Dear Neighbor ,



All my life I watched my dad, Maurice Hinchey, fight for Upstate New Yorkers as an Assemblyman and Congressman. Known as a champion of working people, he and my mom raised me to believe that there was no higher calling than public service, and to never let anyone stand in the way of doing what’s right.



I saw their commitment to service every day—from the time someone left a message on our answering machine pleading for help to the long car rides we’d take to listen to the concerns of our neighbors across Upstate.



It was their example that inspired me to become a grassroots organizer, fighting to protect our drinking water, and to lead with integrity as a communications executive.