Congratulations to my good friend Marc Molinaro on his confirmation as Federal Transportation Administrator! I have served on the Chemung County Transit Board for the past 16 years and the FTA is one of the overseers of our public transit operation. I look forward to working with Marc as the new FTA Administrator. The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced Marcus …
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Legislator Rodney J. Strange will return to the 183rd Chemung County Fair July 29th thru August 2nd 2025. He will be under the grandstand daily from 3pm until 9pm. Stop by and say hello while you’re at the Fair!
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Chemung County Legislator Rodney J. Strange nominated the late Dale Bryant for the 2025 Distinguished Senior Volunteer of the Year Award for the Chemung County Department of Aging & Long Term Care. Strange nominated Bryant in January as a member of the Department of Aging & Long Term Care’s Advisory Board which Strange has served on since 2019. In his …
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Senator Jim Tedisco is a driving force in strengthening animal cruelty laws in NYS. Below is a recent op-ed he wrote about his continuing efforts to strengthen those laws. Legislator Strange supports these new laws and is urging their passage by the NYS Legislature. My Op-Ed in the SaratogianStrengthen Animal Cruelty Laws to Protect Pets and PeopleBy Senator Jim TediscoCompanion animals …
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Statement From Chemung County Legislator Rodney J. Strange: It is clear that people don’t trust NYSEG and they have no faith in the NYS Public Service Commission. What needs to happen is for the State Legislature to conduct a Bipartisan, Comprehensive, Independent Investigation into the many issues that have arisen over the past several months with NYSEG. We need answers …
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Legislator Strange announced today that Congressman Nick Langworthy has confirmed that the Social Security office in Chemung County will NOT be closed. Here is the full statement from the Congressman: “There has been a lot of misinformation, but I want to set the record straight based on confirmation directly from the SSA that the Horseheads office will not be closing, …
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The Chemung County Legislature’s Corrections and Law Enforcement Committee unanimously passed a resolution and forwarded it to the Full Legislature seeking repeal of the Halt Act and other criminal justice statues that have been implemented by the state in the past couple years. The Full Legislature unanimously passed this resolution at its April 14th meeting.
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The day after I posted on my Legislative Facebook page that I was going to lead the fight against NYSEG, the Vice President of Government Relations contacted me to see if there was anything he could help me with. I explained to him that there are many questions that residents need answered and they didn’t feel NYSEG customer service was …
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Chemung County Legislator Rodney J. Strange called on the Social Security Administration today to keep the Social Security Office in Chemung County open. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has it scheduled for possible closure in a release on its website. Strange has been working with Congressman Nick Langworthy in an attempt to keep the office open somewhere in Chemung …
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