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Gray Releases Statement on Ammunition Background Check/State Police POC Provisions

The Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), passed on Friday, July 1, 2022, authorizes the Division of State Police to serve as the Point of Contact (POC) for conducting background checks on firearms and ammunition purchases. These provisions are scheduled...

‘The Gray Area’ Discusses Possibility of Housing Migrants in Closed Correctional Facilities in The 116th Assembly District

Assemblyman Scott Gray (R-Watertown) released the latest episode of “The Gray Area” video series. In this week’s episode, Gray discusses the major complications that would come with housing asylum seekers at closed correctional facilities in the...

Gray’s Minority Tourism Task Force Makes Stop in Cooperstown

Assemblyman Scott Gray’s (R-Watertown) Minority Tourism Task Force made its fifth stop on Wednesday, August 16 in Howe Caverns and Cooperstown, hosted by Assemblyman Chris Tague (R,C-Schoharie). There, the task force met with local chambers of commerce,...

‘The Gray Area’ Discusses Events in the 116th Assembly District and Tourism Stop at Lake George

Assemblyman Scott Gray (R-Watertown) released the latest episode of “The Gray Area” video series. In this week’s episode, Gray recaps events from the past week and his discussions with Commissioner of Empire State Development Hope Knight and Rep....

Statement From Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush and Scott Gray on Monday’s Ef-3 Tornado in Lewis and Jefferson County

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On Monday, Aug. 7, the National Weather Service issued four warnings for Lewis and Jefferson counties after a tornado hit the area in the evening. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado’s classification as EF-3 tornado, the third most severe...

Gray Announces More Than $200,000 in State Aid for Library Construction at Local Libraries

Assemblyman Scott Gray (R-Watertown) announced three library locations in St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties have been allocated a total of $211,816 in state aid for library construction projects through the New York State Library, a part of the New...

'The Gray Area' Updates on Lithium Battery Storage Fire, Plan to Demolish St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center Buildings

Assemblyman Scott Gray (R-Watertown) released the latest episode of “The Gray Area” video series. In this week’s episode, Gray discusses the swift emergency response to the lithium battery storage fire that broke out last week at the Chaumont Solar...

Site Demolition Work to Begin at St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center

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The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) received a request from the New York State Office of Mental Health to partially demolish the Letchworth Building Complex at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg. This decision comes...

Lithium Battery Storage Fire at Chaumont Solar Farm Escalates to Multiple Units, Burns Toxic Smoke into Air

Multiple lithium-battery storage trailers caught fire yesterday in the town of Lyme in Jefferson County, causing a large amount of potentially hazardous smoke to be emitted. The shelter-in-place order has since been lifted, but the fire has escalated...

‘The Gray Area’ Discusses Opposition to Mandates on Banning Gas Stoves, more from 2023 Legislative Survey

Assemblyman Scott Gray (R-Watertown) released the latest episode of “The Gray Area” video series. In this week’s episode, Gray discusses the results of his 2023 Legislative Survey which asked residents of the 116th Assembly District what top issues...
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