Kingston, NY – This year’s State budget called for the Rockefeller Institute to study and propose potential changes to the Foundation Aid formula – a formula that determines how much funding the State should provide to each school district. The...

Kingston, NY – Central Hudson, a corporate monopoly that delivers energy to much of Mid-Hudson Valley, submitted a rate case filing on July 31, 2023, to request an increase of delivery rates by 31.9% for electricity and 29.2% for gas. The Public Service...

Kingston, NY – The Office of Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha announced today that it is awarding a $300,000 capital grant to the YMCA of Kingston & Ulster to help fund the extension of the two-story elevator to go all the way up to the third floor....

Kingston, NY – “Earlier this year, New York State passed a version of Good Cause Eviction through the state’s budget that allows municipalities outside of New York City to opt-in. While this version leaves out thousands of upstate tenants in places...

“The consumer directed personal assistance program, or CDPAP, is a lifeline to my disabled and older constituents, and the family members who take care of them. In stark contrast to the history of unpaid care work, primarily done by women, CDPAP pays...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha and Senator Michelle Hinchey held a press conference in Kingston today to announce the introduction of the Hudson Valley Power Authority Act (A10332 Shrestha/S9534 Hinchey), a bill that creates a publicly-owned...

Kingston, NY – The Administrative Law Judges overseeing the Central Hudson rate case have released a 590-page long Recommended Decision that recommends the PSC to allow some rate increases to Central Hudson’s electric and gas delivery rates be permitted,...

Kingston, NY – Central Hudson announced last week that despite an ongoing investigation that found the company guilty of wrongdoings in its 2021 rollout of a new Customer Information System, the company will resume collection activities this week, starting...

Albany, NY – The State legislature passed the much-awaited housing deal as part of a budget bill yesterday. The negotiation on housing was a key reason for the delay in this year’s budget, with the Governor sternly on the side of boosting supply,...

Albany, NY – A bill introduced by Senator Michelle Hinchey in 2021 to commemorate November 26th as Sojourner Truth Day on the state calendar had repeatedly passed the Senate, but not the Assembly, where it was stuck in the Government Operations committee....

Albany, NY – The 10-day hearing on the evidence so far presented by various parties to the Central Hudson rate case concluded on Tuesday, February 6th. On January 31st, Wednesday of last week, Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha and her team, including...

“Following intense negotiations between the bill's lead sponsors and the Governor's office, the LLC Transparency Act was signed into law in the 11th hour last week. Unlike the bill we passed, the Governor's amendment will not require the database of...

Kingston, NY – On Nov 21, Tuesday, Assemblymember Shrestha was among the intervening parties who, along with the staff of the Department of Public Service, filed their initial testimonies in the Central Hudson rate case. Shrestha also met with Central...

Kingston, NY – The Office of Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha has awarded operational grants to ten recipients in District 103. The office conducted an open submission process, through which more than thirty applications were received. School districts,...

Kingston, NY – The Office of Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, who represents 14 municipalities in the Mid-Hudson Valley, will be holding seven town halls across the district on the topic of Energy Democracy. Each town hall will include a presentation...

Albany, NY — Freshman Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha has co-introduced a bill that aims to raise $9 billion from tax on corporate profits. Shrestha carries the bill (A3690/S01980) in the Assembly with lead sponsor Anna Kelles of Ithaca. In the Senate,...

Albany, NY: Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha (D-Esopus) joined colleagues and advocates in Albany today to call for taxing the ultra-rich and raising $40 billion to pay for programs that would give New Yorkers the quality of life they deserve, such as...

KINGSTON, NY — Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha (D-Esopus) joins Congressman Pat Ryan’s call for the CEO of Central Hudson, Charles Freni, to resign, following the catastrophic billing errors that have impacted tens of thousands of ratepayers in the...

Kingston, NY — Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha (D-Esopus) spoke in Kingston alongside Hudson Valley advocates to call for raising the upstate minimum wage to $20 by 2026, and for it to catch up with the statewide minimum wage thereafter. The legislation...

Kingston, NY: Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha (D-Esopus) spoke in Kingston alongside Hudson Valley advocates to call for raising the upstate minimum wage to $20 by 2026, and for it to catch up with the statewide minimum wage thereafter. The legislation...