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ALBANY- Senator Catharine Young (R-C-I, Olean) joined Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos and members of the Senate Republican Conference today to unveil the Family Tax Relief Act, a package of tax relief and reform measures designed to provide a major economic boost to New York’s struggling middle-class families. The Senate Republican plan would increase tax breaks that have not kept pace with inflation, and, in some instances, haven’t been adjusted for more than 25 years. The plan also restores the STAR property tax rebate check program to provide real and direct relief to millions of New Yorkers who pay some of the highest property taxes in the country. Senator Young said: "Families struggle to keep up, pay the monthly bills, and have enough left over to save for college. Parents go out each day, work hard, pick the kids up from daycare or school, and feel stressed and overburdened from suffocating taxes. Moms and dads need the government to stop reaching into their walle...

New York State Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference made a deal today to take control of the chamber in an unprecedented power sharing plan. The announcement by Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos and IDC leader Jeffrey Klein sunk the hopes of the traditional Democratic conference from taking the near absolute control of the majority, even though they won more seats than Republicans in the November elections. Senator Cathy Young said, “This coalition builds on a bipartisan partnership that was formed two years ago. Our Senate Republican Conference has worked well with Governor Cuomo and the members of the IDC to pass on-time budgets and move the state in the right direction." “We share a number of the same priorities, including economic revitalization and job growth. This agreement maintains regional balance and ensures that upstate is treated fairly and equitably, instead of being controlled by New York City-dominated political bosses," she conti...

BUFFALO, NY — Clinical and administrative leaders at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) commend the New York State Legislature for taking steps to remove a barrier that has prevented many New Yorkers from accessing needed chemotherapy drugs. Both houses of the Legislature voted this week to approve legislation removing cost as a barrier for high-quality, targeted cancer care. The bill, which now awaits the signature of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seeks to eliminate a cost disparity that has left countless cancer patients unable to afford oral chemotherapies. “This is outstanding news for people with cancer, who now have dramatically improved access to some of the most advanced and promising therapies,” said Alex Adjei, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Clinical Research at RPCI. “Discovery and innovation are constantly changing the way we treat cancer, and the bill just passed by the New York State Senate and Assembly is an appropriate and crucially ...

ALBANY - Senator Catharine Young (R,C,I-Olean) has been appointed to the powerful Senate Finance Committee by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. "It is a huge honor and responsibility, and it gives the people in my district an even greater voice about policy decisions made in Albany that affect their everyday lives," she said. "This assignment especially is significant because of the state's fiscal crisis. We need to get to work immediately to make the structural reforms necessary to curb out-of-control state spending, substantially reduce the suffocating tax burden, and make our state a place where private sector jobs will be created," Senator Young said. "There is going to be a lot of hard and difficult work ahead. Tough decisions will have to be made. By putting the right policies in place, we can and we must turn our state around so we have a brighter future," she said. The Senate Finance Commi...