Reading List & Links

New York’s 21st Congressional District
Friends visiting this site from outside the district may wish to visit a few of the sites below for information about the historic areas that are part of upstate New York.

Albany. If you don’t have to time to read “Oh Albany” by Albany’s Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy, visit Lo Faber‘s site “All about Albany”.

Schenectady. Home of General Electric.
www.schenectadyhistory.org/

Troy. The “Collar City” and home of Uncle Sam.
www.troyny.org/

Amsterdam. Located on the picturesque Mohawk River.
www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=95#fkaLink

Cobleskill and Schoharie County. The “bread basket of the Revolution.”
www.rootsweb.com/~nyschoha/roscoes.html

Johnston and Gloversville. (Fulton County, named after Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamship)
www.rootsweb.com/~nyfulton/

Waterford (Saratoga County). The gateway to New York State’s Barge Canal System
www.waterford-ny.com/

Campaign Issues

Campaign finance. For information on political candidates’ campaign finance, both contributions and expenditures see the opensecrets.org, the site of the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit US research group:
www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp

Citizen Action. This organization is doing some great work on a number of issues.
For information on “Clean Money, Clean Elections” visit their website:
www.citizenactionny.org/

You may also wish to visit the incumbent’s website below.
www.house.gov/mcnulty/