Liz Krueger's Biography
- State Senate (NY) - District 28, Democratic, Working Families
Full Name:
Liz Krueger
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: John
Birth Date:
11/20/1957
Birth Place:
Ridgewood, NJ
Home City:
New York, NY
Religion:
Jewish
MA, Public Policy, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1979-1981
BS, Social Policy/Human Development, Northwestern University, 1975-1979
Senator, New York State Senate, 2002-present
Candidate, New York State Senate, District 28, 2012-2022
Candidate, New York State Senate, District 26, 2000
Former Member, Codes Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Elections Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Housing, Construction, and Community Development Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, New York State Senate
Former Chair, Minority Task Force on Legislative and Budgetary Reform, New York State Senate
Former Member, Science, Technology, Incubation and Entrepreneurship Committee, New York State Senate
Founding Director, New York City Food Bank
Associate Director, Community Food Resource Center, 1986-2000
Consultant to the Board of Directors, Food for Survival, 1983-1986
Special Project Coordinator, Greater Cleveland Community Food Bank, 1981-1983
Researcher, Children's Policy Research Project, University of Chicago, 1980-1981
Former Co-Chair, Manhattan Borough President's Task Force on Education, Employment and Welfare
Board Chair, New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Former Board Member, New York City Federal Emergency Management Agency Emergency Food and Shelter Program, United Way
Former Member, New York City Medicaid Managed Care Task Force
Chair, New York Human Resources Administration Income Support Advisory Council
Board Member, City-Wide Task Force on Housing Court, 1995-2000
Grants Advisor, Mazon-A Jewish Response to Hunger, 1996-2000
Chair, New York City Food Stamp Task Force, 1989-2000
Co-Facilitator, New York City Welfare Reform Network, 1994-2000
Awards:
Awards - Partial List:
Family Planning Advocates, Margaret P. Sanger Award
Eviction Prevention Services, Gloria Millikin Award
New York Statewide Breastfeeding Coalition, Gold Standard Award
National Committee for the Furtherence of Jewish Education, State Service Award
Emily's List, Leaders for Change
Turkish Cultural Center, Zubeyde Hanim Award
Historic Districts Council, Friends in High Places
Special Recognition - Partial List:
Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats
Community Free Democrats
Chelsea Reform Democrats
Welfare Reform Network
Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Committe
NYC Americans for Democratic Action, Perfect Legislative Score
Spouse's Occupation:
Professor of Urban Planning and Geography at the CUNY Graduate Center and Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs.