New York State Insider: STATEMENT FROM NYS CONSERVATIVE PARTY.

STATEMENT ON 2025 PRIMARIES FROM NEW YORK STATE CONSERVATIVE PARTY CHAIRMAN GERARD KASSAR.

“The Conservative Party had a successful Primary Day, but everyone, obviously, wants to talk about the Democratic Primary in New York City last night in which Socialist Zohran Mamdani prevailed. It should have come as no surprise: The Democratic Party has been sliding toward Socialism for years. Anyone brave enough to have endured the New York City Democratic mayoral debates could plainly see where the party of Jackson has arrived. It is angry, it is radical, and it’s unmoored to all economic and social reality. 

“So, now, the red flag of Socialism (and multi-color flag of transgenderism) may symbolically fly over both the United Nations and City Hall. This, in a city built on economic freedom and under the shadow of Lady Liberty's Bibles and torch. The ironies cut deeply, indeed. More will join the conservative side as their eyes open. 

“The Conservative Party will do everything in its power to oppose Mr. Mamdani's candidacy and policies, but we will not feign shock at last night’s results. Socialist Zohran Mamdani is the New York Democratic Party, and that’s nothing new.” 

New York State Insider: STATEMENT FROM NYS CONSERVATIVE PARTY.

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June 18, 2025

 

Statement on End of State Legislative Session from New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar.

“Over the past six months, mega-spender Governor Kathy Hochul and the Democrat-controlled State Legislature have worked overtime—not for everyday New Yorkers, but to advance a radical left agenda in this state. This session was a masterclass in arrogance: record spending, coddling criminals, sanctuary city protections, and partisan election games. They pushed assisted suicide, attacked President Trump at every turn, and they continued to ram through congestion pricing and bloated programs no one asked for. This wasn’t governance—it was progressive performance art. The Conservative Party will continue to fight for the New York that Democrats are trying to erase.”

New York State Insider: NYS Attorney General Beat.

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June 17, 2025

Attorney General James Condemns ICE Arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. 

 

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the federal courthouse at 26 Federal Plaza: 

 

“This is profoundly unacceptable. Arresting Comptroller Lander for the simple act of standing up for immigrants and their civil rights is a shocking abuse of power. No one should face fear and intimidation in a courthouse, and this is a grotesque escalation of tensions. The administration’s rampant targeting of New Yorkers only makes our communities less safe.” 

 

 

New York State Insider: Event: New York State Senator Pete Harckham.

Attention Korean War Veterans and their families: the Westchester Senate Delegation is hosting a Korean Veterans celebration in partnership with Westchester County on Sunday, June 22 at Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans Memorial from 2 - 4 p.m.

This special event will include a live performance by the renowned West Point Brass Quintet, as well as tributes and reflections from state and county leaders.

Registration is required. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnIn5kou-qBkoMKwzfwBjTxRqnaH2MV30qyVqXPJSEF8AWqg/viewform 

New York State Insider: STATEMENT FROM NYS CONSERVATIVE PARTY.

MORE POLITICAL SHENANIGANS BY NEW YORK DEMOCRATS; STATEMENT FROM NEW YORK STATE CONSERVATIVE PARTY CHAIRMAN GERARD KASSAR.

“Governor Kathy Hochul and her Democratic allies in the State Senate have once again proven that raw political power—not justice, not fairness—is their guiding principle.

“In a naked attempt to tilt New York’s judiciary even further left, Democrats just rammed through S8418, a bill to gerrymander the state’s judicial districts for the sole purpose of installing more progressive judges. This isn’t reform. It’s a court-packing scheme wrapped in legalese and driven by progressive ideology.

“To make matters worse, the same Democratic machine just passed another dangerous bill that makes it easier for political party chairmen to remove members from their parties. It’s a Stalinist maneuver disguised as party discipline—and it's a direct threat to grassroots democracy. The Conservative Party strongly opposes this measure because it invites treachery, coercion, and the silencing of dissent.

“Governor Hochul should be ashamed. These aren’t laws—they’re nefarious political weapons by a corrupted political party.” 

New York State Insider STATEMENT FROM NYS CONSERVATIVE PARTY.

 

CONSERVATIVE PARTY BLASTS SENATE PASSAGE OF ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL

Chairman Gerard Kassar Urges Governor Hochul to Veto Dangerous Legislation

Brooklyn, NY — The New York State Conservative Party today issued a scathing rebuke of the State Senate's passage of assisted suicide legislation, calling the move “a moral and political disgrace that cheapens life and endangers the most vulnerable among us.” Chairman Gerard Kassar called on Governor Kathy Hochul to immediately veto the bill, warning that it opens the door to coercion, abuse, and a culture of hopelessness masquerading as compassion.

“This legislation is not about dignity—it’s about surrender,” said Kassar. “Instead of investing in pain management, mental health services, and real palliative care, the Democrat-led Senate wants to offer death as a substitute for support. It’s appalling.”

Kassar condemned the measure as an abandonment of New York’s moral responsibility to protect those facing terminal illness, aging, or depression—not pressure them toward an irreversible end. He also cited the experience of other jurisdictions where so-called ‘safeguards’ have gradually eroded, leading to a troubling expansion of eligibility and abuses of the law.

“The so-called ‘right to die’ becomes a duty to die when insurance companies realize it’s cheaper than treatment, or when an overwhelmed caregiver sees no alternative,” Kassar warned. “There is nothing progressive about normalizing suicide.”

The Conservative Party underscored its longstanding opposition to assisted suicide and noted that many disability rights groups, religious leaders, and bioethicists across ideological lines also oppose such laws. “This isn’t a left vs. right issue—it’s right vs. wrong,” Kassar added.

“Governor Hochul has a chance to stop this madness and draw a line for decency and life,” Kassar said. “We urge her in the strongest possible terms: veto this bill.”

New York State Insider: STATEMENT FROM NYS CONSERVATIVE PARTY.

 

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November 18, 2024

 

Governor Hochul Has Broken Faith with New Yorkers on
Congestion Pricing Tax Backstab: New York State
Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar.

“New Yorkers no longer trust Governor Kathy Hochul — and why should they? The governor has officially broken faith with New Yorkers by moving forward with a deeply unpopular new tax after cynically ‘pausing’ it right before the 2024 elections. In doing so, Mrs. Hochul has insulted the intelligence and pocketbooks of working- and middle-class New Yorkers who genuinely believed Mrs. Hochul’s controversial tax was gone when they voted less than two weeks ago.

“This tax, which was passed as a budget bill to avoid legislative debate, was never about street congestion or the environment. It will simply shift traffic and pollution to lower-income communities. Indeed, the Congestion Pricing Tax has always and only  been about the constant deficits run by an incompetent and bureaucratically bloated MTA that fails to collect more than $700 million in toll, bus, and subway fares each year. This same MTA, has spent more on consultants for the Second Avenue Subway than on its construction, and New York continues to pay multiple times per track mile than any other city on the planet.

“Governor Hochul just pulled a fast one on New Yorkers. They will never forget it.”