Nydia Velázquez: “I encourage you to work with my staff and our Republican colleagues because working on behalf of small businesses is a…”

almost 1 million tenant-based and project-based Section 8 participants will lose their assistance

It is a disservice to our nation's small firms to oversimplify this issue, as a mere consequence of federal spending.

Dozens of homes and businesses across Queens and the surrounding boroughs suffered major damage, and many are still working to get back on their feet.

We must confront the challenges that cause timelines of project approvals to grow, particularly lack of agency staffing, however, undermining the agencies responsible for protecting our environment is not the solution.