Espaillat achieves new rules to strengthen customer protection

New York. After sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, the first and only congressman of Dominican origin in U.S. territory, Adriano Espaillat (D-13), announced on Wednesday that the federal agency will adopt new rules to strengthen the protection of airline customers. "I congratulate Secretary Buttigieg and the Department of Transportation for this recent action to protect airline consumers, prioritizing people over companies' profits," the congressman said.