{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where party = \"Republican\", state = \"NY\" and year = 2022 sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-votes-against-democrats-massive-end-year-wish-list-bill", "Garbarino Votes Against Democrats' Massive End of Year Wish List Bill", "2022-12-23", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) voted NO on the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2617, Democrats' $1.7 Trillion end of year Omnibus package. Following the vote, Rep. Garbarino released the below statement:\n\n\u201cOnce again Democrats dropped a 4,000 page bill in the middle of the night which allocates more than a trillion dollars to a litany of partisan policies that the American people don\u2019t support while ignoring critical issues facing our nation. The Omnibus not only fails to address the border crisis at a time when border patrol is being completely overrun by an avalanche of migrants, but instead includes billions for policies that will further encourage illegal immigration and cuts funding for ICE detention facilities needed to process the incoming migrants. This bill not only fails to address our economic crisis at a time when a majority of Americans report living paycheck to paycheck in Joe Biden\u2019s economy, but in fact is sure to increase already record inflation and worsen conditions for families struggling to make ends meet. This bill not only fails to promote American energy production at a time when our reliance of foreign fuel has created serious national security and economic concerns, but actually takes over $2 billion meant to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with crude oil and allocates it to unrelated Democrat priorities.\n\n\u201cMost egregious to me personally was the exclusion of legislation to fully close the funding gap in the World Trade Center Health Program which, if not corrected will soon lead to 9/11 first responders and survivors losing access to health care for 9/11 related illnesses. This is an issue I have worked diligently on over the last two years with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and I am especially grateful to Senator Gillibrand for her efforts to ensure some funds for the program were included in this bill. However, the amount of money allocated is a band aid that will only temporarily delay the inevitable program cuts and prolong the painful uncertainty our 9/11 heroes are experiencing. I cannot support half measures when the stakes are this high. I look forward to leading the fight in the House next Congress to secure the full amount needed to safeguard this program and give 9/11 first responders and survivors the peace of mind they deserve.\n\n\u201cAll of this considered, I simply could not, in good conscious, vote for this Democrat wish list bill when Republicans are just days away from taking control of the House and would, if given the chance in the new Congress, be able to negotiate a full year funding bill more in line with the wishes of the American people.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-leads-bipartisan-group-calling-potus-designate-kenya-combat-zone", "Malliotakis Leads Bipartisan Group in Calling on POTUS to Designate Kenya A Combat Zone, Lift Taxes on New York National Guardsmen", "2022-12-19", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY-21) and Congresswoman Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06) led a bipartisan letter to President Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin calling on the Administration to formally designate Kenya a combat zone to allow a group of New York National Guardsmen stationed in the region as part of Task Force Wolfhound to receive Combat Zone Tax Exclusions (CZTE).\n\nTask Force Wolfhound is operating in the countries of Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya. While both Djibouti and Somalia carry the Department of Defense designation as a combat zone which qualifies military personnel assigned to these countries to CZTE, Kenya does not have this designation. This means Soldiers facing the same regional threats as their peers are not eligible to receive the federal, state, or local income tax-exempt status as other members of the task force.\n\n\"For Djibouti and Somalia to be designated as combat zones, while Kenya, a nation plagued by terror attacks on behalf of the Al-Shabaab militant group is not, is placing New York\u2019s National Guard Soldiers in harm\u2019s way and allowing them to be taxed on the income that they receive while defending American freedom and values,\" the members wrote. \"The U.S. Department of State fully prohibits U.S. government employees from traveling to sections of Kenya due to the level of concern for terrorist attacks. If the United States can prohibit our government employees from traveling to these regions due to the dangers associated with the area, how is this same area not recognized as a combat zone for our military personnel?\"\n\nA prime example of the terrorist threat in the region is the January 5th, 2020, attack at the Cooperative Security Location in Manda Bay, Kenya. According to the Department of Defense, Al-Shabaab militants conducted an attack in which \u201ckilled one U.S. Army Soldier, Specialist Henry J. Mayfield, and two U.S. contract personnel, Bruce Triplett and Dustin Harrison. The attack also wounded three additional U.S. personnel, one Kenyan soldier, and destroyed $71.5 million of U.S. government resources.\u201d\n\nThe members concluded: \"After having given so much to the United States, American service members should not have to pay the United States government for being placed in harm\u2019s way. We urge your Administration to formally designate Kenya a combat zone to ensure our service members are eligible for the CZTE and the benefits they deserve.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-votes-yes-ndaa-strengthen-us-national-security", "Garbarino Votes YES on NDAA To Strengthen U.S. National Security", "2022-12-08", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) voted in favor of the House of Representatives\u2019 annual defense authorization bill which would authorize $857 billion for national defense. The Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a 4.6% pay increase for servicemembers, strengthens the national security posture of the United States, and puts an end to the Biden administration\u2019s COVID-19 vaccinate mandate for military personnel. The FY23 NDAA also includes the text of two pieces of legislation introduced by Rep. Garbarino.\n\nThe Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act: Sponsored by Rep. Garbarino, this bill would allow CISA to award grants or other financial assistance for cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs at the elementary and secondary education levels in order to close the cybersecurity workforce gap.\n\nThe Securing America\u2019s Borders Against Fentanyl Act: Co-led by Rep. Garbarino, this bill would require DHS to focus on developing new technological solutions to target and detect illicit fentanyl at U.S. borders and ports of entry in order to address the national fentanyl crisis.\n\n\u201cIt has never been more imperative that we strengthen our national defense and ensure that our military is strong and prepared in the face of rising threats,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino. I was proud to vote in favor of this critical bill and am pleased to have had several of my priorities incorporated in the final text, including those to improve our cyber preparedness and take on drug trafficking at the border.\u201d\n\nAdditional Key Provisions in the NDAA:\n\nAuthorizes a 4.6% pay increase for servicemembers\n\nRepeals DOD\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on servicemembers\n\nEstablishes the DOD Cyber and Digital Service Academy as a scholarship-for-service program partnered with U.S. universities and colleges\n\nRejects Biden\u2019s misguided plan to shrink the size of the Navy and slash critical weapons systems needed to deter China and Russia\n\nRestricts the purchase of goods and military equipment from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by the U.S. military", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-gillibrand-push-hochul-include-staten-island-hov-lane-extension", "Malliotakis, Gillibrand Push Hochul to Include Staten Island HOV Lane Extension in State Infrastructure Plan", "2022-12-07", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushed New York Governor Kathy Hochul to include the Staten Island Expressway HOV lane extension in the upcoming five-year State Transportation Infrastructure Plan (STIP).\n\n\"For years, the completion of the HOV lane has been a long-awaited project and has shared overwhelming bipartisan support by federal and local officials, the residents of Staten Island, and the thousands of motorists who frequent the Expressway each day,\" the lawmakers wrote. \"The extension would bring much-needed relief by alleviating congestion brought on by an abrupt end to the unfinished HOV lane.\"\n\nThe project initially broke ground during the Obama Administration through its shovel-ready jobs initiative, however, in 2015, a lack of funding halted construction of the HOV lane two miles short of its intended finish line creating a bottleneck of traffic and higher air pollution in underserved communities. The lawmakers are urging Hochul to make the completion of this project a top priority and utilize federal funds from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to cover some of the cost. The IIJA is currently providing federal funding for several projects in Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn, including the rehabilitation of overpasses on the Staten Island and Gowanus Expressways.\n\nThe lawmakers added: \"Recent estimates by NYSDOT have placed the cost to complete the HOV lane in both directions from $500 million to $800 million. We strongly believe that this estimate is high, and the project could be completed for much less...With new federal revenue sources through BIF and encouraging discussions with the New York State Department of Transportation under your Administration, we believe that there is a path forward to completing the extension to the Goethals Bridge. We respectfully ask that the long overdue completion of this project, which is so vital to the quality of life of Staten Islanders, be strongly considered in the upcoming STIP.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-tannousis-blast-mta-plan-raise-tolls-fares-when-will-it-end", "Malliotakis, Tannousis Blast MTA Plan to Raise Tolls & Fares: \"When Will it End?\"", "2022-12-05", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(BROOKLYN, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), and Assemblyman Michael Tannousis slammed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) plan to raise fares and tolls by 5.5% after New York Governor Kathy Hochul said all fare hikes and service cuts in 2023 and 2024 were \"off the table.\"\n\nOn November 15, 2021, Hochul proclaimed MTA fare hikes and service cuts in 2023 and 2024 were \"off the table\" due to the anticipated influx of money from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). On January 12, 2022, New York Senator Chuck Schumer also announced a $6.19 billion lump sum grant to help the MTA recover from pandemic ridership losses - he too said the money would \"stave off any fare hike for the next few years.\" Despite receiving over $15 billion in pandemic-relief aid from the federal government and additional funds that are available through the IIJA, the MTA is still reporting a $600 million budget shortfall next year, with a deficit of $1.2 billion in 2024 and $1.6 billion in 2026.\n\nInstead of increasing tolls and fares on commuters, Malliotakis and Tannousis are calling on the state to reign in the MTA by stopping its wasteful spending and also look to the state budget which is riddled with wasteful spending and unnecessary line items, including $600 million for the Buffalo Bills football stadium and millions in healthcare, stimulus and tuition assistance incentives for illegal immigrants. Malliotakis is also calling on the federal government to audit every penny of federal funding that has been provided to the MTA thus far.\n\n\"It's unconscionable that just weeks after the election we have our Governor saying there is a need for toll and fare hikes as if the MTA has not gotten enough money from the federal government,\" Malliotakis said. \"The MTA is a black hole - they're constantly asking for more and more money. My question to the Governor and the MTA is: At what point is it enough? At what point will the MTA be able to run its services without hitting our constituents over the head time and time again? If the Governor thinks the MTA needs more money, I urge her to look at the mismanagement of the MTA and its capital projects, our state's bloated spending, and the fare and toll evasion that's going on. I've introduced legislation on the federal level to audit every penny the MTA has received because it's unconscionable that they've received all this money and still need more. When does it end? We know the more money we pour into this system, the more it's misspent with mismanaged projects and utter incompetence and bureaucracy.\"\n\nA 2019 report by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli detailed the egregious mismanagement inside the MTA that has led to project delays and millions in wasted spending. Recently, the MTA removed 300 R179 cars from service after a $600 million contract with Bombardier Transit Corporation produced a sub-par fleet of trains three years behind schedule. The contract cost the city $35 million in repairs and contributed to subway delays that add up to roughly $300 million a year. Additionally, the MTA has yet to complete the East Side Access Project which is more than a decade behind schedule and four times over its original budget.\n\n\"The priorities of our state are not where they should be - the priorities are not the New York State taxpayer,\" Tannousis said. \"To quote the movie, when it comes to New York State, 'the working man is a sucker.' If you look at all the bills they've passed and everything in the budget - $2.1 billion for undocumented workers, millions of dollars for healthcare for undocumented workers - what have they passed for the taxpayer? If the MTA took only a fraction of the money New York wasted in the budget, we wouldn't be in this situation. The taxpayer should be their number one priority.\"\n\nWATCH MALLIOTAKIS & TANNOUSIS' PRESS CONFERENCE HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-joins-bipartisan-members-sound-alarm-potential-northeast-energy", "Garbarino Joins Bipartisan Members To Sound Alarm on Potential Northeast Energy Blackouts Due To Diesel Shortages", "2022-12-01", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) joins a group of bipartisan Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Biden warning of potential heating issues in the Northeast this winter due to a shortage in heating oil supplies. The letter, led by Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) and signed by Rep. Garbarino, along with Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME-02) and Chris Pappas (D-NH-01), called on President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy to work with Congress to proactively address natural gas and diesel supply shortages in the Northeast, rising energy costs and develop a plan to prevent rolling blackouts should the region experience frigid temperatures this winter.\n\n\"Widespread reporting indicates that the Northeast may not have sufficient fuel supply in the event of severe cold weather this winter, and if last week\u2019s frigid temperatures and major snowstorms are any indication, it will be a long, cold winter resulting in rolling blackouts across the region, leaving millions of families in the dark and cold,\" the Members wrote. \"It is imperative that your Administration is working proactively with Congress to ensure that winter electricity reliability in the most densely populated area of the United States is available to meet the power demand necessary to avoid devastating consequences for the people and businesses across the region.\"\n\nCurrently, heating oil delivery prices to New York are at an all-time high while stockpiles of diesel in the region are at their lowest levels since 1951. Every one in five homes in the Northeast is heated by diesel, and on average, families who use natural gas and diesel oil will see more than a 20 percent increase in costs compared to last year. Additionally, the lack of pipeline infrastructure in the Northeast region, limited shipments of foreign sourced LNG resulting from the war in Ukraine, the closure of coal, oil, and natural gas refineries, and the looming rail strike could lead to dire circumstances in the event of extreme weather.\n\nThe Members continued,\"We are requesting that your Administration, led by the Secretary of Energy, present Congress with a comprehensive plan so we may ensure our constituents that concrete solutions are in place, and they will not be left in the dark this winter...To be effective, these actions will require complex planning and far-reaching communication efforts involving all relevant federal agencies and state and local parties should they be put into place...At a minimum, we ask that you and the Secretary of Energy ensure any Northeast fuel reserves released remain in the region and not be shipped overseas to the highest bidder. We understand the importance of assisting our allies in Europe; however, we must prioritize the well-being of our constituents given the realities we face at home.\"\n\nView the full letter here and below.\n\nDear President Biden:\n\nThe undersigned Members of Congress write to express our deep concerns regarding shortages of natural gas and diesel supply in the Northeast region as we head into the winter months. Widespread reporting indicates that the Northeast may not have sufficient fuel supply in the event of severe cold weather this winter, and if last week\u2019s frigid temperatures and major snowstorms are any indication, it will be a long, cold winter resulting in rolling blackouts across the region, leaving millions of families in the dark and cold. It is imperative that your Administration is working proactively with Congress to ensure that winter electricity reliability in the most densely populated area of the United States is available to meet the power demand necessary to avoid devastating consequences for the people and businesses across the region.\n\nAs of this month, heating oil delivery prices to New York are at an all-time high, and stockpiles of diesel in the region are at their lowest levels since 1951. Refineries in the Northeast are operating at capacity and inventory is half of what it was last year. Calls to release inventory from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve began as early as August, as 1 in 5 homes in the region are heated by diesel. On average, families who use natural gas to heat their homes will pay $1,094 this winter, up 20 percent from last year. Families who heat their homes with diesel oil will pay even more, a 27 percent increase over last year.\n\nLack of pipeline infrastructure and deliveries to the Northeast region, limited shipments of foreign sourced LNG resulting from the war in Ukraine, and the closure of coal, oil, and natural gas refineries, leave little reprieve for families already struggling with record high inflation and could lead to dire circumstances in the event of extreme weather.\n\nTo make matters worse, the European Union (EU) will ban Russian crude imports beginning December 5 and all Russian oil products beginning February 5, a move that will reduce supply and increase competition in an already strained market. Complicating matters further, a potential rail strike that could begin as early as December 9 coupled with record low water levels in the Mississippi River, could cripple the distribution of diesel fuel throughout the country and further exacerbate an already critically low diesel supply in the Northeast.\n\nWe are requesting that your Administration, led by the Secretary of Energy, present Congress with a comprehensive plan so we may ensure our constituents that concrete solutions are in place, and they will not be left in the dark this winter. We ask that your Administration utilize all the tools at your disposal to prevent the increasingly likely loss of power to the Northeast this winter. To be effective, these actions will require complex planning and far-reaching communication efforts involving all relevant federal agencies and state and local parties should they be put into place. We also call on your Administration to work closely with Congress in order to prevent a freight rail workers strike that would undoubtedly intensify the situation at the worst possible time.\n\nAt a minimum, we ask that you and the Secretary of Energy ensure any Northeast fuel reserves released remain in the region and not be shipped overseas to the highest bidder. We understand the importance of assisting our allies in Europe; however, we must prioritize the well-being of our constituents given the realities we face at home.\n\nWe stand ready to work with your Administration to combat the rising costs of energy and prevent widespread blackouts across the region. Thank you for your attention on this important matter, and we look froward to your response.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-sounds-bipartisan-alarm-potential-northeast-energy-blackouts-due", "Malliotakis Sounds Bipartisan Alarm on Potential Northeast Energy Blackouts due to Diesel Shortages", "2022-12-01", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), along with Democrat Reps. Jared Golden (ME-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) warned of potential heating issues in the Northeast this winter due to a shortage in heating oil supplies and called on President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy to work with Congress to proactively address natural gas and diesel supply shortages in the Northeast, rising energy costs and develop a plan to prevent rolling blackouts should the region experience frigid temperatures this winter.\n\n\"Widespread reporting indicates that the Northeast may not have sufficient fuel supply in the event of severe cold weather this winter, and if last week\u2019s frigid temperatures and major snowstorms are any indication, it will be a long, cold winter resulting in rolling blackouts across the region, leaving millions of families in the dark and cold,\" the Members wrote. \"It is imperative that your Administration is working proactively with Congress to ensure that winter electricity reliability in the most densely populated area of the United States is available to meet the power demand necessary to avoid devastating consequences for the people and businesses across the region.\"\n\nCurrently, heating oil delivery prices to New York are at an all-time high while stockpiles of diesel in the region are at their lowest levels since 1951. Every one in five homes in the Northeast is heated by diesel, and on average, families who use natural gas and diesel oil will see more than a 20 percent increase in costs compared to last year. Additionally, the lack of pipeline infrastructure in the Northeast region, limited shipments of foreign sourced LNG resulting from the war in Ukraine, the closure of coal, oil, and natural gas refineries, and the looming rail strike could lead to dire circumstances in the event of extreme weather.\n\nThe Members continued: \"We are requesting that your Administration, led by the Secretary of Energy, present Congress with a comprehensive plan so we may ensure our constituents that concrete solutions are in place, and they will not be left in the dark this winter...To be effective, these actions will require complex planning and far-reaching communication efforts involving all relevant federal agencies and state and local parties should they be put into place...At a minimum, we ask that you and the Secretary of Energy ensure any Northeast fuel reserves released remain in the region and not be shipped overseas to the highest bidder. We understand the importance of assisting our allies in Europe; however, we must prioritize the well-being of our constituents given the realities we face at home.