I was deeply disappointed that the New York City Department of Sanitation has revised its Capital Budget request to include funding for the proposed Marine Transfer Station at East 91st Street. I submitted testimony last month to the City Council ...
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As the end of session approaches, movement toward resolution on key issues facing our state remains excruciatingly slow. Last month I talked about two of those issues – rent law renewal and marriage equality – and I will devote this ...
Read MoreThis past Tuesday, the 24th, Senator Liz Krueger joined Democratic colleagues in the Senate and Assembly, NYC Council Speaker Chris Quinn and housing advocates for an interactive forum highlighting the critical need to extend and strengthen rent regulation laws before ...
Read MoreBy Liz Benjamin Sen. Liz Krueger is moving ahead with the creation of her NBA, or “No Bad Apples”, PAC, scheduling its first fundraiser and hiring a staffer to run the operation. The Manhattan Democrat, who has long been an ...
Read MoreStatement From BPCLC Regarding Assemblymember Katz’s Legislative Attack on Planned Parenthood & Other Reproductive Health Care Providers Last week Assemblymember Steve Katz (R-Yorktown) launched an assault against women’s reproductive health by introducing legislation that would strip State funding from Planned ...
Read MoreBy Nick Confessore In a blunt acknowledgment that State Senate Democrats have been badly damaged by scandals within their own ranks in recent years, Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, will start a new political action committee to recruit Senate candidates ...
Read MoreBy Veronica Lewin A legislative caucus formed earlier this year has legislators from both houses and both sides of the aisle fighting to protect reproductive health rights and helping advocates to educate New Yorkers about them. “Women’s rights and women’s ...
Read MoreAs members of the Bipartisan Pro Choice Legislative Caucus (BPCLC), our goal is to not only protect women’s reproductive rights already in place in the State of New York, but to also strengthen them. With this objective in mind, the ...
Read More“My name is Liz Krueger, and I represent the 26th State Senate district, which includes Manhattan’s Midtown and East Side. I would like to thank the New York City Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management for the opportunity ...
Read MoreBy Megan Finnegan After savoring what seemed like a victory a few weeks ago, some Upper East Siders are now smelling defeat after the mayor restored funding to construct a waste transfer station at East 91st Street. Last month, the ...
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