Press Releases
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Tuesday, August 13 at 11:30 a.m., Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will hold an open house to celebrate the grand opening of his new Bronx district office located at 3107 Kingsbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10463.
"I am delighted to announce the opening of my new district office location in the Bronx and thank New York State Assemblyman Dinowitz for sharing this space to better serve and address the needs of our community and shared constituencies," said Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13).
NEW YORK, NY – Today at 6:00 p.m. EDT, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined by community leaders, will hold a community vigil at Bennett Park (Fort Washington Avenue at West 184th Street) to remember and honor the victims of the horrific mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio that took place this past weekend.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) joined by Representatives Dan Kildee (MI-05), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Steven Horsford (NV-04).
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) reiterated his call to impeach President Donald Trump. In light of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress, Rep. Espaillat released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), joined by seven of his colleagues, introduced comprehensive legislation repealing the death penalty for a range of criminal offenses under United States Federal Criminal Code, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic will implement recommendations offered by Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) to improve safety models for the protection of tourists in the Dominican Republic. Espaillat published these recommendations after his visit to the country earlier this month, during which he met with leaders of the tourism industry and officials of the Embassy of the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) voted to increase the paychecks of American workers by passing H.R. 582, the Raise The Wage Act, to gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 and restore the value of work in our economy by lifting struggling workers and their families out of poverty.
NEW YORK, NY – Today at 6:00 p.m. EDT at the House of Justice located at 106 West 145th Street, New York, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will host a ‘Speak Out' event to build public awareness and call for the immediate release of Americans Rakim Mayers a.k.a. A$AP Rocky, and his two team members, David Rispers Jr. and Bladimir Corniel, who have been unjustly imprisoned in Sweden for nearly three weeks. Rep. Espaillat will be joined by family members of the three Americans as well as civil rights leaders, artists and community activists.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional New Americans Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's tweets asking "Progressive Democrat Congresswomen" to go back where they came from:
WASHINGTON — This morning, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will hold a press conference on President Trump's attacks on immigrants and Latino families.