Albany, NY – The office of Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha conducted a snap survey on Thursday morning on the topic of the county’s Fair Taxes proposal. 466 respondents had responded as of Monday morning, with 82% saying they prefer the enactment...

Albany, NY – An omnibus bill on data centers, the Responsible Data Center Development Act, that includes a one-year moratorium on large data centers, and of which Assemblymember Shrestha is a cosponsor, has passed the New York State Assembly with a...

Albany, NY – Votes on state budget bills are underway, and one of the hot topics under discussion in the state legislature this year has been soaring utility bills. Assemblymember Shrestha shares a summary of measures that were secured by the legislature...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha and Senator Michelle Hinchey, who represent significant portions of Ulster County and participated in a “Green Social Housing visioning session” with local stakeholders and architects in November of...

Kingston, NY – “I am heartened to hear that all Americans onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, including two Kingston residents and a NYC-based former crewmember of The Clearwater, have now been released. However, these repeated assaults on civilians...

Albany, NY – Assembly Members held a press conference today to discuss why they plan to address executive overreach in the budget process. Despite the legislature being a co-equal branch of government, governors have outsized power in the budget process...

Kingston, NY – On Thursday, April 9, Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha is holdingan educational meeting on rent stabilization and tenant organizing, where tenants will discuss the latest landlord lawsuit challenging rent stabilization in Kingston, learn...

Kingston, NY – The New York State Assembly comments below:.  “It's barely a surprise that landlords are once again suing the city of Kingston for wanting to protect its residents from exorbitant rent increases, and it's not surprising either that...

Kingston, NY – The New York State Assembly is voting today on its one-house budget proposal, the chamber’s alternate plan for what the state budget should be, in response to the Governor’s Executive budget proposal. AM Shrestha comments on the provision...

Kingston, NY – See AM Shrestha’s statement below: “Last Thursday, Governor Hochul suggested the cost of fully implementing the state’s climate law was an average of $3,500 per New Yorker. The source of this claim is largely believed to be a memo...

Kingston, NY – Please see the statement below: “There is no imperialist shortcut to liberation.” “As someone who grew up in Nepal under a monarchy, multiple uprisings for democracy, and a prolonged civil war fueled by abject poverty, I know military...

Kingston, NY – Please see the Assemblymember’s comment below: “The Hudson Valley has the second lowest Pre-K access of any region in the state, and has increasingly become a place where young parents can’t afford to raise a family.I frequently...

Kingston, NY – The Governor, over the weekend, signed into law a bill introduced by Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, the Public Renewables Transparency Act (A07686A), which passed the State Assembly unanimously earlier this year. Please see the Assemblymember’s...

Kingston, NY – “52.2 million adults, or 23% of all US adults, reported not being able to pay their energy bills at least once in the previous year. Meanwhile, for-profit utilities – known as investor-owned utilities – requested a historic $18.13...

Kingston, NY – The office of Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha has announced upcoming mobile office hours in Marbletown, Rhinebeck, and Esopus. Our constituent services team will be available to assist residents with a number of state-related issues...

Kingston, NY – The office of Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha has announced mobile office hours in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension on Tuesday, Dec. 15 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM at the Saugerties Library. Ulster County Energy Advisor Mike...

Kingston, NY – “Last week, Governor Hochul allowed New York State to approve two previously rejected projects that will increase the cost for ratepayers and undermine the state’s climate goals: a Trump-backed gas pipeline and a cryptocurrency mining...

Kingston, NY – The City of Kingston’s new vacancy study disqualifies the city from continuing its rent-stabilization laws that have been effective at protecting tenants. Shrestha’s REST (Rent Emergency Stabilization for Tenants) Act would change...

Kingston, NY – “New York, under the leadership of Attorney General Tish James, was among the states to sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week over the suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). On Friday, the court ruled...

Kingston, NY – Due to the ongoing federal shutdown, the federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is expected to run out within days, by the end of October. The program funds food stamp benefits. “3 million New Yorkers,...