Press Releases
Bill Would Authorize Federal Funding for Public Transit Authorities
Panel's Jurisdiction Includes Puerto Rico
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has been tapped to join the House Natural Resources Committee. That panel's jurisdiction is wide ranging, touching on issues like: mineral resources, wildlife conservation, federal lands, grazing rights and hydropower development. The Committee also has jurisdiction over offshore territories and Freely Associated States of the United States, including Puerto Rico.
On Tax Day, Unveils Proposal to Establish Tax Credit for Flood Insurance Purchase
Says Landlord's Tossing of Tenant Belongings Could Violate Law
Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) today wrote to Manhattan District Attorney Vance asking that he investigate a recent incident occurring at 85 Bowery in which workers had discarded tenants' belongings into a dumpster.
The full text of Velázquez's letter is below. A .pdf is online here.
April 13, 2018
The Honorable Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.
Washington, DC –Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding House Republicans' so-called "Balanced Budget Act":
Washington, DC –Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign.
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) commented today on "omnibus" spending legislation passed in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Washington, DC –The U.S. House of Representatives this week approved legislation authored by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) that would rename a Chinatown post office in memory of a local trailblazer, Mabel Lee. Velázquez's bill, H.R. 4463 would designate a Post Office at 6 Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office."