Liz Krueger

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.

Liz Krueger
Krueger in 2022
Member of the New York State Senate
Assumed office
February 13, 2002
Preceded byRoy M. Goodman
Constituency
Chair of the New York State Senate
Finance Committee
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Personal details
Born (1957-11-20) November 20, 1957
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

Background

Krueger was born in New York City 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 earned a B.A. from Northwestern University in Social Policy and Human Development, and a master's degree from the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy.

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.[3]

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.

New York Senate

Krueger initially ran for the state Senate in 2000, narrowly losing to Republican Senator Roy M. Goodman by less than a percentage point.[4] Less than two years later, Goodman resigned and Krueger won the special election to replace him.[5] Since then, she has never faced a challenging re-election.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

References
  1. "Peter Krueger, Christie's Executive, 32". The New York Times. 1988-04-14. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  2. "Profile: Harvey Kruger". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012.
  3. "To give or not to give?". www.ourtownny.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  4. "Our Campaigns - NY State Senate 26 Race - Nov 07, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  5. Hicks, Jonathan P. (2002-10-21). "Republicans Fight Hard to Recapture State Senate Seat in the Old Silk Stocking District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  6. "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Liz Krueger". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  7. Rosenthal, Brian M.; Rothfeld, Michael (26 October 2020). "Inside Decades of Nepotism and Bungling at the N.Y.C. Elections Board". The New York Times.
  8. Precious, Tom (2018-12-11). "Tim Kennedy gets key state Senate committee post". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  9. robert.harding@lee.net, Robert Harding. "NY Senate passes Oberacker's bill to designate baseball as official state sport". Auburn Citizen. Retrieved 2022-03-08.

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