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A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll showed that half of Black Americans will not take a COVID-19 vaccine. Even some Black doctors and health care workers have refused the vaccine, citing safety concerns and the well-documented failures of the U.S. government to prioritize communities of color in medical research.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) was recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with its Jefferson-Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship for his work during the 116th Congress. The award recognizes members of Congress who, in their actions, have demonstrated a willingness to work across the aisle in support of common objectives. This is Rep.
Rep. Delgado Chairs First Hearing Examining Opportunities for Growth and Investment in Rural America
WASHINGTON – Today, Chairman Antonio Delgado (NY-19) held his first hearing of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. The hearing examined opportunities for growth and investment in rural America. Executive Director of the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation Todd Erling testified during the hearing.
ATHENS, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19), Senator Michelle Hinchey, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters Julie Tighe, and Executive Director of the NYS Building and Construction Trades Al Catalano called for investment in upstate infrastructure. Rep.
RHINEBECK, NY – Today, five of U.S. Representative Delgado's (NY-19) Member-directed infrastructure funding requests were included and passed within the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act.
RHINEBECK, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) voted to pass the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act and the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021 through the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Rep.
Dairy farming is a time-honored tradition throughout upstate and a crucial part of our local economy. In New York’s 19th Congressional District – the 8th most rural in the entire country - over 500 dairy farms support more than 2,200 direct jobs, nearly $100 million in wages, and generate an economic impact of $500 million.
HOOSICK FALLS, NY – Tonight, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) honored and presented flags to three Rensselaer National Guard Members, Captain Maurice Catel, Staff Sergeant Ryan Sams, and Staff Sergeant Michelle Bradley, who were stationed in Washington, D.C. to protect the Capitol building following the insurrection on January 6.
SAUGERTIES, NY – Tonight, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) held his 57th town hall. During tonight's town hall, Rep. Delgado highlighted his successful legislative track record during Republican and Democratic administrations and his focus on local upstate issues.
KINGSTON, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19), Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, and Kingston Mayor Steve Noble announced the delivery of American Rescue Plan local government funding to Ulster County. Rep.
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WASHINGTON – In its second report ranking members of the U.S. House of Representatives for their votes on legislation related to toxic chemicals, the Environmental Working Group Action Fund presented Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y., with a perfect score.
RHINEBECK – U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) joined the NY delegation in urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to immediately release the $3.7 million in reimbursements currently being withheld from the World Trade Center Health Program.
U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-Rhinebeck, announced Friday that the town of Broome Volunteer Fire Department in Schoharie County will receive a $133,333 grant from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program administered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The award will allow the fire department to purchase 20 sets of self-contained breathing apparatus.
U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) announced more than $600,000 in federal grants for the Student Support Services Program at SUNY Ulster. The funds announced today are the sum of two annual U.S.
19th District Congressman Antonio Delgado announced the Transitional Housing Assistance Program at Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. received $475,000 in federal funding from the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice.
ONEONTA – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today announced $475,000 in federal funding for the Transitional Housing Assistance Program at Opportunities for Otsego, Inc.
TOWN OF BETHEL – No Stone Pony, no Springsteen. No Bitter End, no Lady Gaga. No Troubadour, no Elton John. No Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts? Well, no Woodstock 50th anniversary celebration in 2019, for one.
STANFORDVILLE – On Friday, September 11, U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) visited the Town of Stanford to view the Fire Company’s display of 2,978 flags honoring the lives lost in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The Congressman was joined by town Supervisor Wendy Burton and Stanford Fire Company member Evelyn Seipp.
More than $600,000 in federal support is coming to help students at SUNY Ulster.
Congressman Antonio Delgado announced the funding Thursday, saying the money is coming from two grant awards through the U.S. Department of Education.
One is to support services for 230 low-income or first-generation college students, the other will help out 100 students with disabilities.
BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS – US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Antonio Delgado are promoting a bill they hope will open a section of American business that could already be permanently damaged.
The Congressional lawmakers held a news conference yesterday at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which is famous for hosting the original Woodstock Festival in 1969.