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-house-steps-fix-bidens-mess-one-step-closer-averting-rail-strike", "Malliotakis: House Steps in to Fix Biden's Mess, One Step Closer to Averting Rail Strike", "2022-11-30", "2022", "2022-11", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) applauded the passage of H. J. Res. 100, legislation to adopt the terms of the September 2022 Tentative Agreement and resolve the dispute between freight railroads and rail workers to avert a labor strike that could devastate the U.S. economy. The resolution is supported by the freight railroads, shippers, and eight of the twelve labor unions.\n\n\"As I've been advocating for over the past week, the House stepped in and brought us one step closer to averting a disastrous rail strike that would further drive up energy and food prices, impact the availability of goods, and cost the U.S. economy $2 billion a day,\" Malliotakis said. \"President Biden failed to help strike a deal between the railroad industry and labor unions and instead dumped the responsibility on Congress' lap. Without Republican support, Democrats in Congress would not have been able to pass this resolution to avert a strike. At a time when American families are struggling to put food on the table, fill up their gas tanks, and keep the lights on in their homes, keeping our economy moving is critical to ensuring the stability of our nation. President Biden couldn't get the job done, and I urge the Senate to follow the House in passing this resolution to fix the mess he created.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-garbarino-bill-strengthen-va-cybersecurity", "House Passes Garbarino Bill To Strengthen VA Cybersecurity", "2022-11-17", "2022", "2022-11", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Strengthening VA Cybersecurity (SVAC) Act of 2022, a bill co-led by Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02), with overwhelming bipartisan support.\n\n\"The recent cyber attack against Suffolk County underlined the urgent need to address aging and insufficient cybersecurity systems and practices in the face of rising cyber threats,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee\u2019s Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee. \u201cI am proud to see the timely passage of this bill, which will go a long way to strengthen VA cybersecurity and safeguard the private information of our veterans.\u201d\n\nThe purpose of the SVAC Act of 2022 is to strengthen cybersecurity at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and protect information technology systems and devices used at VA. Specifically, the SVAC Act will:\n\nProtect against advanced cybersecurity threats, ransomware, denial of service attacks, insider threats, threats from foreign actors, phishing, credential theft and other cyber threats;\n\nEnsure that the entire Department\u2019s IT is covered\u2014including on-premises, remote, cloud-based, and mobile information systems and devices used by, or in support of, Department activities;\n\nRequire the Secretary to submit a detailed report and plan of implementation to Congress within 120 days of the independent assessment; and\n\nRequire the GAO to review VA\u2019s plan and evaluate if the cost estimates and timelines are realistic.\n\nThe full text of the SVAC Act of 2022 can be viewed here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-calls-president-biden-develop-emergency-plan-safeguard-us-economy", "Garbarino Calls on President Biden To Develop Emergency Plan To Safeguard U.S. Economy In The Event of Disaster Ahead of Deadline", "2022-11-04", "2022", "2022-11", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 This week, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security's Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee, and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) sent a letter to President Joe Biden to express concern with the Administration's lack of progress in developing a Continuity of the Economy (COTE) plan, as is required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 \u201cnot later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act\u201d which was January 1, 2021. This letter is a follow up to one sent by Rep. Garbarino in December of last year, which has thus far gone unanswered.\n\n\"As the January 2023 deadline looms, I once again urge President Biden to work with Congress to ensure that a COTE Plan can be successfully developed, implemented, and exercised,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"With threats against the United States from our foreign adversaries on the rise, we cannot afford to be caught unprepared. The development of the COTE plan is a national security imperative, and it is therefore essential that the Administration address this matter with all urgency for the safety, security, and prosperity of the United States economy and American way of life. I thank Rep. Gallagher for lending his voice to mine as we seek to ensure the U.S. economy can withstand any disasters, natural or manmade, that threaten our prosperity.\"\n\n\"Congress has required the President to create a plan to restore the American economy in case of a cyberattack. While the deadline for this plan is quickly approaching, the President has yet to make any meaningful attempt to create, much less execute, it,\" said Rep. Gallagher. \"The President needs to take these cyber threats seriously and immediately work to get the American economy back on its feet in case of a crippling cyber attack.\"\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found here and below:\n\nDear Mr. President,\n\nWe write to reiterate our immense concern with your administration\u2019s lack of progress on the development of a Continuity of the Economy (COTE) plan. As the Great Power Competition with Russia and China continues to unfold on the world stage, the United States faces cyber threats across all sectors of our economy from adversarial nations who seek to sow discord within the Homeland and reduce our ability to flow forces and project power. Given this reality, it is unfathomable that since you received the requirement to develop a COTE plan in January 2021, there appears to be little to no progress on the implementation of this authority.\n\nThe concept of a COTE plan was authorized by Congress in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21 NDAA). Section 9603 of the FY21 NDAA requires the President to \u201cdevelop a plan to maintain and restore the economy of the United States in response to a significant event\u201d [such as] \u201can event that causes severe degradation to economic activity in the United States due to a cyberattack or another significant event that is natural or human caused.\u201d The law states the President must submit a plan in coordination with several cabinet officials \u201cnot later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.\u201d\n\nSince the enactment of the FY21 NDAA, Congress has appropriated $200,000 more than the president\u2019s FY22 budget request for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to develop a COTE plan. We are also aware that in the spring of 2022, the White House officially tasked CISA with leading the development of the COTE plan, almost 15 months after the law was passed by Congress.\n\nAs we approach the deadline for the submission of the COTE plan on January 1, 2023, I am concerned that there appears to be limited action taken by CISA to develop or implement this plan. The execution of this law requires a whole-of-government effort led by the Commander-in-chief. It is unfortunate that by waiting more than a year to task CISA with completing the plan, you have ultimately set them up to fail to meet the deadline set by Congress.\n\nThe development of the COTE plan is a national security imperative for the safety, security, and prosperity of the United States economy and American way of life. The interdependent nature of many of our Nation\u2019s lifeline sectors creates an opportunity for threat actors to exploit vulnerabilities with the potential for cascading impacts across all sectors of our economy. As the Nation\u2019s risk advisor, CISA is uniquely positioned to analyze threats across all sectors and develop a plan of action in the event of a black sky day. While the private sector owns and operates the vast majority of our Nation\u2019s critical infrastructure, CISA plays a key role in maintaining strong partnerships with those owners and operators who will be crucial to implementing the COTE plan. The COTE plan should be developed expeditiously, implemented with industry, and exercised across sectors to ensure all stakeholders, both public and private, understand their unique role.\n\nWe understand effective execution of Section 9603 will require significant personnel and resources to fully analyze all aspects of risk across the U.S. economy. We also understand the legislation requires the creation of an updated plan every three years. We encourage your administration to work closely with us and our colleagues in Congress to help us understand the challenges to effectively completing the COTE plan.\n\nWe cannot afford to wait any longer to develop, implement, and exercise the COTE plan. We request a briefing from your administration on the progress you\u2019ve made on the plan since the enactment of the FY21 NDAA.\n\nSincerely,\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-tannousis-call-city-crack-down-illegally-operating-marijuana", "Malliotakis, Tannousis Call on City to Crack Down on Illegally Operating Marijuana Dispensaries", "2022-10-28", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(BROOKLYN, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and State Assemblyman Mike Tannousis called on New York City to crack down on illegally operating unlicensed marijuana dispensaries popping up next to residential homes, schools, and community centers in the Bay Ridge neighborhood.\n\n\"Unlicensed pot shops are beginning to show up next to our homes, schools, churches and community centers and it's critically important for the city and the NYPD to enforce the law and shut these illegal operations down,\" Congresswoman Malliotakis said. \"With crime skyrocketing and drugs pouring across our porous southern border and into communities across America, the last thing we need is illegal dispensaries popping up on our street corners - especially when the products they are selling are not being regulated. The failure of our city to crack down on these illegal operations is putting the public's health and quality of life at risk and they must be shut down immediately.\"\n\nIn March 2021, the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) was signed into law, however, New York has not administered any licenses, meaning all of the recreational marijuana dispensaries currently operating in the state are doing so illegally. Many shops are engaging in \"gifting-schemes,\" and in some cases, shop workers are unsure of the drugs they are selling.\n\n\"When this bill was introduced in the State Assembly, the Republican Conference - including myself - was adamantly against this bill,\" Assemblyman Michael Tannousis said. \"We're stuck in a situation where the message is sent to the general public that you're allowed to smoke weed and you're allowed to sell it. Now we have a store a few feet away from a school that has put up Halloween decorations. They're next to a pizzeria where kids after school go and grab something to eat. Marijuana is now easily accessible to the general public illegally as well as to our children. What type of message are we sending to our kids?\"\n\n\"Marijuana is an entrance drug - an entrance to something much more dangerous to our kids,\" said former Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny. \"This entrance drug, and the smell of it on every corner of our city, is a sign of degradation of the Democratic Party. Pay very serious attention to this process of legalization of marijuana because it's very dangerous for our kids. All the state cares about when it legalizes marijuana is more money for the state. Why? Because they want to spend more. We cannot allow this to happen anymore.