Press Releases
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement on federal funding allocated to 15 health care centers in New York's 13th congressional district totaling more than $21 million dollars to provide care and assistance during the ongoing efforts to address the coronavirus.
NEW YORK, NY - Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), along with 49 of their colleagues led a letter to House and Senate leadership today urging them to include $100 billion for emergency rental assistance in the next emergency stimulus package to help people stay in their homes. A comparable provision was included in the COVID-19 stimulus bill drafted by the House, but it did not make it into the final CARES Act.
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) led members of the New York City Congressional Delegation to issue the following statement regarding the field hospital in Central Park operated by Samaritan's Purse.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) applauded passage of historic Families and Workers-First legislation, which will now go to the President's desk for his signature.
Watch video of Rep. Espaillat's remarks on the U.S. House floor in support of the CARES Act.
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement on his efforts calling for federal support to immigrant communities as part of the economic recovery stimulus package due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, calls for federal support of public transit agencies around the nation to be included in the COVID-19 economic recovery package.
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement calling for all American citizens and legal permanent residents to return home from abroad as the global coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, March 16, 2020, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) announced changes to office operations in both his Washington, D.C. office and New York district offices.
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) led members of the New York City congressional delegation to send a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E.
NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will hold a press conference tomorrow, Monday, March 16th starting at 8:00 a.m. at Washington Heights Academy located at 202 Sherman Avenue, New York, NY 10034 to reiterate his calls to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza to close schools immediately to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19.