Lobby Day Puts Town Priorities Front & Center

A contingent of town officials, led by New York Association of Towns (NYAOT) Executive Director Chris Koetzle and staff attorneys, traversed the halls of the state Legislative Office building, as part of the organization's annual Lobby Day on May 5. 

The delegation thanked state lawmakers for sponsoring or co-sponsoring bills on issues the organizations and town officials consider important while at the same time enlisting support from them for newer initiatives on the organization's legislative priorities.

This year, the group visited separately with Sens. Michelle Hinchey, Monica Martinez, Jeremy Cooney, and Pat Fahy, and Assembly members Mary Jane Shimsky, Paula Elaine Kay, Michaelle Solages, Dana Levenberg, and Michael Cashman, among others, to discuss items on its legislative agenda. 

NYAOT Deputy Director Sarah Brancatella, Chief Counsel Lori Mithen-DeMasi and Association Counsel Katie Hodgson also briefed the legislators.

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