\"\n\n\"I'm standing here as an angry parent, as a constituent, a born and raised Brooklynite, New Yorker, and American,\" said Brooklyn resident Ted Ghorra. \"When I walked down the street with my kids and their friends after school, right around the corner I'm looking at a store called New York City Stoners. When you see a store that's decorated for Halloween and has very colorful packages in the window, it is not okay - legal or illegal. They pass all kinds of laws that have consequences and are harmful to us as citizens, for the sake of money or some ideology that just doesn't work.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-highlights-federal-solutions-address-rising-food-costs", "Malliotakis Highlights Federal Solutions to Address Rising Food Costs", "2022-10-27", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined David Shehadeh, owner of Olive Tree Marketplace on Staten Island, and concerned consumers to show how skyrocketing inflation and rising energy costs are impacting New York City food markets and consumers, explain how the backward policies of the Biden Administration got us here and lay out Republican solutions to restore our energy independence and provide relief for American families.\n\n\"As a result of the lack of domestic energy production we're seeing from the Biden Administration, we're seeing the impact of inflation soar on goods and food being transported,\" Congresswoman Malliotakis said. \"Energy impacts every aspect of our life and we take it for granted. Manufacturers who are producing these goods require energy. The transportation of the goods requires energy and our stores do as well. When we see this type of rise in energy cost due to policies put in place by the Biden Administration, the cost is ultimately passed down to the consumer. Stores don't want to raise prices on their consumers, and many are eating the rising costs themselves to hold the line. We're going to end up losing mom-and-pop shops if this continues - there's only so much cost they can eat before passing it on to the consumer.\"\n\nFood costs have jumped 13% compared to the previous year, with goods such as flour, cookies, turkey, and canned fruits and vegetables all hitting record highs. In New York, the inflation rate is 11.7%, costing families an additional $713 per month and $8,560 annually. Food prices in New York City have also increased 9.1% from August 2021 to August 2022, with the number of children visiting food pantries 55% higher than before the pandemic.\n\n\"The rates for deliveries have increased and now there's now a surcharge for gas which is making my profit margin very low to the point where it's hard to do business,\" said David Shehadeh, Owner of Olive Tree Marketplace. \"It's hard to get inventory in the store and to keep the prices low. Right now, a head of lettuce is $5.00 and eggs are through the roof. We're getting charged multiple fees just to get products through the door and on our shelves. It's like double jeopardy and it's very difficult to operate a business like this.\"\n\n\"The world revolves around petroleum, and Biden came in on day one and said 'I'm going to shut down the energy industry,' and in 19 months he has,\" said Kathy Romanelli, President of the Mariners Harbor Civic Association. \"Now we're seeing how it's affecting the families in our community that go out to shop. When they see $7.99 for 18 eggs or milk at $5.00 per gallon, it's horrendous. All of this can be stopped by our President who just refuses to address it. People have to keep going to food pantries to support their families and it's really horrendous.\"\n\n\"This petroleum-based economy works from the bottom up,\" said Mark Romanelli, a local gardener and concerned consumer. \"The fertilizer that you buy at Lowe's or Home Depot to plant your tomatoes is way up in price. It's because everything from the rubber in the soles of your shoes to the zipper on your sweatshirt is petroleum-based. The petroleum industry is one of the best things god gave America and Biden has made it the enemy of the people.\"\n\nIn the first days of his presidency, the Biden Administration halted new leases, stopped pipeline construction, and discouraged the production of American energy resources. In his first 19 months of office, Biden's Administration had only leased out 126,228 acres for drilling, while both Presidents Trump and Obama had approved ten times as many leases by the same point. No other president since Nixon has leased out fewer than 4.4 million acres at this stage in their terms.\n\nHouse Republicans have introduced several pieces of legislation as part of their Commitment to America to address this issue, ramp up energy production, and lower food costs for American families including the Transparency and Productions of American Energy Act and the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act to eliminate bureaucratic hurdles and regulatory barriers to domestic agriculture production, empower the energy sector to innovate and expand access to federal lands and waters for responsible energy development.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"Instead of ramping up domestic production, we're seeing the Biden Administration raid our strategic petroleum reserves to the point where we're at a four-decade low. The reserves are meant for emergencies and natural disasters, not to manufacture low prices. This all could be avoided by ramping up all forms of domestic energy production, lifting bans on permitting, making sure we invest in pipeline infrastructure and incentivizing energy companies to expand their operations.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-announces-48-million-staten-island-dredging-project", "Malliotakis Announces $48 Million for Staten Island Dredging Project", "2022-10-26", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced that the Empire State Development Corporation will be awarded a $48,008,231 federal grant to fund a dredging project in Staten Island's Arthur Kill Terminal to make way for an offshore wind staging and assembly facility. The funds were secured through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, both of which Malliotakis voted for.\n\nMalliotakis has previously written letters of support requesting that federal dollars be used for Arthur Kill Terminal and introduced the OWNER Act, legislation that would establish an offshore wind revenue-sharing model between the federal government and states adjacent to offshore wind farms.\n\n\"Arthur Kill Terminal is the only offshore wind port in our state capable of supporting an operation of this scale, and I'm proud to have played a role in pushing for and securing federal dollars for this project,\" Malliotakis said. \"As someone who supports clean energy and our abundant traditional resources, it's critically important that we ramp up all types of domestic energy production to protect our nation's national security and provide affordable energy to American families. Not only will this project pave the way for wind farms that will generate power for almost two million homes in New York and New Jersey, but it will also create hundreds of good-paying union jobs, and inject an estimated $410 million into our local economy during construction, and upon completion will create thousands more jobs and generate $750 million for our economy.\"\n\nThis grant is being awarded under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) which provides funding for projects that improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port. Specifically, these funds will be used to dredge approximately 740,000 cubic yards to create a thirty-five-foot-deep ship basin to support further development of an offshore wind staging and assembly facility. The staging and assembly facility will contain 32 acres of upland area, a 1,365-foot-long wharf with an adjacent laydown area that has enhanced load-bearing capacity, and two \u201cprogram\u201d areas (a tenant area consisting of a 15,266-square-foot combined warehouse and office building and a project owner\u2019s area consisting of a 4,200-square-foot office building).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-student-shot-outside-tottenville-high-school", "Malliotakis Statement on Student Shot Outside Tottenville High School", "2022-10-25", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding the shooting of a student outside Tottenville High School on Staten Island this afternoon.\n\n\"My office is in touch with the NYPD regarding the student shot outside of Tottenville High School on Staten Island this afternoon. It appears to have been an isolated incident and thankfully the student involved is in stable condition. We will comment further once we have more information, however, one thing is for sure: all types of crime have gotten out of control and it\u2019s not just \u201cperception.\u201d Whether it\u2019s people being stabbed, robbed, shoved in front of a train, or shot, our city has turned into the \u2018Wild Wild West\u2019 with one out of every 88 New Yorkers becoming a victim of a major felony crime.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-student-shot-outside-tottenville-high-school-0", "Malliotakis Statement on Student Shot Outside Tottenville High School", "2022-10-25", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding the shooting of a student outside Tottenville High School on Staten Island this afternoon.\n\n\"My office is in touch with the NYPD regarding the student shot outside of Tottenville High School on Staten Island this afternoon. It appears to have been an isolated incident and thankfully the student involved is in stable condition. We will comment further once we have more information, however, one thing is for sure: all types of crime have gotten out of control and it\u2019s not just \u201cperception.\u201d Whether it\u2019s people being stabbed, robbed, shoved in front of a train, or shot, our city has turned into the \u2018Wild Wild West\u2019 with one out of every 88 New Yorkers becoming a victim of a major felony crime.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-local-officials-call-hochul-change-green-light-law-allow-federal", "Malliotakis, Local Officials Call on Hochul to Change Green Light Law, Allow Federal Access to DMV Data", "2022-10-21", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, New York State Senator Andrew Lanza, and New York City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to change New York's Green Light Law to allow federal access to Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) records to combat the recent spike in car thefts conducted by transnational criminal organizations in New York City.\n\nNew York's Green Light law prohibits the DMV from sharing information with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The only way CBP can access information is if a federal judge signs a judicial warrant or court order. Without access to DMV data, CPB is limited in its ability to see DWI charges and traffic-related misdemeanors, and cannot identify or authenticate vehicles at ports.\n\n\"New York State is the only state that restricts Customs and Border Protection access to their data across the board,\" Congresswoman Malliotakis said. \"There are transitional criminal organizations that are stealing our vehicles, driving them over the bridge to New Jersey, putting them on the ports, and shipping them out to wherever there's demand. I've met with the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection about this, and they say the lack of access to the DMV records is part of the problem. Organized crime units are forging counterfeit titles and registrations in order to get past customs and without access to DMV data, CBP does not have adequate resources to identify and authenticate vehicles at our ports.