Central Hudson was on Radio Kingston last week claiming that a public takeover would increase the bills by 36%. Here's my response, and release your study! Watch the full interview in Spanish and English here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=07FJ...

Brian Niccol, the Starbucks CEO, is the type of person who'd rather set dollar bills on fire than pay workers what they deserve—and who doesn't really believe in our labor laws. Proud that a Starbucks location in my district is one of the few that's unionized! #NoContractNoCoffee

Investor-owned utilities historically ask for 200% of what they think they can get. Central Hudson claims their price tag is $7 billion, which is how we know NewGen's estimate of $3.5 billion is probably correct. hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com/feasibility/

At a statewide @nywfp.bsky.social meeting to talk about two of my favorite topics in the Working Family Guarantee: affordable housing and affordable energy

It's not every day that public power makes the NYT, but I have a feeling it's going to happen again and again. Corporate utilities pushed us apart & into crisis, and it's going to take something new to bring us back together & get us out.

Without public ownership, we won’t address energy affordability and we won’t get our aging grid to the 21st century. Our bill to replace Central Hudson Gas & Electric will start saving millions in Year 1! Read about it in the NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

🔔 GOOD NEWS today from a grassroots campaign in the Hudson Valley that's trying to permanently bring down the price of their light bills with public power! Check out the full details and get involved in this campaign with @sarahana.bsky.social and @mhvdsa.bsky.social

It's been so fun to see Hudson Valley for Public Power at work. They understand the moral stakes of this moment. They're strategic. They're organized. And now, they've got the data — public power will save millions! Definitely worth digging into the whole report from NewGen.

Public ownership of our energy utility, Central Hudson, is not an end, it’s the means—to keep rates low, empower workers, and get us a 21st century grid. A new study estimates it would also save us money immediately! hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com/feasibility/

A tragedy. 😢 But it’s a MAN-MADE disaster of disinvestment & neglect. @governor.ny.gov Hochul refuses to tax the rich and to put in the money needed to fix up NYCHA and take it off fossil fuels. NY Sen. Gustavo Rivera @sarahana.bsky.social #LivableNY act would FIX THIS. Hochul: do your job!

A day after the corner of their building blew off in a gas explosion, Mitchel house residents & NYCC protested @governor.ny.gov Hochul’s neglect of public housing. @sarahana.bsky.social &Sen. Gustavo Rivera’s #LivableNY act would fix it: overhaul and fix NYCHA & eliminate dangerous gas. #TaxTheRich

Such an inspiring and enriching conversation last night with @sarahana.bsky.social, @councilorgreen.bsky.social, @uniteoregon.bsky.social. Thanks @publicgrids.org for lifting up our social housing vision. Don’t give up hope. We have a world to win!

Municipalities outside NYC shouldn’t have to conduct costly, legally vulnerable vacancy studies to prove an obvious housing emergency. Our bill, the REST Act, would allow the use of publicly available data. Here’s what our witnesses had to say about the legal implications:

It's a wrap! Over 600 people attended our six town halls this month, on why and how we want to replace investor-owned Central Hudson with a publicly-owned Hudson Valley Power Authority. We finished strong in Rosendale, with 200 attendees. hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com

🧵New York could have 25,000 union jobs building a future for the next generation. Or we could let Kathy Hochul and Donald Trump pour pipeline poison on our planet. So if you're in New York, send a comment at publicpowerny.org/take-action to ensure we're leading. On Labor Day, and every day. ⤵️

Hundreds have already attended our town halls on replacing Central Hudson with a publicly-owned utility. Last week we were in Rhinebeck, this week we’ll close it out in Rosendale, at 6 PM. See you there? RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/hvpa-...

PSC’s approval of Central Hudson’s Joint Proposal shows that state regulation of investor-owned utilities is a sham for customers! We must replace investor-owned utilities with publicly-owned community institutions. My full statement: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Central Hudson's grid is expensive and aging—we can replace it with one that's resilient and not for profit! Join us at a town hall to learn how public ownership can take the energy system out of corporate boardrooms, and put it in the hands of the people! bit.ly/hvpa-103

Join our EMERGENCY call on July 22, Tuesday, at 6:00 PM to learn more about the Congress tax and spending bill, its impact on New York, and how the state should respond! actionnetwork.org/events/ddd-o...

This bill is what @astra.bsky.social describes accurately as the debt, deportation, and death bill, so overcome with hatred, and so blinded by a lust for war and a loathing towards a shared humanity that its authors do not realize its self-destruction

So proud of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! This win proves there’s no saving our democracy unless we reject the status quo, dream big, and build the movement that can power those dreams. Organize with us and join DSA! dsausa.org

What happened to the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act? The industry used race to stall the bill—and it worked. But we’ll be back! nysfocus.com/2025/06/19/p...

