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Legislation would allow users & retailers to access repair information (ALBANY, NY) – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Senator Neil Breslin joined advocates Tuesday to renew their push for “Right to Repair” legislation in New York State. The legislators have reintroduced their bill (A7416/S6309) that would require diagnostic and repair information for electronic parts and equipment to be available to independent … Read More

Below are the Top 5 items from December 2019 1. SOUTHERN TIER REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL NAMED TOP PERFORMER: The Southern Tier has fared well at the REDC Awards, but had not been named a Top Performer since 2015 when it was an Upstate Revitalization Initiative winner. Our region did very well this year, receiving $88.9 million – the most … Read More

Groups Highlight Priorities for the 2020-21 Budget Year (ALBANY, NY) – With the Legislature scheduled to return to the Capitol in just three weeks, the Assembly Agriculture Committee gathered Thursday for a budget hearing ahead of the new session. Representatives from various farm, food, and animal welfare organizations offered testimony on the impact of the 2019-20 State Budget and to … Read More

Below are the Top 5 items from November 2019. 1. HONORING VETERANS & TOURING PROGRESS AT COUNTY VETERANS CENTER: It’s always an honor to pay tribute to our local veterans. On Veterans Day, November 11th, I marched in a parade in Binghamton and attended a ceremony in Endicott recognizing the men and women who have served our country. A few … Read More

Below are the Top 5 items from October 2019. 1. BU’S DR. STAN WHITTINGHAM WINS NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY: The lithium-ion battery helps power much of our modern technology, but few in the community knew that one of its inventors teaches at Binghamton University. Distinguished Professor Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham helped develop the technology in the 1980s before moving to … Read More

Lupardo, schools welcome NYS Maple Producers for exhibit (BROOME COUNTY, NY) – Students at three Broome County elementary schools got a taste of how syrup gets from tap to table courtesy of the NYS Maple Producers’ Association’s Maple Experience. The traveling exhibit visited Johnson City Elementary and Middle Schools, as well as Binghamton’s Woodrow Wilson and Horace Mann Elementary Schools … Read More

Lupardo joins NYFVI to learn about dairy, feedstock, and grape research programs (CAYUGA COUNTY, NY) – In an effort to learn more about the important research taking place in New York’s agricultural industry, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, joined the New York Farm Viability Institute last week for a tour of five farms in Cayuga … Read More

Below are the Top 5 items from September 2019. 1. COUNTY LEASE BUYS TIME FOR BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: As September began, the community was surprised by the sudden closure of the Boys & Girls Club of Western Broome. A group of local officials including myself, the County Executive, and the Town of Union Supervisor, quickly convened a meeting to … Read More

Event highlights LI’s role in food production in New York (RIVERHEAD, NY) – With nearly 600 farms and approximately 31,000 acres of farmland, Long Island boasts one of the largest agricultural regions in New York State. Hosted by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, Chair of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, and Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Chair of the Assembly Local Governments Committee, members of … Read More

Landmark Restored as part of $125,000 NYS Assembly grant  (JOHNSON CITY, NY) – Following a $125,000 restoration, the historic pagoda at C. Fred Johnson Park in Johnson City was rededicated Thursday. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo joined Johnson City Mayor Greg Deemie, Village Historian Janet Ottman, and Broome County Historian & Executive Director of the Preservation Association of the Southern Tier Roger … Read More