Press Releases

Tague: Fighting For Rural Broadband

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Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) recently participated in a hearing on rural broadband hosted in the Legislative Office Building in Albany. The purpose of the hearing was to gauge the impact of companies such as Spectrum and Charter and their...

Supporting Direct-Care Workers

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is rallying support for direct-care workers ahead of Direct Support Professional Recognition Week, which takes place from September 8 to September 14. Tague hopes to bring awareness and assistance to direct-care...

Assemblyman Tague Launches Survey Allowing New Yorkers to Choose Gov. Cuomo’s New License Plate Design

Editor’s Note: Link to survey to select Gov. Cuomo’s new custom license plates; custom license plate options attached. Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I-Schoharie) today launched a survey to select Gov. Cuomo’s new custom license plate design....

Assemblyman Chris Tague Announces Library Grants

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) is pleased to announce that seven libraries across the 102nd AD have received new funding from the State Education Department Public Library Construction Project to update and maintain their premises. The...

Assemblyman Tague Attends Exclusive Emerging Legislative Leaders Program

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) reviewing coursework at the Emerging Legislative Leaders Program at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business on Wednesday, July 10.
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) recently attended the renowned University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business for the 2019 Emerging Legislative Leaders Program. The program selects 50 exemplary legislators from across the country...

Cuomo Doesn’t Care about St. Clare’s

**Editor’s note** Governor Cuomo’s remarks on the St. Clare’s pension situation can be found here. "For the governor to not know — or not care — about the crisis that's been growing for over a year now in which our fellow New...

A Progressive Circus: End of 2019 Session

“The year of the criminal, the illegal immigrant gift package and actively attacking upstate farmers, the Assembly Majority politicians have made this Legislative Session a cavalcade of progressive dreams. They gave driver’s licenses to illegals...

Tague Outraged At Farm Union Bill

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) recently voted against a bill that would heavily regulate the agriculture industry in upstate New York. Tague is particularly concerned with the bills’ lack of concern with the unique circumstances and...

Tague Calls to Protect St. Clare’s Pension Fund

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Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) attended a press conference today in support of over 1,100 former employees of St. Clare’s Hospital at risk of losing their pensions. In 2018, all former employees of St. Clare’s Hospital were informed...

Tague Votes against ‘Green Light’ Bill

“I’ll say it again, this legislation highlights the disparity between the Assembly Majority and the taxpayers,” Tague said. “A Siena poll shows that a majority of New Yorkers oppose granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants,...

Tague Supports Amendments to Bail Reform

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Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) attended a press conference alongside his colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference to urge the Legislature to pass real, common-sense amendments to the bail reforms enacted in this year’s state...

Tague: Assembly Majority Gives ‘Green Light’ To Give Illegals Drivers Licenses

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) warns of a bill (A3675) that Assembly Majority politicians are pushing through the Transportation Committee today. This bill is the first step on the road to giving illegals driver’s licenses and granting...

Tague Announces State Income Tax Exemption Plan for Firefighter and EMS Volunteers

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Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie), alongside Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb, Sen. James L. Seward (R,C,I,Ref-Oneonta), and several of his peers in the Assembly Minority Conference, introduced legislation this afternoon that would give...

Tague Standing Up For Farmers

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) has signed on to a letter of support with members of the Assembly Minority Conference opposing a bill that would unionize farm laborers. The legislation would grant collective bargaining rights along with...

Tague Applauds Recovery Tax Credit

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) applauds the nation’s first-ever tax credit to employers who hire individuals in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The credit aims to encourage employment and provide a stable income source to...

Tague Attends Candlewood Court Opening Ceremony

Assemblyman Tague attending the Candlewood Court Apartment Complex opening on Friday, May 3
Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) happily attended the opening of the new Candlewood Court Apartment Complex in Richmondville on Friday, May 3. Candlewood Court is a new high quality apartment complex that was funded in part by the Small...

‘Year of the Criminal’ Marches On In NYS

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) stood opposed to an Assembly Majority bill (A.3972) which would require employers to make an official job offer to candidates before inquiring about any past criminal convictions of a prospective employee....

Elder Criminals Rejoice: Fast Tracked To Parole

Late last week, the Assembly Majority announced they were pushing legislation that will permit the Board of Parole to evaluate all inmates over the age of 55 who have served at least 15 years in prison for possible parole release. The legislation comes...

Cuomo Directs Tague’s ‘Gold Star’ Proposal Effective Immediately

“I am immensely proud that Gov. Cuomo has directed our gold star families’ proposal to be effective immediately. After a week of nonstop pressuring from me, my peers in the Minority Conference of the Assembly, veterans’ organizations and...

Tague Launches ‘Gold Star Families’ Petition

Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C,I,Ref-Schoharie) has launched a petition in support of a bill he sponsors in the Assembly that would provide tuition assistance for SUNY or CUNY students who are family members of a deceased service man or woman who died in...