Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C – East Aurora) slammed Gov. Cuomo’s decision to veto a pension buyback system for veterans for the second consecutive year. The bill (A.8174/S.5937) passed both chambers of the state legislature with very little debate...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) joined Congressman Chris Collins at the East Aurora American Legion to award Marine Corps Veteran Donald E. Schmidle medals he earned on behalf of our nation during World War II. The Congressman awarded the...

Seven overwhelmingly-passed women’s equality bills are collecting dust on Gov. Cuomo’s desk while he waits for the perfect photo-op, and that’s disgusting. Some of these bills don’t go into full effect for 90 days, pushing their start date into...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) awarded a Citation to DOT Engineer Dan Bierut for creating a line of sight at the intersection of Route 39 and Van Slyke Road. The Van Slyke/Route 39 intersection has been the site of many accidents over the...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) will receive the Thomas Paine Award from the Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) for his excellence in defending the Second Amendment to the Constitution. “This is an incredible honor,”...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) held a breakfast meeting with superintendents, Board of Education members and teaching staff members from across his district to seek better answers about reforming the state’s education system. “Meeting...

“This governor has put together a biased panel that helped put New York in the mess it’s currently in. If there was any seriousness to reforming the Common Core curriculum, there wouldn’t be conversations about just changing the name and moving...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R, C-East Aurora) is hosting a breakfast roundtable this week with superintendents from throughout his district to discuss the Common Core curriculum and the APPR teacher evaluations. “I believe we are going to have...

Amid reports of a potential name change to the Common Core curriculum, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is pointing out that the standards don’t face a branding issue, they face a credibility issue. “Parents didn’t opt their children...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) has signed on to a bipartisan letter urging Gov. Cuomo to continue state-level sanctions against Iran, like the New York Iran Divestment Act of 2012, regardless of the executive agreement entered into by the...

“For the past two years, my colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference and I have called on Gov. Cuomo and the Assembly Majority to authorize a review of the Common Core Curriculum and halt the implementation of that curriculum during the review....

In light of a new study performed by The Tax Foundation and KPMG accounting firm, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is renewing his call to drastically reduce the tax burden placed on New Yorkers and their employers. Except for manufacturing,...

“The recent report by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli showed that three out of every four new statewide jobs over the past five years have been created in New York City. The Legislature and this governor have repeatedly made promises to bring new jobs to...

“The State Education Department reported yesterday that 20 percent of students between grades 3 and 8 opted out of taking the high-stakes state testing. The opt-out movement is one I’m proud to be part of as we attempt to take control of our classrooms...

In light of the recent undercover videos released by The Center for Medical Progress exposing the callousness of Planned Parenthood and the abortion process, Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) is calling for a statewide investigation into Planned...

Assemblyman David DiPietro (R,C-East Aurora) and his Assembly Minority colleagues have signed on to a letter alerting the state’s new Education Commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, of their work regarding the Common Core curriculum. The letter, which touts...

“The tax dollars that go into rebuilding La Guardia Airport and the Tappan Zee Bridge aren’t just coming from New York City, they’re coming from upstate and Western New York, and we deserve some accountability. Gov. Cuomo’s focus continues to...

“The decision by unelected bureaucrats on the wage board to raise the minimum wage for fast food businesses adversely affects young people looking for work and seeking to gain experience at a first job. As someone who owns and operates a small business,...

This year’s legislative session generated a lot of headlines for the powerful downstate leaders ensnared in a corruption scandal, but not a lot of headlines for the work it failed to accomplish. This is yet another year where downstate took care of...

“We may have extended session another week, but we didn’t tackle many of the major issues facing our communities. The Legislature didn’t stop or even reform the Common Core curriculum, nor did it fully eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA)....