Press Releases

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) sent a letter to Rep. Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, to urge that he reject the inclusion of the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Census Bureau's decision to add a question regarding citizenship to the 2020 Census.

"I am deeply concerned following the decision by the Trump Administration and U.S. Census Bureau to add a new citizenship question to the 2020 Census. By doing so, at the request of the Department of Justice and without proper review, this undermines the accuracy and reliability of the 2020 Census.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – On the eighth anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement to urge Republicans to stop their sabotage of healthcare and encouraged their support in working together to protect and improve Americans' health care in communities around the nation, including by taking action on the Democrats' A Better Deal to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs proposal.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) today released the following statement on his successful push for funding increases to New York City housing and NIH in the FY2018 Omnibus.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Sunday, March 18th starting at 12:00 p.m. at the 204th street and 10th Avenue, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will tour the designated rezoning area and affected affordable housing locations in Washington Heights and Inwood. As part of his continued calls to New York City Mayor de Blasio to ensure 100% affordable housing during the rezoning effort, Rep. Espaillat has urged the City of New York to invest in the community with creating 5,000 new affordable housing units.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement upon hearing news of the passing of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, dean of the New York congressional delegation:

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announces details of this year's Congressional Art Competition, a national contest for high school student to showcase their artistic talents with an opportunity to display the winning art in the U.S. Capitol for up to one year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement that the United States will impose tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports:

"President Trump's off-the-cuff decision to apply tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports is unprecedented," said Rep. Espaillat. "To justify these ‘Trump Tariffs,' the President cited national security concerns and provisions that have not been invoked since 1983.