“I continue to oppose the implementation of a new capacity zone in the Hudson Valley. The news today that the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has revised its original proposal is not enough; it still includes a definite rate increase. Whether...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced she has written another letter to Cheryl LeFleur, the Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, urging the commission to enact a stay of the order to put in place new capacity zones....

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced that she is partnering with the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund for a Preparing for the Hudson Valley’s Energy Future forum. The forum will provide information about increasing energy...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced that the final 2014-15 state budget includes over $160 million in funding for Columbia and Dutchess County school districts in her Assembly district. “Investing in education is investing in our future,”...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced that the 2014-15 state budget includes almost $3 million for vital agricultural programs across the Hudson Valley. In addition to this funding, the budget also includes reforms to the 18-a surcharge and...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced that the state budget will include funding to provide relief to its local government and taxpayers. Beginning on March 1, 2014, the county imposed a 3.75 percent sales tax on all residential electric bills....

“Our democracy was built on the ideal of equality and one person, one vote. Our Founding Fathers, the architects of our Republic, drafted the most profound document in our Constitution; but it was not perfect and times have changed. Sometimes it takes...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced legislation she sponsored passed the Assembly. The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act (A.9135) will set a 6 percent participation goal in the awarding of state contracts to service-disabled veteran-owned...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced that a resolution she authored to name Tuesday, March 25, 2014, as National Agriculture Day has passed the Assembly (K.939). “As a member of the Agriculture Committee, I understand the significant...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced she has written a letter to Cheryl Lefleur, the Acting Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, urging the commission to indefinitely postpone any potential capacity zone expansion in New...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson), who is a member of the Agriculture Committee, announced that legislation she authored to help small and medium-sized farm operations in the Mid-Hudson Valley and Capital Region has passed the Assembly. Specifically,...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) has announced the 2014-15 Assembly budget proposal provides much needed tax relief and investments in education. The proposal includes $1.1 billion in additional education aid and $2.3 billion in tax relief. The...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) kicked-off her third annual mobile district office “Diner Stop Tour” in January and on Saturday, March 1 she will be making her third stop of the 2014 Diner Stop Tour at the Plaza Diner, 300 Fairview Ave in Greenport,...

Women's history has long been written on the leaves of diaries, penned across the pages of letters and scribbled on the backs of photographs. Their stories – even those of bravery or turmoil – tend to be shared in family lore, not chronicled in multi-volume...

Women's history has long been written on the leaves of diaries, penned across the pages of letters and scribbled on the backs of photographs. Their stories – even those of bravery or turmoil – tend to be shared in family lore, not chronicled in multi-volume...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) is requesting that state funding for Universal Pre-K (UPK) include coverage for pre-kindergarten special education programs. She recently sent a letter to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asking for both UPK and pre-K...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) has sent a letter to New York State Public Service Commission Secretary Kathleen Burgess, Commissioner Audrey Zibelman, Deputy Secretary of Energy Tom Congdon and Administrative Law Judge David Prestemon highlighting...

An alarming 40 percent of teens – both male and female – have experienced physical, emotional, psychological or sexual violence while dating, and the consequences of an abusive relationship can last a lifetime.1 Dating violence puts teens at greater...

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Hudson) announced she and her Assembly colleague Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan) have introduced legislation that would give local communities a say on whether or not casinos should be built there. This important measure...