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January 11, 2018

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement in remembrance of Maria Thomson, a longtime community leader in Woodhaven, Queens.


January 11, 2018

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding news that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Ravi Ragbir:


January 10, 2018

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding ongoing negotiations in the Senate related to the disaster supplemental bill and funding for Puerto Rico's Medicaid shortfall:


January 10, 2018

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement after a federal judge temporarily halted President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.


January 9, 2018
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January 8, 2018

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding news that the Department of Homeland Security will terminate Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador:


December 21, 2017

Calls for Congressional Hearing into Alleged Malpractice of UBS in Puerto Rico


December 21, 2017

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. José E. Serrano (D-NY) released the following statement announcing that they would vote no on the latest round of additional funding for hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida and Texas:


December 20, 2017
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement after photos surfaced of a politically motivated sticker in a security booth at the Lower East Side's Park Row.
"This sticker is inappropriate, and it should not have been placed in the booth.

December 19, 2017

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement after reports of heating and hot water outages at the Lower East Side Housing Development, LaGuardia Houses.