Photos
August 25, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo presents a NYS Assembly resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the West Corners Fire Dept.
August 23, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo at the Susan B. Anthony House after attending the Seneca Falls Revisited Conference.
August 20, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo joins NYSED Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and others for an Innovation Institute at Union-Endicott High School.
August 16, 2018 – The winners of the second annual Lip Sync Challenge presented by Action for Older Persons pose with Assemblywoman Lupardo.
August 11, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo enjoys the annual St. Mary’s Bazaar in Binghamton.
August 9, 2018 – Dawn Coleman of Good Shepherd Village at Endwell was one of LeadingAge NY’s 16 statewide Employee of Distinction awardees.
August 7, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo with colleagues Assemblyman Mike Benedetto and Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner at the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference. Lupardo delivered an update on New York’s hemp industry.
July 20, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo with students at the Binghamton University Go Green Institute. This 10 day hands-on learning experience centers on the theme of a more sustainable environment and was through the Empire State Afterschool Program.
July 17, 2018 – The New York Association for Pupil Transportation presents its Legislator of the Year award to Assemblywoman Lupardo for passing legislation that expands drug & alcohol testing for school bus drivers.
July 11, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo poses for a photo with Florence Grivas, a resident at the newly opened EJ Apartment in Binghamton. The former Endicott-Johnson medical clinic has 20 senior housing units. Mrs. Grivas was born in the same building she now lives in 89 years ago.
July 6, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo with local artist Emily Jablon at the annual July Fest in Binghamton.
June 29, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo, who has sponsored of a number of bills that have created New York’s industrial hemp industry, speaks at a hemp conference at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator. More than 150 people attended the event.
June 23, 2018 – County Executive Jason Garnar, Jeff Gural of title sponsor Tioga Downs, and Assemblywoman Lupardo at the Greater Binghamton Air Show. This year was the return of the air show after a four year hiatus.
June 15, 2018 – Joined by Janette Cyganovich of the Family Abuse Prevention Council, Lisa Schule of Broome County Office for Aging, Becky Bradley of Action for Older Persons, and Mike Danaher of the NYS Attorney General’s Binghamton Regional Office, Assemblywoman Lupardo proclaims Elder Abuse Awareness Day in New York.
June 9, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo presents an Assembly resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of WSKG Public Media to WSKG’s CEO Greg Catlin.
June 6, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo tries her hand at milking a fake cow during Dairy at the State Capitol.
June 4, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi with Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Torre. Torre was honored in Albany by the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators.
June 1, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo joins (l to r) Julia Walker, portraying Florence Chauncey – the first woman to vote in NYS – Chauncey’s grandchildren Jim Vollertsen, Jan Vollertsen, and Marcia Maeda, and Roger Luther of the Preservation Association of the Southern Tier at an unveiling of a historical marker honoring the Ladies of Lisle, the first women to vote in an election in New York.
May 22, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo with Attorney General Barbara Underwood after she was appointed as the first woman AG in NYS.
May 18, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo joins members of the local Vietnam Veterans of America chapter and local elected officials for the dedication of a monument honoring those affected by Agent Orange.
May 8, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo and her colleagues Assemblymembers Pheffer Amato, Jones, and Hyndman show off their socks supporting Sock Out Cancer.
April 29, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo and her co-organizers of the original Earth Fest at this year’s event at SUNY Broome Community College.
April 27, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo and Endicott Assistant Police Chief Craig Williams (left) and Endicott Police Chief Pat Garey at an announcement regarding funding Lupardo secured for new vehicles for the department.
April 24, 2018 – Students from Corning-Painted Post High School join Assemblywoman Lupardo on the Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter to discuss a bill Lupardo is sponsoring to give student journalists more control over their publications.
April 19, 2018 – Broome Women Lead, a group organized by Assemblywoman Lupardo and the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce to promote women’s leadership in the community, launches with a sold out luncheon.
April 13, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo examines an industrial hemp “clone” at a Broome County farm.
April 5, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo joins OASAS Commissioner Arlene Gonzalez-Sanchez and local elected officials at the opening of Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare at the Broome Developmental Center.
March 17, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo with Alexandra Zalesski and Austin Kane winners of the “Innovations in Energy’ Award she sponsored at the Southern Tier Scholastic Science Fair.
March 3, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo and firefighters from the Johnson City Fire Department at the Binghamton St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
February 19, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo speaks at a news conference to announce Evolution Jets moving its headquarters to the Greater Binghamton Airport, a result of the Aviation Jobs Act she sponsored.
February 17, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo visits an exhibit dedicated to women’s suffrage at TechWorks! Museum in Binghamton.
February 13, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo meets with members of Union-Endicott High School’s Mock Senate in Albany.
February 9, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo speaks at a news conference regarding funding she helped secure and legislation she is working on to support New York’s Stop-DWI programs.
February 1, 2018 – Assemblywoman Lupardo volunteers during the St. Jude’s Partners in Hope Telethon.
January 5, 2018 –Assemblywoman Lupardo helped organize the dedication of a historical marker honoring the Ladies of Lisle, the first women to vote in NYS. She was joined by the grandchildren of the first woman to vote, Florence Chauncey, and Julia Walker who portrayed Chauncey, 100 years to the day of the historic vote.
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caption: 'February 13, 2018<br />"For a third year in a row, they have conducted a Mock State Senate as an after school activity. I'd like to introduce them and I'd also like for you to give them a welcome… Hopefully next year they will also do a Mock State Assembly as they see what we do here," said Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo, while introducing a group of local students taught by Andre Mathis who spent the afternoon observing the legislative process.<br /> ',
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caption: 'June 6, 2017<br />"I'd like to thank our colleague for offering this resolution for Cancers Survivor's Day in the state of New York, acknowledging the many survivors of cancer in our state and acknowledging those who have been impacted by this disease," said Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo in support of a resolution that proclaims June 4, 2017 as Cancer Survivor's Day in the state of New York. (<a href=\"http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=K00544&term=2017&Summary=Y&Text=Y\">K.544</a>)<br /> ',
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caption: 'May 23, 2017<br />"This, to me, underscores the need to have a more thoughtful approach to child care… when children aren't prepared to go to school properly there's remedial education, health outcome impacts, workforce development concerns," said Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus, to NYS Office of Children and Family Services Commissioner Sheila Poole at a public hearing to examine the barriers to accessing quality child day care and how such lack of access relates to a variety of issues including child development, family stability and the economy.<br /> ',
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caption: 'March 21, 2017<br />"He has been a giant and continues to be a giant in our community. His leadership is unmatched. I have the opportunity right now to thank you personally for always being there to provide support and guidance to me not only as a new legislator but all these years that I have served in this spot. He was always the person that I called when I really got into a jam and did not know what to do. His wisdom has gotten me through very difficult times and I could not be here and as successful as I have tried to be, without his support, " said Assemblywoman Lupardo as she introduced former Assemblymember Jim Tallon.<br /> ',
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caption: 'March 8, 2017<br />\"Title XX is also known as the social security act, each state receives a certain amount of money that is spent on entitlement programs,\" said Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo as she spoke at a Title XX Funding press conference to discusses the need for an increase in the state budget for title XX funding',
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caption: 'March 8, 2017<br />Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo addresses her colleagues, recognizing today as International Women's Day. \"It's a celebration of the world's women past, present and future in recognition of our many contributions and reflections on what more needs to be done to continue working toward advancing the rights of women and girls worldwide.\"',
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