Press Releases

Assemblywoman Lupardo Encourages New Yorkers to Donate

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) is teaming up with other state and national leaders in urging New Yorkers to learn more about organ and tissue donation during National Donate Life Month, and to add their names to the New York State Organ and Tissue...

Lupardo Joins Fellow Assembly Members in Request for Federal Aid

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) joined Assembly members Kevin Cahill, (Dutchess, Ulster Counties) and Aileen Gunther, (Orange, Sullivan Counties) with a written request to federal representatives Senator Charles E. Schumer, Senator Hillary Rodham...

Lupardo: Assembly, Senate Reach Agreement on Education Plan

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced that the state Assembly and Senate have passed a budget plan that will provide over $848 million more in funding to public schools than last year – approximately $354 million more than the governor proposed....

Lupardo: Brownfield Funding Will Help Clean Up Former EJ Industrial Sites

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced that an agreement has been reached between the Assembly, Senate and Gov. Pataki that will provide $155,000 in funding to help identify, investigate and clean up contaminated sites, known as brownfields,...

Scholarship Application Available for Cadet Appointment Program

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced today the availability of scholarships to SUNY Maritime College. Elected officials can nominate qualified New York State residents from across the state to attend the College and receive...

Assemblywoman Lupardo to Discuss Timothy’s Law

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) will discuss Timothy’s Law (A.2912) with Tom O’Clair, Timothy’s father. The interview will be televised on Time Warner Cable channel 12 at 7:00pm, Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Timothy’s Law...

Lupardo: Assembly Passes Bill to Reform Public Authorities

The Assembly passed a measure Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) sponsored that will dramatically improve transparency and accountability for New York’s public authorities and public benefit corporations (A.5626). "Scandals and fiscal...

Lupardo: Reform Bill Will Close Lobbying Loophole

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced the Assembly passed a bill she supported to limit the influence of lobbying on the awarding of state and local government contracts (A.9-C). "Billions of taxpayer dollars are spent every year...

New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators Accepting Scholarship Applications

BINGHAMTON - Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced today that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications throughout New York State for two athletic scholarships at $1,500 each and two academic...

Assemblywoman Lupardo to Meet with Binghamton University Students, Faculty and Staff

Lupardo to Participate in Community Health Forum

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) will present her plan for Medicaid reform as part of a Community Health Forum, Friday, February 25, at the Broome County Public Library, from 10am-Noon. Assemblywoman Lupardo is a co-sponsor of...

Lupardo: Empire Zones Need Reform

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo (D-Endwell) said today the only way to truly fix the state’s broken Empire Zones program is to pass the Assembly’s reform plan she has sponsored (A.6). "Before we extend the program which expires at the...

Lupardo: Assembly’s State Budget Reform Plan Passes

Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced that a proposed constitutional amendment and legislation she sponsored to ensure that responsible state budgets are adopted on-time every year passed the Assembly (A.1, A.2). "New York’s budget-crafting...

Broome County Awarded Wireless E-911 System Funding

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) announced today that Broome County will receive $278,253 for wireless E-911 system upgrades. The grant submitted by the Broome County Office of Emergency Services was approved by the New York State...

Lupardo Endorses Medicaid Reform Plan

BINGHAMTON – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) was joined today by Assemblyman Paul Tonko (D-Amsterdam) to present the findings from his Medicaid reform report, "Not All Counties are Created Equal: Uncapping the Truth about the Medicaid Funding...

Lupardo: First Day Begins with Reform

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Endwell) in one of her first acts in Albany unveiled a comprehensive reform plan she sponsored that will fundamentally change for the better the way New York’s government operates. "By electing me to office, the...