Nurses like Matt and Kalina shouldn’t be forced to compete with Wall Street hedge funds just to find a safe, affordable home in the community they serve. Their story inspired my bipartisan Families First Housing Act to ban institutional investors from gobbling up local houses.

One of the most damning things I’ve found is this: NYSEG sent $450 million to Spain, knowing full well they’d turn around a few months later and try to stick Upstate ratepayers with the bill. That’s a shakedown.

#ICYMI I'm introducing a first-of-its-kind federal caucus to recruit folks from around the country in our fight against Upstate New York's utility monopolies. Read more👇 prospect.org/2026/01/22/m...

Meet the Members of Congress Trying to Cut Your Power Bill - The American Prospect

As runaway utility bills squeeze ratepayers across the country, elected officials are escalating efforts to rein in investor-owned utilities—and not just with legislation.

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In Upstate New York, we believe in basic human decency. That’s why I cosponsored articles of impeachment to remove Kristi Noem from office. You don’t get to oversee masked agents gun down Americans in the streets, tear-gas babies, and trample the Constitution and then keep your job.

I'm heartbroken and furious at the news of yet another fatal shooting in MN. I voted to block additional ICE funding, I’m demanding a complete and transparent investigation, and I'm fighting to unmask ICE agents. There must be accountability.

I'm taking on the utility monopolies to drive down your bills, and now I'm proud to launch the Lowering Utility Bills Caucus—bringing together folks from across the country to join the fight. We're taking our power back.

Having masked agents tearing apart and terrorizing families isn’t who we are, it doesn’t make us safer, and I won't support it. My statement on DHS funding:

My statement on military action in Venezuela:

Utility CEOs are cashing million-dollar bonuses while Upstate families are choosing between heat, medicine, and groceries. I just introduced a bipartisan bill to stop utility companies from paying CEO bonuses while ratepayers get crushed. Enough is enough.

I do, and I will. www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/top-sto...

Riley wants to cap NYSEG CEO’s pay

(WIVT/WBGH) – Congressman Josh Riley wants to cap the pay of the head of NYSEG if the utility increases rates or underperforms on reliability and service. Riley introduced new legislation on …

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I am proud to have secured $2.6M for a new fire station in Guilford, upgraded primary care in Margaretville, and a permanent clinic in South Fallsburg. These projects will make our communities safer and our people healthier, and I’ll keep working to deliver for every corner of NY-19.

For too long, rural America has been sold out and left behind by corporations that treat our neighbors like numbers on a spreadsheet. Those days are over. I’m demanding the CEO’s of America’s largest health insurance companies answer for slashing Medicare Advantage plans in Upstate New York.

Last week I met a man at Home Depot grabbing every extra shift he can just to cover rent, groceries, and crushing healthcare bills and he’s still falling behind. This budget does nothing for him. I voted no because working people shouldn’t suffer while billionaires cash in.

Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House, and instead of helping folks keep the lights on, they’re shutting the government down. It’s unacceptable. www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/11/07/d...

Delay in federally funded low-income heating program affecting thousands in Ulster County, officials say

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Just ahead of the winter season, enrollment into a federal government-funded heat assistance program has been delayed in the wake of the government shutdown, according to governmen…

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This is absurd. Our seniors deserve so much better than jammed phone lines, glitchy websites, and shuttered Social Security offices. I introduced the Social Security Access Act to ensure every American can access online, over the phone, and in person Social Security services.

Callers to Social Security wait for hours to get help. Hear their ordeals.

Millions of seniors and disabled people call Social Security’s 1-800 number every month. What they experience is often maddening.

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I wrote Secretary Rollins demanding she use contingency funds to make SNAP payments to the over 80,000 people across NY-19 at risk of losing benefits due to the government shutdown. I’ll continue fighting to ensure the most vulnerable in our community receive the nutrition assistance they need.

New work requirements, government shutdown put N.Y. SNAP recipients at risk

Starting Nov. 1, all states must be fully complying with the broad policy and tax law passed in July.

