Press Releases

Washington D.C. – Congress Members Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Eliot Engel (NY-16) have written to FBI Director Christopher Wray calling for an FBI investigation into the deaths of Orlando Moore and Portia Ravenelle, two Mount Vernon, New York residents who died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) led 24 of his colleagues in a letter requesting $10 million to equip Customs and Border Protection border patrol agents with body-worn cameras. The amount would pay for approximately 10,000 cameras; CBP currently employs roughly 20,000 border agents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has reintroduced the Stopping Threats on Pedestrians (STOP) Act, a bill that would provide funding to cities and localities for the installation of critical safety bollards to protect pedestrians in high traffic areas like New York's Times Square.

NEW YORK, NY – In a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) expressed his enthusiastic support for a measure that would allow New York State to issue driver's licenses to individuals irrespective of their immigration status and calls on New York to take this i

NEW YORK, NY – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement on the resignation of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen:

Washington, DC – Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) issued the following statement on his resolution to condemn racism in sports. Introduced this week, H.Res.283, Condemning Racism in Sports, acknowledges a historic presence of racism in sports and calls for unity, inclusion and diversity across all sports leagues and arenas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement following House passage of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a landmark bill that ushered in transformative progress to protect all Americans from violence and abuse, and continues to provide essential support to victims, survivors and communities to ensure they have the legal tools and resources necessary to seek justice and receive care.

Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Chuy García (IL-04) led more than 60 of their colleagues in an effort to prevent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from closing its international field offices. Last month, the agency announced it would close nearly two-dozen offices in 21 countries around the globe that assist with refugee and asylum cases, help Americans who are adopting children from abroad, and process applications to reunite families. The offices also work to combat immigration fraud.