Carl Kruger

             Instructions on how to use the new polling machines are currently lost in translation to Russian-speaking voters, but Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) said a fix is soon on the way.             Sen. Kruger, Chair of the Finance Committee and sponsor of the state law requiring New York City and other large municipalities to translate voting materials into Russian, wrote to the Board of Elections last week when he learned that the board’s website fails to include either written or audio instructions for Russian-speaking voters on how to use the new machines.

            Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn), Chair of the Finance Committee, is seeking additional victims of a mystery shopping scam after a constituent sought his help with a lucrative job offer that went bust.             The constituent had applied online to be a mystery shopper. While there are many legitimate mystery shopping opportunities, there are many others that aren’t, according to Sen. Kruger. Shady mystery shopping outfits will use ads and unsolicited emails to tempt respondents with a lucrative living by dining at elegant restaurants, shopping at pricey stores or checking into luxurious hotels and then writing about the quality of service.

             As Gov. Paterson signed into law Friday a measure prohibiting the manufacture, distribution and sale of child care products containing the controversial chemical bisphenol-A, Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn), Chair of the Finance Committee, said he plans to seek the law’s expansion to include another widespread source of BPA: thermal paper receipts.

             If the measure passes, New York would become the first state in the country to institute this ban.