-Meco) today announced the New York State Education Department and New York State Library Association have approved construction awards to public libraries in the 118th Assembly District. Awards are supported throughout...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,Ref-Meco) yesterday attended the Salute to Service Veterans’ Dinner, which was held at the Nigra Center in Mayfield. The drive-thru dinner honored local veterans for their service and showed the communities’ appreciation....

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,Ref-Meco) announced today that the Pine Tree Rifle Club and the Salute to Service Dinner organization will be co-hosting a celebratory dinner to show community support for local veterans. The dinner will be held in Mayfield...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,Ref-Meco) today announced that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will enter into force. This trade agreement, signed by President Trump in 2018, is a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement...

After a two-month hiatus, the Assembly finally reconvened for two session days in May and June. As expected, the legislative agenda reflected the current public issues of COVID-19 and law enforcement reforms. COVID-19 legislation was the overarching...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,Ref-Meco) yesterday signed onto a letter to Gov. Cuomo in support of allowing schools in New York state to host in-person graduation ceremonies. If school districts follow proper public health guidelines, graduation ceremonies...