“It is ironic the due date for the 2025-26 New York State Budget falls on April Fools’ Day year after year. Here we are in Albany, yet we are here to pass our first budget extender, likely the first of numerous budget extenders. This late budget directly...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) and his colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference unveiled the 2025 New York State Assembly Minority Conference Human Trafficking Task Force Report. This task force, led by Assembly Minority Leader Will...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) attended a press conference in Albany on March 25, 2025, to support the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences’ call for a delay in the implementation of changes to the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance...

“The governor’s executive budget proposal for this year was $252 billion—I am shocked to see this number now jump to a bloated $256.5 billion in the Assembly one-house budget proposal. When I first took office in 2021, the Assembly one-house budget...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) supports Assembly Bill A.3938, also known as the ‘Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law.’ This bill would establish a traffic safety memorial sign program to publicly memorialize the victims...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) announced he secured $50,000 in CREST Grant Funding for the Town of Cuyler to renovate the old Train Depot into a new Town Office. This grant will contribute to the adaptive reuse of this historic building, which...

“Our rural school districts should have the option to opt out of the requirements of the zero-emission school bus mandate. Many rural school districts have inadequate electrical infrastructure needed to utilize and recharge all-electric buses, and the...

“Year after year, we see the Governor attempt to address New Yorkers’ concerns over our state’s migrant crisis, affordability issues and flawed public safety policies in her State of the State Address. Yet year after year, New Yorkers are subjected...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is proud to announce his annual donation drive for local pets and animals will begin this Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, and will end on Feb. 13, 2025. Gallahan is once again partnering with Beverly Animal Shelter...

“Happy New Year and happy first day of legislative session to everyone. I am very proud to be back in Albany serving the hardworking New York families in the 131st Assembly District. Now more than ever, we must have the backs of New Yorkers in need....

Legislation (A.9665/S.8851) sponsored by Sen. Tom O’Mara (R,C-Big Flats), Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning) to create the Seneca County Water and Sewer Authority was signed into law by Governor Hochul...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) opened his Moravia Satellite office on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Located in Moravia Town Hall at 1630 State Route 38, Moravia, N Y 13118, the office will be open Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Constituents...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) announced seven public libraries in Assembly District 131 have been allocated approximately $938,124 in state aid for library construction funds. These libraries include: Aurora Free Library (Finger Lakes Library...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) supports Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C-Pulaski), Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt (R,C-North Tonawanda), other members of the Assembly and Senate Minority Conferences and members of the law enforcement...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) attended a press conference in Albany led by Senate and Assembly Minority Conference members and members of the community to discuss rural equity in New York state and renew calls to improve it. Gallahan was...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) is appalled that his proposal, Assembly Bill A.2992, was voted down by the Assembly Majority Conference. This proposal would have allowed the names of peace officers slain in the line of duty in New York state...

Assemblyman Jeff Gallahan (R,C-Manchester) supports his fellow Assembly Minority Conference colleagues in calling for an immediate hearing. The purpose of this hearing would be to address concerns and demand greater transparency regarding the humanitarian...

“This year’s state budget is a failure, and I had no choice but to vote ‘no.’ While there were some positive items included in the budget that I advocated for, unfortunately, the negatives outweigh these by far. This year’s massive budget should...

“So many individuals and families out there could use our help—there are currently 7,962 patients from our state alone who are on the national organ transplant waitlist, and that list grows larger each day. I fully support the expansion of the Donate...

“New York families and businesses are fed up—they cannot continue to just cross their fingers and wait for inflation rates to die down and the tax burden to go away. Our constituents deserve to know state lawmakers are prepared to step in, work together...