Press Releases

Lupardo, Crouch Call on Governor to Sign Bill Ensuring Services for the Developmentally Disabled

Binghamton, NY – With all but two developmental centers across the state set to close within the next year under a plan set forth by the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Assemblyman Clifford...

28 Small City School Districts Representing Over 100,000 Students Statewide Join Forces in Support of Small Cities Successful Schools Act (A.5463/S.4988)

More than 200 board of education members and superintendents from small city school districts across the state have sent letters to the Governor and Legislative leaders to support Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi and Senator Joseph Griffo's bill, A.5463/S.4988,...

Lupardo: Veterans Deserve Our Gratitude and Our Support

Veterans Day is a time to recognize the sacrifice of our service men and women and renew our commitment to getting them the support they deserve. My father served in World War II as a member of the Army Air Corps, so this day is especially significant...

Assemblywoman Lupardo appointed to SIAT

ALBANY — As the State’s 10 Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC) get set to pitch their plans, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo has been appointed as a member of the panel that will review the proposals. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie named Lupardo...

Lupardo, ELN detail Lights on Afterschool Week

Binghamton, NY – Close to 800 thousand New York children are left alone and unsupervised in the hours after the school day ends. A national advocacy week begins Monday to highlight the importance of keeping students in a safe, engaging environment after...

State Releases Revised Regulations for Hemp Pilot Program

Albany, NY – New York’s first legal hemp seeds are closer to being sown next spring by universities and local farmers after revised regulations were issued by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets last week. Research of industrial hemp by...

Lupardo Honored for Outstanding Leadership on Kinship Care

Johnson City, NY – September is Kinship Care Month, and as the month-long advocacy period wraps up, Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo was recognized Tuesday for her leadership in supporting the Kinship Care Program, which assists grandparents and other relatives...

Lupardo Wraps Up Statewide Poverty Hearings

New York City – As part of an ongoing effort to begin addressing the issue of poverty throughout New York State, the Assembly Committees on Children and Families and Social Services hosted Thursday the third and final in a series of statewide hearings....

Mercy House Breaks Ground

Endicott, NY – A former Endicott church is getting a new life thanks to an innovative concept in caring for the terminally ill. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo helped break ground at the future Mercy House on Wednesday. The facility provides hospice care...

Statewide Hearings to Address Childhood Poverty

With 22% of New York children living in poverty, the Assembly Committees on Children and Families and Social Services will hold a series of meetings to address the issue beginning next week. A roundtable discussion and two public hearings (full schedule...

Speaker Heastie Joins Assemblywoman Lupardo for Tour of Broome County

Binghamton, NY – In his latest stop along his tour of Upstate New York, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie visited Broome County Thursday. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo served as his tour guide, showing the Speaker the area and introducing him to local leaders. “I...

Proposed medical marijuana grow facility eyes Johnson City location

Legislature Passes Bill to Ensure Quality Services Remain Available for the Developmentally Disabled

Albany, NY – Developmentally disabled residents in New York State would continue to have access to quality services following the passage of legislation through both houses of the Legislature. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Binghamton)...

Lupardo’s Legislation Helps Afterschool Programs

Albany, NY – Keeping students engaged outside of the classroom has been made easier following the passage of a new bill through both houses of the Legislature. Afterschool programs taking place inside a school building will now be governed under the...

Legislators Call on Congress to Legalize Industrial Hemp

A year after the New York State Legislature passed a bill to permit the research of industrial hemp, legislators are calling on the federal government to remove all barriers to growing the lucrative crop. The Assembly passed a resolution last week introduced...

Lupardo Elected Chair of Legislative Women’s Caucus

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo (D-Binghamton) has been elected by her colleagues to serve as the new Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus. Lupardo had previously served as the First Vice-Chair. “It is...

Assembly Passes CARE Act

Albany, NY – Millions of New Yorkers providing at-home health care to friends and loved-ones will receive much-needed help as a result of a bill passed unanimously by the New York State Assembly on Monday. Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo was the prime co-sponsor...

New York bill would bar unfair truck contract rule

Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo talks new bill to delay new teacher evaluation deadlines

Assembly Passes Second Wave of Child Care Legislation

The New York State Assembly today passed the second wave of legislation aimed at making quality child care more accessible and affordable. The package of bills reflects the recommendations of the Child Care Workgroup and demonstrates the Assembly Majority’s...