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Improving our lives by...
...Fighting the NYRI power line ...Supporting the community through funding and grants ...Urging people to volunteer for literacy ...Helping hospitals and other health care organizations |
Gunther is improving our lives by...
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...Fighting the NYRI power line
On August 17, the Assembly Committee on Energy held a hearing to discuss the negative impact the proposed power line would have on our property values, our health and our region’s natural beauty. Many concerned citizens turned out to voice their opposition to the power line and sent a powerful message to the federal government.
Gunther’s office mailed nearly 1,000 postcards from constituents to the Public Service Commission urging them to deny NYRI’s application.
Did you know that approximately one in five adults lacks English literacy skills to succeed as a parent, worker or citizen? This year, Gunther received a Building Literate Communities award for her work to promote literacy. She secured funding to save the Even Start literacy program in Monticello, helped increase funding for Adult Literacy Education in this year’s state budget and passed legislation to establish family literacy programs for economically disadvantaged families and in low-performing school districts (A.3034, awaiting Senate action). For more information, visit www.literacymiddletown.org. In Sullivan County, visit Literacy Volunteers in Monticello, located at:
...Helping hospitals and other health care organizations
![]() To schedule an appointment, call 794-3300, ext. 2269. For eligibility questions, please call 1-800-GIVELIFE (1-800-448-3543). Gunther also secured $50,000 for Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, Inc. for the new 11-bed Kaplan Family Hospice Residence on Sunrise Lane, Newburgh, New York. The residence will serve the terminally ill who need palliative care - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For more information, call 561-6111. |
...Supporting the community through funding and grants
Progress made on Swinging Bridge Dam. Recently, Gunther helped arrange a fourth meeting for residents to meet with dam owner Mirant and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) at the Forestburgh Firehouse to learn that repairs will be completed and the lake’s levels will be restored by February. Earlier this year, she passed a new law to make sure local officials receive copies of dam inspection reports (Ch. 17 of 2006), along with comprehensive legislation to ensure dam safety by requiring more frequent inspections and emergency action plans (A.11586, passed Assembly). |
Deadline for flood assistance is October 2. Gunther would also like to remind those affected by the floods that the deadline for flood assistance has been extended to October 2 for FEMA and SBA, and for NYS Individual and Family grants. Call FEMA at (800) 621-3362 or register online at www.fema.gov. Contact New York State at (888) 769-7243 or online at www.labor.state.ny.us |
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ASSEMBLYWOMAN Aileen Gunther |
18 Anawana Lake Rd. Monticello, NY 12701 (845) 794-5807 gunthea@assembly.state.ny.us |
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