UUP Binghamton

Dear Colleagues,

It isn’t often that we ask you to thank your elected officials for their positions on legislation but now is the time to send a message of appreciation to both NYS Senator Tom Libous and NYS Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo. Their contact information is noted below.

We have noted before UUP’s opposition to A/S2020, Assembly and Senate versions of a bill that would allow the university center at Buffalo to essentially sever itself from SUNY oversight while ensuring it continues to receive significant state funding regardless of cuts to the whole of SUNY. A variation of these bills is being floated that would allow the four university centers to also remove these controls and still maintain all of their state funding. Additional information on UUP’s opposition to these bills is available at http://www.uupinfo.org.

Please contact Senator Libous and thank him for his “No” vote on the Senate version of the Bill, S2020, a couple of weeks ago. The following link, http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/tom-libous/contact, takes you to his NYS Senate contact page. If you would like to contact him via mail, you can send him a letter at either of the following addresses:

Albany Office
413 State Capitol Building
Albany, New York 12247

District Office
1607 State Office Building
44 Hawley Street
Binghamton, NY 13901

You can also call him at one of his various offices:

Albany: (518) 445-2677
Broome: (607) 773-8771
Tioga: (607) 687-3399
Chenango: (607)336-3401

Or, you can send him an email directly at, senator@senatorlibous.com.

Also, please contact Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo regarding the Assembly version of the Bill, A2020. She has expressed serious reservations on this bill as well as the variation being proposed. The following link, http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=126&sh=con, will take you to her NYS Assembly contact page. If you would like to contact her via mail, you can send her a letter at either of the following addresses:

Albany Office
Room 557
Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12248

District Office
Binghamton State Office Building
17th Floor
Binghamton, NY 13901
You can also call her at one of her offices:

Albany: (518) 445-5431
Broome: (607) 723-9047

Finally, you can send her an email directly at, LupardoD@assembly.state.ny.us.
It isn’t often that elected officials are thanked for their positions; Surprise them!
Finally, as always, please use your own equipment to send these messages and do it on your own time.
Thanks,
Darryl M. Wood
Chapter President