Congressman Maurice Hinchey :: Representing the 22nd District of New York

Congressman Maurice Hinchey :: Representing the 22nd District of New York :: Press Releases

December 2003

Hinchey Applauds Awarding Of $42.9 Million Contract To Johnson Outdoors (December 29, 2003)

Ulster Youthbuild Awarded $400,000 (December 19, 2003)

$100,000 In Federal Funds Will Keep Property Taxes Down (December 18, 2003)

$675,000 Will Aid Four Tier Projects (December 17, 2003)

Hinchey Announces Additional $1.9 Million For Noah Hotel (December 15, 2003)

Ithaca Fire Department Awarded $132,811 Fema Grant (December 10, 2003)

Scoresby Fire Company Awarded $30,726 Fema Grant (December 10, 2003)

Windsor Fire Company Awarded $185,175 Fema Grant (December 10, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $925,000 For Southern Tier Projects (December 4, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $3.87 Million For New Cornell Research Building (December 4, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $675,000 For Southern Tier Projects (December 4, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $200,000 For Wastewater Improvements In Bethel (December 4, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $150,000 For St. Luke's Hospital (December 3, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $500,000 For Tompkins County Law Enforcement Technology (December 3, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $125,000 For Saugerties Beautification Project (December 3, 2003)

November 2003

Hinchey Reacts To White House Deal On Media Ownership (November 25, 2003)

Medicare Bill A Raw Deal For Seniors (November 22, 2003)

Hinchey Applauds Passage Of Highlands Stewardship Act (November 21, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $400,000 For TCAT Bus Facility (November 21, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $330,000 For Hudson Valley Transportation Projects (November 20, 2003)

Hinchey: Restoration Of National Cap Is One Small Step In Media Consolidation Fight (November 20, 2003)

Plattekill Fire District Awarded $76,414 FEMA Grant (November 19, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $600,000 For Owego River Walk (November 18, 2003)

Hinchey Assails Energy Bill As Unprecedented Failure (November 18, 2003)

Rupco Awarded $52,767 For Housing Counseling (November 17, 2003)

Ban On Drilling In Finger Lakes National Forest Included In Energy Bill (November 17, 2003)

Hinchey Secures Additional $1 Million For Binghamton University (November 13, 2003)

Poughkeepsie Fire Department Awarded $147,375 FEMA Grant (November 12, 2003)

Endwell Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant (November 12, 2003)

Bipartisan Coalition Of House Members Demand Vote On FCC Media Regulations (November 5, 2003)

Hinchey Secures Funds For Local Projects In Interior Spending Bill (November 4, 2003)

Hinchey Calls For Vote On Legislative Veto Of FCC Rules (November 3, 2003)

Hinchey Has Plan To Enhance Binghamton University's Role In Tier's Economic Growth (November 3, 2003)

October 2003

Hasbrouck House Wins $250,000 Restoration Grant (October 30, 2003)

Apalachin Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant (October 29, 2003)

Bill To Name Liberty Post Office For Ben Gerow Passes House Of Representatives (October 28, 2003)

Opponents Of New Media Rules Call For Voice Of House To Be Heard (October 21, 2003)

Hinchey Meets With EPA Officials,secures Commitment To Look Into Endicott (October 9, 2003)

Republicans Defeat Hinchey Measure Seeking Details Of Iraq Contracts (October 9, 2003)

Hinchey Cuts Ribbon At Cobra Systems (October 7, 2003)

Ithaca Youth Bureau Wins $220,000 Grant (October 6, 2003)

Hinchey Introduces Bill To Name Liberty Post Office For Ben Gerow (October 3, 2003)

Hinchey Adds $400,000 For Owego River Walk And Regional Fire Training Center In House Bill (October 3, 2003)

Binghamton Housing Authority Awarded $100,000 (October 2, 2003)

Monticello Awarded $50,907 For Park Improvements (October 2, 2003)

Family Enrichment Network Awarded $500,656 Federal Grant (October 2, 2003)

City Of Poughkeepsie Awarded $225,000 For Neighborhood Improvements (October 2, 2003)

Hinchey Nominates Dr. Katherine Seibert For "Local Legends" Award (October 2, 2003)

Broome County Awarded $172,869 To Fight High-tech Crime (October 1, 2003)

Woodstock Fire Districtawarded FEMA Grant (October 1, 2003)

September 2003

Boehlert, Hinchey Announce $100,000 Anti-Drug Grant Broome County (September 30, 2003)

Poughkeepsie Middle School Awarded $297,032 Grant For New Arts-based Curriculum (September 28, 2003)

Schools Awarded $1.2 Million For Fitness Education Programs (September 26, 2003)

