As the newly appointed Chair of the Assembly Committee on Children and Families, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D, Scarsdale) is pleased to announce that her bill (A.7633) to allow Adult Protective Services (APS) to view records from Child Protective Services...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D- Scarsdale) announced that the Town of Pelham Public Library and the Scarsdale Public Library have been awarded $12,847 and $111,280, respectively, in public library construction grant funds. In Pelham, the funds will be used...

Assemblywoman Paulin continues to push for accountability from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for the delays experienced on the Metro-North New Haven line this winter. After urging from Paulin, the Assembly Standing Committee on Corporations,...

A bill introduced by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) will increase the length of time a victim is protected by a final order of protection. The bill passed the Assembly on Wednesday. Under current law, victims are issued temporary orders of...

The Assembly voted to pass Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s (D-Scarsdale) anti-spoofing bill on Monday, March 23rd. Spoofing occurs when a caller alters their caller identification information to hide their true identity. This practice is most commonly employed...

Assemblywoman Paulin’s bill (A72-A), which requires certain records to be made available before public hearings, passed the Assembly on Monday, March 14, 2011. The bill requires that public bodies covered by the Open Meetings Law make records available...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin arranged a meeting with Howard Permut, President of MTA, Metro North Railroad, to account for the delayed, overcrowded and cancelled trains that commuters have had to deal with during this past winter. They also discussed Metro-North’s...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) submitted a letter last month to the Medicaid Redesign Team urging them to consider reducing the number of cesarean sections as a method for shrinking Medicaid costs. As a result, a proposal to limit the reimbursement...

If you are paying college tuition for yourself or your child, you could be eligible for a tax credit of up to $2,500 a year thanks to the American Opportunity Tax Credit. In a press conference yesterday at SUNY Purchase, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer...

Westchester’s State Assembly members played a leading role in passing legislation to provide villages the option of using lever voting machines for March’s village elections. While current state law requires the use of electronic voting machines,...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88th A.D.) has been appointed as the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Children and Families. A member of the Committee since her election, Paulin has been a leader in addressing the needs of children and their families. “I...

Con Edison is offering its residential customers (one to four family homes) a home energy survey for $50. The “Green Team” will come to your home and you will receive a customized list of recommendations on how best to save money. They will also install...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin looks forward to another productive year working on behalf of the people of Westchester. Here are some of her priorities for 2011. Government Reform & Accountability As part of her effort to fight corruption, Assemblywoman...

Albany – Governor Paterson has signed Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s library aid bill into law. The measure will allow libraries to join together to request bids on equipment and services. Before the bill was passed, libraries could not cooperatively...

Westchester – Westchester residents were able to claim cash that had been left in abandoned accounts. The money was taken over by the state after it was left unclaimed in bank and corporate accounts. The event was held in the lobby of Scarsdale's Village...

The Assembly passed Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s bill (A8807-B) to provide that orders of protection in domestic violence cases be issued on the date of sentencing, rather than the date of conviction as is currently required. The bill passed yesterday....

Paulin’s alternative energy bill passed the state assembly this week. The bill will promote the use of green energy sources by encouraging towns and villages to consider certain renewable energy sources when designing zoning and planning regulations....

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin and Assemblywoman Sandy Galef joined the Westchester Putnam School Board Association and local school board members to call for the repeal of the Wicks Law--a nearly 90-year-old law requiring public construction projects to issue...

Governor Paterson recently announced that Assemblywoman Paulin’s library cooperative bidding bill (A.6154b) will be included in his amendment to the budget. This legislation permits public libraries and library systems to engage in cooperative competitive...

The state Assembly passed two of Assemblywoman Paulin’s bills (A.779 and A.775B) on Monday. Both bills aim to help children. The first is a bill that will require the Department of Environmental Conservation to update its forms used to determine...