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Adelita Grijalva was elected a month ago, but Mike Johnson refuses to seat her because he knows she’ll be the deciding vote to release the Epstein files. I joined Freshman Democrats in demanding she be sworn in. Stop protecting predators. Let the people be heard.

Political violence has no place in this country. We all have a responsibility to take the temperature down. Grateful to local, state, and federal authorities for their swift action. www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/p...

Pardoned Capitol rioter arrested on charge that he threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries | CNN Politics

A New York man who was convicted of charges related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack was arrested Sunday on a charge that he threatened to kill Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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I’ll never stop fighting to keep care close to home. At our Sullivan County town hall this week, we talked about the fight to protect rural hospitals, lower utility bills, and make sure every Upstate family can get the care they need. wjffradio.org/rep-josh-ril...

Rep. Josh Riley Discusses Healthcare, Gaza, NYSEG at Sullivan County Town Hall

New York 19th District Congressmember Josh Riley visited Sullivan County on Monday evening to discuss how to keep healthcare close to home. Riley criticized lawmakers backing One Big Beautiful Bill’s...

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House Republicans jammed through a spending bill that decimates rural hospitals and healthcare. They refuse to work with Democrats to undo these cuts and are now dragging us towards a shutdown. I'll work with anyone to keep our hospitals open and do right by Upstate New Yorkers.

We can’t fix what we refuse to face. Hunger is rising in Upstate New York, and families can’t wait. That’s why I joined colleagues in demanding USDA reinstate this critical survey — we need the data to deliver real solutions.

When workers form a union, it shouldn't take years to get a first contract. I'm supporting the Faster Labor Contracts Act to give workers the power to win fair wages and crack down on the big corporations who use delay tactics to wear them down. www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/09/23/r...

Riley pushes bill to speed up union contracts, curb corporate delays | Fingerlakes1.com

Workers who vote to unionize shouldn’t have to wait years to see the benefits — that’s the message behind a new bill introduced by Congressman Josh Riley. The Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408), a...

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Utility bills in Upstate New York haven’t been this high in a decade. More than a million homes are now at least two months behind on payments. That’s why I introduced the Keep the Lights Local Act—to cut costs and put power back where it belongs: with the people who pay the rates.

The FCC strong-arming a private company to pull a comedian off the air is clearly unconstitutional, and the courts need to say so.

Foreign corporations who own our utility companies are raking in record profits while Upstate New Yorkers are getting crushed by utility bills. Today I introduced the Keep The Lights Local Act to ban foreign corporations from owning our utility companies. We're taking our power back–literally.

The system is rigged. Utility monopolies like NYSEG & their foreign owners cash in. Regulators roll over. Families pay the price. That’s why we’re fighting back. Thank you to the American Economic Liberties Project for joining us in the fight.

Central Hudson rips $80M a year out of our community and ships it to a Canadian energy giant. And the Albany regulators who should’ve had our backs sold us out. I filed this appeal because our fight isn’t over — it’s just getting started. www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/09/11/r...

Riley files appeal to reverse Central Hudson rate hikes, calling approval ‘rigged’

KINGSTON, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. Josh Riley has filed an appeal with the state Public Service Commission to reverse its decision approving Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation’s latest rate …

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9/11 survivors, their families, and first-responders deserve more than words. They deserve action. I'm supporting the bill to provide long-term funding for the World Trade Center Health Program so those who still carry the weight of that day get the medical care they need.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk is sickening and heartbreaking. We must take the temperature down and reject political violence always and everywhere. Praying for his family and everyone impacted. apnews.com/live/utah-va...

Live updates: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot at Utah college event

Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot Wednesday at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said.

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GOP budget cuts would decimate rural hospitals and leave communities like ours without care, all so billionaires can get another handout. It's going to cost lives. I’m fighting back with $500 million in emergency aid, because no family should have to drive hours for a doctor. Not now. Not ever.