Category Archive

Many Nonprofits Have Closed Their Doors Permanently (Albany, NY) Today, several NYS Senate and Assembly committee chairs, along with the Human Services Council, Urban Pathways, Northern Rivers, Lifespan of Greater Rochester, MHANYS, the Center for Community Alternatives, Chinese-American Planning Council, The Campaign Against Hunger, COMPA, Phoenix House, New York Association of Emerging Multicultural Providers, ASAP, Healthy Families, and more nonprofits … Read More

October 21, 2020 Dear Governor Cuomo, We are writing to you today to request your immediate assistance to address escalating rates of food insecurity in New York State.  As you are aware, the term ‘food insecurity’ signifies a household’s limited access to adequate and nutritious food due to a lack of money and other resources. The Assembly’s Standing Committees on … Read More

Below are the Top 5 items from September 2020. 1. SEVERAL WAYS TO VOTE IN THIS YEAR’S ELECTION: There are several ways you can cast your ballot this year.  Any New Yorker can request an absentee ballot by selecting the “temporary illness” option due to the pandemic. You can request your ballot at any time and they can be mailed back as soon as … Read More

Today, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, joined several environmental groups in calling upon the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SungEel MMC Americas LLC (SMCC) lithium-ion battery recycling facility slated for Endicott, NY.  Lupardo was joined by the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, and No … Read More

Letter Urges Agency to Extend Language from 2014 US Farm Bill The Chairs of the New York State Assembly and Senate Agriculture Committees are calling on the USDA to postpone finalizing the US Domestic Hemp Production Program Final Rule. In a letter to Commissioner Sonny Purdue, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Senator Jen Metzger described the proposed USDA hemp regulations as … Read More

Lupardo Calls for Next Round to Be Allocated without Restrictions Following a day of advocacy across the state, the Governor’s Office has released CARES Act funding to support the reopening and expansion of child care programming throughout New York. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo helped organize a statewide Child Care Day of Action last Thursday which included public events in eleven different … Read More

1. COVID UPDATE – ADVOCATING FOR BUSINESSES AWAITING REOPENING GUIDANCE: New York continues to keep the COVID-19 pandemic under control, with three straight weeks of infection rates below 1%. Social distancing, mask wearing, and testing and tracing protocols have enabled us to keep residents safe. This progress is promising, yet the lack of guidance for certain industries that remain closed … Read More

83 Lawmakers Sign On to Letter to Governor About CARES Act Funds Child Care is Essential to NYS Economic Recovery   (JOHNSON CITY, NY) –  Assemblymembers and Senators from across the state banded together Thursday to rally in support of the child care industry. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo helped organize the statewide day of action, which included public events in Binghamton, … Read More

Below are the Top 5 items from July 2020 1. CONTINUING TO MONITOR COVID-19: A month into Phase IV of reopening in the Southern Tier, we continue to monitor COVID-19 in our community. Across the state, numbers of new cases remain low and hospitalizations continue to decrease. Locally, we’ve seen an uptick in cases over the last few weeks; some … Read More

Allows the Three-Wheeled Vehicles to be Operated without Motorcycle License (ALBANY, NY) – Drivers of autocycles would no longer need a motorcycle license under legislation passed by the State Legislature. The bill (A5390/S4580), sponsored by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Senator Tim Kennedy, passed the State Senate Thursday; it was approved by the Assembly in March. “Because autocycles are driven like … Read More