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Candidate: US House of Representatives / District 07

Nydia Velazquez (D)

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Brooklyn

Medicaid cuts could force Brooklyn’s safety-net hospitals to close, leave thousands uninsured

By Kirstyn Brendlen
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Immigration

Velázquez, immigrant advocates seek ‘No Masks for ICE’ at Lower Manhattan rally

By Claude Solnik
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Brooklyn

‘Setting ourselves backwards’: EPA terminates $3M grant for El Puente, jeopardizing environmental justice project

By Kirstyn Brendlen
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Queens

Velázquez leads Congressional push for New York for All immigration protections amid raids

By Shane O’Brien
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Queens

New York Democrats demand meeting with RFK Jr. over Trump health funding cuts

By Shane O’Brien
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Queens

‘This is another attack on New York’ — Queens democrats rally against Trump’s effort to kill congestion pricing

By Shane O’Brien
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Queens

Queens Democrats call for Mayor Adams’ removal after federal corruption charges dismissed

By Shane O’Brien
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Queens

Reps Velázquez and Ocasio-Cortez demand FBI, CIA release documents on Puerto Rican leaders’ assassinations

By Shane O’Brien
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Velázquez blasts Trump, Musk, and ‘unfit agency heads’ in powerful speech at Sunnyside

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Queens

Queens officials slam Trump’s federal funding freeze, call it ‘illegal and reckless’

By Shane O’Brien
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Why several NYC House members voted against funding to help defend Israel or Ukraine

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Brooklyn

Pol looks to limit imports of dangerous lithium-ion batteries after wave of fires

By Isabel Song Beer
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Politics

BQE’s crumbling cantilever: Brooklyn pols cry foul over Adams’ re-envisioning plan

By Ben Brachfeld
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Brooklyn

‘Kill elected officials’: Pols raise alarm after Bushwick building tagged with threatening message

By Kirstyn Brendlen
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Brooklyn

Goldman and Gonzalez win contentious races in congressional and state Senate primaries, Brisport and Parker fend off challengers

By Kirstyn Brendlen
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Brooklyn

Brooklyn legislators vow to fight ‘runaway, radical, right wing’ Roe v. Wade ruling

By Meaghan McGoldrick
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Samy Nemir Olivares’ Assembly challenge to incumbent Erik Dilan

By Paul Schindler
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‘Stop the chop’: Manhattan elected officials push for helicopter noise reduction legislation

By Dean Moses
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‘It’s a blow to democracy:’ Brooklyn reacts to leaked Supreme Court opinion on abortion

By Kirstyn Brendlen
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Brooklyn electeds, community leaders ask state gov officials to reconsider redistricting maps

By Kirstyn Brendlen
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Schumer, Velazquez look to Hispanic Federation for Build Back Better support ahead of Congress vote

By Dean Moses
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Five of six Brooklyn congressional reps call for Cuomo’s resignation

By Ben Verde
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