Mark Walczyk

NY Senator. God-fearing. Watchdog. Patriot.

[Rob Ortt @SenatorOrtt]

First, Albany Democrats want convicts to serve on the Commission of Correcitons.

Now, they want woke language to kill the words mother and father. The geniuses decided "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent" are somehow better. Nobody asked for this. Not needed. Just nuts

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

So many thoughts.

[Jon Campbell @JonCampbellNY]

"When I was five years old, I demanded my mother only address me as a cat," Assemblymember Rebecca Kassay, a Long Island Democrat, just said on the Assembly floor.

(She's leading the debate on a bill to ban chatbots in toys.)

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

What a time to be alive.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This morning we are introducing COGE — the Commission on Government Efficiency.

This Commission will find ways for our city to work smarter, faster, and more effectively for working people. 

New Yorkers deserve a city government as careful with their money as they are.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Hint: there's fraud

[Bill Hammond @NYHammond]

Here's a surprise:

The final state budget appropriates $14.9B for the Essential Plan.

That's an increase of $1.8B or 14% from last year, even though the program will be covering 434,000 fewer people come July.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Please think long and hard about the future of our great state. This Fall, vote accordingly.
A Republic, if you can keep it.

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

IT BEGINS…

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveils plan to "transfer ownership" from landlords to "the community"

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Pssst. It's not a farm.

[New York Post @nypost]

Resistance grows against New York's 18 planned solar farms locals say ruin land, kill animals and won't create much energy https://t.co/srUpyyFwyw

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Yippee. Election year gimmick!
At least the governor acknowledged NY's over-collecting on utility bills. Why not just stop overcharging?

[Yancey Roy @YanceyRoy]

NEW: NYers could get rebate checks up to $200 to offset rising energy costs, under bill language being finalized in Albany.
Eligibility capped at $300k income for joint filers; $150k for singles.
Checks could roll out beginning in Sept.

https://t.co/wcY9LPcvoF

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Gotta say: good. FINALLY

[Doreen Harris @Doreen_M_Harris]

.@NYSERDA is proud to be a @ConstellationEG application partner, supporting this award w/ up to $12.5M in funding to leverage state, federal and private resources to enable important first steps towards advanced nuclear generation development in New York.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

@alex_fasulo @NYSDEC So grateful for your voice!

[Alex Fasulo @alex_fasulo]

I’m not sure you all understand how blindly and dangerously compromised by the green energy lobby the representatives in the NYS legislature are.

@MarkWalczyk reported that Senate Democrats have moved this bill out of the Energy Committee. It’s advancing.

The green energy lobby needs these bills to advance so they can collect subsidies and credits. A percentage of subsidies and credits they earn are then paid back to the politicians in the form of lobbying money to push unreliable infrastructure that’s going to poison the environment.

Placing Chinese-manufactured and PFAS-coated panels over bodies of water and reservoirs has obvious consequences.

Some not so obvious consequences:
reduced sunlight entering the water, changes to aquatic plant growth and algae dynamics, oxygen and temperature changes in the water column, habitat disruption for birds, fish, amphibians, and insects, plastic float degradation over long periods, and visual and recreational impacts.

These politicians never, ever consider habitat impacts for any of these dystopian credit-grabbing projects. Yet they claim this is for the environment.

The public needs to wake up to what you are witnessing here - and soon. These politicians will poison all of Upstate NY if we allow them to.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Happy March 79th.
Tweet didn't age well.
Kinda like this budget.

[Alex Fasulo @alex_fasulo]

@MarkWalczyk took to the NYS senate floor last week to debate centralizing even more power under the Office of Renewable Energy Siting.

The bill in question: S2485

It’s never, ever going to be enough for these people. They despise us, our home rule, and our little local zoning laws. They despise us disagreeing with their totalitarian approach to forcing ineffectual wind and solar into our communities.

Their only solution is to force it against the will of the town. That’s how Senator Kevin Parker likes to do it. He takes his orders from @KathyHochul like a good little boy.

Since our legislature is held hostage by one-party rule, they don’t listen to the citizens of this state. They don’t care how we feel about ORES.

Bravo to Senator Walcyzk for time and time again being a voice of reason on the issue of ORES.

Every NYS politician should be acknowledging the will of their district: we do not want ORES complexes.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

You do indeed get what you vote for.

[New York Post @nypost]

Mamdani blasted for planned cuts to veterans services, axing events including parade https://t.co/54R2kCqJLx

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Hochul: we spent $88.7 billion on "green" energy
People: my utility bill is ridiculous
Albany: MORE!

[Emily Gallagher @EmilyAssembly]

Hellllllllllllo Albany. It’s a great week to pass the SUNNY Act through the energy committee 🌞.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Right. Right. Wouldn't want the public to find out by telling them what's coming...

[Vaughn Golden @VaughnEGolden]

This quote from Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Gary Pretlow (D-Westchester) just about sums up the state budget, almost a month and a half late at this point...

“The specifics at this time are difficult and when you're at this stage of the budget process, you really don't want to divulge any things because you're under risk of blowing it up."

[Bernadette Hogan @bern_hogan]

“There is no budget deal,” Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie tells reporters immediately after @GovKathyHochul.

“I don’t care what the governor says,” when asked if the final # is $268B spending plan.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

Let NYC have them then and leave us alone.

[Doreen Harris @Doreen_M_Harris]

While winter is in our rearview mirror, the CEO of NYC School Bus Umbrella Services is sharing more about how their electric school buses fared during what was a long, cold season. 🔗 Read the full article: https://t.co/B03vqxvp4O

[Joe Burns @716ESQ]

Brace for battle as Hochul revives New York’s gerrymander threat | @nypost

#NY #Hochulmander #gerrymandering

@makracker @ChairmanEdCox @TheRepLawyer @NickLangworthy @OrttforSenate @MarkWalczyk @John_Seravalli1 @cpnys @claudiatenney @EliseStefanik

https://t.co/WthTThFVBp

[DoesNYHaveABudget @CanNYHasBudget]

No.

[Mark Walczyk @MarkWalczyk]

@mikemurphy33 Senator May first wanted to bulldoze State reforestation areas to put up solar fields and battery storage. Today, while people are struggling with utility bills, she wants ratepayers to pay more for data centers and battery storage.
Wild spin, man.