Liz Krueger is the new ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee. She joined Liz Benjamin to discuss the progress being made toward reaching a budget deal – possibly ahead of schedule and how rent control could cause Democrats to ...
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Statement in Response to Rent Stabilization Association’s President, Joe Strasburg, Calling Pedro Espada the “guy who saved this industry” “I can’t help but wonder what kind of trade association chooses a man currently under Federal indictment for embezzling millions of ...
Read More“In the wake of the natural disasters that have devastated Japan and have unleashed a nuclear threat upon a reeling population, we must heed the warning of these catastrophic events and close the Indian Point nuclear facility. While I applaud ...
Read MoreFor Immediate Release | March 23 , 2011 (Albany, NY) – With rent regulation laws that protect affordable housing for over 2.5 million tenants in New York City and the surrounding counties (Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland) dangerously close to expiring, Senator ...
Read MoreBy Nicholas Confessore A coalition comprising nearly every Democratic state lawmaker from New York City urged Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in a letter, posted below, on Wednesday to press for extending and tightening the state’s rent regulation laws as part ...
Read MoreOne state senator wants to stop giving legislators lulus by Jason Chura With the recent Federal corruption charges leveled against Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland, renewed calls for ethics reform are sure to come. Sen. Liz Krueger was ...
Read MoreLiz Krueger – Krueger is also a Democratic state senator from New York City, but that and six letters—plus an “e” for her—are about all she has in common with the latest indicted legislator. And as of this week, the same ...
Read MoreBy Jon Lentz Advocates, good government groups and even Planned Parenthood are cheering Liz Krueger’s replacement of Carl Kruger as ranking member on the Finance Committee, despite a widely held belief that her impact on the budget will be slight ...
Read MoreFor Immediate Release | March 15, 2011 Katie Kincaid | kincaid.nysenate@gmail.com | 646-784-0485 “My greatest concern is that this resolution will put us an additional billion dollars in debt. The numbers simply do not add up and we cannot rely on a ...
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