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Kavanagh Joins Krueger, Colleagues Calling for Denial of Permits for New Fossil Fuel Power Plants

September 13, 2021

Astoria Power Plant

NY Times: 800,000 New Yorkers Just Lost Federal Unemployment Benefits

September 7, 2021

“To just cut people off, it’s ridiculous and it’s unethical and it’s evil,” said Travis Curry, 34, a freelance photographer who will lose roughly $482 in weekly assistance. Credit: Rosem Morton for the NY Times.

NY1: Fighting to Keep New Yorkers in Their Homes, New York State Signs a New Eviction Moratorium into Law

September 5, 2021

New York Sen. Brian Kavanagh, D- New York, Manhattan debates legislation in the Senate chamber during a special legislative session to extend pandemic era eviction protections in the wake of a Supreme Court decision lifting the moratorium at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

New Yorker Magazine: Andrew Cuomo Left Behind a Rent-Relief Debacle

September 4, 2021

The #CancelRent movement was born out of activists’ fear that rent debts would be allowed to accrue for however long it took the economy to rebound. Photograph by Spencer Platt / Getty

City Limits: What New York’s Latest Eviction Protections Mean for Renters and Landlords

September 2, 2021

Sen. Brian Kavanagh speaks on a bill he co-sponsored to extend the eviction moratorium during an extraordinary session Wednesday. Courtesy of NYS Senate Media Services.