NEWS AND ISSUES
Recent Updates
- Latest Community Report
- Supporting Protected Bike Lanes on Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues
- Testifying about NYCHA's Outrageous Revocation of Thousands of Section 8 Vouchers
- Speaking out on the Surrender of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village to its Creditors
Community Reports
- January 2010 Community Report
- December 2009 Community Report
- November 2009 Community Report
- October 2009 Community Report
Public Testimony
- Testimony Before the New York City Landmarks Public Housing and General Welfare Committee Hearing on the Suspension of NYCHA Section 8 Vouchers
- Testimony Before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the Landmark Designation of Westbeth
- Testimony before the New York City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks Regarding Designation of the Lamartine Place Historic District
- Testimony Before the District 3 Community Education Council on the DOE's Amended Capital Plan
- Testimony Before the NYC Department of Education Regarding Creation of the Frank McCourt High School for Communications and Civic Engagement
- Testimony before the New York City Planning Commission Regarding the P.S. 51/Gotham West Development with Reservations
- Testimony Before the New York City Council Regarding the Land Use Applications Related to the Western Rail Yard Development
- Testimony Before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the South Village Historic District
- Floor Speech Before the New York State Senate on Legislation to End the Rent Disparity for NYC HIV/AIDS Services Administration Clients
- Testimony before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the Proposed Designation of the IRT Powerhouse
- Statement before the New York City Department Of Education Regarding a New School on Brandeis High School's Campus
- Testimony before the New York City Housing Authority Public Hearing on the Draft 2010 Annual Plan
- Testimony before the New York City Rent Guidelines Board Hearing on Proposed Rent Increases
- Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Zoning & Franchises Regarding Two Trees Management Company's Development Proposal for 11th Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets
- Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Zoning & Franchises Regarding The Text Amendments to Zoning at the Eastern Rail Yards
- Joint Testimony before the New York City Planning Commission on Fordham's Lincoln Square Plan
- Testimony before the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Regarding the Proposed Designation of the Lamartine Place Historic District
Letters
- Supporting Protected Bike Lanes on Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues
- Urging the NYC Department of Buildings to Uphold Objections to Plans Submitted for a New Building at 178 Bleecker Street in Manhattan
- Urging the NYC Department of Buildings to Pursue the Violations and Fines it Levied Against Equinox Gym
- Asking NYS Housing Agencies to Help Preserve Stuyvesant-Town/Peter Cooper Village as Well-Maintained, Middle Class Housing
- Expressing Outrage Over Approval of General Theological Seminary’s Commercial Hotel
- Opposing an Unsuitable Newsstand on Seventh Avenue and 15th Street
- Urging the MTA to Relinquish its Claim to Office Space in Western Rail Yard's Off-Site Affordable Housing
- Speaking on the Floor of the New York State Senate In Support of Leandra's Law
- Urging the NYC Department of Education and School Construction Authority to resume PCB remediation at P.S. 199
- Commenting on the State of the Senate
- Advocating for a Summer Playstreet on West 17th Street
- Supporting Designation of the Tammany Hall building as a New York City Landmark
- Expressing Concerns About DOT's Green Light for Midtown Project
- Calling on DEC to Extend Comment Period on Gas Drilling
- Addressing Upper West Side Helicopter Traffic
- Calling on Congress to Include Supplemental Assistance for the Public Housing Capital Fund in the Stimulus Package.
Press Releases
- Challenging MTA's Proposed Access-A-Ride Cuts
- Expressing Anger and Disappointment about the Marriage Equality Vote in the NYS Senate
- Commenting on Results of Maine Referendum on Marriage Equality
- Statement Re: Hiram Monserrate
- Hailing the NYS Court of Appeals Decision in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties
- Urging Governor Paterson to Sign Prison Health Oversight Legislation
- Demanding that New York Protect its Troubled Youth
- Addressing Adverse Event Reporting by NYS Hospitals
- Facilitating $3M Biotech Tax Credit
- Passing Family Health Care Decisions Act
- Responding to Alleged Homophobic Attacks During Pride Month
- Requiring Access to Flu Vaccines for Parents of NICU Newborns
- Working to Expand Testing and Treatment for HIV
- Seeking to Protect Journalist Bloggers
Senator Duane's "News and Issues" Archive
