Fears About How the City’s Budget Will Affect Child Care On Thursday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will unveil New York City’s preliminary budget for the next fiscal year. On Wednesday, if you listen very closely, you can hear people throughout ...
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By Liz Benjamin Sen. Liz Krueger has written to House Speaker John Boehner to express dismay over the GOP push to eliminate federal funding for reproductive health providers such as Planned Parenthood, (which has come under particular scrutiny of late), ...
Read MoreOn Monday, Senator Krueger joined her colleagues in the Democratic Conference in urging the Republican Majority to keep their promise and take action on comprehensive ethics, campaign finance and independent redistricting reform. In doing so, Senator Krueger called specific attention ...
Read MoreLast week, Senator Liz Krueger received a Certificate of Appreciation from the New York City Breastfeeding Leadership Committee.
Read MoreBy Meghan Keneally State Senate Democrats unveiled a comprehensive ethics package today and called on it to pass quickly in order to reinsure voters that an election season promise is being honored. Minority leader John Sampson said that the Democrats’ six-part ...
Read More(Albany, NY) – Last week, the Senate passed Legislation introduced by Senator Krueger, which will help crack down on illegal activity linked to identity theft. Under the new law, if a crime is committed in connection with identity theft, the ...
Read MoreBike Wars By Allen Houston Simmering Bike Resentment East Siders may have grown used to delivery guys on bicycles hopping sidewalks and dangerously whizzing in and out of pedestrians as they rush to drop off Chinese food or pizza. But ...
Read MoreOn Monday, January 31st, Senator Liz Krueger spoke on the Senate’s Chamber Floor and expressed her concern that a Rules Resolution proposed by Senate Republicans was in violation of the State’s Constitution.
Read MoreRetiring Nicely After Betraying Public’s Trust By Clyde Haberman Guy J. Velella, a former state senator from the Bronx who died last week, was bidden farewell at a funeral service on Monday. His legacy, however, lives on. Among other things, ...
Read MoreBy Cara Matthews ALBANY — Public officials convicted of corruption would be stripped of their pension benefit under legislation introduced Friday by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. New York has long been criticized for allowing convicted lawmakers — even those sentenced ...
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