\"\n\nNew York City has seen a 36 percent increase in auto grand larceny thefts since 2021, with 10,724 vehicles stolen citywide. Staten Island has seen an 85% increase in auto thefts, the largest percentage increase of all the boroughs, with 365 vehicles stolen this year. According to CBP, as of April, 115 stolen vehicles were recovered within New York City ports with approximately 74 stolen vehicles destined for various West African countries and 40 stolen vehicles headed for the Dominican Republic. These numbers are on pace to far exceed the 174 vehicles that were recovered in all of FY21.\n\n\"We live in an environment now where commonsense seems to have been let out of the barn,\" said Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella. \"Why isn't everybody at the local, state, and federal level on the same page trying to apprehend and keep in jail the people who steal cars? Unfortunately, the common denominator is the same bad people are allowed to do the same bad thing over and over again because there are no consequences for their actions.\"\n\n\"Policies in New York led by people like Governor Hochul and Senate Democrats have really created a crime scene all across New York,\" State Senator Andrew Lanza said. \"The Green Light law deprives the very agencies and people who are there to protect us from having the information they need to do their jobs. What is the result? We have a surge in car thefts and a surge in crime across the board. This is not a crime perception, it's crime travesty and crime crisis here in New York City.\"\n\n\"The auto theft zone signs and the signs in Times Square have made New York the laughing stock of the United States of America,\" said New York City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli. \"I don't know what the Governor is even thinking. I saw her do a press conference where she announced more funding for catalytic converter theft. What does that even mean? Does that mean there's a single dollar more in the 123 Precinct coffers for overtime or new cameras? No. Does it mean the Richmond County DA can hire another prosecutor to go after car thieves? No. These are all puff pieces from a puff governor who doesn't want to make the hard choices that are necessary.\"\n\nMalliotakis has introduced H.R.9107, the States Helping Apprehend Rogue Exports (SHARE) Act, which would require states like New York to enter into a data-sharing agreement with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Transportation in order to be eligible for certain port grant programs. Malliotakis has also partnered with Richmond County District Attorney Michael McMahon in requesting that the U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York, Southern District of New York, and the District of New Jersey establish a task force to assist the NYPD with the sharp rise in transnational grand theft auto crimes in New York City.\n\nAdditionally, the elected officials once again highlighted the need to fix New York's disastrous bail law that has allowed auto thieves to continue wreaking havoc on New York streets. Among suspected auto thieves, 21% were rearrested last year, more than twice the 10.3% recorded in 2017. The alleged recidivism rates for burglary and auto theft were even worse in 2020 when they were 27.1% and 26.8%.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"We're asking for Governor Hochul to restore access for the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection to the DMV's database so they can do their jobs. It's critically important for our federal law enforcement to have access to this data. The Green Light Law, coupled with New York's radical bail law has been a disaster for public safety and it's truly the cause of why we're seeing such a sharp uptick in car thefts across our community.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-term-review-7496-cases-closed-over-72-million-returned-ny-11", "Malliotakis Term in Review: 7,496 Cases Closed, Over $72 Million Returned to NY-11", "2022-10-19", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement and attached report card recapping her first term in office representing New York's 11th Congressional District:\n\n\u201cDuring my first term in Congress, my office has helped thousands of constituents caught up in red tape and bureaucracy expedite hundreds of passports, make the honorable step of becoming legal U.S. citizens, and obtain over $36 million in money owed to them from the federal government. Not only this, but we've been able to deliver over $36 million to local organizations that include the NYPD for new forensic and protective equipment, our local hospitals to finish the construction of new wings, the Staten Island Ferry to modernize our fleet and keep our ferries running on time, and the U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York so it can upgrade housing for our Coasties. To put this into perspective, our office has been able to bring home four times as many federal dollars as my predecessor which directly benefits the hardworking men and women of Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn. My first term in Congress has been nothing short of productive and I'm looking forward to building on these successes in a Republican-led Congress come January.\"\n\nMalliotakis' achievements can be found below:\n\nImage\n\nIn Malliotakis' first term:\n\n7,496 constituent cases resolved\n\n76,079 constituent responses sent\n\n862 passports issued\n\n398 visas & green cards issued\n\n78 new U.S. citizens\n\nSecured appropriations, federal grants, and misc. funding for:\n\nRichmond University Medical Center\n\nCollege of Staten Island\n\nStaten Island University Hospital\n\nNew York City Police Department\n\nU.S. Coast Guard Sector New York\n\nStaten Island Ferry\n\nCentral Family Life Center YouthBuild\n\nNYC Health + Hospital/Coney Island\n\nSt. George's Theatre\n\nSephardic Community Youth Center\n\nImage\n\nTotal amount of money returned to constituents: $72,626,656\n\nHelped 94 businesses secure $32,085,573 from the Small Business Administration.\n\nAssisted more than 322 constituents in securing $1,642,331 in unemployment assistance from the Department of Labor.\n\nAssisted more than 305 constituents in securing $1,462,983 from federal tax refunds and stimulus checks from the Department of Treasury.\n\nSocial Security Administration: $1,006,214\n\nOffice of Personnel Management: $257,983\n\nAppropriations, Federal Grants, and Misc. Funds: $36,171,572\n\nImage\n\nLegislation:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:34:28Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-comments-burglary-one-block-brooklyn-office", "Malliotakis Comments on Burglary One Block from Brooklyn Office", "2022-10-18", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(BROOKLYN, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding another commercial burglary in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, that occurred one block from her office at Lulianos Pizzeria early this morning.\n\n\"Yesterday, the New York Daily News ran a cover story comparing Bay Ridge to the 'Wild, Wild West' with burglaries up 21 percent in Brooklyn South compared to last year, along with a 46 percent increase in robberies and grand larcenies. Three weeks ago, I held a press conference calling on Governor Hochul and the State Legislature to fix the bail law and stop releasing repeat offenders and parolees back on our streets after six Bay Ridge businesses were broken into. This morning, a small business located one block from my office was targeted by a perp whom police tell us is a parolee with a criminal history. How much more does our community and city have to endure before the governor and our legislative leaders take action? We're seeing hardworking, taxpaying citizens become crime victims every single day and their businesses are under attack. It's well past time for our state leaders to take the issue of public safety seriously and repeal the disastrous policies that are the cause of skyrocketing crime. New Yorkers, their property, and businesses deserve to be safe.\"\n\nUnder New York's bail law, only armed burglars or those who injure a victim are eligible for bail while most larceny suspects are released without bail. This year, Bay Ridge's 68th Precinct has seen a 26% spike in major crimes, including sex crimes and rape, murder, grand larceny, auto theft, felony assault, and robbery. Citywide, roughly one in five perps arrested last year for burglary or theft was re-arrested on a felony charge within 60 days of their release.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-gottheimer-call-congressional-oversight-investigation-mtas", "Malliotakis, Gottheimer Call for Congressional Oversight & Investigation of MTA's Mismanaged Spending", "2022-10-14", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) have formally called for a Congressional oversight hearing and an investigation into New York\u2019s Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) mismanagement of federal dollars from both the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.\n\nThe lawmakers believe taxpayers deserve answers, under oath, from the MTA regarding how $15 billion of COVID-19 relief taxpayer dollars were spent and why the MTA is hitting commuters with a new Congestion Tax that would charge drivers upwards of $23 per day to enter Manhattan south of 60th St.\n\n\"During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) received $15 billion in relief funds from American taxpayers,\" the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Chairman DeFazio & Chairman Clyburn. \"Despite this bailout, the MTA appears to have already depleted those emergency dollars and is expected to hit a \u201cfiscal cliff,\u201d with a $2.5 billion deficit in 2025 and a $4.6 billion operating deficit by 2026, requiring further taxpayer bailouts. It is unclear where all of those billions of dollars went. This excessively bureaucratic and woefully mismanaged agency admitted it lost $119 million to fare evasion in just the first three months of 2022, heading toward $500 million for this year. To get to the bottom of how the MTA mismanaged its $15 billion bailout, we urge you to hold hearings, including directly with the CEO and Chair of the MTA, under oath, to investigate this unacceptable misuse of taxpayer dollars.\"\n\nThe letter comes after Malliotakis and Gottheimer introduced legislation requiring the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct an audit on the use of federal funds by certain transit agencies. The lawmakers have also spearheaded a bipartisan effort to fight New York's congestion tax, including the Economic Impact of Tolling Act, legislation that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from implementing congestion pricing until a thorough economic impact analysis is completed and publicized, along with two amendments that would ensure federal dollars aren't used to implement congestion pricing unless certain criteria are met. They've also written to the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) calling for a more thorough analysis of how congestion pricing will impact commuters, tourists, and businesses.\n\nThe lawmakers added: \"The Authority is now proposing a Congestion Tax to help refill its depleted coffers, which would cost drivers up to $23 dollars a day \u2014 more than $5,000 a year. That\u2019s on top of the already far-too-high $16-a-day tolls for our bridges and tunnels, not to mention parking and gas, just to drive south of 60th Street to work in New York City from Jersey. We urge both the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to require testimony from the CEO and Chair of the MTA and demand answers, under oath, for how billions of COVID taxpayer dollars were squandered and why the MTA is hitting hardworking commuters with a new tax instead of getting its house in order. This billion-dollar-a-year Congestion Tax cash grab that won\u2019t alleviate pollution or traffic is certainly not the answer to the MTA\u2019s decades-long problems.\"\n\nThe MTA\u2019s Record of Mismanagement, Corruption, Violations, and Fraud:\n\nMTA manager pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation into bid rigging and fraud.\n\nMTA manager was sentenced to forty-six months in prison for soliciting and accepting bribes from contractors.