liz krueger

Led by Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, 32 state senators are blasting the state Board of Elections.

In conversations with Gothamist, a dozen legislators gave reasons for why measures such as the All-Electric Buildings Act didn't make it to a vote last session.

The lawmakers wrote in a letter that "vital information about the proposed Penn Station deal has still not been provided to taxpayers and the lawmakers elected to ensure their dollars are spent wisely and their city is developed smartly.”

"Unlike any other state in this nation, this legislation is intentionally about equity."

The latest front in the war on smoking: the butt.

Governor Cuomo could be doing much more to help the soaring number of homeless people in New York City, according to elected officials and advocates.

The all-day hearing was the first of several being staged across the state before the commission, known as the New York Campaign Financing Commission, makes its full recommendations in December.

'I have no doubt that prohibition is an outdated and irrational policy, and its days are numbered.'

With just one day left in legislative session, state lawmakers are mounting a final, frantic push to legalize marijuana in New York state. But will it be enough?

'There is broad agreement that just one person in Albany is now preventing this from passing: Senator Liz Krueger, whose district receives as many food deliveries as any by low-wage New Yorkers on e-bikes.'