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When the federal government shut down weeks ago, no one imagined it’d mean empty plates at a child’s breakfast, a family's bare fridge or the faces of seniors waiting for food assistance that never comes. But after weeks of chaos driven by a Republican Party willing to use hunger as a bargaining chip, we are now at an unthinkable place: missing SNAP benefits for thousands of New York families who rely on them to eat. In my district alone, more than 64,000 neighbors depend on

Senator Patricia Fahy (D–Albany) released the following statement today in response to news that New York State Attorney General James is facing politically-motivated charges brought forth by the Trump administration: “It’s October, and New Yorkers know a witch hunt when they see one. The charges filed against Attorney General Letitia James represent an increasingly authoritarian Trump administration and are rooted in political retribution, rather than in any pursuit of justi

Today, Senator Patricia Fahy and Town of Bethlehem Supervisor David VanLuven were joined by Bethlehem Town Board Members, the Bethlehem Department of Public Works, the Bethlehem Department of Parks & Recreation, the Capital Trail Alliance, and members of the public to cut the ribbon on a fully-finished Normans Kill Ravines Park, including three new bridges. Normans Kill Ravines Park is Bethlehem’s newest park, featuring 155 acres of beautiful forests, ridges, wetlands, and mo

Legislation to ban the use of masks by ICE agents is being pushed by a multi-state coalition of state legislators including New York's own Senator Pat Fahy. Tuesday at a National Conference of State Legislators in Boston, Democratic New York Senator Pat Fahy of the 46th district joined colleagues from Pennsylvania and New York condemning the use of paramilitary tactics by ICE agents. In mid-July Fahy introduced MELT - the Mandating End of Lawless Tactics Act previously introd

Senator Patricia Fahy (D, WF—Albany) and Assemblymembers John T. McDonald III, RPh (D—Cohoes) and Gabriella Romero (D, WF—Albany, Guilderland, New Scotland) announced they introduced new pieces of legislation today aimed at closing loopholes and cracking down on the misuse of flare guns in New York State, following a house fire ignited by the discharge of a flare gun, leaving multiple people homeless, in addition to a shooting that left one person critically injured and multi