Category Archives: News

09 May
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Release: Senate Passes Liz’s Bill to Improve Distribution of Food Stamp “Bonus” Awards

Albany, 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 ...

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03 May
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Our Town Covers “The War on Women”

Our 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 ...

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27 Apr
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Courts Will Take Action to End Tenant Blacklisting

Working 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 ...

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21 Apr
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New York Post Reports on Liz’s New Bill to Protect Employees’ Privacy

The 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 ...

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11 Apr
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Legislative Gazette: Despite Uncertain Future, $350M for Javits Center

Albany’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 ...

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19 Mar
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Message from Liz on Redistricting

I 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 ...

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15 Mar
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Senate Democrats Walk Out to Protest Stop to Redistricting Debate

Fox 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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22 Feb
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Fox 5: MTA to Make House Calls to Check Subway Construction Noise

Fox 5 interviewed Liz for this update on the Second Avenue Subway construction. Following a letter from Liz and other elected officials, MTA engineers will be making late-night visits to sleepless residents to assess the late-night noise problem.

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13 Feb
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Liz & BPCLC Co-Chairs: It’s About Women’s Health Care, Not Religion

Liz and her fellow co-chairs of the Bipartisan Pro-Choice Legislative Caucus wrote for today’s Albany Times Union supporting President Obama’s stance on contraceptive coverage for all women, regardless of where they work. They wrote: It’s no secret that women often ...

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07 Feb
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Statement from Liz: California Proposition 8 Ruling

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision overturning California’s Proposition 8, the ballot proposition that attempted to outlaw same-sex marriage in California. You can read Liz’s statement on today’s victory, cited in ...

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