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March 10, 2022

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 7th Congressional District will receive new funding.


March 9, 2022

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.


March 1, 2022

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.


March 1, 2022

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.


February 9, 2022

Washington D.C. – Rep. Nydia Velázquez and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced her push for $1 billion in critical supplemental nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico in the final FY22 appropriations package.


February 7, 2022

Washington D.C.— Today, Rep. Nydia Velázquez (NY-7) announced a new guide from the Biden Administration aimed at helping communities across New York navigate the investments under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


January 19, 2022

Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.-07) along with U.S.


January 19, 2022

Washington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) announced today that the federal government will award $163 million to help restore the Caño Martín Peña in Puerto Rico, the first time the federal government has allocated federal funding to begin restoration efforts following years of inaction by the Trump Administration.

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January 6, 2022

Washington, D.C.—Today, on the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has issued the following statement: