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- Happy Mothers Day weekend to all Moms #in the #HudsonValley and beyond. You make a difference every day! 1 week ago
- Grand day #in the #HudsonValley: Taconic State Park to #Hudson Children's Book Fest to Val-Kill to #Marist @CIACulinary #106AD #ILMPD 2 weeks ago
- Many thanks to Dad's Copake Diner, a real classic, for hosting great Diner Stop Mobile District Office. Love the #HudsonValley. #106AD 1 month ago
- Today is World Autism Awareness Day.There is no early detection or cure but autism effects 1 in 88 kids.@sharethis ow.ly/jFfac 1 month ago
- Picked up first edition of smart and good looking new quarterly Modern Farmer based #in #Hudson #NY @justfood conference. @modfarm 1 month ago
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Tag Archives: Hudson Valley
One Year in Office
April 17 marks one year since I began serving our region in the New York State Assembly. This past year has been extraordinary on many fronts: Being sworn in that day to the Assembly, working with my diverse colleagues from … Continue reading
Celebrating New York Women
Women’s History Month, celebrated each March, is a time to remember the women who helped shape our nation’s history and to shine a spotlight on those women who continue that progress today. In the best of all possible worlds, women’s … Continue reading
Bullish on the Hudson Valley. Bullish on New York.
The new year has kicked off in extraordinary fashion, beginning with our district swearing-in — with 200 friends and supporters – as Member of the New York State Assembly representing the new 106th AD. Held at the historic Franklin D. Roosevelt … Continue reading
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Tagged Anderson Center for Autism, Camphill, Columbia County, Copake Iron Works, Culinary Institute of America, Dutchess County, FDR Presidential Library and Museum, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Habitat for Humanity, Hudson River School of Painting, Hudson Valley, New York State Assembly, NY 106th AD, Omega Center for Sustainable Living, State of the State, Taconic State Park, TasteNY, Walkway Over the Hudson, WAMC, Wassaic Project
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Victory in New York’s 106th AD!
Tuesday was, quite simply, a great night — for our country, for the Hudson Valley and for our campaign to win a full term in the New York State Assembly. Our victory was truly a team effort and I am … Continue reading
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Tagged 106th AD, Election 2012, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hudson Valley, New York State Assembly
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Community Spirit
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. George Bernard Shaw A proper community, we should remember also, is … Continue reading
What Do Young Farmers Want?
In this season of gift-giving, why not think about what the young farmers in our country would want. After all, they are the next-gen cohort who are choosing as their career path NOT to occupy a Wall Street — or … Continue reading
Where in the World is the 2012 Farm Bill?
You may already know a lot, or a little, about the U.S. Farm Bill, dear Reader, but this has been my year to try to understand this smorgasbord bill, passed every five to seven years (most recently in 2008) and what it … Continue reading
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Tagged American Farmland Trust, Buy Local, Chris Gibson, Farm Bill, Farm Bill 2012, Farms, Grist, Hudson Valley, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michael Pollan
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Getting the Frack Out of Here
It was good news last week when NY State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens reported that the hydrofracking advisory panel is behind schedule and that it’s unlikely any permits will be granted any time soon. The panel … Continue reading
Dine Out Irene and other Post-Flood Farm Relief Efforts
New York State farmers suffered a devastating double whammy over the last month when uninvited guests Irene and then Lee tore through the upstate and Hudson Valley regions leaving heartbreaking wreckage in their wake. It is clear we haven’t begun to … Continue reading
