Sarahana
@sarahana.bsky.social
NYS Assemblymember District 103, Mid-Hudson Valley 🌹
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:
October 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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
September 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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
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-...
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/hvpa-...
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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-...
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/hvpa-...
In DPS’ own words, publicly-owned utilities don't share the same risks as investor-owned utilities do, and they have access to funding that is unavailable to IOUs!
August 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In DPS’ own words, publicly-owned utilities don't share the same risks as investor-owned utilities do, and they have access to funding that is unavailable to IOUs!
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...
We must replace investor-owned utilities with publicly-owned community institutions. My full statement:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
August 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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...
We must replace investor-owned utilities with publicly-owned community institutions. My full statement:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
The only way to keep enegy rates as low as possible *and* bring an aging infrastructure up to date is to remove investors and their need for profits!
Join our town hall in Gardiner, Olive, Saugerties, Woodstock, Rhinebeck, or Rosendale. RSVP! bit.ly/hvpa-103
Join our town hall in Gardiner, Olive, Saugerties, Woodstock, Rhinebeck, or Rosendale. RSVP! bit.ly/hvpa-103
July 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The only way to keep enegy rates as low as possible *and* bring an aging infrastructure up to date is to remove investors and their need for profits!
Join our town hall in Gardiner, Olive, Saugerties, Woodstock, Rhinebeck, or Rosendale. RSVP! bit.ly/hvpa-103
Join our town hall in Gardiner, Olive, Saugerties, Woodstock, Rhinebeck, or Rosendale. RSVP! bit.ly/hvpa-103
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
July 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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
People are tired of hearing what they need is politically impossible. What they want is to be inspired to fight together for what we can win together. It's about time to embrace what’s obvious: that to beat the right we must build the left!
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
People are tired of hearing what they need is politically impossible. What they want is to be inspired to fight together for what we can win together. It's about time to embrace what’s obvious: that to beat the right we must build the left!
The break must be real. We cannot respond to these Medicaid cuts with the same old system of private insurers and corporations that mint money from our healthcare system—if we want to win, we must answer with nothing less than universal healthcare.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The break must be real. We cannot respond to these Medicaid cuts with the same old system of private insurers and corporations that mint money from our healthcare system—if we want to win, we must answer with nothing less than universal healthcare.
But we should've never arrived at this moment to begin with, and we have arrived at it because of the establishment’s failure to break from the neoliberal status quo that plunders our public goods, everything from labor to soil, to enrich the few.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
But we should've never arrived at this moment to begin with, and we have arrived at it because of the establishment’s failure to break from the neoliberal status quo that plunders our public goods, everything from labor to soil, to enrich the few.
The irony of it is almost too blatant to be real. Despite a posture against big govt spending, it puts $100 billion+ towards deporting immigrants, a price tag that doesn’t even include the disastrous impact these policies will have on our economy or the fabric of our communities.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The irony of it is almost too blatant to be real. Despite a posture against big govt spending, it puts $100 billion+ towards deporting immigrants, a price tag that doesn’t even include the disastrous impact these policies will have on our economy or the fabric of our communities.
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
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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
June 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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
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June 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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June 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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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.
May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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.
In the end, we were able to get changes to discovery laws to be much more reasonable than the Governor’s reckless proposal, and the so-called mask ban has been significantly neutered. But the process does New Yorkers a great injustice, and there must be a serious effort to change it.
May 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In the end, we were able to get changes to discovery laws to be much more reasonable than the Governor’s reckless proposal, and the so-called mask ban has been significantly neutered. But the process does New Yorkers a great injustice, and there must be a serious effort to change it.
School districts and other organizations were left stranded by the state not for fiscal reasons, but because we were forced to spend a significant amount of time negotiating to make the Governor’s harmful non-fiscal policies less harmful.
May 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
School districts and other organizations were left stranded by the state not for fiscal reasons, but because we were forced to spend a significant amount of time negotiating to make the Governor’s harmful non-fiscal policies less harmful.
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.
May 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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.
Submit a written comment by July 31: on.ny.gov/4lVd0Fj
And learn about my bill to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned Hudson Valley Power Authority: hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com
And learn about my bill to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned Hudson Valley Power Authority: hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Submit a written comment by July 31: on.ny.gov/4lVd0Fj
And learn about my bill to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned Hudson Valley Power Authority: hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com
And learn about my bill to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned Hudson Valley Power Authority: hudsonvalleypowerauthority.com
Central Hudson’s ROE is currently 9.2%, which gives it the right to charge customers a profit of about 4.4 cents for every dollar of shareholder investment in capital. According to a 2025 report from @econliberties.bsky.social the ROE should be closer to 6% to be considered fair.
April 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Central Hudson’s ROE is currently 9.2%, which gives it the right to charge customers a profit of about 4.4 cents for every dollar of shareholder investment in capital. According to a 2025 report from @econliberties.bsky.social the ROE should be closer to 6% to be considered fair.
FDR called on state regulators like PSC to not be “a mere arbitrator as between the people and the public utilities,” but to “act as agent of the public” in ensuring just and reasonable rates.
April 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
FDR called on state regulators like PSC to not be “a mere arbitrator as between the people and the public utilities,” but to “act as agent of the public” in ensuring just and reasonable rates.
Even considering the company's need to make profits, the current rates don't fit the description of just and reasonable, owing largely to the high authorized rate of return on equity utilities are granted, which allows them to collect more profits from customers than what's fair.
April 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Even considering the company's need to make profits, the current rates don't fit the description of just and reasonable, owing largely to the high authorized rate of return on equity utilities are granted, which allows them to collect more profits from customers than what's fair.
We give investor-owned utilities like Central Hudson monopoly franchises in return for two things: universal service of electricity, and the right to regulate what they can charge customers.
April 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We give investor-owned utilities like Central Hudson monopoly franchises in return for two things: universal service of electricity, and the right to regulate what they can charge customers.