Press Releases

Assemblyman Santabarbara: State Funding Helps Rebuild Aging Water Infrastructure in Schenectady

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara announced $516,565 awarded to the City of Schenectady as part of New York State’s Clean Water Infrastructure Act initiative funded in this year’s state budget. The funds will advance a project to upgrade residential...

Shop Small, Stay Local this Holiday Season!

New York State is actually home to more than 2 million small businesses that employ more than half of the private-sector workforce. Small Business Saturday is a day when shoppers across the nation are encouraged to do their holiday shopping at locally...

Assemblyman Santabarbara: New Law Helps Returning Veterans Enter the Public Workforce in New York State

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, who served in the US Army Reserve and is now a member of the State Assembly’s Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, announced a new bill supporting veterans has been signed into law. The new law supports veterans seeking...

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara Launches NEW “Thank a Veteran” Webpage

In honor of Veterans Day, this year Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara has launched an on-line “Thank A Veteran” webpage to make it easier to say ‘thank you’ to veterans in our community and send messages of gratitude and appreciation. “The...

Assemblyman Santabarbara Receives the ARC’s National Catalyst Award for Public Policy Victory of the Year in the New York State Assembly

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara received The ARC’s National Catalyst Award for Public Policy Victory of the Year at their national convention in San Diego, California on Friday, November 3rd. The ARC is a national community-based organization committed...

Assemblyman Santabarbara Announces Project to Upgrade, Standardize All Fire Hydrants in the Town of Rotterdam

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara announced $250,000 that he successfully secured in the state budget would now advance a town-wide project to replace outdated fire hydrant adapters across the eight fire districts in the town of Rotterdam. The project will...

Amsterdam Infrastructure

Assemblyman Santabarbara Announces State Funding for Local Farms

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara announced $50 million in state funding available to livestock farms. The funding supports a number of water quality protection projects and is available through a grant application that can be found on the Department of...

State’s First Autism Advisory Board Begins Work Today!

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara addressed members of New York State’s NEW Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Advisory Board today for their first official meeting at the State Capitol. This new initiative is the first of its kind in New York State was created...

Assemblyman Santabarbara Renews Call for Autism ID and Autism Training For First Responder Bills in New York State

Watch Police Body Camera Video Here: https://youtu.be/uErofKXMwq0 "Thinking about my 15 year old son Michael who lives with autism and struggles with communication, watching this body cam video brought me to tears," said Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara,...

Assemblyman Santabarbara Announces State Funding for Schalmont Central School District, Ensures All Students Keep School Bus Transportation

Earlier this year, the Schalmont Central School District proposed a public referendum to establish walk distances that would have left students living within a half mile of Jefferson Elementary, within 2 miles of Schalmont Middle School and 3 miles of...

Student Cabinet

National Grid Rate Hike

Emergency Infrastructure Repairs Underway in Amsterdam

Work began today in Amsterdam to make immediate repairs needed to the city’s infrastructure that includes a failing sanitary sewer line on Pershing Road. This followed Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara’s announcement of $920,000 in state funding for...

Emergency Infrastructure Repairs Underway in Amsterdam

Work began today in Amsterdam to make immediate repairs needed to the city’s infrastructure that includes a failing sanitary sewer line on Pershing Road. This followed Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara’s announcement of $920,000 in state funding for...

Flag Retirement

Senator Gillibrand, Assemblyman Santabarbara Partner with Fonda-Fultonville School District to Highlight Need for High-Speed Internet in Rural Communities

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara welcomed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to the Fonda-Fultonville Elementary School in the 111th Assembly District to support her efforts to expand access to affordable high-speed internet in rural communities. Senator Gillibrand...

Say NO to Thruway Toll Hikes!

The Thruway is a vital resource in the Capital Region, connecting us to the far reaches of our state. That said, here in upstate New York, we pay more than our fair share, and I’m ready to fight tooth and nail against any toll hikes on upstate drivers...

Electric City Trolley

Santabarbara: Emergency Funds Approved for City of Amsterdam

This morning Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara announced $920,000 in state funding for the City of Amsterdam to address immediate emergency repairs needed to infrastructure. The funding is being accessed through the NEW Water Infrastructure Emergency Assistance...