Elizabeth Krueger (born November 20, 1957) is a member of the
New York State Senate, representing
District 28
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on the East Side of
Manhattan
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. First elected in a special election in 2002, Krueger is a
Democrat
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.
Background
Krueger was born in New York City to
Harvey M. Krueger
Harvey Mark Krueger (April 16, 1929 – April 23, 2017) was an American investment banker, former CEO and President of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. known for being the first banker to bring Israel to the international capital markets and helped broker the ...
and Constance Krueger. She has two sisters, Abigail and Cathleen. A brother, Peter, died of
AIDS in 1988. Her father was the CEO of the investment bank
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and served as vice chairman of
Lehman Brothers
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following the merger with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in 1977.
She earned a
B.A.
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from
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
in Social Policy and Human Development, and a master's degree from the
University of Chicago
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's
Harris School of Public Policy
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.
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.
She is married to John E. Seley, a professor of
urban planning
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and
geography
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at The
City University of New York Graduate Center
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and
Princeton
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'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. Less than two years later, Goodman resigned and Krueger won the special election to replace him. Since then, she has never faced a challenging re-election. Many years later, ''
The New York Times
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'' 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.
After the Democratic party took the majority in the
2018 elections
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Africa
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, Krueger was elected the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, one of the most powerful committees in the Senate.
In 2021, Krueger was one of two members of the senate to vote against a bill designating
baseball
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as the official state sport of New York.
References
Further reading
*
Paterson, David ''"
Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity."'' New York, New York, 2020
External links
*
New York State Senate: Liz KruegerFood Bank For New York City*
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Living people
Jewish American state legislators in New York (state)
Jewish women politicians
University of Chicago alumni
Politicians from New York City
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Northwestern University alumni
Women state legislators in New York (state)
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
1957 births
21st-century American Jews