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Measure to rename Saugerties Post Office after Hinchey passes House

May 10, 2018 12:12 pm

The Mid-Hudson News Network reports that the proposal to rename the Saugerties Post Office after the recently deceased Maurice Hinchey passed in the House of Representatives. Hinchey, a 79-year-old Democrat, died on November 22, 2017. Congressperson Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Cold Spring) said Hinchey was “a legend in the Hudson Valley and beyond.” Congressperson John Faso (R-Kinderhook) sponsored the resolution and spoke on the U.S. House floor about Hinchey (PLAY brief excerpt of Faso speaking on the House floor). There's a full recording of Faso's remarks about Hinchey at the WGXC Newsroom. Read the full story at the Mid-Hudson News Network.