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July 2025

Speaker Heastie, Senate Deputy Leader Gianaris & Queens Elected Officials Announce $8.5 Million in Funding for Queens Museum

Queens, NY – Today, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris and other Queens elected officials announced $8.5 million in capital funding from New York State for the Queens Museum. This investment includes funding for the...

Speaker Heastie, Assemblymember Cook Announce $5 Million for Rochdale Village, Inc. to Help Maintain Affordable Rents for Families

Speaker Carl Heastie today joined Assemblymember Vivian E. Cook in Rochdale Village in Queens to announce $5 million in funding to help the housing cooperative avoid raising rent on residents by 57 percent. “The COVID-19 pandemic had long lasting and...

Speaker Heastie Continues Annual Statewide Tour in Suffolk County with Assemblywoman Kassay, Announcing Critical Funding for Save-A-Pet Animal Shelter and the Port Jefferson Fire District

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Speaker Carl Heastie this week continued his annual statewide tour in Suffolk County with Assemblywoman Rebecca Kassay, where they toured Save-A-Pet Animal Shelter, announcing a total of $300,000 in funding for the organization, and the Port Jefferson...

Speaker Heastie Continues Annual Statewide Tour in Rockland County with Assemblymember Patrick J. Carroll, Announcing Over $2.1 million in Funding

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Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Patrick J. Carroll made several stops in the Village of Haverstraw today, visiting the Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry Landing, Haverstraw Fire Department (HFD), Westhab Affordable Housing and The Haverstraw Center, announcing...

Speaker Heastie Continues Annual Statewide Tour with Assemblymember Kwani B. O'Pharrow, Announcing $1.1 million for Wyandanch Park

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Speaker Carl Heastie continued his annual statewide tour today with Assemblymember Kwani B. O’Pharrow to visit Wyandanch Park, a vibrant, community-centered park in Suffolk County. Together they announced $1.1 million for the Town of Babylon to complete...

Speaker Heastie Statement

I’m disappointed and I’m furious but I can’t say that I’m shocked at Republicans in Congress passing this big, awful bill. The cruelty, the lack of empathy and the lack of concern for our friends, neighbors and fellow Americans is par for the...
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