“While the rest of state government convenes panels and task forces to study the heroin epidemic and move legislation to effectively combat opioid addiction, the Assembly Majority stand pat. Our conference has prepared a legislative package based on...

Despite the legislative leaders’ refusal to put ethics reform items in the state budget this year, I will continue to fight for the legislation throughout the remainder of session. As we watch United States Attorney for the Southern District, Preet...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is renewing his calls for increased ethics reform in a month when three legislative leaders will be sentenced for abusing their offices. “This week we witnessed the sentencing of Sheldon Silver and...

“The people of New York have finally gotten justice. For over two decades, Sheldon Silver used Albany to enrich himself, violate the public trust in our government, and subvert the will of the people. Now we must finish what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is passing Assembly Bill 3937 to Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther to expedite the legislation’s passage. The bill would eliminate the need for hunters to wear back tags across the state. Back tags are currently...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C- East Aurora) will be joining the Wyoming and Genesee County chapters of the Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) and Assemblyman Stephen M. Hawley to update concerned citizens on the progress of the lawsuits...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is pointing to the recent American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Economic Outlook Ratings as proof the high-tax, high-regulation economic model in Albany has failed. “For the 7th Rating out of...

I am once again leaving Albany upset not just at the contents of the state budget, but the secretive process in which it is crafted by three and sometimes four downstate leaders. Continuing the three-men-in-a-room budget process is a continuation of the...

“This is the least transparent budget process ever, and it comes on the heels of two legislative leaders being convicted of federal felonies for abuse of office. Albany is seemingly incapable of change. We have pork flying all around the state. Everything...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is the sponsor of legislation that would strip corrupt lawmakers of their taxpayer-financed pensions. A similar measure was set to pass the Legislature last year before the Assembly Majority pulled the agreed-upon...

“After waiting nearly a year for the Assembly Majority’s ethics reform proposals, the conference left much to be desired. Many of these reforms aren’t ethics related. There’s no term limits measure to prevent someone being Speaker for two decades...

“Today’s budget showed just how out-of-touch New York City liberals are with the values of the rest of the state. Tuition for illegal immigrants, a $5.6 billion tax increase, and a 50 percent cut to agricultural assistance are just a few of the many,...

This week, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) stood with representatives from both the State Assembly and Senate in favor of increasing funding for the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) by $250 million. “Western...

In its first-ever rating of the New York State government, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) was one of only five state legislators to receive the American Conservative Union’s (ACU) 2015 ACU Ratings Award. The award is bestowed upon legislators...

New York, like many states, is now in the midst of a battle against heroin, the destructive opioid tearing at the fabric of our communities and destroying families. My colleagues and I in the Assembly Minority Conference created a task force on heroin...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) has long sponsored legislation to allow all veterans to be able to buy back three years of time in the state’s pension system. Currently, this is a privilege extended to specific veterans and unavailable...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is a sponsor of the “Spirit of ’76” bill, A.8658, which would allow any bill with 76 sponsors or more to be moved immediately to the floor for a debate and vote by the full Assembly. Seventy-six sponsors...

“Of all of the proposals in the governor’s speech, the $15 minimum wage is the one that would cause the most damage. As a small-business owner myself, I can safely report that there is no secret stash of money we’re withholding from our employees....

As we begin another legislative year, I wanted to make our community aware of my priorities as I head back to Albany. We have many issues to conquer for the betterment of Western New York and the state as a whole, including the habitual corruption that...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) took part in an ethics reform press conference preceding session today. DiPietro, along with his colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference, sponsored 17 ethics reform resolutions in the chamber today,...