\n\nOffice of the MTA Inspector General concluded investigations that found signal maintainers falsifying records, theft from passengers and the agency, procurement ethics violations, deficient maintenance, skipped inspections, and nepotistic hiring.\n\nViolations include employees crashing and abandoning a boat, sleeping on the job, procuring a charger for a personal Tesla vehicle, and vendors operating as in-house consultants.\n\nThis year, the MTA\u2019s highest-paid employee was sentenced for what the judge described as an \u201corgy of overtime fraud\u201d as part of a ring that stole more than a million dollars from taxpayers.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-manufactured-border-crisis-can-be-stopped-today", "Malliotakis: \"Manufactured Border Crisis Can Be Stopped Today\"", "2022-10-13", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today joined Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, City Councilman David Carr, and concerned members of the Staten Island community to outline federal solutions to address the flow of illegal immigration, speed up the asylum process and stop the migrant crisis from worsening in New York and cities across America.\n\n\"As I've been saying since I visited the Southern Border last year, this is a manufactured crisis created by the Biden Administration,\" Malliotakis said. \"As a result of the policies put in place by President Biden, we are now facing a crisis of epic proportions where we're seeing the largest number ever recorded of illegal crossings at our southern border. A very small number of the overall 4.5 million that have crossed over are legitimate asylum seekers. It's incredibly important that we differentiate between individuals who qualify for asylum and those who don't, and we do that by hiring more immigration judges and asylum officers at the border. By not having order at the border, by not having an adequate number of asylum officers and judges to hear these claims at points of entry, by not having the appropriate number of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, how can we possibly deal with the influx of four million individuals in less than two years?\"\n\nAccording to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), individuals may only qualify for asylum if they can prove they are being persecuted, or have a well-founded fear they will be persecuted in their home country due to their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group or political opinion. Poverty, scarce economic opportunities, displacement caused by natural disasters, or a desire to reunite with family are not grounds for asylum under U.S. law.\n\nThe backlog in the immigration court system has increased to historic proportions, with 1.9 million pending cases. Overall, asylum grant rates in U.S. immigration courts have hovered around 20% since 2015, however, CBP sector chiefs have told Members of Congress that as many as 95% of migrants entering at our southern border do not have legitimate asylum claims. Malliotakis has argued that in addition to securing the border, it is critical that more judges and asylum officers are added to differentiate between legitimate asylum claims and those inundating the system with false claims to avoid going through the legal process. While FY21 saw two million crossings, immigration judges approved only 7,370 asylum cases and denied 14,118, and USCIS granted asylum in 7,118 cases and denied 17,888.\n\n\"The reality these policies don't work, and these policies are unsustainable,\" said Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella. \"Almost twenty years ago we had a similar situation at the border - it wasn't as bad - but there was an effort at least to try and stop the flow of illegal immigration. Now, nobody cares. It seems like the folks in DC just don't care, and when they don't care, the people on Staten Island suffer. This is a federal issue that requires a federal solution.\"\n\n\"The fact is, Staten Islanders know that this border crisis is the fault of Joe Biden,\" said City Councilman David Carr. \"The reason it is spilling over into the United States is because of his failure to maintain policies that were instituted under President Trump. If Joe Biden had maintained those policies, we would not be in the situation we're in today. Our communities are being swamped and New York City is facing a billion-dollar budget hole as a result of the support it's now providing to the migrant community. We have two hotels in Travis that are filled with migrant families that should not be there. They should have been able to stay in Mexico while they awaited to see if they had a rightful claim to asylum. Until the border crisis is resolved, we're going to continue to face an additional influx of individuals into New York City who are trying to take advantage of our city's sanctuary status.\"\n\n\"Make no mistake about it, this is a failure of our federal government not to continue the policies previously proposed by President Trump and not to have any type of order at our borders,\" said State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis. \"For the first time, our community is seeing the effects of that, now having hundreds of people that the city and state of New York do not have the proper resources to help. We are now facing an issue caused directly by our federal government, and I don't see the federal government knocking on our door telling the City of New York 'Here you go, this is what you're going to use to fix the situation.' It's a complete travesty. We understand these families need help, but we do not have the capability to support them in New York City right now. We implore the federal government to fix this, and fix it now.\"\n\n\"Travis is a big-hearted community, and when these migrants arrived in our hotels and started going door-to-door asking for donations, whoever could give, gave,\" said Travis Civic Association President Gene Guerra. \"However, Travis is simply not the area where these migrants should have been placed. Our community is one square mile, all residential homes with families and children - no medical facilities, supermarkets, laundromats, or restaurants. These parents are in fear of what might happen because these folks have nowhere to go. They're afraid to go out and leave their homes unprotected. The Mayor has to understand that Travis cannot sustain these types of numbers for six to nine months. Right now the folks of Travis are peaceful, but people are getting restless.\"\n\nHouse Republicans have introduced the Border Security for America Act of 2021 which would restart barrier construction and provide CBP with critical resources, technology, and staffing to defeat the cartels once and for all. Malliotakis has also called on President Biden to add more immigration judges to quickly decide asylum cases, end catch and release, reinstate Remain in Mexico, and push migrants to apply for asylum in the first safe country they enter instead of traveling through several countries to get to the U.S.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"The Governor, the Mayor, and all local elected officials should join us in our calls to stop this crisis at its root. It's unsustainable to the taxpayer and unreasonable for our leaders to think an appropriate solution is to turn more hotels into shelters, more parks into tent cities, and add cruise ships to our ports. At what point do our leaders reach a breaking point and say enough is enough?\"\n\nTo watch Malliotakis' press conference, click HERE.\n\n(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today joined Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, City Councilman David Carr, and concerned members of the Staten Island community to outline federal solutions to address the flow of illegal immigration, speed up the asylum process and stop the migrant crisis from worsening in New York and cities across America.\n\n\"As I've been saying since I visited the Southern Border last year, this is a manufactured crisis created by the Biden Administration,\" Malliotakis said. \"As a result of the policies put in place by President Biden, we are now facing a crisis of epic proportions where we're seeing the largest number ever recorded of illegal crossings at our southern border. A very small number of the overall 4.5 million that have crossed over are legitimate asylum seekers. It's incredibly important that we differentiate between individuals who qualify for asylum and those who don't, and we do that by hiring more immigration judges and asylum officers at the border. By not having order at the border, by not having an adequate number of asylum officers and judges to hear these claims at points of entry, by not having the appropriate number of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, how can we possibly deal with the influx of four million individuals in less than two years?\"\n\nAccording to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), individuals may only qualify for asylum if they can prove they are being persecuted, or have a well-founded fear they will be persecuted in their home country due to their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group or political opinion. Poverty, scarce economic opportunities, displacement caused by natural disasters, or a desire to reunite with family are not grounds for asylum under U.S. law.\n\nThe backlog in the immigration court system has increased to historic proportions, with 1.9 million pending cases. Overall, asylum grant rates in U.S. immigration courts have hovered around 20% since 2015, however, CBP sector chiefs have told Members of Congress that as many as 95% of migrants entering at our southern border do not have legitimate asylum claims. Malliotakis has argued that in addition to securing the border, it is critical that more judges and asylum officers are added to differentiate between legitimate asylum claims and those inundating the system with false claims to avoid going through the legal process. While FY21 saw two million crossings, immigration judges approved only 7,370 asylum cases and denied 14,118, and USCIS granted asylum in 7,118 cases and denied 17,888.\n\n\"The reality these policies don't work, and these policies are unsustainable,\" said Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella. \"Almost twenty years ago we had a similar situation at the border - it wasn't as bad - but there was an effort at least to try and stop the flow of illegal immigration. Now, nobody cares. It seems like the folks in DC just don't care, and when they don't care, the people on Staten Island suffer. This is a federal issue that requires a federal solution.\"\n\n\"The fact is, Staten Islanders know that this border crisis is the fault of Joe Biden,\" said City Councilman David Carr. \"The reason it is spilling over into the United States is because of his failure to maintain policies that were instituted under President Trump. If Joe Biden had maintained those policies, we would not be in the situation we're in today. Our communities are being swamped and New York City is facing a billion-dollar budget hole as a result of the support it's now providing to the migrant community. We have two hotels in Travis that are filled with migrant families that should not be there. They should have been able to stay in Mexico while they awaited to see if they had a rightful claim to asylum. Until the border crisis is resolved, we're going to continue to face an additional influx of individuals into New York City who are trying to take advantage of our city's sanctuary status.\"\n\n\"Make no mistake about it, this is a failure of our federal government not to continue the policies previously proposed by President Trump and not to have any type of order at our borders,\" said State Assemblyman Michael Tannousis. \"For the first time, our community is seeing the effects of that, now having hundreds of people that the city and state of New York do not have the proper resources to help. We are now facing an issue caused directly by our federal government, and I don't see the federal government knocking on our door telling the City of New York 'Here you go, this is what you're going to use to fix the situation.' It's a complete travesty. We understand these families need help, but we do not have the capability to support them in New York City right now. We implore the federal government to fix this, and fix it now.