Liz joined Leonard Lopate to discuss the controversy over Airbnb in New York City, what’s legal, what’s not, and why. Audio available here:
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Liz issued the following statement on the passing of Sen. Roy Goodman, who represented the East Side from 1969 through 2001.
Read MoreSen. Krueger and Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried today announced their reintroduction of legislation providing education, and promoting screening and treatment-referrals for postpartum depression and other maternal depression disorders (S. 7234 / A. 9610). Despite the widespread nature and ...
Read MoreLast week, Liz spoke with Next City’s Nancy Scola for an in-depth interview on Airbnb, New York’s short-term rental laws, and the fight to protect residential housing. Read the full interview at Next City. In 2010, Krueger successfully championed the ...
Read MoreLiz issued the following statement in reaction to today’s front-page New York Post story on the use of Airbnb to facilitate floating brothels: “When residential housing ceases to be residential — via online businesses, like Airbnb, turning residential apartments into illegal, unregulated hotel rooms — all ...
Read MoreAfter the Landmarks Preservation Commission failed to designate the exterior or interior of the Rizzoli Bookstore, the store has finally been forced to close and make way for new development, resulting in the probable loss of another important cultural and ...
Read MoreLiz was quoted in Michael Powell’s New York Times column assessing the Senate’s “one-house” budget. Powell writes: None of this fun is remotely real. The governor and the Legislature are weeks away from a final budget. Most senators had not even ...
Read MoreMs. Magazine writes of Liz’s “Boss Bill”: The “Boss Bill” would close a loophole in New York’s current workplace anti-discrimination laws to ensure women are not discriminated against for their personal reproductive health choices and to protect their privacy. Krueger ...
Read MoreSince Liz and her colleague Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk introduced their bill to protect communities’ home-rule rights and prevent casinos from being forced on towns that don’t want them, mutliple editorial boards from around the state — and representing a diverse range ...
Read MoreToday State Senators Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) and Cecilia Tkaczyk (D-Duanesburg) announced the introduction of legislation protecting the basic home-rule rights of municipalities with respect to casino siting (S. 6433-2014).
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