New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi discusses her perseverance against personal struggles, the recent crackdown on subway fare evaders and the political process itself

Today we welcome New York State Senator of the 34th Senate District, Alessandra Biaggi.  

Alessandra came out of nowhere, it seemed, with the last state senate election and strongly defeated an incumbent Democratic senator. She has had numerous successes with legislating since being elected on November 6, 2018. We have a great conversation in which Alessandra discusses some of her personal struggles that enable her to face the challenges of her senate run. Alessandra also provides some real nuggets of wisdom about the political process itself and she takes a hard stance on the recent crackdown of subway fare evaders. As a resident of the district she represents I can attest that she is working very hard to help our district.  

New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi can be found on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

Here are some links to some helpful items mentioned in the show: 

New Leaders Council 

The Pied-à-terre tax is a proposed tax on a second, luxury home that could potentially generate $800 million a year in revenue for New York. 

Silver v. Pataki is the case that was referred to by the Senator surrounding the New York state budget process. 

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