Local Democrats Announce Infrastructure Improvements

In September, Senator James Skoufis, with Town Council Members Virginia Scott and Josh Wojehowski looking on, announced the Bridge Street reconstruction project. Before the year is out Bridge Street will be landscaped and open to pedestrian traffic.

At the same event Supervisor Richard Randazzo announced a major renovation project at the traffic circle which will include enhancements to the 9/11 Memorial and a new bridge on Hasbrouck Avenue. 

Senator Skoufis also spoke about the ongoing work on the area’s 9W bridges. Work that began at least four years ahead of the state Department of Transportation’s original estimate, due in large part to our Senator’s persistence. 

Meet Your Candidates: James Skoufis

Meet Your Candidates: James Skoufis

Senator James Skoufis is well known to most Cornwall voters. First elected to represent us in the Assembly in 2012 our senator is completing his first term in the state senate. The senator may be best known for his outstanding constituent service, often getting personally involved. He and his staff assisted over 4000 individuals with unemployment claims during the pandemic. 

Senator Skoufis is also known for his independence, often butting heads with fellow Democrat, Governor Cuomo. It is that independent streak, no doubt, that earned him the leadership of the Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee in his first term.

Our senator is also known as someone that gets things done for us in Cornwall. For starters we can look at the long-awaited repairs to the 9w bridges. Your editor was told at a public hearing that those projects were not expected to begin for at least another five years – if the money was still available at that time.

In Albany Senator Skoufis introduced about 280 bills since starting in the Senate. In his first year, he passed more bills than any other freshman senator in New York history. Meanwhile James’ successor in the 99th Assembly District has been totally ineffective as assemblyman.