“I am pleased to announce Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood has been appointed as attorney general and will finish out the remainder of the current term as New York’s first female attorney general. Instead of appointing a party’s political...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was pleased to partner with students from the Mineola and Carle Place school districts for his annual Heart for Heroes campaign in honor of Memorial Day. The campaign asked students to write letters thanking active...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was pleased to host a Healthcare Fraud Seminar on Saturday, April 28 at the Mineola Memorial Library. The event featured special guest speaker John Rotondi, a certified senior Medicare patrol educator. During the...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce the success of his Shed and Shred event in which Nassau County residents dropped off expired or unwanted medication, e-cycled old electronics and shredded documents on Sunday, April 22. The...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was pleased to attend the Annual Installation Dinner for the Mineola Junior Fire Department on Saturday, April 28 to honor John Lodigkeit, the Junior Fire Fighter of the Year.

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) partnered with Girl Scout Troop 1888 of Franklin Square to collect umbrellas for the Mary Brennan INN, a soup kitchen in Hempstead, to help the less fortunate. Together, they collected over 50 umbrellas to help keep...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased with the recent announcement of legislation by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to prevent school districts from being required to use students standardized exam results for teacher evaluations by the state....

As a former Little League player himself, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was honored to read the Little League Pledge at the Franklin Square Little League’s opening day ceremony at Rath Park on Saturday, April 21.

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) recently partnered with the American Red Cross to bring the Pillowcase Project to the fourth grade students of Notre Dame School in New Hyde Park on Tuesday, April 10. The Pillowcase Project is an educational program...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is disappointed to announce that his bill, the “Standardized Testing Transparency Act” (A2312) was held in the Assembly Committee on Education. The legislation would have allowed the Commissioner of Education...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is disappointed to announce the blockage of an ethics reform bill (A5657-A) he cosponsored which would have brought long overdue reform to New York’s government and provided more transparency as to how the state...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce the passage of a Resolution to declare March 27, 2018 Nephrotic Syndrome Awareness Day in New York. Nephrotic Syndrome is a kidney disorder, which affects roughly 5 out of 100,000 people, that...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) has strongly condemned attempts by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to sneak a tax hike into the state budget being enacted in Albany. The backroom tax hike would allow Nassau County to issue no assessment...

“My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the wife, four children and loved ones of firefighter Michael R. Davidson, a Floral Park resident and a 15-year veteran of FDNY who lost his life last night while extinguishing a fire on a movie set in Brooklyn....

“I was astounded to see the Majority had rejected Gov. Cuomo’s proposal, which would increase fines for individuals who pass a stopped school bus and authorize school districts to establish a school bus camera program. This is a simple measure which...

“For years, my colleagues and I have pushed for ethics reform to bring more transparency to our government. We need to continue to hold not only dishonest people accountable, but also programs like the economic development programs which have given...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) was pleased to participate in the New York Library Association’s Library Advocacy Day on February 28. Ra met with representatives from local libraries in the 19th Assembly District and the Nassau Library System...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators will be offering four scholarships to current and prospective college students. Each scholarship is worth $3,000 and applications...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce his cosponsorship of a bill (A.9061) which decouples the state and the federal government’s tax codes. Since the new federal tax plan would result in a multitude of changes to the tax code,...

“I commend Gov. Cuomo, N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman and Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky for hearing the voices of Islanders fans and bringing the team back next season for 12 games to their original home, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and...