Over the last few years, we have seen a significant increase in weather-related crop loss throughout our Western New York agricultural community. Although farmers are taking every precaution, there is little they can do when up against the unpredictable...

As a small-businessman, I understand the importance of working hard and making sound fiscal decisions. However, in today’s economy you do not have to be in business in order to understand the long-term economic effects of our choices today. Across...

As our nation continues wavering on the brink of an economic recession and American families are making tough choices in order to stay within their family budgets, it is time that we take a serious look at the cost of our government, in particular, at...

Not only does Governor Spitzer’s budget proposal tack on nearly $500 in new taxes and fees for New York’s families, but his plan significantly increases our state debt to an amount that is equivalent to giving an average New York family an $11,000...

There is no question that Western New Yorkers need property tax relief. This is my highest priority and that’s why I am fighting to enact the Property Taxpayers Protection Act, a comprehensive plan that would finally give homeowners, businesses and...

I am proud to join with the many New Yorkers who have stood up against Governor Spitzer’s new Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) policy that threatens the security of our state and its 18 million residents by allowing illegal aliens and potential terrorists...

I am proud to join with the many New Yorkers who have stood up against Governor Spitzer’s new Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) policy that threatens the security of our state and its 18 million residents by allowing illegal aliens and potential terrorists...

Amid recent claims that New York’s young, educated population has migrated out of state, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Buffalo Branch published a report confirming that areas of our state, outside of New York City, have experienced a net...