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“Coffee with the Congressman”—Cong. Adriano Espaillat in collaboration with Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Epsilon Sigma Chapter held an event speaking to issues of the upper Manhattan community (Harlem). The Hon. Inez Dickens and the Hon. Eddy Gibbs listened to comments about a range of community issues. The event was held at Common Good Harlem owned by Domingo Mejia on Frederick Douglass Blvd. Here Chapter President Anthony Sanford and Steve Miller Chapter VP stand with the congressman.
(Washington) - Tres congresistas estadounidenses reintrodujeron este viernes un proyecto de ley para garantizar que los puertorriqueños tienen voz y un lugar en las decisiones que se toman sobre sus esfuerzos de recuperación tras otro desastre natural.
La llamada Ley de Recuperación Impulsada por la Comunidad para Puerto Rico fue presentada por primera vez en diciembre de 2020, pero en aquella ocasión no llegó a ser tramitada ni sometida a votación.
With Hurricane Ian making landfall in Florida on Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass., and Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., pressed the Biden administration for details about a much-delayed housing program that they said was intended to be up-and-running by this hurricane season to help low-income people displaced by disasters, a letter obtained exclusively by ABC News shows.
NEW YORK — Chris Cabrera and his crew at Salcedo Cargo Express in the Bronx are packing donations, which are soon heading to the Dominican Republic. Canned food, clothing and medicine are among the most needed items in the waterfront towns that were pummeled by Hurricane Fiona last week.
“All of these are going in the airplane tomorrow,” said Cabrera.
NEW YORK CITY -- In this episode of Up Close, we're examining the border crisis and the political fallout of Republican governors busing migrants to Democrat-led cities.
Immigrants and asylum seekers crossing the boarder into the U.S. is once again a front and center issue after Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis decided to send the migrants to so called sanctuary cities and states across the country.
Some were even sent to Martha's Vineyard, and others were shipped to Vice President Kamala Harris' house.