Press Releases
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement regarding news of Shola Olatoye's resignation as chairperson of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
"Thank you outgoing chairwoman Shola Olatoye for four years of service with NYCHA, a critical and valuable resource to New Yorkers that has served hundreds of thousands of residents in public housing throughout the City's five boroughs," said Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement in recognition of Equal Pay Day.
President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law on June 10, 1963, which established the principle of women in the workforce receiving equal pay for equal work. Equal Pay Day recognizes that there is still much work that remains in our efforts to ensure full gender equality in the workplace.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY13) released the following statement to mark the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement to recognize April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement regarding the increase to federal funding allocated for HUD, New York housing and NYCHA.
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.