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Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Representative Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7) today condemned President Trump for his decision to seize $400 million in military construction funding from Puerto Rico to build a wall at the Southern Border.
Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding media reports that Federal Emergency Management Agency staff and the President of Cobra Energy have been arrested in relation to Hurricane Maria recovery funds:
Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement opposing the Trump Administration’s plan to take more than $402 million of Department of Defense money from Puerto Rico to help fund the building of a border wall with Mexico:
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced that local health centers within New York’s 7th Congressional District have received federal grants to continue their Health Center Cluster and Ryan White Title III HIV Capacity Development and Planning projects.
Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding news that Alan Fleishman had passed:
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s tweets this morning on Puerto Rico:
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding news that the Trump Administration will siphon resources from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to fund its family incarceration policy:
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding news that Joseph P. Gallagher had passed:
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and other elected officials met with NYCHA to improve communication regarding work being done in the LES Baruch Houses.
To read the letter from Baruch's property manager, click here.
