Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF-Glenville) and Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara (D, I, WF, REF-Rotterdam) today introduced new legislation to halt the dissolution of the St. Clare’s Hospital Corporation until the state conducts an investigation and/or audit to determine exactly what led to the collapse of the $53 million pension fund leaving more than 1,100 former employees without their retirement.

Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF-Glenville), Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh (R,C,I-Ballston), Senator Daphne Jordan (R,C,I,REF-Halfmoon), and former county clerks Senator Chris Jacobs (R,C,I-60^thSenate District), and Senator Patty Ritchie (R,C,I-Heuvelton) today joined with Saratoga County Clerk Craig Hayner, Rensselaer County Clerk Frank Merola, Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns, and Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo to call for passage of legislation, the “County Clerks Protection Act” to help stop those here illegally from obtaining driver’s licenses. 

Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF-Glenville) today joined his Senate Republican Colleagues to urge the legislature to pass his legislation to enhance the voices of crime victims in parole hearings and to keep our communities safe and ensure dangerous offenders stay locked-up. 

Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF-Glenville) legislation, “Brendan’s Lemon-Aid Law,” to help keep child-run lemonade stands open in New York State, today cleared its first legislative hurdle by passing in the Majority-controlled Senate Health Committee.