Pat Ryan: “I don't think that there is any serious debate over the urgency of these challenges.”

Hudson Valley farmers keep our community fed, and the harsh weather this year has decimated their crops.

Team sports are supposed to be the first place our kids learn teamwork, discipline, and community. Instead, it’s become a cash grab for Wall Street investors.

For months, I’ve been pushing at every level to help secure this official Disaster Designation, which will now unlock millions of dollars in emergency loans and resources to help our farmers and growers begin to recover.

I rise today to honor Elder Jim Childs, a pillar of our Kingston community, for his decades of service to St. Clara's Church, to his and my home city of Kingston, and to families across the Hudson Valley. Elder Childs was born and raised…