1. Daniel L Squadron was born on November 9,1979 and is an American politician and former member of the New York State Senate for the 26th district.
15 Facts About Daniel Squadron
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Daniel Squadron attended the private Fieldston School and graduated from Yale University in 2003.
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Daniel Squadron served as a consultant to New York City's Department of Education and worked as a staffer on Congressman Anthony Weiner's 2005 mayoral campaign.
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Daniel Squadron served as an aide to US Senator Charles Schumer, helping the New York senator with his book Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time.
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Daniel Squadron ran for the 25th district of the New York State Senate in 2008.
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On November 6,2012, Daniel Squadron was elected to the state senate again, this time to represent the 26th district.
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Daniel Squadron won reelection in 2014 in a landslide over Republican candidate Wave Chan; and he ran unopposed in 2016, running on both the Democratic and Working Families Party lines.
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Daniel Squadron's platform included opposition to luxury development in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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Daniel Squadron negotiated a deal that reduced and delayed housing in the park, and has been credited with returning $11 million in capital funding that had been cut from the park's budget.
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Daniel Squadron secured millions for a waterfront park project on the Lower East Side at Pier 42, along with Schumer, and helped secure the future of Governors Island.
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In 2010, Daniel Squadron sponsored the law that brought billions in federal dollars to New York City's public housing.
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Daniel Squadron passed legislation expanding middle class eligibility for the Mitchell-Lama Housing Program.
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Daniel Squadron's tenure included a noted focus on ethics and campaign finance reform.
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Daniel Squadron passed the law prohibiting public officers from using government resources for their own for-profit business.
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Daniel Squadron unsuccessfully pushed to close the "LLC Loophole," which allows nearly unlimited, often anonymous campaign contributions to flood the political process.