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Walczyk joined Assembly colleagues and North Country veterans and
successfully advocated for essential budget funding for state-run veterans’ programs.
Walczyk worked across the aisle to build bipartisan
coalitions, calling for an audit of the state Department of Labor after it failed to provide New Yorkers with timely follow up
for their unemployment claims. Mark and his staff fielded
hundreds of calls and emails from St. Lawrence and Jefferson
county residents who shared their struggles about getting their
claims processed.
Walczyk joined with members of his conference to propose multiple initiatives
to help get New Yorkers back to work and get our small businesses back up on their feet. His proposals would repurpose troublesome state programs like START-
UP NY or the Regional Economic Development Councils, and use the money as direct stimulus for small businesses to
recover. Further, he would extend waiving certain red tape and licensing hurdles to
allow businesses to rebound more quickly. For example, allowing restaurants to serve patrons in expanded outdoor settings would
be crucial for our local establishments.
Constituents have contacted our offices daily to express their frustration with the
Department of Labor’s inability to process and effectively communicate with them.
Constituents have also informed us about a breach of their personal information, which
has been corroborated by various news reports, and may be more widespread than
has been acknowledged. These are individuals who accepted the governor’s shutdown of the state’s economy with the tacit understanding
that their government would assist them during what was going to be a difficult time.
Walczyk received the highest ranking in his conference
from EPL/Environmental Advocates for his voting record
on environmental issues, including the Renewable Energy
Retention Act (A4294), Child Safe Products Act (A6296-A) and
Cleaner Air for Kids (A6358).
Walczyk worked across party lines to call on the Governor to repeal a tax that stops the expansion of
broadband in Upstate
Nickel and diming local governments, who are already stretching their budgets to meet the needs of their residents, simply cannot afford yet another
tax for running fiberoptic lines. In today’s day and age, broadband is just as essential as electricity. Often times, there are no alternative routes for
fiberoptic lines, which is why many municipalities rely on the ability to run lines along state-owned roadways.
Senator Patty Ritchie and Assemblyman Mark Walczyk
worked together to successfully protect taxpayers from an Albany-imposed unfunded mandate that would have
cost Watertown taxpayers $3 million! Together, they passed a bill to stop an unnecessary
and expensive courtroom from being built so that your hard-
earned tax dollars weren’t wasted on this Albany-imposed
project (A.10514).
Walczyk has been vigilant on rising lake and river levels. He hosted an informational presentation with the Army Corp of Engineers. Walczyk also built multi-national coalitions
to hold the International Joint Commission (IJC) accountable
for management of Plan 2014 and hosted IJC Chair Jane Corwin for a discussion on water levels and their impact with North Country leaders.
Walczyk visited every school in the Front Yard of America and met with school officials to discuss ways to
address the issues faced by local districts.