Another month, another insanely high CenHud bill (this time because they estimated my usage last month—which I thought wasn't happening anymore—to be almost nothing(????)) so it's time once again to urge the NYS Assembly to get behind @sarahana.bsky.social's proposals to end the madness.

No hate! No fear! Immigrants are welcome here! Pass #NY4ALL NOW! No collusion and collaboration bwtween localities and I.C.E!

Hot weather? Cold weather? We’ve got you covered in both short sleeve and long sleeve: store.sarahanaforassembly.com/products/fun...

Central Hudson's Joint Proposal authorizes an 8.6% increase in electric delivery revenues, and 9.4% in gas, plus an increase of Return on Equity to 9.5%. I oppose the proposal because corporate monopolies shouldn't be allowed to raise rates to increase profits.

On Friday night, our members tabled at a @sarahana.bsky.social town hall on two critical initiatives to tackle the housing crisis: PASHNY (Permanently Affordable Social Housing for New Yorkers Act) and REST (Rent Emergency Stabilization for Tenants Act).

A historically late state budget passed on Thursday night, nine days after the Governor first announced a budget deal. At $254.3 billion, the budget includes some good things and some bad things. The main problem, however, is that the process is entirely broken.

Yesterday I submitted a comment to the PSC and urged it to conduct an analysis on whether public ownership of Central Hudson will lower its rates, and to lower the authorized rate of return on equity (ROE) that determines how much profit the company can collect through rates.

Protecting immigrants isn’t about protecting just one group of people. An oligarchy that divides and conquers will protect nobody but itself. New York must pass New York for All!

Billions in tax breaks won't solve the housing crisis. To create homes for our communities to put roots in, we need a public investment of permanently affordable homes that are high quality, 100% union-built, and democratically managed. Join our Kingston town hall: bit.ly/social-housi...

Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take

My comment on the Governor’s press conference in Kingston today: docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Denial of Palestinian rights is being used to enforce fascism at home—that is how it almost always works.

We don’t want to go back to how things were—we want to go forward and rebuild our democracy. If your work is not unionized, learn how to unionize! If you haven’t talked to your neighbors, talk to them! If you haven’t joined an organization, join @demsocialists.bsky.social! #HandsOff

Immigrants are not the enemy and protestors have the right to wear a mask. #HandsOff Kingston.

This is really infuriating. When the budget is late, service providers have to scramble for costly bridge loans to cover payroll while the governor is in no hurry, and local governments cannot do their own budgets.

With due respect, we’re talking about the state budget, not your household budget, Governor. The lives of New Yorkers happen to depend on it.

Big baby, big need! Childcare is barely standing in the state of New York. We need to fund the workforce and pass Universal Childcare. Getting childcare should be as easy as sending your kid to a school! With @jabaribrisport.bsky.social @empirestateccc.bsky.social

Hell no to privatizing the post office! Hell YES to defending and reclaiming our public goods from capitalists who see no other logic than profits.

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“The United States undertook two major restructurings of the electric power industry in the twentieth century—in the 1930s and the 1990s. It is time for a third.” Thanks for coming out to our policy book discussion with Sandeep Vaheesan, author of Democracy in Power!

700 students are in Albany today to fight for green schools and help us launch our bill, Solar for Schools! $500m to provide upfront complementary funds and expertise to schools applying for Inflation Reduction Act’s direct pay provisions!

Who’s ready for a discussion of Democracy in Power on Thursday? I am! 7pm at Inquiring Minds in Saugerties. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/demo-...

While the real estate industry cries a river on how any measure to make rent affordable is going to wreak havoc, the people agree that rents should be stable! “88% of Democrats and 75% of Republicans back rent control measures” www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

I support the right of public sector workers to strike, but the demand of the correctional officers to repeal the HALT Act is a non-starter. While the economic & overtime conditions for the officers are not ideal for any job, the strike is designed to uphold a racist, anti-poor carceral system. 1/2

Wow. The NYT reports that Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove coached Mayor Eric Adams' attorneys on what to argue in order to get the charges dismissed (namely, that the charges were interfering with the mayor's ability to cooperate with Trump's immigration crackdown): www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

I agree with the Lt. Governor. Eric Adams should resign or be removed

Upstate localities have struggled to prove there's a housing emergency even when it's obvious there is one, because the proof we require is arbitrary and unnecessary, which is, of course, the vacancy study. Our bill would change that. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

The state shouldn’t stand in the way of localities that want to protect their tenants. Proud to introduce the Rent Emergency Stabilization for Tenants (REST) Act, which would give localities the power they need to stabilize rents.