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May 12, 2021

WASHINGTON – Earlier this week, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) joined Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07),Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) to reintroduce the Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act to hold law enforcement officers criminally liable for failing to obtain medical assistance to people in custody experiencing medical distress.

May 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Representative Steve Stivers (OH-15) introduced the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act (SEERA), which will curb the flow of electronic waste (e-waste) to China, where the materials are either discarded in ways that are environmentally destructive or processed through “urban mining” facilities where they are counterfeit or insufficiently refurbished and resold in

May 11, 2021

NEW YORK, NYRepresentative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will hold a virtual session on the Restaurant Revitalization Fund in collaboration with the Small Business Administration of New York (SBA-NY) on Tuesday, May 11 at 12:00 p.m. EST.

May 10, 2021

NEW YORK, NY – Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) highlighted new tools from the White House to help constituents of New York’s 13th congressional district get vaccinated.

Issues:Healthcare
May 10, 2021

NEW YORK, NYRepresentative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will hold a virtual session on the Restaurant Revitalization Fund in collaboration with the Small Business Administration of New York (SBA-NY) on Tuesday, May 11 at 12:00 p.m. EST.

May 4, 2021

NEW YORK, NYU.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) hasannounced that restaurants in New York's 13th congressional district can apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which started this week. Applicants can register on the U.S. Small Business Administration application portal here.

May 3, 2021

NEW YORK, NY -- Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement in support of letter he lead with several of his congressional colleagues urging the Biden-Harris administration to share excess stock of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines with the world once it clears federal safety reviews, and to specifically prioritize distribution of the vaccine to Caribbean and Central American countries.

Key Excerpt from the letter:

Issues:Healthcare
May 3, 2021

NEW YORK, NY – Today, U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced that restaurants in New York's 13th congressional district can apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund beginning Monday, May 3rd. Applicants can register on the U.S. Small Business Administration application portal here.

April 29, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced that he has taken full advantage of the House Appropriations Committee’s earlier announcement that they would accept requests for funding community projects, a revised version of the process formerly known as “earmarking” that allows individual members of Congress to direct funding to critical initiatives in their districts.

April 29, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC -- Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement in support of President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress.

WatchRep. Espaillat's pre-joint address remarks.