Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) today announced Assembly passage of a measure he authored to create an authority that would help build two parking garages needed to accommodate downtown’s growing businesses and keep more than 1,500 jobs at...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) announced today Assembly passage of a bill to expand the state’s Amber Alert system to include missing, disoriented adults (A.3507-A). “The Amber Alert system has already demonstrated its usefulness in helping...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) announced today that the state Assembly and Senate, along with the governor, have reached an agreement on a “video voyeurism” law meant to prevent high-tech peeping toms from being able to exploit unwitting...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D–Syracuse/Geddes/Van Buren) announced today that Hanford Pharmaceutical Business Office will receive 750 kilowatts in low-cost power under New York’s Power for Jobs program, helping to save or create 210 jobs. “High...

A new law recently went into effect that will protect New York homeowners from unscrupulous mortgage lenders who target borrowers with a high likelihood of default, and seek easy gains from foreclosures (Ch. 626 of 2002). The anti-predatory lending...

“An incident this weekend highlights how much easier law enforcement’s job is when they get help from the news media through Amber Alerts – and how desperately we need a nationwide alert plan. In Syracuse, a 16-year-old girl was snatched off the...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) today announced Assembly passage of a package of bills that he sponsored designed to help small businesses receive the much-needed assistance they deserve. "Small businesses are the lifeblood of the state’s...

William Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) announced Assembly passage of legislation he supported making it a crime to photograph or videotape people in their homes with a hidden camera or to distribute unlawfully obtained images (A.4479-A). “It’s outrageous...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) today announced Onondaga County was awarded $601,078 in Enhanced 911 funding through the Local Enhanced Wireless program. The program was created as part of last year’s budget using revenue from the existing...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) today introduced an amendment to the state constitution that would make pre-kindergarten and kindergarten a permanent part of New York’s education system, guaranteeing all students a head start on academic achievement...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse/Geddes) today announced the Assembly passed legislation to help localities make life-saving improvements to local 911 systems – enabling local emergency dispatch centers to pinpoint emergency calls from wireless...