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Washington, DC –Six Members of the New York City delegation today wrote to Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Mayor Bill De Blasio (D-NY) asking the State and City refuse to pay for enhanced security at Trump Tower once President-Elect Trump is inaugurated.
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-07) released the following statement regarding news that President-Elect Trump has selected Dr. Ben Carson to serve as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) wrote to President Obama asking that he grant clemency to of Oscar López Rivera. The full text of the letter is below.
December 2, 2016
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama:
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens) introduced the National Hate Crimes Hotline Act of 2016 last Wednesday in response to an increase in hate crimes throughout the country.
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-07) released the following statement regarding reports that Anti-Semitic symbols including swastikas and “KKK” had been scrawled in the stairwells of Independence Towers, public housing located in Williamsburg’s Orthodox Jewish neighborhood:
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement after Brooklyn’s Community Board 7 (CB 7) voted unanimously to endorse her legislation, the “Landlord Accountability Act”:
Measure Announced Following Spike in Acts Nationally, 31% Rise in NYC
PLAN WOULD HAVE RAISED RENT COSTS FOR THOUSANDS; NOW, METRO AREAS LIKE NYC CAN BREATHE SIGH OF RELIEF WITH ‘SAFMR’ AXED FOR CITY; NO ONE WILL BE FORCED TO MOVE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THEY LOVE
Earlier This Year, Velázquez & Schumer Urged HUD to Revise ‘Small Area Fair Market Rent Rule’ & Work With Affordable Housing Community in NYC
Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding news that President-Elect Trump has selected Stephen Bannon to serve as Chief Strategist at the White House:
Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding news that New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a lawsuit against a Manhattan property manager for harassing rent-regulated tenants in Chinatown and the Lower East Side: