New York Conference of Italian-American Legislators President Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is encouraging area students to submit applications to the organization’s annual scholarship program. The group distributes two, $4,000 academic scholarships and...

“Budget hearings do not provide adequate time for the thorough public inquiry owed to the families who lost loved ones during the nursing home crisis. Because members have been stonewalled by the administration since August, it’s understandable that...

“The story Lindsey Boylan detailed today is specific and credible. It merits a thorough and immediate investigation by the attorney general’s office. We must have zero tolerance for sexual harassment. These allegations describe predatory, unforgivable...

During this morning’s joint legislative budget hearing on economic development, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) made the case for using existing Empire State Development funding to help small businesses hit hard by the pandemic. Ra believes that...

Today, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) joined with his Minority colleagues from both houses at a press conference in the Capitol to urge their Majority counterparts to work with them to remove the governor’s emergency powers immediately. “This...

“After a week of threatening legislators, exaggerating their connections to world-renowned physicians and admitting to obstructing a federal investigation on a Zoom call, this administration decided the hole they’ve dug themselves in wasn’t deep...

“Add federal prosecutors to the ever-growing list of people this administration has stonewalled and deceived. During a secret meeting with Majority lawmakers, the governor’s top staffer admitted that they covered up the scope of the nursing home crisis...

Last week when Attorney General Letitia James released a scathing report detailing the Cuomo administration’s deceptions and failures in our nursing homes over the last year, it was regarded as a bombshell. Bombshell reports get a lot of attention....

“Today’s scathing report from the Office of the Attorney General is a stark reminder of why my colleagues and I have continually called for an investigation into the crisis in our nursing homes. These findings are serious and damning. Public trust...

Today, Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) helped pass a series of bills delivering needed economic relief to small business owners and workers across the state. Ra supported measures to extend eviction protections to commercial tenants, protect small...

“Today’s announcement from the administration clears the path for our kids to get back on the court, back on the field and back on the ice. I’m heartened to see the governor respond to our bipartisan push to get scholastic sports back. It will be...

In an effort to stimulate New York’s economic recovery and strengthen its fiscal resilience ahead of future emergencies, the Assembly Minority Conference has compiled and updated a list of proposals — Jump-Start New York: A Plan for Economic Recovery.“All...

“Today, the governor began outlining a broad, ambitious agenda. Some of his ideas are commendable. However, it’s important to remember that our state was facing a multi-billion dollar budget deficit even before COVID-19 rocked our economy and decimated...

Last week, the Assembly convened a special session to vote on an extension of the eviction and foreclosure moratorium for tenants and homeowners. I knew the bill was incomplete. My colleagues and I drafted an amendment that would provide the same protections...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) participated in a local Holiday Toy Drive that proved to be very successful. Ra, along with others in the community, was able to fill two full ten-foot U-Haul trucks with toy donations. The toys were given to the...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce that Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay has re-appointed him as the ranking Minority Member on the Ways and Means Committee. The committee vets all legislation with a fiscal impact to the...

Anyone with a mailbox can tell you this was an intense election cycle in our community. That’s the way it was all over the country. After the polls close, however, elected leaders need to get back to work. That means listening to each other, that means...

This has been an exceptionally difficult year. Our region was the epicenter of a global pandemic. This spring, we experienced real suffering and heartbreak on a scale that’s still difficult to process. We’re still dealing with the lingering public...

Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce that legislation creating a statewide volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention task force has been signed into law by the governor. Ra cosponsored the legislation in the Assembly. “The...