From left to right in the Assembly Chamber: Melissa Bower of the Chemung County Farm Bureau, Gina Blakemore, Senator O’Mara, Hailey Pipher, Assemblyman Friend, Assemblyman Palmesano, Sydney Blakemore of the Chemung County Dairy Princess Program, and...

This week, Assemblymen Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) and Christopher S. Friend (R,C,I-Big Flats) were pleased to meet with officials from the Southern Tier Library Association. They discussed their shared priorities, including increasing public library...

This week, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) addressed officials representing local libraries and library systems across the state at a rally in the Capitol. Palmesano is fighting to restore the governor’s proposed budget cuts to library...

Corning, N.Y. —State Senator Tom O’Mara (R,C,I-Big Flats) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) have urged Governor Andrew Cuomo to amend his 2018-2019 state budget proposal to include Canandaigua, Keuka, and Seneca lakes on a list of 12...

“The governor’s announcement earlier this week makes our correction officers sound like criminals. It was wrong. It neither helps morale nor reinforces to our brave men and women who work in dangerous jobs that we have their backs. This administration...

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) and his fellow members of the Conference of Italian-American State Legislators are announcing the availability of applications for their annual scholarship program. Four scholarships will be awarded, each...

gs many brave survivors came forward with their stories, and prevention advocates, law enforcement officials, judges and service providers imparted their wisdom. Using this information we developed proposed policy changes aimed at protecting lives, supporting...

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) is advising members of volunteer fire departments and the community about an opportunity to receive tuition reimbursement through the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY). FASNY has developed...

Today, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano and his Minorty colleagues released a report detailing the findings of their Domestic Violence Prevention Task Force. The comprehensive document outlines new legislative initiatives to combat the growing public health...

“I agree with the governor that this will be a difficult budget. However, simply blaming the federal government for our challenges fails to address the long-term structural problems we face as a state. “The governor has to take some responsibility...

Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C,I-Canandaigua) has appointed Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) to serve on the Assembly Committee on Education. This is a new opportunity for Palmesano. Issues considered by the Assembly Education...

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) is sending his “January Grants Action News Update” to residents, organizations and local governments about a series of grants available from the state, federal government and private entities. Each month,...

“The governor laid out a broad and ambitious agenda in his annual State of the State address. While I welcome his thoughts as a starting point for discussions on important policies that will affect all New Yorkers, I think it’s important to withhold...

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) today expressed his deepest concern for the correction officer who was assaulted by two inmates at Groveland Correctional Facility on Saturday. The brutal attack left the officer with cuts to his face and chest...

A Statement by Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) “I am honored and grateful to again be inducted into the New York Farm Bureau’s “Circle of Friends.” Since I was elected to the state Assembly in 2010, I’ve always done my best to...

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning) is sending his “December Grants Action News Update” to residents, organizations and local governments about a series of grants available from the state, federal government and private entities. Each month,...

“Today, I’m pleased to announce that New Yorkers can now register online as organ, eye and tissue donors on the state’s revamped organ donor registry. You can save up to eight lives with one click. This is a game-changer and will certainly improve...

On Veterans Day, we honor individuals for making a profound choice—to put their families, their friends, their fellow citizens, and their country above everything else, including their own life. Veterans in our community were willing to lay down their...

"I am pleased that the governor signed our bill guaranteeing volunteer firefighters access to cancer coverage. I was proud to sponsor the legislation in the Assembly. Volunteer firefighters form the backbone of our rural communities, and the risks they're...

In recent years, I’ve worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and in both houses of our Legislature in Albany to address a profound public health crisis, a quiet killer that is causing needless death and suffering. Too many of us find...