Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is pleased with the governor’s decision to allow gyms to reopen after being shut down for months due to COVID-19. Tague has been calling for gyms to reopen, emphasizing their importance in helping people...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is continuing to call for an independent investigation into the handling of nursing homes by the state Health Department during the COVID-19 pandemic, following thousands of deaths within them after a Health...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is continuing to call for an independent investigation into the Department of Health’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the deaths of thousands of patients. Tague believes...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) participated in a legislative hearing Tuesday regarding mail-in ballots and the issues faced during primary races statewide in receiving and processing them. During the hearing Tague raised concerns about...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) presented a legislative resolution this week to Patti Dushane of Catskill for her service to her community in her establishment and operation of Matthew 25, a food pantry that helps families in need and is...

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...

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...

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...

“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 couldn’t be any more true, because as violence has risen...

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....

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...

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is calling again for an independent investigation into the Department of Health’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic following the Health Department’s release of its own report...

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 state’s...

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....

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is leading the charge among his Minority colleagues to end Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers in a letter written by the Minority state legislators. While the governor’s emergency powers are not set to...

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...

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 Health’s decision to place COVID-19 positive patients in nursing...

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...

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,...

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...