WHAT'S INSIDE: New Legislation Signed Into Law Enterprising Waters: New York's Erie Canal Special Preview Amtrak Update Friends of Recovery Rensselaer County Memorial Walk and Candlelight Vigil August is National Immunization Month LEGISLATIVE...

Legislative Update: Working Together across Party Lines on Tough Issues like High-Priced Drugs Tired of gridlock, many people are hoping for some bipartisan action on complex health care issues, like high-priced drugs. I believe that is possible. As...

Health and Medicaid Budget Hearing At this week’s Health and Medicaid budget hearing I was able to question Dr. Howard A. Zucker, Commissioner of Health for New York State and, Jason Helgerson, State Medicaid Director about the 2017-2018 Executive...

Increased Access to Pre-K Governor Cuomo recently announced an initiative, that my colleagues and I supported in the Legislature, to provide funding to 25 high-need school districts including Cohoes and Lansingburgh to increase access to quality pre-kindergarten...

Legislative Update: Bill A.4439 passes the NYS Assembly I was glad to see my bill, A.4439 pass in the NYS Assembly earlier this week. The purpose of this bill is to prohibit naming a building after a public official who was responsible for securing...

Legislative Update: Passage bill A.9568 This past week, a bill that I am the lead sponsor on passed the NYS Assembly with an almost unanimous vote in favor. The bill, A.9568, establishes a new period of statute of limitations for those areas designated...