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Heather Collins is challenging longtime Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Jr. for a third time, hoping to unseat the incumbent — a 13-term assemblyman who chairs the Local Governments Committee and is the only sitting member of the state Legislature who is not a Democrat or Republican. The district includes 31,757 active […]
A recent Assembly hearing examined health insurance options for municipal employees across New York state. Assemblymen Kevin Cahill, Fred Thiele, and Philip Steck heard testimony on the rising costs of health care in New York and the challenges of providing affordable health insurance for employees of local governments and school […]