Press Releases
NEW YORK, NY – This week, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will welcome Harlem Globetrotter and International Goodwill Ambassador Bobby "Zorro" Hunter to Washington, DC to offer congressional testimony before the U.S. Natural Resources Committee Federal Lands Subcommittee legislative hearing on Thursday, March 7th.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) will hold a press conference to introduce the Americas Act, landmark legislation to secure Western Hemisphere supply chains, “nearshore” jobs and industries from China to the Western Hemisphere, and stem the root causes of migration by lifting up workers and businesses in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
The Press Conference will be held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 9AM in room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), along with original cosponsors Representatives Glenn Ivey (MD-04), David Trone (MD-06), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-5), James P. McGovern (MA-02), and Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), along with nine other original cosponsors, introduced the Temporary Protected Status for Ecuador Act (H.R. 7371), which would grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to over 300,000 Ecuadorians in the U.S. who have fled the current mass outbreak of gang-related violence in Ecuador to seek safety for their families.
NEW YORK, NY – Join Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) on Wednesday, February 28th at 5:00 p.m. (EST) during a virtual Black History Month program recognizing African Americans in the arts, sports, and media.
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) proudly announces the exceptional student winners of the Congressional App Challenge, an esteemed annual competition spotlighting student engagement in STEM and proficiency in computer science.
Winners: Akm Hasan, Xavier Arroyo, and Saad Kashif, students of the CCNY STEM Institute, received first-place recognition with their innovative creation, "Study Genius," an app tailored to aid high school students in their academic pursuits.
WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) has been named a 2023 Champion for Children by the bipartisan advocacy organization First Focus Campaign for Children. Just 40 members of the U.S. House of Representatives receive this distinction each year.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) sent a congressional letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asking these agencies to release timely hate crime data and urging them to redouble their efforts to protect students and faculty from hate crimes following the recent spike in anti-religious hate crimes on U.S. college campuses. The letter was endorsed by the Anti-Defamation League and was signed by several other key Members of Congress.
NEW YORK, NY – Monday, February 12th at 2:00 p.m. (EST), Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will hold a press conference immediately following a roundtable discussion with key stakeholders to provide updates on phase two of the Second Avenue Subway expansion.