Ortt to present Senate Liberty Medals to 3 local heroes
PRESS RELEASE LOCKPORT – State Senator Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, will present the New York State Senate Liberty Medal to three local individuals on Thursday, August 10 at 3:30 p.m.…
PHOTO: Ortt Presents $12,500 Check to Miller Hose Fire Company for New Equipment
PRESS RELEASE NEWFANE – In support of community protection services, State Senator Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, today presented the Miller Hose Fire Company with a $12,500 check to purchase new…
Collins highlights support for student agriculture bill
PRESS RELEASE Legislation is currently being debated in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce that would lower the tax burden for students involved in 4-H programs and provide…
Schneiderman leads new brief in travel ban case
STAFF REPORTS New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, leading a coalition of sixteen Attorneys General, filed a new amicus brief in the Hawaii travel ban litigation, opposing the Trump administration’s…
Ortt sponsors community blood drive in memory of avid local blood donor
PRESS RELEASE NORTH TONAWANDA — In an effort to boost blood donations during a time when they can be low, Senator Rob Ortt is partnering with Unyts to sponsor a…
Niagara Co. Legislature may seek criminal investigation of Falls Water Board
STAFF REPORTS NIAGARA FALLS — Niagara County lawmakers will be summoned to a special meeting next week to take up four resolutions that urge the leadership of the Niagara Falls…
Collins introduces ‘Second Amendment Guarantee Act’
STAFF REPORTS Congressman Chris Collins (NY-27) has proposed new measures for protecting Second Amendment rights by introducing legislation to limit states authority when it comes to regulating rifles and shotguns,…
TRICOLI: Ramona Popowich must recuse herself
By Jim Tricoli AMHERST TIMES I attended a meeting of the ImagineAmherst group with Donald Smith. This group was listening to a tape from their consultant concerning the height of…
Higgins calls transgender military ban ‘outrageous’
PRESS RELEASE Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26), a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to the President’s announcement of a transgender ban in the…
Gillibrand issues statement on healthcare bill moving forward
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement on the Senate vote to open debate on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act: “I…