Buffalo, NY – Today, Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera and State Senator Nathalia Fernandez announced the creation of an exciting new program to support new Americans and refugees prepare for careers in the construction trades. A $30,000 grant, awarded to...

LACKAWANNA, NY – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera announced today that he has secured $208,000 in state grant funding for municipal recreation facilities within the City of Lackawanna’s First Ward, a culturally diverse sector of the city home to widely...

BUFFALO, NY – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera was joined today by Assemblyman Bill Conrad as well as representatives from local AAPI (Asian American/Pacific Islander) organizations to announce that Assemblymember Rivera has secured $75,000 in funding for...

BUFFALO, NY – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera announced today that he has secured $25,000 in state funding for the El Batey Puerto Rican Center. The funds will be used to support youth and cultural programming, dance, music, and physical fitness classes,...

Hamburg, NY – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera was joined today by the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), local elected officials, local labor leaders and members of Hamburg’s small business community to push legislation which would...

Buffalo – Members of the NYS Legislature’s WNY Delegation gathered today at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre to announce a historic state investment of $1.2 million in the renowned theater and architectural marvel. While Shea’s Buffalo has previously been...

Buffalo – In coordination with National Travel and Tourism Week (May 7-13) and as members of the New York State Assembly Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development, Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera will welcome Assemblymember Daniel O’Donnell...

Buffalo – Senator Tim Kennedy and Assemblymember Jon Rivera joined members of Buffalo Transit Riders United (BTRU) Saturday to celebrate the signing of their bill, S3959B, which will require upstate transportation authorities to have at least one voting...

Hamburg – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera was joined today by Hamburg Town Supervisor Randy Hoak to announce that the Assemblymember is awarding the Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Preserve $250,000 in funding to build a new pavilion and picnic area...

Buffalo – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera was joined today by a slate of local elected officials to announce that the Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo have been awarded $150,000 for capital improvements to their John F. Beecher Clubhouse (180 10th St.) and...

Buffalo – Speaker Carl Heastie today, on his annual statewide tour, joined Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera to announce $1.5 million in funding for the Hispanic Heritage Cultural Institute of Western New York, as well as $1 million for the Belle Center...

Buffalo – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera was joined today by Assemblymember Catalina Cruz at West Side Community Services in Buffalo to announce that through the efforts of the New York State Assembly Majority, the 2022-23 state budget will allocate a...

Buffalo – Today, Members of the New York State Legislature’s Western New York Delegation gathered outside of the Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse in downtown Buffalo to denounce the string of recent Supreme Court decisions that encapsulate the extreme...

Hamburg – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera, State Sen. Sean Ryan, Hamburg Town Supervisor Randy Hoak and representatives from both People Inc. and Developmental Disabilities Alliance of WNY today recognized a critical and well-deserved cost-of-living adjustment...

Assemblymember Jon Rivera announced legislation he sponsored (A08518) which matches the local name change of “Squaw Island” in Buffalo to “Unity Island" at the state level. The Buffalo Common Council renamed the island in 2015 to remove the offensive...

HAMBURG, N.Y. – Today, May 6, 2022, New York State Senator Sean Ryan, Assemblymember Jon Rivera and Assemblymember Bill Conrad gathered at Hamburg High School to highlight the historic $31 billion investment in New York’s schools included in the recently...

Buffalo – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera was joined today by Assemblyman Bill Conrad and Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes to announce that Buffalo’s historic North Park Theatre at 1428 Hertel Avenue has been accepted into the New York State Historic...

Buffalo – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera joined Hamburg Town Supervisor Randy Hoak for Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper’s Spring Sweep event at Woodlawn Beach, the largest single-day cleanup across Western New York, on Earth Day Weekend. Simultaneously,...

BUFFALO – Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera and State Sen. Tim Kennedy joined the homeowners of 601 West Ferry St. to announce the passage of Bill A07493/S3864, which grants a tax credit for the purchase and installation of geothermal heat pump systems that...

BUFFALO – Assemblymembers Jon D. Rivera and Bill Conrad, State Sen. Sean Ryan, and representatives from United University Professions joined officials at SUNY Buffalo State College today to announce an historic $500 million in SUNY and CUNY operating...