Press Releases

McDonough Offers 2005 Assembly Session Scorecard

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) is rating the Assembly’s just-ended 2005 legislative session as one of its most productive in recent years, but noted that many important issues were left unresolved. He vowed to continue fighting for...

Demand for Action on Important Legislation Before Session End

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) again demanded action from the Assembly leadership on important legislation that has languished in committees since the bills were introduced. This year’s legislative session ends June 23 and many important...

McDonough Sponsors Summer Reading Challenge At Local Elementary Schools

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) announced he is sponsoring the 2005 Summer Reading Challenge at elementary schools in his district. The Summer Reading Challenge is designed to encourage students to continue learning –through reading...

Assemblyman McDonough Offers ‘Natural Emergency Preparedness’ Brochure

Hurricane season has officially started and will run through November, and reports about the devastating effects of hurricanes already are appearing in the media. To help residents prepare for hurricanes and other natural disasters, as well as what...

McDonough: Majority-Controlled Transportation Committee Pulls Auto Leasing Bill

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) expressed his disappointment with Tuesday’s decision by the Assembly Transportation Committee chairman to pull a bill from the panel’s agenda that would have allowed for discussion of New York’s Vicarious...

McDonough: Majority Finally Recognizes Need to Further Protect New Yorkers from Sexual Predators

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,I,C-Merrick) is applauding efforts by the Assembly majority to address the need to strengthen, enhance and provide greater protection for New Yorkers from sexual predators. "They have finally acknowledged an issue...

McDonough Announces Petition Drive for Civil Confinement Legislation

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Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,I,C-Merrick) and his Assembly minority colleagues are launching a statewide petition drive designed to force Assembly majority to act on civil confinement legislation and strengthen Megan’s Law in an effort to further...

McDonough Offers Legislative "Must-Do" List Before Session End

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) joined his minority colleagues this week in alerting the full Assembly to legislative issues that must be addressed before the 2005 session ends in late June. "We have seven weeks left in the legislative...

Assemblyman McDonough Offers Long Island ‘Travel Guide’

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C-North Merrick) has available copies of the "2005 Long Island Travel Guide," a publication from the Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau that features a sampling of Long Island’s scenic tourist attractions such...

Assemblyman McDonough Offers ‘The College Dream. A Guide For Parents’

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C-North Merrick) is distributing copies of "The College Dream. A Guide for Parents," a free publication from The College Board that provides parents with information about the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), financial...

Long Island Assembly Minority Conference Secures Empire Zone for Nassau County

The Long Island Assembly minority conference representing Nassau County has secured an Empire Zone for Nassau County, one of 11 in the state that weren’t part of the Empire Zones program until passage of the new state budget. The delegation also announced...

McDonough: Assembly Majority Blocks Civil Confinement Legislation

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) today blasted the majority-led Assembly Mental Health Committee for refusing to allow civil confinement legislation to come to the floor for debate and a vote by the full Assembly. The legislation would give...

McDonough Supports Take Our Daughters or Sons to Work Day

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) is announcing his support for the "Take Our Daughters or Sons to Work Day" on Thursday, April 28. "When we take our daughters or sons into the workplace we give them a wonderful opportunity to see the...

McDonough: April Is National Donate Life Month

Long Island Assembly Minority Conference Calls for Empire Zone in Nassau County

The Long Island Assembly minority conference representing Nassau and Suffolk counties today was united in calling for creation of an Empire Zone in Nassau County, one of 11 counties in the state still not part of the Empire Zones program. Several business...

Long Island Assembly Minority Delegation Calls for School District Aid Restoration

The Assembly Minority delegation representing Long Island is supporting a proposal that would restore Comprehensive Operating Aid (COA) to school districts throughout the state as a one-time retroactive restoration aid payment for the 2003-04 and 2004-05...

McDonough Demands Action on Civil Confinement Legislation by the Assembly

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) was joined by fellow minority Assembly members and Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a press conference in Albany to call for immediate action on legislation that would keep dangerous...

McDonough to Host Mobile DMV Van Day

Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) will host the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ mobile outreach van from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 1 at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Ave., Wantagh. "I am pleased, along with the Wantagh...

McDonough Demands Action on Civil Confinement Legislation by the Assembly

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Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) was joined by fellow Assembly minority members and Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a press conference in Albany to call for immediate action on legislation that would keep dangerous...

McDonough Supports Effort to Create Joint Bipartisan Legislative Process Task Force

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Assemblyman David G. McDonough (R,C,I-Merrick) joined Assembly and Senate colleagues in supporting legislation that would create a bipartisan Senate-Assembly task force to examine long-standing legislative procedures and recommend changes to the lawmaking...