A group of Queens elected officials gathered at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens in Jamaica on Tuesday, March 18, to rally against a Republican-led budget resolution that they say could jeopardize Medicaid benefits for hundreds of thousands of local residents.
The Medicaid Day of Action press conference, part of a coordinated series of events held nationwide, was led by U.S. Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-5th District) and Grace Meng (D-6th District). The lawmakers condemned the proposed federal budget, which instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to slash federal spending by $880 billion over the next decade.
