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CALLICOON, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19) announced the formation of the Congressional Delaware River Watershed Caucus. Co-Chaired by Congressman Delgado and U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), this bipartisan caucus will give voice to funding and conservation needs throughout the watershed.
SAUGERTIES, NY – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) participated in a U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Mission. The Congressman toured Saugerties facilities and boarded the USCGC WIRE to witness Captain Zeita Merchant, Deputy Sector Commander, Sector New York, and her crew patrol the area.
RHINEBECK, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19) and Representative Maria Salazar (R-FL-27), both members of the House Committee on Small Business, introduced the Community Navigator Reporting Act of 2021.
ULSTER COUNTY, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) volunteered at Ulster County's mass vaccination site. Rep. Delgado toured the facility with Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, Director of COVID-19 Operations for Ulster County Dan Proctor, and Ulster County Deputy Executive Marc Rider.
RHINEBECK, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) reintroduced legislation to help end the digital divide and deliver affordable, quality broadband service to rural Americans. The Broadband Speed Act would require internet service providers to report annual, accurate speed data to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
RHINEBECK, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19) and Representative David B. McKinley (R-WV-1) introduced bipartisan legislation to help end the digital divide and deliver affordable, quality broadband service to rural Americans.
CATSKILL, NY – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) toured the Foreland project in the village of Catskill. The 85,000 square foot project redevelops three historic downtown village buildings. In January, Rep. Delgado provided a letter of support to the New York Main Street program in support of the Foreland project.
SCHOHARIE COUNTY, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) held a roundtable at SUNY Cobleskill with Schoharie County officials to discuss COVID-19 aid for local governments. The American Rescue Plan includes Rep.
RHINEBECK, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) along with Reps. Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Angie Craig (MN-02), and Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) reintroduced the Rebuild Rural America Act in the House. This legislation would deliver federal resources directly to rural communities as they respond to, and recover from, the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
RHINEBECK, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19), Charlie Crist (FL-13), and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) announced the reintroduction of the Senior Accessible Housing Act.
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Neither a light drizzle nor the coronavirus stopped Lamouree-Hackett American Legion Post 72 in Saugerties from celebrating Veterans Day in its traditional fashion, but the ceremony was shortened, and the traditional lunch and invitation to the legion’s museum were dropped from the observance.
NEW YORK – US Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) recently introduced legislation that would allow seniors to “age in place” by providing a tax credit to cover 100 percent of the costs of any modifications older Americans make to their homes — such as grab bars, wheelchair ramps, walk-in tubs, and more – to allow for safe, independent living.
The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) offered its support of HR 8540, the Keeping Seniors Safe from COVID-19 Through Home Design Act, introduced by Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.).
A New York congressman has introduced a bill to help senior citizens age in place by providing a tax credit.
HUDSON – The Treasury Department has awarded $124,075 in federal funding for the Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation (HVADC), a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in the Hudson Valley.
Three New York congressmen have introduced bipartisan legislation to direct a study on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) announced Oct. 15 a $683,692 award from the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant program at USDA Rural Development to supplement programs at Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES (ONC BOCES).
It was nothing short of historic when the Town of Middleburgh gathered Saturday to cut the ribbon on its $3.2 million shelter and ambulance building.
Quite literally.
CANAJOHARIE — This village is like a number of Mohawk Valley Rust Belt communities along Interstate 90 where the industrial base left years ago with nothing to replace it.
And Canajoharie has an additional challenge: sky high water and sewer rates, thanks to the debt incurred to service what had been the village’s economic mainstay.
NEW YORK – The fentanyl crisis, producing a dramatic surge in overdose deaths, has spurred creative thinking in police and government circles in Ulster, Green and Columbia counties.