Liz joined State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and other elected officials to call attention to the growth and success of farmers markets in New York. Alison Bowen reported in Metro: “Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best, and farmers markets and ...
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In this video clip, New York 1 focuses on on hydrofracking, following up on a letter sent by Liz and some of her colleagues to the DEC. The letter demands a full accounting in the face of reports that proposed ...
Read MoreThe Daily News reports on East Side resident John Burke’s legal victory: The ruling means a disabled bartender who has lived in a dark, ground-floor Yorkville studio for 35 years…gets to keep his kitchen, while the rest of the tenants, including ...
Read MoreAlbany, NY – State Senator Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) today announced the passage of legislation in the New York State Senate that would result in more federal funding for food stamp programs in New York City. The bill (S. 452) passed ...
Read MoreOur Town‘s Megan Finnegan reports on Liz’s forum at the CUNY Graduate Center last week, “The War on Women: An Evening Basic Training.” Sen. Liz Krueger has long been an advocate for women’s rights in Albany, so she’s accustomed to ...
Read MoreWorking with a coalition of fellow elected officials and tenants’ advocates, Liz announced a victory in the fight against tenant blacklisting this week. The Village Voice reports: Some good news today for those of you who pick fights with your landlords, or ...
Read MoreThe New York Post reports on Liz’s new bill to bar employers from demanding their employees’ passwords for their personal email, Facebook, or other personal online accounts. “Employees and job applicants shouldn’t have to cede their right to privacy as ...
Read MoreAlbany’s Legislative Gazette reports on the inclusion of hundreds of millions in funding for improvements to the Javits Center in the budget, despite the likelihood that the facility is being phased out: Some lawmakers, including Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, have ...
Read MoreI want to take the opportunity to explain what happened after midnight on Thursday morning in the State Legislature. Late Wednesday night and Thursday morning, around midnight on the morning of the Ides of March, my Senate Democratic colleagues and I refused to ...
Read MoreFox 23 was at the capitol for the redistricting vote. The Democratic Conference walked out, refusing to participate in midnight votes resulting from backroom deals without even the opportunity for review and debate.
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