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Parents, Union, Child Care Providers and Advocates Call for State to Take Action to Make Child Care Program Fair

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

ALBANY – A report released by Empire Justice Center today, Mending the Patchwork, documents a persistent lack of fairness in the way child care assistance is administered in New York State.

New York Finds Extreme Crisis in Youth Prisons

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Monday, December 14th, 2009

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE New York Times:

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Time to Unseal Birth Records--New York Report

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

By Lorraine Dusky Bloger for Birth Mother, First Mother Forum

Velmanette Montgomery, chairwoman of the Children and Families Committee. The Assembly sponsor, Assemblyman David Koon Rochester, continues the fight in that house. Birth parents who had no rights and no options presented to them signed ...

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Urban Divers Enviromedia Mobile Debuts!

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

By FIB Senator Velmanette Montgomery, one of the few politicians to come out publicly to be for the EPA cleaning the Gowanus Canal (ie: she is PRO Superfund!) was there. While there, F.I.B heard from reliable political sources that Mayor ...

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Support Senator Montgomery's "Incarcerated Parents" Bill

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Legislation that Expands the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) -- S.3438/A.5462

What Does This Bill Do?

~ It amends New York’s child welfare law to reflect the special circumstances of criminal justice involvedfamilies.

~ It grants foster care agencies discretion to delay filing termination of parental rights papers when a parent’s incarceration or participation in a residential drug treatment program is a significant factor in why the child has been in foster care for 15 of the last 22 months.

Long Island News - Navy Yard Receives $15M from NYS Senate for New Green Development & Job Creation

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

(Brooklyn, NY) – State Senate Majority Conference Leader John L. Sampson, Senators Velmanette Montgomery and Daniel Squadron, today announced that $15 million, over three years, in capital funds has been secured for the redevelopment of ...

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Senate Coup Plotters' Hidden Agenda

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Tabloids call it a circus, but the lobbyists' goal is to squelch reformsBy Tom Robbins: The Village Voice

The tabloid version of the Great Senate Stalemate of 2009 goes something like this: Those bozos in the State Senate—who can't be trusted even on a good day to get their lunch orders straight—brought the people's business to a screeching halt over a petty internal dispute about who got to wield the gavel at meetings.

Senator Montgomery Celebrates Achievements of Quintessential Brooklyn Artist LYNN NOTTAGE

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Monday, March 30th, 2009

Nottage Receives Accolades from NYS Senate

Albany, NY (March 31, 2009): On the final day of National Women’s History Month 2009, NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn) and her Senate colleagues honored Brooklyn playwright, Lynn Nottage, for her outstanding contributions to the arts in New York.

Montgomery Honors Brooklyn Artist Lynn Nottage

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Monday, March 30th, 2009

by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 04-09-2009

On the final day of National Women’s History Month 2009, March 31, state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn), third from left, and her Senate colleagues honored Brooklyn playwright Lynn Nottage, fourth from left, for her outstanding contributions to the arts in New York.

Senator Montgomery Hosts Lobby Day for Brooklyn Youth Groups

Posted by Velmanette Montgomery on Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Albany, NY (February 12, 2009): Brooklyn advocates for School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) and supporters of the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) visited State Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn) to ask for her support of their programs in New York's 2009-10 State Budget.

The Senator’s young constituents who came to Albany for "Youth Lobby Day" included members of the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park as well as students from P.S. 307,which operates a SBHC .