Governor’s Budget Offers Record Funding for Vital Programs
Jan 24, 2022
Albany, NY – Following the release of Governor Kathy Hochul’s first executive budget, we have been offered a look at where her priorities are directed and where the Legislature and Executive can work together to accomplish shared goals of...
Assemblymember Kevin Cahill on the Passing of Former Speaker Sheldon Silver
Jan 24, 2022
“Sheldon Silver, a proud product of his neighborhood in lower New York, never forgot his origins and never let his love for the communities he represented be compromised. For over two decades, he mentored, advised, encouraged and helped any way...
Assemblymember Cahill Introduces Legislation to Modernize the Bottle Bill
Jan 14, 2022
Albany, NY – Today Assemblymember Kevin A. Cahill (D-Ulster, Dutchess) introduced legislation that will update the New York State Returnable Container Law, expanding the list of redeemable bottles and raising the deposit to a ten-cent return (A.8668,...
Assemblymember Cahill’s Statement on the Rejection of IRC Gerrymandering
Jan 10, 2022
Today the Assembly took the necessary measures to assure a timely completion of the important task of redistricting. The failure of the so-called “Independent” Redistricting Commission to advance a single set of cohesive reapportionment maps...
Assemblymember Cahill Comments on the State of the State Address
Jan 5, 2022
Albany, NY – Today we heard Governor Kathy Hochul’s first State of the State address establishing her vision for New York as we begin the 2022 Legislative Session. In a welcome return to tradition, Governor Hochul addressed the Legislature...
2021: A Year of Fighting for the Hudson Valley
Jan 3, 2022
Kingston, NY – In the Office of Assemblymember Kevin A. Cahill (D-Ulster, Dutchess), 2021 was a year of constant action and rethinking ordinary processes to fit current needs. Confronting record unemployment, a surge in COVID-19 cases and the lapse...