June 5, 2025
Republican Assemblyman Phil Palmesano took part in a press conference yesterday where the Assembly GOP spoke out against the New York City state lawmaker’s bill to limit the number of cows farmers can have, to 700.
“This is just another example of downstate one-party rule imposing overregulation on upstate communities, as if the devastating Farm Labor Act wasn’t enough. The fact that this bill was proposed by two members from districts in NYC that do not contain dairy farms, and have no real-world experience or knowledge of farming, shows the Assembly Democrats’ arrogance and how completely out of touch they are. They, unfortunately, think they know what upstate needs more than actual upstaters. This will do nothing but cause more dairy farms to leave the state, many of which are family-owned and operated farms, resulting in a devastating blow to our agricultural and overall economy. I think sometimes my downstate colleagues forget where their food comes from. They need to remember that if there are no farms, then there is no food. Our Assembly Republican Conference will continue to stand with our farmers and fight to make sure more of their critically important and vital industry isn’t damaged any further by these reckless and out-of-touch policies,” said Palmesano.
