MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample gives an election night news update for the 11 p.m. hour. Featuring comments from Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace, who lost reelection, and BOE commissioner Norman … [Read more...]
Young Announces Passage of Legislation in State Senate Strengthening Law for Sex Abuse Victims
ALBANY - NY Senator Cathy Young (R-Olean) is also announcing legislation she says will advance justice and healing for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Under the new legislation sponsored by Young in the Senate, prosecutors will be able to … [Read more...]
NY Senate Republicans Block Effort to Pass More Gun Regulations
ALBANY - Senate Republicans in Albany blocked an effort by Democrats Wednesday to force a vote on four gun control bills. The legislation was introduced as a response to renewed calls for gun restrictions in the wake of the mass shooting at a … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Sen. Catherine Young Interview: January 2018
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 Senator Catherine Young (R-Olean, NY 57th Senate District) offers her initial thoughts on the 2019 State Budget proposal, presented by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, Jan. … [Read more...]
Young Responds to Governor’s Budget Presentation, Prepares for Senate Budget Hearings
ALBANY - Chautauqua County’s representative in the New York State Senate will be the one responsible for presiding over the state Senate budget hearings that will be taking place in Albany over the next few weeks. Sen. Cathy Young (R-Olean) is the … [Read more...]
Governor Proposes $1 Billion in ‘Revenue Raisers’, Shift in State Tax Code as Part of 2019 Budget Proposal
ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday presented his budget message to members of the state legislature, and it includes not only a billion dollars in additional revenue, but also calls for a radical change in the state income tax code. Cuomo is … [Read more...]
Cuomo Calls for Increased Hemp Production in New York State
ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo is making a late-session push to boost the state's budding hemp industry. An Saturday the governor introduced a bill that would treat the plant more like other agricultural crops in New York. The bill is calling for … [Read more...]
Senator Young Presents Medals to Two Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Deputies for Heroic, Life-SavingAct
MAYVILLE - Sen. Cathy Young (R-Olean) was in Mayville Tuesday for the Presentation of two New York State Senate Liberty Medals to Two Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Deputies. Young joined County Sheriff Joe Gerace and County Executive Vince Horrigan, … [Read more...]
2017-18 State Budget Finally Approved, Benefits Chautauqua County’s Two Cities, School Districts
ALBANY - New York will become the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle-class students. The tuition initiative is part of a new $153 billion state budget approved Sunday by the state Senate, a day after the … [Read more...]
Members of State Senate Walk Away from Negotiations as Budget Deal Falls Apart
ALBANY - It appears that a deal has not been reached in the effort to pass a new state budget, now nearly a week overdue. Budget talks between the legislature and governor collapsed Wednesday night after members of the Senate left the Capitol, … [Read more...]
