About Anne Rubin

Anne Rubin lives with her husband and 2 young children in the Village of Red Hook. Her son RJ is 4, and attends preschool at Bard. Her daughter Samala is 7, and attends Mill Road Elementary in Red Hook.

Anne’s family moved from the Midwest to the Hudson Valley in 1975. She has lived in Dutchess County, Ulster County and New York City, as well as abroad. She has worked as a hotel manager, travel agent, technical translator, and volunteer firefighter. As a student at SUNY New Paltz she studied philosophy, German & Italian literature, and pre-law. In 1999 she interned with Judge Judith Hillery of the Dutchess County Supreme Court (Civil Division). She recently completed a program of studies at NYU in technical & legal translation.

Anne grew up in the Midwest, and was deeply influenced by her parents and grandparents, who were extremely active in their community. Her grandparents were founding members of a community fund that helped the needy, rehabilitated the local library and county pool, and created college scholarships. They started an annual arts festival, and used the proceeds to sponsor workshops for children. Anne's mother does volunteer work on a crisis counseling hotline. Anne's husband Charlie also comes from a family with a history of social work, teaching and union organizing. Together, they are instilling a strong sense of community in their children.

Anne Rubin is now a dedicated mother and community activist. She is a deeply caring person, and it shows in everything she does. When the local food pantry ran out of supplies last Thanksgiving, she made dozens of calls to community leaders in her town asking them to donate food and spread the word. She spoke out on the local radio station to let people know about the pressing needs of those families without enough resources. As a result, thousands of dollars worth of food and donations came in.

When she was asked to join her Town’s Conservation Advisory Council, she didn't just say yes. She threw herself into the effort, spending countless hours studying the problems of water contamination and the laws and best management practices that can prevent it. She met with local leaders and gave extensive presentations urging the Town to adopt the Dutchess County Model Water Ordinance, so that future generations would be guaranteed the clean drinking water that we take for granted today.

Anne is an appointed member of the Town of Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council and the Red Hook Zoning Review Committee. She is a registered Green party member, and is an active volunteer with her local Democratic committee.

As your Assemblywoman, Anne will bring the same drive and enthusiasm she has shown in her own town to the entire Hudson Valley. She will focus especially on tax fairness, job growth, water quality and the environment, protecting farms & preventing sprawl, and helping the most disadvantaged of our citizens.

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