Today, the Brennan Center applauded the process by which the Senate Cities Committee, Chaired by Senator Daniel Squadron, marked up a tenant's rights bill sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger:
The meeting, which was broadcast live online, featured amendments (and amendments to amendments) to the bill, debate about specific language and the best ways to address related issues, and clarification questions that helped to define areas where future research is necessary.
In other words, a small but significant part of our legislature is, ya know, actually acting like a legislature.
This is a perfect example of what can be achieved when we remove dead weight in primaries and fill the legislature with more and better Democrats.
Senator Squadron deserves major kudos for sticking to his campaign promises for reform and for competently carrying them out after being in the Senate for less than half a year. At this rate, he has a very bright future in Albany. |
