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On Tax Day, Unveils Proposal to Establish Tax Credit for Flood Insurance Purchase
Says Landlord’s Tossing of Tenant Belongings Could Violate Law
Washington, DC – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) today wrote to Manhattan District Attorney Vance asking that he investigate a recent incident occurring at 85 Bowery in which workers had discarded tenants’ belongings into a dumpster.
Washington, DC –Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding House Republicans’ so-called “Balanced Budget Act”:
Washington, DC –Today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign.
Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) commented today on “omnibus” spending legislation passed in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Washington, DC –The U.S. House of Representatives this week approved legislation authored by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) that would rename a Chinatown post office in memory of a local trailblazer, Mabel Lee. Velázquez’s bill, H.R. 4463 would designate a Post Office at 6 Doyers Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown, as the “Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office.”
Washington, D.C.— As the Trump Administration puts environmental funding on the chopping block, today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) led 73 bipartisan Members of Congress in urging the federal government to provide the necessary funding to continue the cleanup of federally designated Superfund sites.
