In anticipation of the upcoming visit to Washington by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at his press conference about the positive impact President Herzog has had on Israeli society and the U.S.-Israel relationship:
On July 13, 2023, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement in response to the New York State Appellate Court’s decision in Hoffmann v. New York State Independent Redistricting Commission.
On July 12, 2023, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke joined her colleagues and community health advocates to introduce the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research And Education Act of 2023, which would revolutionize uterine fibroid care in the nation and acknowledge fibroids as the serious health crisis it is.
On July 7, 2023, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Conference and her role in Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ bipartisan Congressional delegation to Trinidad and Tobago:
Supposed ‘Whistleblower’ in Chairman Comer’s Political Probe Targeting President Biden Indicted on Multiple Felony Counts Including Operating as Unregistered Foreign Agent Advancing the Interests of the People’s Republic of China, Arms Trafficking, and Lying to Federal Agents
On the last day of Gun Violence Awareness Month, U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), along with Senator Cory Booker (NJ), joined Reps. Barbara Lee (CA-12), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Cori Bush (MO-01), and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) on a letter with over 50 of their colleagues urging HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to publish a report to uplift the urgency of addressing gun violence as a threat to our nation’s public health.
On July 13, 2023, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) released the following statement on the New York State Appellate Court’s decision in Hoffmann v. New York State Independent Redistricting Commission.
On June 30, 2023, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement regarding the latest Supreme Court rulings decided this week.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on June 30, 2023. released the following statement after the New York City Council voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2024 budget
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), and the Sanitation Foundation (DSNY’s official nonprofit) announced a major new philanthropic undertaking focused on cleaning high-traffic commercial corridors across the city in a video released .
New York City Mayor Eric Adams released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023 issued decisions in the cases 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis and Department of Education et al v. Brown et al.
WHEREAS, the public safety was imperiled by a flash flood emergency caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida that flooded roads, impacted mass transit, stranded motorists, and caused widespread damage to residential and commercial buildings throughout the City, causing unsafe conditions in those buildings and imperiling health and safety
On June 29, 2023, Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced a bicameral resolution calling for a sustainable, economically viable, and fair debt restructuring plan for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA).