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Liz Krueger

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Liz Krueger
Member of the New York State Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 13, 2002
Preceded byRoy M. Goodman
Constituency
Chair of the New York State Senate
Finance Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Personal details
Born (1957-11-20) November 20, 1957 (age 67)
Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJohn E. Seley
RelationsHarvey M. Krueger (father)
Residence(s)Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Alma materNorthwestern University (BA), University of Chicago (MPP)
WebsiteOfficial website

Elizabeth Krueger (born November 20, 1957) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 28 on the East Side of Manhattan. First elected in a special election in 2002, Krueger is a Democrat.

Background

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Krueger was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey to Harvey M. Krueger and Constance Krueger. She has two sisters, Abigail and Cathleen. Her brother, Peter, died of AIDS in 1988.[1] Her father was the CEO of the investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and served as vice chairman of Lehman Brothers following the merger with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in 1977.[2]

She graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1975, earned a B.A. from Northwestern University in Social Policy and Human Development in 1979, and a master's degree from the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy in 1981.[3][4]

Prior to elected office, Krueger served for 15 years as associate director of the Community Food Resource Center (CFRC), and she is the founding director of the New York City Food Bank.[5]

She is married to John E. Seley, a professor of urban planning and geography at The City University of New York Graduate Center and Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs.[6]

New York Senate

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Krueger initially ran for the state Senate in 2000, narrowly losing to Republican Senator Roy M. Goodman by less than a percentage point.[7] Less than two years later, Goodman resigned and Krueger won the special election to replace him.[8] Since then, she has never faced a challenging re-election.[9] Many years later, The New York Times reported that months after the 2000 election that Krueger lost, hundreds of ballots from a pro-Krueger area were found in a Board of Elections air duct, although Krueger did not learn of this until just before the 2002 election that she won.[10]

After the Democratic party took the majority in the 2018 elections, Krueger was elected the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, one of the most powerful committees in the Senate.[11]

In 2021, Krueger was one of two members of the senate to vote against a bill designating baseball as the official state sport of New York.[12]

Krueger is a member of the Vote Blue Coalition, a progressive group and federal PAC created to support Democrats in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania through voter outreach and mobilization efforts.[13]

Late November 2024, Krueger made proposals to counter the incoming Trump administration encouraging New York and a bloc of liberal northeast states to join Canada. She explained her proposal to Politico, she already made connections in Ottawa to effect Canadian support. [14]

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Krueger, Christie's Executive, 32". The New York Times. April 14, 1988. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "Profile: Harvey Kruger". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Liz Krueger's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ^ New York State Sen. Liz Krueger, LegiStorm. Accessed November 6, 2024. "Education University of Chicago - MA, public policy (1979-1981) Northwestern University - BS, cultural anthropology and social policy (1975-1979) Ridgewood (N.J.) High School - Diploma (1975)"
  5. ^ Feiden, Douglas (October 26, 2017). "To give or not to give?". Our Town (published October 24, 2017). Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "About Liz Krueger". New York State Senate. Archived from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  7. ^ "Our Campaigns - NY State Senate 26 Race - Nov 07, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  8. ^ Hicks, Jonathan P. (October 21, 2002). "Republicans Fight Hard to Recapture State Senate Seat in the Old Silk Stocking District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Liz Krueger". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  10. ^ Rosenthal, Brian M.; Rothfeld, Michael (October 26, 2020). "Inside Decades of Nepotism and Bungling at the N.Y.C. Elections Board". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Precious, Tom (December 11, 2018). "Tim Kennedy gets key state Senate committee post". The Buffalo News. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  12. ^ Harding, Robert (June 9, 2021). "NY Senate passes Oberacker's bill to designate baseball as official state sport". Auburn Citizen. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  13. ^ "Coalition". Vote Blue. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  14. ^ Reisman, Nick; Ngo, Emily; Coltin, Jeff (November 26, 2024). "Countering Trump 2.0". Politico. With Timmy Facciola. Archived from the original on November 29, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2024.

Further reading

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New York State Senate
Preceded by New York State Senate, 28th District
2013–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by New York State Senate, 26th District
2002–2013 		Succeeded by
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