Senator Krueger issued the following statement on the City Human Resources Administration’s new ad campaign on teen pregnancy:
As someone who has spent decades in the fight against poverty and the fight to make sure women have equal rights to have or not have children, I am appalled at the ill-targeted and pathologically mean-spirited ad campaign put forward by the New York City Human Resources Administration, supposedly intended to reduce teen pregnancy.
Liz’s February Community Bulletin is available! You can download it here, or view it from this page.
Prompted by flaws in the regulatory process and a lack of any transparency or clear definition in the Department of Health’s “health review,” Sen. Krueger today joined Assemblymember Barbara Lifton and many colleagues calling on Gov. Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation to halt development of regulations permitting horizontal hydraulic fracturing (“hydrofracking”) absent a full, thorough, and transparent assessment of the practice’s potential effects on public health.
This January’s session of Liz’s Roundtable for Boomers and Seniors focused on managing clutter and hoarding, and a key handout was our office’s new comprehensive best-practices guide! You can download it here, or read on to view it here on our web site.
Two days ago, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment to create a commission process for redistricting after the next census. Because I am committed to real reform, I voted no.
The process this amendment would create is actually a step even further in the wrong direction. The editorial board of the Times Union, Albany’s daily newspaper, has done a great job explaining why — and has called for citizens to vote against the amendment, when it goes on the 2014 ballot for approval. To learn more about this important issue, and why I voted no, please read the editorial from today’s paper after the jump.
-Liz
Liz sponsored a resolution commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade this week, but it was blocked from consideration by the leaders of the Republican-dominated majority in the Senate. The Assembly passed a similar resolution without incident.
Read more from the Albany Times-Union and Gotham Gazette, or read on to see Liz’s letter to the leaders of the Senate Majority as well as the full text of the resolution.
Liz’s January Community Bulletin is available! You can download it here, or view it from this page.
The third breakfast in Senator Krueger’s Roundtable Series for Boomers and Seniors this year will feature speakers on “What to Do With All That Stuff,” the issues surrounding home clutter and hoarding prevention for the elderly, as part of this year’s Roundtable Series focus on “The Challenges of Longevity.”