Press Releases

Hawley Continues Push for Hearings, End to Gov. Cuomo’s Emergency Powers Following Press Conference on Nursing Home AG Report

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is reiterating his demands for legislative hearings into the Cuomo administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes following a press conference held by legislative colleagues today regarding...

Hawley Demands Legislative Hearing into Health Department Following AG Report on Nursing Home COVID Deaths

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is demanding a legislative hearing regarding the handling of the pandemic within New York state’s nursing homes by the Department of Health, as well as the revocation of the Governor’s emergency powers, following...

Hawley Announces Cost for Annual Patriot Trip Lower Than Ever in 2021

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is announcing that this year’s annual Patriot Trip, taking place from September 16-19, will be the most affordable ever. Hawley will join veterans and their guests on his annual trip to Washington D.C., visiting...

Hawley And Minority Assembly Colleagues Demand Legalization of Marijuana Be Kept Out of Budget Process

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) and his colleagues in the Assembly Minority have written a letter to Gov. Cuomo, Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie and New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins demanding they do not use the...

Hawley Disappointed with Gov. Cuomo’s 2022 Executive Budget Address

“Over the course of an hour today the Governor got on TV and continued to blame everyone and everything but himself for our state’s financial woes. Instead of threatening to sue the federal government if they don’t do enough to bail us out of the...

Hawley and Minority Assembly Colleagues Demand Release of Dwyer Veterans Program Funding in Letter to Assembly Speaker Heastie And Committee Chairs

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) and his colleagues in the Assembly Minority have written a letter to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and the chairs of the Assembly committees on Mental Health and Veterans’ Affairs demanding funds for the Joseph...

Hawley and Minority Assembly Colleagues Demand Release of Dwyer Veterans Program Funding in Letter to Assembly Speaker Heastie And Committee Chairs - Letter

Hawley Rallies Alongside Assembly Minority Colleagues to Pass “Jump-Start New York” Economic Recovery Plan

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) announced today with his Assembly Minority colleagues the “Jump-Start New York” plan for economic recovery, a comprehensive package of legislative proposals that would restore the power of the Legislature by...

“Jump-Start New York” Economic Recovery Plan

Hawley Joins Minority Assembly Colleagues in Letter to Gov. Cuomo and Commissioner Zucker Demanding Local Input in Vaccine Distribution Planning

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) joined his colleagues in the Assembly Minority in writing a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker calling on them to include local home rule authorities in the process of developing...

Hawley Joins Minority Assembly Colleagues in Letter to Gov. Cuomo and Commissioner Zucker Demanding Local Input in Vaccine Distribution Planning - Letter

Hawley Announces Maintenance Work On NY-237 Bridge Deck Moving Forward

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is announcing plans are being finalized to commence needed maintenance work on the NY-237 bridge deck over the Erie Canal in the town of Murray in Orleans County. The work will be completed either this year or...

Hawley Announces Maintenance Work on NY-31 Bridge Deck Proceeding as Planned

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is announcing plans are being finalized to commence needed maintenance work on the NY-31 bridge deck over Falls Road Railroad in the town of Ridgeway in Orleans County. The work will be completed either this year...

Hawley Reacts to Gov. Cuomo’s 2021 State of The State Address

“Today during the State of the State, the governor talked a lot about his solutions, his ideas, and how he knew better than anybody else the pain New Yorkers have endured. The response was characteristic of the governor’s handling of this pandemic,...

Hawley Speaks on Violence in Washington D.C.

"We have our First Amendment for a reason, violence is never acceptable regardless of what you believe politically. We are a people of one nation, regardless of political beliefs."

Hawley Pleased with Farm Laborer Wage Board Decision to Maintain 60-Hour Overtime Threshold

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is praising the recent decision made by the Department of Labor’s Farm Laborer Wage Board to maintain the 60-hour overtime threshold until at least next November. Hawley had been advocating in recent months to...

Hawley Calls for Rejection of Bill That Would Allow Gov. to Detain Those Viewed as Threat to Public Health

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) is calling on his colleagues in the Legislature to reject Assembly Bill 416, which would give the Governor or his surrogates the authority to detain individuals determined to be a threat to public health. Hawley...

Hawley Recaps 2020, Hopeful For 2021

With all the negativity and anxiety that has run rampant through the public consciousness in the last year, as we move into 2021, I think we should look back at 2020 and take pride in the strength we showed as a people. In a matter of months our lives...

Assembly Majority Rejects Minority Efforts to Rein in Governor’s Unilateral Authority

During today’s legislative session, the Assembly Minority presented amendments intended to curtail the governor’s expanded authorities and provide greater balance and accountability in the “COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention...

Hawley Re-Appointed Deputy Minority Leader of Assembly Minority Conference

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,C,I-Batavia) has received his committee assignments for the upcoming legislative year, and will be serving on the committees for Agriculture, Insurance, Rules, Veterans’ Affairs and Ways and Means. Additionally, Hawley has...