Nydia Velázquez: “These families are already stretched thin due to the pandemic, illness, trauma, and low wages.”

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.

Republicans want to cut vital food and healthcare support programs to pay for a tax cut for billionaires and large corporations. The GOP wants working families to pay for their billionaire handouts.

Do you trust Elon Musk with your most personal financial information, tax records, your Social Security numbers?

I urge my colleagues not to engage in knee-jerk reactions that set back our real progress toward creating a more equitable criminal justice system.