(Long Island, NY) the following statement was released today from former Councilmember Oliver Koppell on the Senate Majority Coalition’s blockage of UPKNYC:
Today’s report that Senator Skelos will block Mayor de Blasio’s pre-K plan from coming up for a vote is outrageous. The only reason Senator Skelos is allowed to block this and other progressive legislation is because of his backroom deal with Senator Jeff Klein. As a former Councilmember who represented much of Senator Klein’s Senate District and a current resident of this district, I call upon Senator Klein to immediately renounce his self-serving agreement with Senator Skelos and rejoin the Democratic Conference.
