Delgado’s To Host 1st In-County ‘Town Hall’ In Cooperstown Monday COOPERSTOWN – U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19th, will host his first in-county “Town Hall” meeting 12:30-1:30 Monday, Feb. 18 – President’s Day – in the ballroom at Village Hall, 22 Main St. This is Delgado’s first event in Otsego County since a thank-you reception he hosted in Oneonta after the Nov. 6 election. Last week, there was a “soft opening” of Delgado’s Otsego County office in Otsego Now’s headquarters on…
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DiPERNA TESTIFIES IN HOUSE U.S. Companies Seeing Profit In Climate Change Editor’s Note: Paula DiPerna of Cooperstown, a special adviser with CDP-North America (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project), which tracks companies’ environmental performance, testified Wednesday, Feb. 6, before the House Committee on Natural Resources. Here is an excerpt, discussing opportunities for business among Climate Change’s challenges. The withdrawal (from the Paris Agreement) has left the U.S. as the only nation on earth to stand outside the circle of…
National Republicans Aim To Unseat Delgado In 2020 He’s barely taken his seat, but U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19th, is already in the crosshairs of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which today announced its “initial targets” for 2020. These 55 seats are currently held by vulnerable Democrats and represent prime pickup opportunities for Republicans, the NRCC said. “Freedom or socialism – that’s the choice in 2020,” said NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer.…
At Hearing, Delgado Urges Rural Broadband Expansion WASHINGTON – At today’s Small Business Committee hearing on under-served businesses, U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19th, said rural broadband needs to be expanded so businesses can prosper in Upstate New York. “In parts of my district, I drive by large signs that read, ‘broadband coming soon.’ It’s a sight that is hard to imagine in New York, in the USA, in the 21st Century,” Delgado stated.…
Rep. Delgado Meets With Small Business Community Ahead of opening his Oneonta office on Thursday, Feb. 7, Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, met with members of Otsego County’s small business community at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel this afternoon. “I’m best equipped as your advocate when I have spoken to you” he told, seated from left, Michelle Catan, Small Business Development Center director; Jill Morgan-Meek, owner, Transitions Boutique; Otsego Now CEO Jody Zakrevsky, and developer Ed May. The discussion was hosted by…
Delgado Visits Coast Guard, Unpaid During U.S. Shutdown CLICK HERE FOR FULL WAMC INTERVIEW…
Delgado To Refuse Paycheck Until End Of U.S. Shutdown With federal employees in Upstate New York and across the country missing their first paycheck Friday because of the government shutdown, U.S. Antonio Delgado, D-19th, today said he will be asking the House of Representatives chief administrative officer to withhold his pay as long as the shutdown continues. “As someone who grew up in a working-class family in Schenectady,” said Delgado in a statement issued from his Washington D.C. office. ”…
Delgado Co-Sponsors 1st Bill: ‘For The People’ Legislation Otsego County’s congressman, Antonio Delgado, D-19, yesterday cosponsored his first piece of legislation, H.R. 1, the “For the People” Act, aimed at “addressing the imbalance of corporate power to make government work for the people,” according to a press release. The package aims to reduce corporate money in politics, enhance voting rights, expand conflict-of-interest law, require greater transparency for lobbyists, and end gerrymandering by requiring states to create independent redistricting commissions.…
CONGRESSMAN’s 1st DAY IN D.C. Otsego County Office? Maybe Mobile One, Delgado Suggests By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado today said he couldn’t “say for sure” he would open an office in Otsego County. Calling New York’s District 19 constituents his “North Star,” Delgado said he is opening offices in Delhi and in Kingston this month, but he is still deciding whether there will be an “actual physical office (in Otsego County) or a mobile…
At Oneonta Victory Event, Delgado Thanks Supporters Just back from his Washington D.C. initiation, Congressman-elect Antonio Delgado, D-19, thanks volunteers at a victory gathering this afternoon at his Oneonta field office on Dietz Street. Delgado thanked all the volunteers and supporters who, he said, knocked on more than 200,000 doors on the days leading up to the Nov. 6 midterms to encourage people to get out and vote. Following his speech, people lined up the thank the Delgado and get their pictures…
