Press Releases

View All Press Releases

Coronoavirus Help for Workers

The Federal Government has passed the CARES Act, which extends unemployment benefits. There is help for those who have had their employment interrupted by Covid-19.
The Federal Government has passed the CARES Act, which extends unemployment benefits. There is help for those who have had their employment interrupted by Covid-19.

Blood Banks Need Your Help

Blood Banks Need Your Help

Friend Urges Replacing the Office of Cannabis Management

Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is calling for the elimination of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and believes the responsibility should go to the State Liquor Authority or even local control. This comes after the New York State...

Friend Calls on State to Halt Electric Bus Plan

New York state's mandate to transition school buses to electric power has left many questions, and Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) has voiced significant concerns over the feasibility and implications of this ambitious plan. With the...

Friend And Colleagues Attend Rural Equity Forum

Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) and his Assembly and Senate colleagues recently held a rural equity forum in Bath, New York. Rural New York is essential to our state’s economy but receives little attention from state leaders. The forum...

Friend Decries Governor’s Plan for Free Health Care Program for Sex Workers

Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) objects to the Governor’s unilateral actions to create a $1 million sex worker health care program. The program would provide primary, sexual and behavioral health care and dental coverage. “Most law-abiding...

Friend: The Federal Government Must Step Up to Fix Migrant Crisis Before Any State Resources, Including SUNY Campuses, Are Used

“State resources should not be used on a federal failure. SUNY Cobleskill and other campuses should be off-limits to housing migrants. It would be a total disruption to the activities and education that occurs year-round. Summer is a busy time for SUNY...

Friend: Migrant Crisis is Here, NY is Not Equipped to Help, Majority Lawmakers Must Appeal to Washington to Slow Surge of Migrants

Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is calling on Majority lawmakers to work with Washington, D.C. to finally put in place reasonable measures to slow down the rate of migrants being released into the country. New York City has been inundated...

Friend Fighting for Funding for School Safety Measures

Photo as described in caption
As state budget negotiations continue, Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is fighting for funding for several safety measures to address school safety. The assemblyman and his colleagues unveiled several recommendations from a report written...

Friend: It’s Time to Correct Raise the Age’s Protection Of Violent Youth Criminals

Photo as described in caption
Assemblyman Christopher S. Friend (R,C-Big Flats) is proposing significant changes to the Raise the Age law to ensure highly-violent 16- to 17-year-old criminal offenders are tried in the appropriate Youth Part of Superior Court, as opposed to being downgraded...
View All Press Releases

Publications

View All Publications
View All Publications