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New bill would decriminalize, support sex workers in New York A new bill that would decriminalize sex work in New York — while still holding pimps and buyers accountable — is set to be introduced in the state Senate this week, The Post has learned. Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan), who is slated to announce the bill Monday morning, created the legislation with the assistance of sex trade survivors and advocates who want to make sure workers are given help instead of a jail cell.

Hillary Clinton is not on the campaign trail right now, but she still is using her influence to push legalized abortion up to birth. On Sunday, she announced plans to help New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo push a radical pro-abortion bill in his state. “I’ll be joining Gov. Cuomo as he lays out his plan to codify Roe v. Wade and pass the Reproductive Health Act,” Clinton wrote on Twitter. “There’s no time to wait.” Cuomo made no secret of his plans to ram the pro-abortion bill through the state legislature. He said he wants to see it pass within 30 days. Pro-abortion lawmakers...

One of the biggest champions for gun control in the Empire State, State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, is advocating taking over the National Rifle Association from the inside. After broaching the subject in a round table discussion with U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, who is a fan of anti-gun legislation at a national level, Kruger repeated it for clarity to the New York Daily News. “Perhaps if we all join, we could take over that group and start a new (gun control) platform,” Krueger said. “I think we outnumber the people who are members of the NRA and are so...

ONE of the high notes this past hunting season was the success of the new Junior Big-Game hunting license authorized by Gov. David A. Paterson, which allows 14- and 15-year-olds to hunt big game for the first time. State Senator Liz Krueger (D-N.Y.) is trying to undo the positive steps taken by the state legislature last year by introducing Senate Bill 3598, which would raise the hunting age across the board. Specifically, the bill increases the minimum age for obtaining a hunting license from 16 to 18 years of age, and would require anyone under the age of 20 to...