Building a Better Columbia County, New York, Together
We are neighbors fighting for working families, local farms, and sustainable growth in the Hudson Valley
VISION
Columbia County, where we care for each other and our environment; where everyone has access to food, a home, education, health care and a job.
CCDC Mission
To elect Democrats and work for the benefit of All
Photos by Steven Taylor
NEWS & EVENTS
100 Days Out Weekend of Action
Hudson Office Opening & Canvass Launch
Saturday, July 25
3:00pm – 7:30pm
227 Warren Street, Hudson
Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/nydems2026/event/989984/
Join the New York Dems in Hudson for the opening of our office with some special guests and come knock on doors to make sure they all get elected!
We will be knocking on doors all over New York to connect directly with voters on the issues that matter most to them so that we can ensure all Democratic candidates are successful in 2026 and beyond! We will start the canvassing shift with all the training you will need to volunteer. Please contact Victoria if you have any questions or need any accommodations at seipp@nydems.org!
Sunday, August 9th
4:00pm – 6:00pm
At the home of Joyce Thompson
146 Dahlgren Rd, Valatie
All are welcome!
Columbia County Fair.
Volunteer with the County Dems
September 2 – 7
Multiple shifts per day
Columbia County Fairgrounds
Sign up at https://bit.ly/ccdccountyfair2026
Volunteers receive free entry to the Fair!
Help register voters, answer questions, share campaign information, recruit volunteers, and meet lots of people!
CCDC Annual Picnic
Friday, September 18
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Federation of Polish Sportsmen’s Club
400 Newman Road, Hudson
Free ~ $10/person suggested donation
Registration required at https://bit.ly/ccdcpicnic2026
Please join us, fellow Democrats, and special guests at our annual picnic to kick off the campaign season! It’s a time to be inspired, enjoy great food, catch up with friends, and get excited to win in November!
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Congressman Josh Riley
Congressman Riley is leading a bipartisan effort in Congress to fix the H-2A visa program, which allows farmers to hire guest workers on temporary contracts. This system has left out our many dairy farmers and apple growers in Columbia County and elsewhere.
His Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act would cut red tape and give farmers greater flexibility to respond to changing labor needs. It would also strengthen protections for immigrant farmworkers, many of whom have been a critical part of our community for decades but are now being targeted by ICE.
Another bill by Rep. Riley would push back on corruption in Washington. Among other things, his Drain the Swamp Act would bar the president, vice president, members of Congress, and their immediate families from owning or trading stocks; ban public officials from betting on political events and other government actions in prediction markets; and forbid presidents, their immediate families, and their businesses from suing the federal government without bipartisan approval from Congress.
State Senator Michelle Hinchey
Recapping the legislative session, Senator Hinchey said it was an incredibly busy one with 61 of her bills passing the State Senate—nearly half unanimously. Of those 61 bills, 31 passed both the Senate and Assembly and now await the governor’s signature.
Among them is the AI Labor Information Act, which would make New York the first state to make corporations be transparent about their use of AI and its impact on our workforce. Another is the Advancing the Baby Food Safety & Transparency Act. It would ban baby food with unsafe levels of heavy metals and requires manufacturers to test baby food and formula for heavy metals at least once a month and make the results public.
Assemblymember Didi Barrett
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order creating the first-in-the-nation data center moratorium, modeled after Assemblymember Didi Barrett's Responsible Data Center Development Act.
This executive order creates a one-year moratorium on the construction of hyper-scale data centers in New York State, giving experts time to study the impact they have on natural resources, the energy grid, and water supply. The executive order will also explore how to protect utility ratepayers from the costs of building and operating data centers.
Assemblymember Barrett joined Governor Hochul and other elected officials, business leaders, and environmental and consumer advocates from across Upstate New York to discuss the executive order
CCDC Congratulates
Assemblymember
Didi Barrett
Another Successful Blue Wave Brunch!
Thank you to all our speakers, donors, and volunteers!
Nearly 200 supporters, elected officials, candidates, and community leaders turned out Sunday, May 17, for the Eighth Annual Blue Wave Brunch, the flagship fundraising event of the Columbia County Democratic Committee.
The event featured remarks from Lt. Governor candidate Adrienne Adams, Congressman Josh Riley, state Senator Michelle Hinchey, Assemblymember Didi Barrett, Assembly candidate Chloe Pierce, and Columbia County Sheriff Jackie Salvatore, with musical guest Tony Kieraldo.
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