House Approves Hinchey's $1.1 Million For Binghamton University (September 24, 2003)

Ruby Fire District Awarded FEMA Grant (September 24, 2003)

Ithaca To Receive Guaranteed Annual Funding From HUD (September 22, 2003)

Hinchey Applauds Awarding Of $9 Million Contract To Johnson Outdoors (September 22, 2003)

Hinchey Rallies Support For Effort To Restore Media Ownership Rules (September 17, 2003)

Claryville Fire Department Awarded $198,000 For New Fire Truck (September 10, 2003)

Hinchey-sponsored Pension Amendment Passes House (September 10, 2003)

Hinchey Statement On Afghanistan (September 3, 2003)

Hinchey Statement On Iraq (September 3, 2003)

Johnson City Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant (September 3, 2003)

Hinchey Wants Medicare Reform Legislation To Help Local Patients, Hospitals And Providers (September 3, 2003)

Hinchey Says Bush Administration's Weakening Of Clean Air Act Hurts Region (September 3, 2003)

August 2003

West Corners Fire District Awarded $120,780 (August 28, 2003)

Hinchey Assails Bush Administration's Weakening Clean Air Act (August 28, 2003)

Marbletown Fire District Awarded $94,500 For New Vehicle (August 28, 2003)

Hinchey Urges HUD To Grant Entitlement Status To Ithaca And Kingston (August 27, 2003)

Bush Administration Plan Guts Clean Air Act (August 22, 2003)

Local World War II POW And Author Honored (August 20, 2003)

Hinchey, Local Officials Break Ground At Emerald Corporate Center (August 19, 2003)

Hinchey To Hold Public Forum On Medicare; Assails Administration Efforts To Undercut Program (August 15, 2003)

Hinchey Says Power Outage Was Preventable, Calls On Congress To Implement Changes (August 15, 2003)

Kerhonkson, Milton Fire Departments Awarded FEMA Grants (August 13, 2003)

Kerhonkson, Milton Fire Departments Awarded FEMA Grants (August 13, 2003)

Waverly/Barton Fire Department Awarded $107,820 (August 13, 2003)

Hinchey Urges DEC To Insist On Stronger Protections For Hudson River At Power Plant (August 7, 2003)

$465,000 SBA Loan Awarded For Purchase Of Skytop Motel (August 1, 2003)

July 2003

Binghamton, Endicott Fire Departments Awarded FEMA Grants (July 30, 2003)

Hinchey Meets With High-level ATSDR Officials;agency Commits To Assisting With Endicott Site (July 24, 2003)

Hinchey Earmarks $675,000 For Tompkins Transportation Projects (July 24, 2003)

Hinchey Earmarks $7.1 Million For Hudson Valley, Catskills Projects (July 24, 2003)

Hinchey Earmarks $2.725 Million For Southern Tier Projects (July 24, 2003)

Glasco Fire District Awarded FEMA Grant (July 23, 2003)

Hinchey Writes Amendment To Make Endicott Site A Priority For Federal Agency (July 21, 2003)

Hinchey Calls On Blair And Bush To Account For Use Of Discredited Intelligence (July 17, 2003)

Appropriations Committee Accepts Amendment To Restore Broadcast Ownership Cap (July 16, 2003)

Hinchey Again Writes To DEC About Endicott Site (July 15, 2003)

Spencer Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant (July 9, 2003)

Saugerties Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant (July 7, 2003)

Hinchey Earmarks $2.2 Million For Binghamton University's Threat Detection Facility (July 7, 2003)

June 2003

Middletown Awarded $703,000 For Community Development (June 26, 2003)

Middletown Fire Department Awarded FEMA Grant (June 25, 2003)

Regional Partnership Awarded $75,000 to Assess Brownfields Site (June 25, 2003)

Habitat's Northside Renewal Project Awarded $50,000 (June 24, 2003)

$845,000 Awarded To Housing Projects In Kingston, Newburgh And Poughkeepsie (June 24, 2003)

Schumer, Clinton, Hinchey Introduce Legislation To Establish Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Commemoration Commission (June 23, 2003)

Hinchey Praises Innovative Drug Court (June 23, 2003)

Schumer, Hinchey Expect Court Facility Will Be In Middletown (June 19, 2003)

Hinchey Applauds Senate Action To Overrule FCC (June 19, 2003)

Hinchey Writes $4.3 Million For New Cornell Research Building Into Spending Bill (June 17, 2003)

Hinchey Pledges Support For Johnson Outdoors' Federal Contract Goals (June 16, 2003)

$1.5 Million Secured By Hinchey Released For I-84/I-87 Interchange (June 6, 2003)

