“The proposals outlined today are the complete antithesis of affordability. Regardless of where you stand on the governor’s agenda, it’s impossible to deny that state spending is completely out of control. A number of the ideas she proposed are...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) joined Assembly colleagues, state senators and union leaders from more than a dozen local labor unions to call for increased road safety investments in the upcoming New York state budget. Road safety advocates...

Visit the Assembly Minority Policy Committee website. On the first day of the 2026 Legislative Session, the New York State Assembly Minority Conference unveiled its comprehensive legislative platform for the coming year, Fight For New York, with policies...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) joined Sen. Rob Rolison, Putnam Valley Town Supervisor Jackie Annabi, town board members and community leaders at the Putnam Valley Volunteer Ambulance Corps (PVVAC) today to announce an $80,000 grant to support...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) today announced that two local libraries within the Mid-Hudson Library System have been awarded nearly $250,000 in state aid for construction and renovation projects. The funding will support critical upgrades...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) joined Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne and Congressman Mike Lawler to view the new Maybrook Bikeway Bridge, which opened to the public on November 7. The county’s Department of Public Works oversaw the contractors,...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) is happy to announce the successful completion of the Patterson Library’s renovation project, made possible in part by $20,000 in state bullet aid secured by Slater in August of last year. The project, which...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) has been recognized as the #4 highest-performing freshman lawmaker in New York and ranked among the Top 10 Most Effective Minority Assemblymembers, according to the non-partisan Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL)....

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) and Sen. Pete Harckham (D,WF-40th Senate District) are happy to announce $4.7 million in state funding to resurface Route 311 from Route 52 to the Empire State Trail in the Towns of Kent and Patterson in Putnam County....

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) is calling for urgent action following new reports that detail how former top state official Linda Sun allegedly acted as an agent of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to manipulate state leadership and leverage...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) has sent a letter to Marie Therese Dominguez, commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT), to call attention to a glaring funding discrepancy.  In September, Slater requested an update...

Assemblyman Matt Slater and New York State Senator Pete Harckham recently urged the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to take immediate action in response to Optum’s decision to drop coverage for several low-cost health plans and close local...

Sen. Pete Harckham (D, WF–40th Senate District) and Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) joined Kelly Arcara, Yorktown Town Supervisor Ed Lachterman and Yorktown Highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli today at a ceremony dedicating a portion of Route...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) visited with fifth-grade students at Crompond Elementary School on Wednesday, Nov. 12 as part of the school’s “That Ought to Be a Law Day,” an interactive civics lesson designed to introduce young people...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C–Yorktown) joined veterans, their families, community members and town supervisors for his annual Veterans Hall of Fame event on Saturday, Nov. 15. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments, bravery and dedication of the...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) presented a New York State Assembly proclamation to Radovich & Dean Music in Carmel on Nov. 6, celebrating the store’s induction into the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry following his nomination....

Sen. Pete Harckham (D,WF-40th Senate District) and Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) are happy to announce the completion of the long-awaited Route 52 resurfacing project in the towns of Kent and Carmel. The project was made possible through $3.6...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) was honored this past weekend by the Putnam County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) during its annual Evening for Celebration held at the Putnam Golf Course ballroom in Mahopac. The event recognized...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) and New York State Sen. Pete Harckham have called on the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to hold in-person hearings in their respective legislative districts on the proposed New York State Electric...

Assemblyman Matt Slater (R,C-Yorktown) is proud to announce that the Town of Somers has been awarded $50,000 through the 2024 Community Resiliency, Economic Sustainability, and Technology Program to refurbish and preserve the Wright-Reis Homestead, one...