Nydia Velázquez: “There are real consequences when we fail in our duty to protect LGBTQ people.”

America's 33 million small businesses are the cornerstones of our local economies.

Short-sighted attacks on the Council, by some of my colleagues across the aisle will only compromise our ability to appropriately protect the air and water quality and public health that our communities rely on.

Of particular concern to me are the barriers that women, minority, and rural entrepreneurs face each and every day.

the public housing operating fund will face a 78-percent cut