Work On Saugerties HITS Facility To Restart (June 6, 2003)

Hinchey Vows To Reclaim Airwaves For Public (June 5, 2003)

Hinchey And Colleagues Act To Protect Roadless Areas (June 5, 2003)

Hinchey: FCC Spawns "New Censorship" (June 2, 2003)

May 2003

PRI Approved For $3 Million Loan (May 29, 2003)

Hinchey Condemns Republican Tax Bill (May 23, 2003)

Hinchey And 133 Colleagues Take Stand Against Media Consolidation (May 23, 2003)

Warner, Clinton, Hinchey Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Establish American Revolution Commemorative Program (May 23, 2003)

Hinchey Renews Call On FCC To Leave Media Ownership Rules Alone (May 22, 2003)

Globe Automotive Gets $250,000 In Federal Financing To Create 64 Jobs In Middletown (May 16, 2003)

Hinchey Announces $1.75 Million Grant For Newburgh High-tech Business Park (May 15, 2003)

Hinchey Calls On FCC To Leave Media Ownership Rules Alone (May 14, 2003)

Hinchey Says Cuts In Medicare And Medicaid Hurt Hospitals And Taxpayers (May 12, 2003)

GOP Tax Cuts Fiscally Irresponsible, Dangerous To New York's Economy (May 9, 2003)

Hinchey Speaks To Nurses On Key Issues (May 5, 2003)

Hinchey's $320,000 Earmark Will Improve Transportation For Middletown Seniors (May 2, 2003)

Hinchey Introduces Resolution In Support Of Media Diversity (May 2, 2003)

Hinchey Releases Text Of Speech On Dissenting In Wartime (May 1, 2003)

April 2003

Hinchey Calls Republican Budget Plan Continuation Of Failed Policy (April 11, 2003)

Hinchey To Travel To Persian Gulf, Middle East (April 11, 2003)

Hinchey Supports Repeal Of Ban On Student Aid (April 10, 2003)

$1.18 Million Secured By Hinchey To Aid Sullivan County Priorities (April 7, 2003)

Hinchey Testifies In Support Of I-86 Improvements (April 2, 2003)

March 2003

Hinchey Assails Cuts To Veterans' Programs (March 31, 2003)

McNulty, Hinchey, Enviro Groups, Criticize EPA's Proposed Rollbacks On Clean Air Act, Hudson River Dredging (March 28, 2003)

Hinchey Issues Statement On Death Of Senator Moynihan (March 26, 2003)

Hinchey Assails Bush Supplemental Spending Plan (March 25, 2003)

Hinchey Says GOP Budget Plan Would Cause Severe Damage (March 20, 2003)

Hinchey Says GOP "Health" Bill Only Helps Insurance Companies, Not Patients (March 13, 2003)

Hinchey Disappointed With Latest Delay In Hudson Cleanup (March 10, 2003)

Hinchey Requests Environmental & Safety Reviews Of Saugerties Candle Factory (March 6, 2003)

February 2003

Hinchey Tells Energy Secretary Efficiency Budget Must Be Boosted (February 27, 2003)

Hinchey Schedules Workshops For Fire Grants (February 26, 2003)

Hinchey Says Bush Plan Hurts New York (February 25, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $200,000 For Binghamton University (February 20, 2003)

Hinchey Delivers $18.26 Million For Area Projects (February 14, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $550,000 For Delaware River Projects (February 14, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $900,000 For Protection Of Cayuga Lake And Upper Catatonk Creek (February 14, 2003)

Walsh / Hinchey Introduce New Legislation Permanently Banning Finger Lakes Forest Drilling (February 13, 2003)

Hinchey Secures $2.125 Million For Binghamton Hub (February 13, 2003)

Hinchey Announces $1.65 Million For Newburgh-Beacon Ferry (February 13, 2003)

Hinchey Tells NRC Chairman Indian Point Needs To Shut Down (February 12, 2003)

Hinchey Address To CSEA (February 8, 2003)

Hinchey And Colleagues Fight For Free And Independent Media (February 7, 2003)

Hinchey: Powell Made Strong Case, But Not For War (February 5, 2003)

Hinchey Says Bush Budget Damages Economy (February 3, 2003)

January 2003

$94 Million In Payments To Apple Growers Begins Today (January 31, 2003)

Hinchey Reacts To President's State Of The Union Address (January 28, 2003)

Hinchey And Colleagues Give Ground Zero Rescue Workers Tickets To State Of The Union Speech (January 28, 2003)

Hinchey Leads Region's Congressional Delegation In Protesting Sharp Increase In Health Insurance Premiums (January 27, 2003)

