Nydia Velázquez: “We are losing 10,000 to 15,000 units a year to obsolescence or delay.”

We have to break down the barriers that keep women, minority, and rural entrepreneurs from reaching their full potential.

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

I am really pleased to support this legislation to enhance the Office of Rural Affairs. And I commend Mr. Goldman for his commitment and dedication to making this office operate more effectively for rural small businesses.

If their operations are legitimate and above-board, why is there a need for anonymity, and why don't they need warrants to come onto private property?