Thank you for visiting Liz's website.  We hope you enjoy your visit!  We'd love to hear from you.  Liz would be happy to speak with you or your group about any issues you'd like to discuss.   Click here to contact Liz or to volunteer for our campaign. 

If elected, Liz is committed to serving everyone in our district equally, regardless of party affiliation.  Liz's skills as an attorney who has investigated and prosecuted major fraud, safety and human rights cases, as well as her tax law background and tax policy studies, her dedication to our country's security, her commitment to the idea that taxes should not be extortionate burdens and should not be a method of "redistributing wealth" - and that we must reduce out-of-control federal spending, her common sense, knowledge of our community from decades of living here, human decency and civility, and willingness to listen and sort through various viewpoints and to actually read the bills, will enable her to carefully investigate the issues which come before Congress, and to do the best for the people in our district and our country.  Liz is not a politician; rather, she is a concerned citizen, University of Chicago-educated attorney, investigator, mother, grandmother and long-time member of our community who is well equipped to provide our district with excellent representation. 

Please volunteer, share your ideas, and contribute funds to our campaign if you can!

 Information on the Issues:  A wealth of information about current issues is available on this site, and we will continue to add more.  Please see Liz's Blog for discussions of recent events and issues.  Also check here for the latest news.  Also click here to see a summary of the important issues, including:  Common Sense Tax Relief; Cutting Wasteful Spending; Strengthening America's National Security and Fighting Radical Islamic Terrorism; Protecting Citizens who Report Suspicious Terrorist Activities; Energy Independence;  An End to Sending Out tax Dollars to Groups that Support Terror Against America and Israel; Consumer Safety and Children's Safety; Honoring All Out Citizens' Holidays; and Ethics in Government.

Liz has also answered various surveys which you can view for more information.  These include: Liz's answers to the Act for America Survey- click here or Act for America's site or Liz's responses;  and a comparison of Elizabeth Berney and Gary Ackerman's responses to a variety of issues on the Vote-NY.org webiste.  Also see the wcbstv Voters' Guide comparison of positions.  (However, note that the opponent's suvey answers ignore his anti-energy independence votes and high tax / high spending votes.   Click here for more info.)  Also see the candidates' responses to AARP's questions:  http://www.aarp.org/makeadifference/advocacy/voters-guide/voters_guide_channel.response.4552.322/

 BREAKING NEWS:  SEAN HANNITY & MICHELE MALKIN CONDEMN ACKERMAN FOR HOUSE ETHICS VIOLATIONS  ISSUES ("USING PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PRIVATE GAIN"):   See the clip at: http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/28342812/democrats-buried-in-ethics-problems.htm#q=gary+ackerman   (Jan. 14, 2009)

 CONGRESSMAN OFFERED TO BRING GITMO TERRORISTS IN NEW YORK - Liz's opponent, Congressman, Gary Ackerman, offered to bring the GITMO detainees and terrorists here to New York, the very same week that 4 terrorists recruited in jail attempted to bomb a Bronx synagogue and Jewish Center!!  (NY Post, May 2009.)  Note that most Congresspersons (including those who want to close GITMO) insist that the detainees/terrorists should NOT be placed in their backyard!  Now New York faces the trauma and enormous expense of the terrorist trials here.  We need a Congressperson who cares more about New York!

HAITI EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RELIEF:  If you would like to contribute to help this important humanitarian crisis, donations are being accepted through many charitable organizations, including: The American Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org); Doctors Without Borders (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org); Partners in Health (http://www.pih.org); Catholic Relief Services (http://crs.org/); and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (https://www.jdc.org/donation/donate.aspx).  You can donate $10 to the American Red Cross, by texting Haiti to 90999, and the donation will appear on your next phone bill.