\"\n\n\"Travis is a big-hearted community, and when these migrants arrived in our hotels and started going door-to-door asking for donations, whoever could give, gave,\" said Travis Civic Association President Gene Guerra. \"However, Travis is simply not the area where these migrants should have been placed. Our community is one square mile, all residential homes with families and children - no medical facilities, supermarkets, laundromats, or restaurants. These parents are in fear of what might happen because these folks have nowhere to go. They're afraid to go out and leave their homes unprotected. The Mayor has to understand that Travis cannot sustain these types of numbers for six to nine months. Right now the folks of Travis are peaceful, but people are getting restless.\"\n\nHouse Republicans have introduced the Border Security for America Act of 2021 which would restart barrier construction and provide CBP with critical resources, technology, and staffing to defeat the cartels once and for all. Malliotakis has also called on President Biden to add more immigration judges to quickly decide asylum cases, end catch and release, reinstate Remain in Mexico, and push migrants to apply for asylum in the first safe country they enter instead of traveling through several countries to get to the U.S.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"The Governor, the Mayor, and all local elected officials should join us in our calls to stop this crisis at its root. It's unsustainable to the taxpayer and unreasonable for our leaders to think an appropriate solution is to turn more hotels into shelters, more parks into tent cities, and add cruise ships to our ports. At what point do our leaders reach a breaking point and say enough is enough?\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-york-gop-delegation-joins-rep-garbarino-stands-defense-columbus-day-and", "New York GOP Delegation Joins Rep. Garbarino, Stands In Defense of Columbus Day and Italian American Heritage", "2022-10-10", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 In response to Albany Democrats' recent proposal to rewrite history by abolishing Columbus Day, New York's entire Republican Delegation rose in solidarity with the state's Italian Americans by becoming co-sponsors of Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino's (R-NY-02) resolution to recognize the second Monday in October as \u2018\u2018Columbus Day\u2019\u2019 and honor the contributions of the Italian American community to our society.\n\nRep. Garbarino first introduced this Resolution last year with fellow Italian Member of Congress Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV). Joining Reps. Garbarino and Amodei as co-sponsors are Reps. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Joe Sempolinski (R-NY), and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ).\n\n\"Attempts to abolish Columbus Day are attempts to rewrite history and erase a core piece of Italian American heritage,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"Columbus Day is a day of great pride for our community and one that celebrates, not just the accomplishments of one Italian explorer who changed the course of history, but also the countless contributions of generations of Italian Americans that followed. I am committed to making sure this celebration of Italian Americans is preserved for future generations and I thank my colleagues for joining with me in this effort.\"\n\nThe Resolution expresses support for the recognition of Christopher Columbus and his impact on the Italian American community, and for recognizing the second Monday in October as \"Columbus Day\". The full text can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-responds-nyc-mayors-emergency-declaration-only-biden-can-solve", "Malliotakis Responds to NYC Mayor's Emergency Declaration: \"Only Biden Can Solve This Crisis, Not Money\"", "2022-10-07", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement in response to New York City Mayor Eric Adams' emergency declaration to address the migrant crisis.\n\n\"The Mayor rightfully indicated that this is an \"unsustainable manufactured crisis\" but failed to tell New Yorkers that it was singlehandedly manufactured by President Biden who unraveled policies that were in place when he took office that stemmed the flow of illegal immigration and brought order to the asylum process. Our nation simply cannot allow four million people to enter without their asylum claims first being reviewed and approved so legal work authorizations can be granted. The burden is now being placed on hardworking American taxpayers who are already struggling to make ends meet during this current economic crisis to support and provide all the basic needs for these individuals at a cost of $1 billion to New Yorkers alone.\n\n\"House Republicans have offered commonsense solutions, such as the Border Security for America Act to provide Customs and Border Protection with necessary resources, staffing, and technology to defeat the cartels conducting human and drug trafficking, reinstate \"Remain in Mexico\" until applications are reviewed and approved and complete barrier construction. More judges should be immediately added to hear existing asylum claims and differentiate those who are legitimate seekers from those taking advantage of our nation's generosity to conduct nefarious activity and cut in front of others who've applied legally. Lastly, the mayor should also be challenging New York's \"Right to Shelter\" law because it's unreasonable to think it could apply to citizens of other nations, especially at these unsustainable levels. It creates an undue burden at a time when we have a housing shortage and a homeless crisis of nearly 50,000 New Yorkers.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-joins-911-widows-children-celebrate-passage-bill-equitably", "Malliotakis Joins 9/11 Widows & Children to Celebrate Passage of Bill to Equitably Compensate Victims, Calls on Senate to Take Action", "2022-10-06", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today joined 9/11 widows, widowers, and children from New York City and New York's 11th Congressional District to celebrate the passage of H.R.8987, the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, legislation that allows for the United States Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST) to equally compensate widows and dependent children of individuals killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.\n\nThe language of H.R.8987 was first introduced by Malliotakis on August 5 under H.R.8667, after months of work with 9/11 victims groups and members on both sides of the aisle. The bill was then reintroduced by Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-10) and passed the House last week with broad bipartisan support.\n\n\"Today I'm joined by widows who lost their husbands on September 11, who served in the FDNY and the NYPD, they are heroes in our city and revered by so many New Yorkers,\" Malliotakis said. \"Twenty-one years ago they gave their lives to save others and we owe it to these families to make sure they and their children were cared for after losing in many cases the main providers for their families. The exclusion of these widows and children from the USVSST was an injustice that Congress should have never allowed to happen. For nearly six months my office has worked with victims groups and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to correct this, and I'm proud to see the language I introduced in August passed through the House last week. Yes, we're here to celebrate the passage of this bill, but we still need it to pass the Senate. We're calling on the Senate to pass this bill after so many years; it's the right thing to do to support our 9/11 families.\"\n\nJanlyn Scauso, the widow of Dennis Scauso who was part of the FDNY's Hazardous Materials Company No. 1, read a letter on behalf of Angela Mistrulli, Founder of Kids who Lost Parents on September 11, 200 Fight for Equality: \"We've had many champions along this journey, and we're proud to add Congresswoman Malliotakis to that list. The Fairness for 9/11 Families Act is a conclusion to an almost seven-year struggle for fairness and equality that over 5,000 widows and children have been fighting for, but our work continues. We are hopeful that the Senate will respond the same and understand the importance of correcting the harm that has been done to our families. It's representatives like Congresswoman Malliotakis and the many other champions that keep their promise to 'Never Forget' alive. We are all truly grateful for all the help and support she has given us over the past six months; it was a breath of fresh air to speak with her office and they immediately understood the inequalities within the USVSST. She has been a caring, honest champion, and more importantly puts her constituents and her causes ahead of any personal recognition.\"\n\n\"During 9/11 I was a young firefighter working in Midtown Manhattan - there were six members of my own company killed that day and countless in the battalion throughout the city,\" said Eric Bischoff, Uniformed Firefighters Association Staten Island Trustee. \"My core work in the union is that we don't forget our families, in fact, that's really the motivation for the work that we do. When we partner with politicians to get a greater benefit for our families, we can get tremendous outcomes like we've had here today. I've known Congresswoman Malliotakis for a very long time and she's been the most amazing supporter of our firefighters and public safety issues. Mr. Schumer - let's get this bill done in the Senate. These families count on it and it's the right thing to do.\"\n\nThe USVSST was established in 2015 to compensate people injured in acts of international state-sponsored terrorism. Between 2017 and 2020, $3.3 billion in payments were made through the fund, however, certain 9/11 spouses, and dependents only became eligible for the fund in 2019 and were left out of the fund\u2019s first two payments. The group initially excluded has received less than .01 percent of their allocated payments, while other groups in the USVSST have received millions of dollars.\n\nTo learn more about the USVSST, click HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/staten-island-officials-call-mayor-revisit-right-shelter-tell-potus-secure", "Staten Island Officials Call on Mayor to Revisit \"Right to Shelter,\" Tell POTUS to Secure Border", "2022-10-04", "2022", "2022-10", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Staten Island elected officials Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), New York City Council Minority Leader Joseph Borelli, Councilman David Carr, State Senate Deputy Minority Leader Andrew Lanza, and Assemblymen Michael Reilly and Michael Tannousis issued the following statement regarding New York City Mayor Eric Adams' consideration of a deal with Norwegian Cruise Lines to house migrants on a ship docked at Staten Island's Homeport. According to reports, the liner would be leased for six months to house and process migrants before they enter the city's shelter system, allowing migrants to come and go while staying on the ship.\n\n\"President Biden's decision to end barrier construction, reverse \"Remain in Mexico,\" and withhold resources from our Customs and Border Protection Agents has led to an influx of millions of migrants from over 60 countries at our southern border. We've said all along that Biden's lax-immigration policies would turn every town into a border town, and that's exactly what's happening in New York City. Instead of joining our calls for President Biden to secure our southern border, Mayor Adams is leasing out luxury hotel rooms impacting tourism, planning tent encampments in our public spaces impacting quality of life, and now may even bring in a cruise liner to house migrants off our shores at a tremendous expense to the citizens of New York. New York's \"Right to Shelter\" law is meant for American citizens in need of temporary assistance, not for millions of people from across the globe to take advantage of. The Mayor should immediately revisit this law and seek clarification that the city is not required to house citizens of other nations.