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MEEKS ON H.R. 2 CHILD DEPORTATION ACT: U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) released the following statement on the passage of HR 2: “Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans authored and passed a bill that keeps Trump-era immigration policies in place and does nothing but punish those who are fleeing extreme violence and persecution. As
ELECTEDS SEEK FINANCIAL REFORM AFTER BANK COLLAPSES: On April 26, Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) urged the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to
CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL CANNABIS STORES: Governor Kathy Hochul proposed new legislation on March 22 to increase civil and tax penalties for the unlicensed and illicit sale of cannabis in New York. The legislation would also provide additional enforcement power to the Office of Cannabis Management and the Department of Taxation and Finance to enforce
ON ADAMS’ STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS: New York State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. was in attendance for Mayor Eric Adams’ State of the City Address last month and was impressed with the four pillars of his “Working People’s Agenda." Below are statements from Senator Addabbo on some of the topics that stood
MAJOR FLOODING: NYC Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams released the following statement on Dec. 27: “Yet again, Southeast Queens, the Rockaways and surrounding areas have undergone horrible yet entirely foreseeable mass flooding. Sixteen months after Hurricane Ida struck our shores and killed thirteen fellow New Yorkers, our government has not made the changes, improvements, and