Hinchey Announces Military Academy Nominations (January 2, 2003)

December 2002

Three Fire Companiesawarded FEMA Grants (December 23, 2002)

Esopus Fire District Awarded FEMA Grant (December 23, 2002)

Hinchey Says Verizon Layoffs Bad For Economy And For Phone Customers (December 20, 2002)

Cobra Systems Awarded Defense Contract Worth Up To $50 Million (December 17, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For New Investments In Public Schools (December 13, 2002)

Hinchey: Bush Economic Approach Is A Failure (December 6, 2002)

Hinchey Assails Administration's Decision To Withhold First Responder Grants (December 3, 2002)

Three Fire Companies Awarded FEMA Grants (December 2, 2002)

November 2002

Hinchey Applauds Federal Filtration Waiver For Reservoir (November 26, 2002)

Broome County Awarded $50,000 For Medical Reserve Corps (November 20, 2002)

Area BOCES Awarded $400,000 Distance Learning Grant (November 15, 2002)

Prospect Terrace Fire Company Awarded FEMA Grant (November 14, 2002)

St. Remy Fire District Awarded FEMA Grant (November 14, 2002)

October 2002

Hinchey Meets With Local Families And Newly Adopted Children (October 30, 2002)

Hinchey Seeks More Information On Outbreak Of Food Poisoning (October 29, 2002)

Ulster Youthbuild Awarded $400,000 (October 23, 2002)

Hinchey Receives Perfect Rating From Leading Environmental Group (October 23, 2002)

Town Of Union Awarded $1.7 Million For Housing And Economic Development (October 21, 2002)

Shandaken Housing Agency Awarded $705,800 (October 17, 2002)

West Windsor Fire Companyawarded FEMA Grant (October 16, 2002)

Wallkill And Kingston Fire Districts Awarded FEMA Grants (October 16, 2002)

Hinchey Earmarks $150,000 For Saugerties Boys And Girls Club (October 15, 2002)

Hinchey Earmarks $500,000 For Cayuga Lake Watershed Protection (October 11, 2002)

Ulster Head Start Program Awarded $605,630 (October 10, 2002)

Binghamton University Awarded $400,000 For Neighborhood Revitalization (October 10, 2002)

Hinchey Offers Amendment To Restore EPA Enforcement Funding (October 9, 2002)

Hinchey Argues For Disaster Aid For Farmers (October 3, 2002)

Big Brothers Big Sisters Awarded $138,049 For Mentoring Program (October 2, 2002)

Cornell Awarded $200,000 Grant To Combat Violence Against Women On Campus (October 2, 2002)

September 2002

New York Awarded $100,000 Grant For Farmers' Market Technology Program (September 30, 2002)

Ithaca VA Clinic Set To Open In January (September 27, 2002)

Hinchey Sees Promise In Binghamton University Projects (September 27, 2002)

Spending Bill Holds $2.1 Million For Newburgh-Beacon Ferry Service (September 27, 2002)

Newburgh Home Ownership Program Gets $120,000 Grant (September 26, 2002)

Delaware Valley Job Corps Center Awarded $626,878 For New Vocations Building (September 26, 2002)

Hinchey Earmarks $2 Million For Binghamton Hub (September 25, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For Real Pension Protections (September 24, 2002)

Best Buy Site Awarded $1 Million Federal Grant (September 24, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For Protection Of Investors' And Employees' Rights (September 23, 2002)

Walker Valley And Phoenicia Fire Districts Awarded FEMA Grants (September 20, 2002)

Hinchey Leads Colleagues In Urging That Off-road Vehicles Issue Be Addressed Without Delay (September 19, 2002)

Village Of Waverly Awarded COPS In Schools Grant (September 18, 2002)

Hinchey Urges State To Use Available Federal Funds For Meadow Hill Noise Abatement (September 16, 2002)

Hinchey Fights For More Federal Assistance For Local Emergency Preparedness And Law Enforcement Agencies (September 16, 2002)

Woodridge Fire District Awarded $41,773 FEMA Grant (September 13, 2002)

Enfield Volunteer Fire Company Awarded $35,703 FEMA Grant (September 13, 2002)

Federal Funds To Be Released To Kierstede House (September 13, 2002)

Towns Of Saugerties And Ulster Awarded COPS In Schools Grants (September 10, 2002)

Hinchey Fights For More Emergency Response Funding (September 9, 2002)

Upper Susquehanna Counties Awarded $250,000 Grant (September 5, 2002)

Johnson City Awarded $125,000 Through COPS In Schools Program (September 5, 2002)

Ellenville Scrap Placed On Superfund Priority List (September 4, 2002)

August 2002

Broome County Arts Projects Awarded NEA Grants (August 28, 2002)

Sullivan County Sheriff's Department Awarded $389,625 In "COPS" Grants (August 28, 2002)

West Corners Fire District Awarded $22,860 FEMA Grant (August 26, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For Emergency Relief To Local Farmers, Delivers Funding To Make Farmers’ Market Accessible To Low-Income Residents (August 23, 2002)

New Head Start Facility Awarded $600,000 Grant (August 15, 2002)

Hinchey Fights To Save "COPS" Program (August 14, 2002)

Ellenville Housing Authority Awarded $152,622 In Additional Housing Assistance (August 9, 2002)

Gardiner Fire Departmentawarded $50,000 FEMA Grant (August 8, 2002)

Manufacturing Technology Training Initiative Receives $213,000 Grant (August 7, 2002)

Sullivan-Wawarsing Reap Zone Marks Third Anniversary (August 7, 2002)

July 2002

Hinchey-sponsored Amendment To Protect Workers' Pensions Passes House (July 24, 2002)

Hinchey Testifies For Higher Payments To Area Hospitals (July 23, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For Protection Of Investors' And Employees' Rights (July 22, 2002)

House/Senate Conference Committee Drops Hospital Wage Rate Provision From Bill (July 18, 2002)

Head Start Of Eastern Orange County Awarded $2 Million Grant (July 17, 2002)

Hinchey Opposes House Corporate Fraud Bill (July 16, 2002)

Hospital Legislation Must Benefit Entire Region (July 15, 2002)

Hinchey Proposes $250 Million In Disaster Aid For Farmers (July 11, 2002)

Hinchey Amendment Extends Ban On Finger Lakes Drilling (July 10, 2002)

Waverly Receives $3 Million For Water System Improvements (July 9, 2002)

$175,000 Grant Funds Nurse Training Partnership Program For Local Hospitals (July 3, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For A True Prescription Drug Benefit And Keeping Social Security Secure (July 2, 2002)

USDA Awards $250,000 For Tioga REAP's Small Business Creation Plan (July 1, 2002)

USDA Awards $2.2 Million For New Paltz Water Upgrades (July 1, 2002)

June 2002

Hinchey Lauds Agriculture Spending Bill Passed By Subcommittee (June 28, 2002)

Hinchey Supports True Medicare Benefit, Calls Republican Plan "Empty Promise To Seniors" (June 28, 2002)

Hinchey's Requests For New York Projects Included In Interior Appropriations Bill (June 27, 2002)

Defense Spending Bill Contains $234 Million For Southern Tier Contractors, Including $21 Million Added By Hinchey (June 26, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For Equitable VA Funding (June 26, 2002)

Hinchey Releases Emergency Preparedness Report (June 25, 2002)

Best Buy Gets Go-ahead From Army Corps (June 21, 2002)

Hinchey Urges Permanent Ban On Drilling In Finger Lakes (June 18, 2002)

Endicott Performing Arts Center Approved For $100,000 Grant (June 14, 2002)

$207 Million In Federal Funding Restored To New York's Highway Budget (June 14, 2002)

Hinchey Condemns Clean Air Rollbacks (June 13, 2002)

Horse Show Business Gets $950,000 Loan For Expansion (June 13, 2002)

Hinchey Joins In Lawsuit To Prevent Withdrawal From ABM Treaty (June 12, 2002)

Hinchey And Colleagues Act To Protect Roadless Areas (June 5, 2002)

May 2002

Hinchey Introduces Bill To Commemorate Hudson River And Lake Champlain Milestones (May 29, 2002)

Hinchey Introduces Bill To Fund Revolutionary War Commemoration (May 24, 2002)

Hinchey Says Congress Must Fix USDA's Failed Beef Inspection Program (May 23, 2002)

Mid-Hudson Coalition Awarded $150,000 For Brownfields Assessment (May 22, 2002)

Hinchey Supports Repeal Of Ban On Student Aid (May 21, 2002)

Hinchey Honored By Rotary For Efforts To Eradicate Polio (May 16, 2002)

Hinchey Calls For Funding To Protect Public Lands (May 8, 2002)

Hinchey Touts Redevelopment Of Kingston Waterfront (May 3, 2002)

Hinchey Assails Administration For Proposal That Would Make College More Expensive (May 1, 2002)

December 2001

NEA Awards Grant To Byrdcliffe Exhibition (December 18, 2001)

June 2001

Hinchey, U.S. Ambassador Lay Wreaths At Tel Aviv Bombing Site (June 3, 2001)

May 2001

Hinchey Urges Protection From Cash Balance Conversions (May 2, 2001)