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Washington D.C. – Today, Rep. Nydia Velazquez announced that New York will receive $257,806,980 in funding under the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to provide New Yorkers with more transportation options, ease congestion in local communities and reduce carbon pollution across the state.

Velázquez, Leaders of Democratic Women's Caucus and House Pro-Choice Caucus Denounce Anti-Choice Legislation in Puerto Rico Senate

Velázquez Introduces Legislation to Expand Section 1071 to Non-Bank Lenders

Washington, DC– Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has announced the Expand Education Deduction for Teachers Act, which is a bill that would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the Educator Expense Deduction to $2,000 and allow early childhood educators to take advantage of the tax benefit.

Washington D.C.—Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has announced that in the just-passed House bill H.R. 2471, twenty local community organizations in New York's 7^th Congressional District will receive new funding.

Washington, D.C.—Representatives Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and David N. Cicilline (D-RI) have sent a letter to key parties charged with interpreting the recently passed Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021 (PRRADA) to lay out the Congressional intent of the law.

Washington, D.C.—Tonight, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement in response to President Biden's State of the Union address.

Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced she will bring Raísa Lin Garden-Lucerna as her "virtual guest" to tonight's State of the Union address by President Biden. Garden-Lucerna is an environmental justice advocate and lead youth organizer at El Puente, a local nonprofit organization in Brooklyn, NY.