John Lemondes Jr. is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 126th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 6,2021.
During his tenure in the New York State Assembly,Lemondes marked a conservative voting record,having rarely broken with the Assembly's Republican minority,and was a frequent critic of Governor Kathy Hochul and the Assembly's Democratic majority,particularly toward the issues of immigration and crime. He criticized mask mandates for New York school children during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York as "draconian" and later called for their repeal.[6]
In June 2025,following the No Kings protests,Lemondes wrote an op-ed in which he called the rallies "billionaire-funded propaganda". When asked to elaborate,Lemondes asserted that some of the 5,000 protesters who participated in a No Kings rally in Syracuse were paid to participate by George Soros,but had no evidence to support his claims.[6]
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