Tague Demands Fully Independent Investigation into Nursing Home Deaths Following Legislative Hearing
Aug 3, 2020
Following a legislative hearing conducted on Monday by Commissioner of Health Howard A. Zucker, who testified on behalf of the Cuomo administration, Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is continuing to call for an independent investigation into...
Tague Celebrates Passage of Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Bill
Jul 23, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is elated at the passage of an Assembly bill (A09779A) which establishes a task force to issue a report about how the state can improve volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention efforts. Tague is fighting...
Tague Slams Cuomo For Cutting Substance Abuse Treatment Funding
Jul 16, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is calling on the governor to reverse cuts made to state funding for substance abuse treatments amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo used his emergency powers to make this funding cut unilaterally, and Tague...
Tague Stands with Law Enforcement as Violence Rises Throughout State
Jul 10, 2020
During this press conference we said the governor should handle law enforcement the same way he claims to have tackled the COVID-19 pandemic, basing decisions on evidence and data. This couldnt be any more true, because as violence has risen...
Tague Demands Cuomo Allow Schools to Move Forward with In-Person Instruction in 2020-2021 School Year
Jul 8, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) signed a letter along with his Republican colleagues in the Assembly to demand the governor allow in-person instruction to resume in schools this fall using guidelines endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics....
Tague Introduces Bill to Assure Premium Reimbursement for New York Fairs
Jul 7, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) has put forward legislation to allow fairs to be reimbursed for premium reimbursement for those held in 2021 even if they were unable to hold their annual agricultural fair during 2020 due to the COVID-19...
Tague Calls for Independent Investigation into Department of Health Following Nursing Homes COVID-19 Report
Jul 7, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is calling again for an independent investigation into the Department of Healths handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic following the Health Departments release of its own report...
Tague Slams Cuomo for Flip Flop on Phase IV Reopening of Gyms
Jun 29, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) and his colleagues are standing up for fitness center operators and customers in a letter they penned to the governor. Tague is outraged that the reopening of gyms has been pushed past Phase IV of the states...
Tague Demands Cuomo Amend Executive Order to Allow Service Members to Return Home
Jun 25, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is calling on the governor to create an exemption for military personnel in his recent Executive Order requiring individuals entering New York from states with high COVID-19 infection rates to quarantine....
Tague Rallies against Cuomo's Persisting Emergency Powers
Jun 23, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is leading the charge among his Minority colleagues to end Gov. Cuomos emergency powers in a letter written by the Minority state legislators. While the governors emergency powers are not set to...
Tague Kicks Off Youth Summer Reading Challenge
Jun 23, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) has prepared a Summer Reading Challenge for this year which recognizes children who read 15 minutes a day for 40 days during the months of July and August. Tague believes reading during the summer, especially...
Tague Joins Congressional Delegation Demanding Documents on Cuomo's Covid-19 Nursing Home Scandal
Jun 17, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) stands in firm support of congressional efforts to demand documents and a briefing from the Cuomo administration regarding the Department of Healths decision to place COVID-19 positive patients in nursing...
Tague Demands Cuomo Preserve Infrastructure Funding
Jun 6, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is standing up for localities in a letter he and his Assembly Minority colleagues wrote to the governor calling on him to give assurance of funding availability for local transportation and infrastructure...
Tague Demands Cuomo Allow Graduation Ceremonies to Move Forward
Jun 4, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is leading the charge among his Minority colleagues in the Assembly to demand the governor allow graduation ceremonies to proceed in the state. Tague insists this can be done safely with proper precautions,...
Tague Calls on Cuomo to Allow School Election Ballots Postmarked by June 9 to Be Counted
Jun 3, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is calling on the governor to allow ballots postmarked by June 9 to be accepted for local school elections, rather than requiring that they arrive at schools by that day. Multiple school districts have been...
Tague Speaks against Cuomo's Delay of Phase II Reopening
May 28, 2020
I am shocked by the governors decision to move the goalposts in the middle of the game by delaying the much-needed second phase of regional reopening by subjecting the process to the approval of a panel of experts who dont even live...
Tague Frustrated by Senate Majority's Rejection of Amendments to End Cuomo's Emergency Powers
May 28, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is appalled by the Senate Majoritys rejection of amendments that would end the governors emergency powers. Tague is calling for New York to return to its constitutional government operated by three...
Tague Fighting to Limit Cuomo's Executive Power
May 27, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is leading the charge alongside his Minority colleagues to pass legislation that would limit the governors expanded powers during emergencies while increasing local capabilities to handle them with a...
Tague Slams Governor for Dismissing Thousands of Nursing Home Deaths
May 22, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is demanding an investigation into the Department of Healths handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic following thousands of COVID-19 related deaths in nursing homes. The Health Department...
Tague Demands Legislature Return to Session to Address Needs of New Yorkers during Covid-19 Pandemic
May 20, 2020
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is demanding the Legislature return to session to resume its constitutional responsibilities and address the needs of New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tague says New Yorkers deserve representation...