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April 5, 2024

NEW YORK, NY –  Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be implementing a rule to preserve thousands of immigrants’ work permits that were at risk of lapsing in light of ongoing processing backlogs within DHS’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCSIS) subagency.

Issues:Immigration
April 3, 2024

NEW YORK, NY –  The 2024 Congressional Art Competition is now accepting entries from high school students from New York's 13th congressional district for the opportunity to display their winning artwork in the United States Capitol and the district offices of Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) for up to one year.

Artwork must be emailed to Art.NY13@mail.house.gov by this year's deadline: Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Issues:Education
April 2, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Ritchie Torres (NY-15) commend the efforts of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in updating Statistical Policy Directive No.

April 1, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D. (NY-16), and Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), led a bicameral congressional letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) urging the agency to lengthen the current automatic extension period for immigrants’ work permits (employment authorization documents or “EADs”) from 180 days to at least 540 days.

March 28, 2024

NEW YORK, NY -- Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement on efforts to secure $6 million in federal grant funding through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to improve bus facilities along Jerome Avenue in New York’s 13th congressional district.

March 28, 2024

Click here to view and submit the 2025 Community Project Request Form for Rep. Adriano Espaillat

Deadline to Apply is Friday, April 5th  
 

 

March 25, 2024

NEW YORK, NY –  The 2024 Congressional Art Competition is now accepting entries from high school students from New York's 13th congressional district for the opportunity to display their winning artwork in the United States Capitol and the district offices of Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) for up to one year.

Artwork must be emailed to Art.NY13@mail.house.gov by this year's deadline: Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Issues:Education
March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Espaillat (NY-13) voted to finalize $16,242,279 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for New York’s 13th District in the 2024 spending bills. This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs throughout New York's 13th congressional district.
 

March 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), sent a letter to President Biden requesting a Presidential Proclamation designating the first week in April, annually, as National Adolescent Immunization Action Week (AIAW) in an effort to encourage immunization and to

Issues:Healthcare
March 18, 2024

NEW YORK, NY –Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), in collaboration with EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. GarciaNew York City Mayor Eric Adams, and others, announced a combined $77 million in competitive grants made possible through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to accelerate New York City’s transition to zero-emission vehicles and expand the number of electric school buses and trucks throughout the city.