🇺🇸 Honored and humbled to receive the American Patriot Remembrance Medal from the New York State Elks Association’s Mohawk Valley District in recognition of my service in the U.S. Army Reserve at a special ceremony at Clifton Park Elks Lodge 🫎

🏥 Exactly why I introduced the Essential Health Care Access Protection Act (A.11681) back in August — to protect essential hospital services when health care noncompete agreements threaten access to care. Patients should never be caught in the middle.

💙 This little girl is the reason I’m fighting to make car seats on school buses safer for kids with disabilities. Her mom just sent me this photo! Today, her daughter is holding the newspaper article about the legislation we’re working on to require car seat safety checks, records and training 📰 🚌

🎨 Productive meeting at C.O.C.O.A. House with Will Rivas, Eugene O’Neill and Cheryl Vallee about an impactful new mural project in the works! It will bring together art, education and youth opportunities, including the Lantern Corps Project. Looking forward to helping make it happen!

🍂 Stopped by today’s LORE Harvest Dinner at the Rotterdam Elks Lodge to support their Scholarship Fund! 🦃 A turkey dinner and time with neighbors, all for a good cause. Thank you to the organizers, volunteers and everyone who came out to support the scholarship fund! 🍁

🏭 Celebrated Manufacturing Day at Greno Industries in Scotia! Students from Capital Region BOCES and HVCC’s Uniquely Abled Pre-Apprenticeship Program toured the shop, met employees and explored careers in manufacturing. Thanks to Greno for investing in the next generation!

Meeting with the Viaport Mall in Rotterdam — discussing some space that may be needed for the Concerned for the Hungry, Thanksgiving food drive this year 🦃

💼 Kicked off National Disability Employment Awareness Month with Living Resources and Northern Rivers in Albany. We talked jobs, independence and inclusion. I’m also working on a new legislative package to protect community services, choice and independence after recent federal changes. 💙

👁️ Visited the Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany for a tour and press conference. Programs like NABA help people with disabilities work, build independence and be part of their communities. As federal protections are rolled back, I’m working to protect choice and independence in NY.

Latest edition of NY State Fire News features the funding I secured for the Amsterdam Fire Department to purchase a new ambulance. This investment means our firefighters and EMS personnel have the equipment they need to respond when someone calls for help and provide high-quality emergency care.

I’ve introduced a mew bill to strengthen safety rules for child safety seats used to transport preschool children with disabilities. It closes a gap by requiring regular inspections, tracking expiration dates, removing unsafe seats from use and proper training for those responsible for using them.

🚔 Joined the Schenectady Police Department for a retirement walkout honoring Detective Lieutenant Erik Gandrow and Detective Anthony Savignano. I presented them with special New York State Assembly citations recognizing their years of service to our community. Congratulations! 🇺🇸

🚔 Meeting with retired Schenectady Police Chief Eric Clifford today to continue our discussion about some of his public safety proposals. Thank you to Assemblymembers John McDonald and Jo Anne Simon for joining us virtually and adding to the conversation.

This afternoon I met with CDTA at my district office in Schenectady to talk about CDTA’s FLEX service and how on-demand transportation could help connect more people to jobs, health care, shopping and other important places in our community. Looking forward to continuing this work with CDTA.