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Letty’s parade reunion

Ever since Hugh T. Farley (R,C,I 49th District) was elected to the State Senate in 1976, Letty Haynes of Inlet has been curious about his roots. Though his biography stated that he was from Indian Lake, was it possible that he was one of six “Farley boys” who grew up next door to her in Watertown in the late 1930’s?

The 70-plus year mystery was serendipidously solved along the St. Paddy’s Day Parade route on Friday, March 14 when Dick Bird, who was walking with the senator, spotted Letty on the sidelines and suggested he stop and say hello to her. Continue reading →

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Sen. Farley introduces senate bill to replace school suspension with community service

State Senator Hugh T. Farley (R, C, I – Schenectady) has joined Assembly member Patricia A. Fahy (D-Albany) in introducing legislation that will allow for community service to be made an option to be in place of or in conjunction with suspension of students in public schools.

“Our bill would provide schools with greater flexibility in disciplining students.

While suspension may be appropriate in many cases, there are other situations where an alternate approach may be more effective and more beneficial to both the student and the affected community,” said Senator Farley.

The bill (A.8509/S.6282) would amend the state’s education law to include a provision that allows for flexibility for school administrators to provide the option of community service to students who violate the district’s code of conduct.  Continue reading →

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Meet Candidate Hugh Farley

Hugh T. Farley will be running for State Senator of the new District 49 in the Tuesday, November 6 general election against Democrat Madelyn C. Thorne.

Senator Farley, a Republican, will also be running on the Conservative and Independence Party lines.

Farley, a native of the Adirondacks, represented Hamilton County for his first sixteen years in office, and because of the redistricting he hopes to be elected to represent Hamilton County again, and parts of Herkimer for the first time.

If elected, Farley will represent the second largest district in New York, which encompasses Saratoga, Schenectady, Fulton, Hamilton and Herkimer counties, and he will be considered the senior senator.

“I am very excited about getting Herkimer and Hamilton counties in my district. I grew up in Indian Lake in Hamilton county, and I represented it in my first terms in the Senate,” Senator Farley said.

Beginning his political career in 1970, Senator Farley’s first position was as a Councilmember, and later, Council Majority Leader in the Town of Niskayuna.

His first run for state office resulted in the defeat of the incumbent candidate in the race for State Senate in 1976.

Subsequently, he has been re-elected every two years. Continue reading →

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