NY-22 Maurice Hinchey (Dem.)
Election Facts
Length of Time in Office
- 9th Term
- First Elected 1992
Committees: Appropriations, Natural Resources
2008 Congressional Election
- Maurice Hinchey (D-I-WFP) 168,558
- George Phillips (R) 85,126
2008 Presidential Election
- Obama 170,379
- McCain 112,669
District Demographics
- Hispanic 10.5%
- Asian 3.2%
- Black 8.3%
- White 75.9%
Report Card
The Twenty-Second Congressional District includes all of Sullivan and Ulster counties and most of the Catskills. It takes in a large swath of the western part of the Central Hudson Valley and includes the arts communities of Woodstock and Saugerties and the large student populations in New Paltz, Binghamton, Poughkeepsie, and Ithaca.
Large numbers of Asian immigrants have moved into the Binghamton-Ithaca corridor where engineering firms have opened to take advantage of graduates from SUNY and Cornell. Latino immigrants have helped revitalize some of the aging Hudson River towns and have found ready work in both the Catskill resorts and in the processing of agricultural products. The district is one of the most liberal rural districts in the country.
Maurice Hinchey has represented the Twenty-Second District for two decades. From a working-class background himself (he spent five years working as a cement worker before going to college), Hinchey has been a consistent supporter of immigrant rights. His record in congress is among the most consistently pro-immigrant of non-urban Congressional Representatives.
Hinchey is a sponsor of both the DREAM Act and Congressman Luis Gutierrez’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP bill.
Voting Record
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border Reference: Secure Fence Act; Bill H R 6061 ; vote number 2006-446 on Sep 14, 2006 Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. Reference: Department of Homeland Security appropriations; Bill HR 5441 Amendment 968 ; vote number 2006-224 on Jun 6, 2006. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted NO on reporting undocumented immigrants who receive hospital treatment. Reference: Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments; Bill HR 3722 ; vote number 2004-182 on May 20, 2004. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. Reference: Motion sponsored by Gekas, R-PA; Bill HR1885 ; vote number 2001-127 on May 21, 2001. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Contact Maurice Hinchey:
Washington Office:
Office of Rep. Hinchey
2431 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6335
Fax: (202) 226-0774
Middletown Office:
Office of Rep. Hinchey
City Hall, Third Floor
16 James St.
Middletown, NY 10940
Phone: (845) 344-3211
Binghamton Office:
Office of Rep. Hinchey
100A Federal Building
Binghamton, NY 13901
Phone: (607) 773-2768
Kingston Office:
Office of Rep. Hinchey
291 Wall Street
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: (845) 331-4466
Ithaca Office:
Office of Rep Hinchey
123 S. Cayuga St. #201
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 273-1388
Monticello Office:
Office of Rep. Hinchey
18 Anawana Lake Road
Monticello, NY 12701
Phone: (845) 791-711
