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NEW YORK – Today Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez, joined with Mayor Bloomberg and other elected officials, in calling on the state legislature to reopen the Gansevoort Pier Marine Transfer Station in an effort to manage the distribution of New York City’s residential and recyclable waste, which has fallen disproportionately in Brooklyn. She sent the following letter to Assemblyman Sheldon Silver last week expressing her support for the reopening of this transfer station:
June 28, 2007
Small Business Committee Bill Included to Support Innovations In the Energy Sector
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Velázquez (D-NY) announced the following earmark requests for FY 2008:
Added Value and Friends of Gateway: $100,000 for the Added Value and Friends of Gateway for an Urban Agricultural Project to provide healthier and greener communities. The funding for this project will help Added Value and Friends of Gateway to expand programs that started as a result of a partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension by exporting plants and trees throughout the district from the Gateway nursery.
NEW YORK – Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) joined area first and third graders, and their teachers at P.S. 94, the Long Fellow School in Brooklyn, as she introduced The Language Education for Success Act of 2007, a bill aimed at helping English Language Learners (ELL) and students throughout New York City.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement today following a Thursday meeting with Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator, Elizabeth Duke:
WASHINGTON – Following her request last week to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for an investigation into the state of treatment for HIV/AIDS patients in Puerto Rico, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) today introduced H.R. 2736, the HIV Emergency Local Partnership Act of 2007. The legislation provides comprehensive services to minority residents in New York City, Puerto Rico, and across the nation, who disproportionately suffer from this epidemic.
WASHINGTON – Today, in light of the recent accounts regarding the HIV/AIDS crisis in Puerto Rico, Congresswomen Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) and Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), submitted the following letter to Comptroller General David M. Walker, calling for a thorough investigation and report of the state of affairs of treatment for HIV/AIDS patients in the Commonwealth. Below is the letter:
Dear Ms. Walker:
WASHINGTON – Late yesterday, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) introduced HR 2468, the Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness Act of 2007, to educate women in New York City, and across the nation, on the risks of these deadly diseases and the life-saving screening methods available to them.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Chair of the House Small Business Committee, hosted the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce for their annual trip to Washington, DC to discuss the current legislative agenda, and how it impacts small businesses throughout Brooklyn.
WASHINGTON – In recognition of Earth Day, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.) today reintroduced the Community Environmental Equity Act, to protect working families in New York City, and across the nation, from being exposed to a disproportionately high concentration of pollution-producers that result in high asthma rates and other illnesses, in their neighborhoods.