Assembly Minority members serving on the New York State Assembly Committee on Corrections are frustrated and angered by a continued spree of assaults on correction officers, including the recent brutal attack at Five Points Correctional Facility that...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I- Gowanda) announced today that his district office is now accepting applications from students applying for the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators’ Academic and Athletic Scholarship program....

Following the New York State Assembly’s passage of bill A.5969 last week, Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I- Gowanda) announced his satisfaction with pushing this legislation through to help property owners across New York. “We passed...

“Today, members of both houses of the legislature gathered together to announce Assembly Bill 6140, which would limit the SAFE Act across the state outside of the City of New York. “As a proud co-sponsor, I am very happy that our conference...

Assemblyman Joe Giglio (R,C,I- Gowanda) joined his Minority colleagues today in support of the Affordable College For All Initiative, which seeks to lessen the burden on New York’s students and to help out those already paying down their student...

This week, Assemblymen Phil Palmesano (R,C,I-Corning), Joe Errigo (R,C,I,Ref-Conesus) Joe Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda) and Chris Friend (R,C,I-Big Flats) met with local young people from the advocacy group Reality Check, an organization dedicated to promoting...

“I’m pleased to see that the Governor’s Office, through Capital Grant Funding administered by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, released over $8 million to provide more beds and better treatment for those...

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda) joined his Assembly and Senate colleagues on Wednesday to call on the Assembly Majority to pass legislation combating New York’s growing heroin crisis before the end of the 2016 legislative session. “Our...

The Senate and governor held press conferences today, highlighting the need for state entities to do more to address the growing heroin epidemic in New York. As Chairman of the Minority Task Force on Heroin Addiction & Community Response, Assemblyman...

Following Assembly Health Committee Chairman Dick Gottfried’s comments on the heroin crisis in New York, Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda) urged his colleagues to prioritize combating the heroin epidemic as they approach the end of session....

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda) is reminding motorists to use extreme caution in work zones, to ensure not only their own safety, but the safety of construction workers as well. “As warmer weather approaches, construction season...

“As the new fiscal year begins and the Legislature passes its first late budget in years, it is disheartening to see that our House seems to have learned nothing from the crimes of last year. In 2015 we saw both Houses’ legislative leaders convicted...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda) met with education officials in Albany in the wake of the Board of Regents elections yesterday. The Legislature confirmed the approval of nominated Board of Regents members for the first and fifth district,...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I- Gowanda) today stood with a bipartisan group of legislators and county and town highway superintendents to call on the governor and legislative leaders to increase CHIPs (consolidated highway improvement program) aid...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda), Chairman of the Minority Task Force on Heroin Addiction & Community Response, today joined Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I-Holbrook) to announce the release of “The Heroin Epidemic: A Report on Heroin Use,...

“Today’s State of the State Address included a variety of topics on policy and budget affairs. As always, I am hopeful that after careful review of the governor’s proposals, we can work together to bring the people of New York the representation...

Editor’s note: Watch Assemblyman Giglio speak following today’s press conference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfyHvyugkUQ& Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda) joined Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua)...

Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R,C,I-Gowanda) today announced that three local libraries in the 148th Assembly District have been awarded construction grants totaling about $142,000. The three libraries that will be receiving these grants are the Belfast...

“Correction officers statewide put their lives on the line every single day to ensure New York State prisons are safely run and monitored. In recent years, there has been a huge spike in inmate assaults on correction officers and on other inmates....