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QUEENS, NY – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and Nydia M. Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan) yesterday sent a letter to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) urging an inspection of the highway-rail crossings in Maspeth after crossing signals failed to activate at the intersection of 56th Street and Flushing Avenue.

Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) commented today on the Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget proposal:

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding government funding legislation to be considered in the U.S. House of Representatives today:

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced that multiple local early education centers within New York's 7^th Congressional district have received federal grants to bolster their Head Start programs.

Washington, DC –Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed a bill authored by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) that would honor the groundbreaking life of Mabel Lee by naming a Chinatown post office in Lee's memory. Velázquez's bill, H.R. 4463 would rename a Post Office at 6 Doyers Street in Manhattan's Chinatown, the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office."

Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M.

Introduces Private Bill Protecting NYC Community Advocate from Deportation

Call for Inclusion in Other U.S. Statistical Programs