Nydia Velázquez: “Yet it deprives them of an offer of statehood, which they have never had, they just asked for, and only Congress can…”

Today’s groundbreaking is the culmination of years of organizing by residents and community leaders for solutions to North Brooklyn's housing crisis.

I don’t trust Elon Musk with this information, and I know the American people don’t, either.

We need to bring a national standard to ICE agents, and we need to bring transparency and accountability.

We would never accept it if the NYPD operated in masks without names or badges—and we shouldn't accept it from ICE either.