Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is praising the Public Service Commission (PSC) for the report it released today, documenting the deeply troubled launch of Central Hudson’s new, multi-million-dollar billing system. Among its many findings,...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-Newburgh) announced that he will be hosting a virtual forum with the Public Utility Law Project to let customers of Central Hudson and other utility companies know their rights. What: A virtual forum with the Public...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-Newburgh) is praising the Public Service Commission’s recent announcement that it will be auditing Central Hudson’s winter storm response and estimated billing practices. Jacobson said, “It’s high time Central...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-Newburgh) is praising Governor Hochul’s announcement that she is convening a new Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns to stop the flow of illegal guns into New York and other states in the northeast. Jacobson...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) announced that he has received a 100% score on the New York League of Conservation voters’ 2021 Legislators Scorecard that was released by the environmental advocacy group last week. Assemblymember Jacobson...

Today, Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) announced a $20,000 special Assembly grant for the Howland Public Library in Beacon. Assemblymember Jacobson was joined by Library Director Kristen Salierno and Board of Trustees Vice-President Diane Landau-Flayter....

Today, Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) announced two $10,000 special Assembly grants for the Sara Hull Hallock Library and the Marlboro Free Library. At the Sara Hull Hallock Library, Assemblymember Jacobson was joined by Library Director Lois...

Yesterday, Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) announced a $25,000 special Assembly grant to the Poughkeepsie Public Library for a satellite branch at the Family Partnership Center. He was joined at the announcement by Tom Lawrence (Poughkeepsie...

Today, Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) joined Newburgh Free Library Executive Director Mary Lou Carolan to announce $30,000 in funding to create a Digital Equity Lab. Jacobson said, “I am proud to announce that I am awarding a $30,000 Assembly...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) has announced that two Workers’ Compensation reform bills he introduced (A359-A and A386), have both passed the Assembly and Senate. The bills now go to the Governor for his signature. “As a former Workers...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson’s (D-104) bill (A2330A) directing the Public Service Commission to study the feasibility of burying all or most of the electrical, telephone, and internet transmission lines in New York passed the Assembly this week...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-Newburgh), Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley), alongside Senator John Liu (D-Queens), and other officials rallied outside Jacobson and Skoufis’ joint Newburgh office in support of the Asian American community....

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is calling on Governor Cuomo to extend New York State’s tax filing deadline to correspond with the new Internal Revenue Service’s filing deadline of May 17, 2021. “New York taxpayers prepare their taxes with...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) announced that he will be voting “yes” this week on bill A5967, repealing the emergency powers that Governor Cuomo was granted last March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jacobson said, “These temporary...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is calling upon New York State to establish permanentCOVID-19 vaccination sites in the cities of Newburgh and Poughkeepsie and to simplify the state’s haphazard and frustrating signup process. Jacobson said,...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) announces that his bill (A2330A) directing the Public Service Commission to study the feasibility of burying all or most of the electrical, telephone, and internet transmission lines in New York passed the Corporations,...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is calling for a full Legislative investigation of the Department of Health (DOH) after the release of a report from Attorney General Letitia James, which found that New York State underreported nursing home deaths...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is praising Governor Cuomo’s “Bold Agenda for Building the Green Economy in New York State,” the third installment of his four-part State of the State address. Jacobson said, “I agree with Governor Cuomo...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is calling upon New York State and Orange County to use the City of Newburgh Activity Center as a COVID-19 vaccination site to serve eastern Orange County. “The Activity Center was used successfully as an early...

Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson (D-104) is calling on Nuvance Health to put its relocation savings toward better pay for essential health care workers at its medical facilities. Responding to the news that Nuvance Health is relocating the LaGrangeville...