Creating housing ownership opportunities for tenants
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie explains a bill designed to empower tenants to band together to purchase their buildings.
Restricting junk food advertising aimed at kids
Sen. Zellnor Myrie, a Brooklyn Democrat, is pushing for new standards for food advertisements targeting kids.
Election administration overhaul eyed by key state senator
Senate Elections Committee Chair Zellnor Myrie will produce a report this fall on improving the state's elections.
Senate ‘Clean Slate’ sponsor reflects on end-of-session drama
Sen. Zellnor Myrie provides a postmortem on effort to give New Yorkers with criminal records a fresh start.
Drafting error holds up clean slates for more than 2 million New Yorkers
A postmortem on "Clean Slate" bill with Sen. Zellnor Myrie.
COVID-19 sidelines senator for months, leaving mental and physical scars
May 14, 2021 - State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, a Brooklyn Democrat, was sidelined for months with a prolonged bout of COVID-19, which sent him to the hospital twice. Now on the mend, he worries about lingering symptoms from
2020 elections could shape New York’s future voting experience
Nov. 4, 2020 - This election, New Yorkers had expanded options to get their vote cast. Senate Elections Committee Chair Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn) discussed how the election was run in the Empire State and changes that can be
New York’s election season off to rocky and confusing start
Oct. 1, 2020 - This year’s election will be a unique challenge due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We discussed this challenge and the potential remedies with Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-Brooklyn), chair of the Senate Elections Committee.
June 2, 2020: Protesting while black: Senator pepper sprayed & handcuffed
The Capitol Pressroom · June 2, 2020: Protesting while black: Senator pepper sprayed & handcuffed Protests have erupted across the country and state over the killing of George Floyd, an African American Minnesota resident, while in police custody. Sen.