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:20:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-applauds-passage-bill-equitably-compensate-911-widows-children", "Malliotakis Applauds Passage of Bill to Equitably Compensate 9/11 Widows & Children", "2022-09-30", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today applauded the passage of H.R.8987, the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, legislation that allows for the United States Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST) to equally compensate widows and dependent children of individuals killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.\n\nThe language of H.R.8987 was first introduced by Malliotakis on August 5 under H.R.8667, after months of work with 9/11 victims groups and members on both sides of the aisle. The bill was then reintroduced by Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-08) this week and passed the House this afternoon with broad bipartisan support.\n\n\"Although 21 years have passed, the pain we experienced on September 11, 2001, while terrorists unleashed deadly and calculated destruction across our country has not faded,\" Malliotakis said. \"5,364 individuals who lost loved ones on that fateful day have fought for 21 years for their entitled compensation under the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund after being wrongfully excluded. Today the House finally took a step to correct this solemn wrong and provide our 9/11 widows, widowers and children with the redress they deserve. I thank the widows and children from Kids who Lost Parents on 9/11 Fight for Equality, Chairman Nadler and Ranker Jim Jordan for helping get this done.\"\n\n\"The voices of the heroes lost on 9/11 were heard through their children as they advocated alongside amazing Champions on the hill,\" said Angela Mistrulli, Founder of Kids who Lost Parents on September 11, 2001 Fight for Equality. \"I would like to personally thank Rep. Malliotakis for her determination to stand with the widows and children.\"\n\nThe USVSST was established in 2015 to compensate people injured in acts of international state-sponsored terrorism. Between 2017 and 2020, $3.3 billion in payments were made through the fund, however, certain 9/11 spouses, and dependents only became eligible for the fund in 2019 and were left out of the fund\u2019s first two payments. The group initially excluded has received less than .01 percent of their allocated payments, while other groups in the USVSST have received millions of dollars.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-brooklyn-sewers-can-be-improved-federal-infrastructure-dollars", "Malliotakis: Brooklyn Sewers Can Be Improved with Federal Infrastructure Dollars", "2022-09-27", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(BROOKLYN, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined local officials in calling on the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) and City Hall to finish upgrading sewer lines along 10th Avenue in Dyker Heights with funding provided through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.\n\n\"For far too long, our local, state, and city leaders have neglected to modernize New York City's aging infrastructure to keep pace with economic and population growth,\" Malliotakis said. \"Now, with millions of infrastructure dollars available at the federal level, there is no reason why the city cannot complete these critical sewer upgrades to protect our Southern Brooklyn community from further backflow and flooding issues. As we saw ten years ago with Superstorm Sandy and last year with the remnants of Ida, our sewer systems need to be fortified. This type of investment cannot wait any longer - it will save not only city residents\u2019 time and money but also their properties and lives.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-leads-bipartisan-letter-va-regarding-next-steps-support-veterans", "Malliotakis Leads Bipartisan Letter to VA Regarding Next Steps to Support Veterans' Healthcare", "2022-09-27", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), together with Democrat Reps. Grace Meng (NY-06) and Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) today led the New York City Congressional Delegation in a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Dennis R. McDonough regarding next steps to support VA Healthcare facilities in New York. The letter follows a group of Senators committing to block the VA's Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission from acting on recommendations to close VA hospitals across the country, including several in New York City.\n\nUnder the VA\u2019s proposal, the Manhattan and Brooklyn VA Medical Centers would have closed entirely, contracting out inpatient and outpatient services to private medical providers as part of a new \u201cstrategic collaboration.\u201d While veteran mental-health services would be expanded on Staten Island, the clinic would merge with a VA medical campus in New Jersey, forcing veterans who are patients at the Staten Island clinic to travel upwards of two hours round trip and face a burdensome $16 toll to receive specialized treatment.\n\n\"We strongly believe that veterans\u2019 healthcare should stay public, accessible, affordable, and high-quality,\" the lawmakers wrote. \"We were deeply concerned that the recommendations provided to the VA by the AIR process could have led to the closures of the Manhattan VA Medical Center and the Brooklyn VA Medical Center without guaranteeing their replacement. These medical centers are core teaching institutions for New York\u2019s medical professionals in training, helping foster a strong healthcare workforce in New York. VA facilities also produce key medical research and innovation that helps not only veterans but all patients. The importance of VA healthcare facilities for our constituents cannot be overstated.\"\n\nMalliotakis has spearheaded Congressional efforts to save New York City's VA hospitals, leading two rallieswith local veterans and elected officials outside the Staten Island and Brooklyn VA clinics to protest the closures. Malliotakis has called on President Biden to denounce the AIR Commission's efforts and joined her colleagues in passing bipartisan legislation to redirect funding from the AIR Commission to other veteran healthcare programs.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"Stripping VA medical services from population centers that need them most is simply reprehensible. President Biden must denounce these recommendations and his Administration should be working with the New York delegation on what the next steps are to preserve and protect veterans' health care in New York City.\"\n\nAdditional cosigners of the letter include Senator Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Representatives Yvette D. Clarke, Adriano Espaillat, Hakeem Jeffries, Carolyn B. Maloney, Gregory W. Meeks, Jerrold Nadler, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Thomas R. Suozzi, Ritchie Torres, and Nydia M. Vel\u00e1zquez.\n\nTo download a copy of the letter, click HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-unveils-house-republicans-commitment-america", "Malliotakis Unveils House Republicans' Commitment to America", "2022-09-27", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Yesterday Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), a member of the American Security Task Force (ASTF), unveiled House Republicans' Commitment to America, a set of legislative priorities House Republicans will enact to get America back on track should they have control of the House in January 2023. The core pillars of the plan include strengthening the economy, securing the southern border, protecting public safety, preserving freedom, and holding government accountable.\n\n\"Our Commitment to America is a blueprint for what the Republican agenda will be should we take back the House and are entrusted with the responsibility of leading the next Congress,\" Malliotakis said. \"At the top of our list is fighting inflation by repealing unnecessary spending, strengthening our national security by securing our southern border and ramping up domestic production, protecting public safety by keeping dangerous criminals behind bars, preserving our freedoms by giving parents more say in their child's education, and holding government accountable by reigning in abuse, corruption, and safeguarding the election process. The American people cannot afford another two years of one-party Democrat rule, and Republicans are ready to get to work on day one to get our country back on track.\"\n\nTO WATCH MALLIOTAKIS' PRESS CONFERENCE, CLICK HERE.\n\nTO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOUSE REPUBLICANS' COMMITMENT TO AMERICA, CLICK HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-brooklyn-business-owners-call-hochul-reverse-bail-law-burglaries", "Malliotakis, Brooklyn Business Owners Call on Hochul to Reverse Bail Law as Burglaries Surge", "2022-09-26", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(BROOKLYN, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined a group of Brooklyn small business owners, law enforcement, and concerned members of the community in calling on New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature to reverse the state's bail reform law that's releasing dangerous career criminals back onto New York City streets. Malliotakis' press conference comes during a recent uptick in burglaries across the city, including six in Bay Ridge where burglars ran off with $28,000 in stolen cash.\n\n\"We want our city, state, and federal leaders to take action to address public safety that is crippling our community, reducing the quality of life and causing small businesses to close and New Yorkers to flee for safer places,\" Malliotakis said. \"Enough is enough. How many times do we have to read in the newspaper about crime occurring in our community? There have been six Bay Ridge businesses burglarized in the last two weeks; I can almost guarantee by repeat offenders thanks to the disastrous bail law Albany refuses to fix. We're seeing hardworking, taxpaying citizens taken advantage of and their businesses are under attack. It's well past time for our state leadership to take the issue of public safety and rising crime seriously.\"\n\n\u201cAs I have said many times both on and off the Assembly floor, our communities are being held hostage by criminals who continue to roam our streets and take advantage of our lax bail laws,\" said Assemblyman Michael Tannousis. \"Victims continue to grow on a daily basis. The only way to end this continuously growing crime wave in our community is to change the bail reform laws once and for all.\u201d\n\nUnder New York's bail law, only armed burglars or those who injure a victim are eligible for bail while most larceny suspects are released without bail. This year, Bay Ridge's 68th Precinct has seen a 26% spike in major crimes, including sex crimes and rape, murder, grand larceny, auto theft, felony assault, and robbery. Citywide, roughly every one in five perps arrested last year for burglary or theft were re-arrested on a felony charge within 60 days of their release.\n\n\"Being a new business in the area, it concerns me a lot with what's going on with the robberies and break-ins,\" said Louie Lykourezos, Owner of Louie's Gyros. \"It costs a lot of money, for damages, for the places that are going through it, and nothing is happening to the criminals. They're out before the officers finish the paperwork.\"\n\n\"It's not just about Bay Ridge, it's about all of New York City,\" said Joe Mancino, from Peppino's on 3rd Avenue. \"I have two kids - I want to be able to walk them down the street. It's not just about the businesses, it's about New Yorkers. We need Albany to wake up - laws have to be changed.\"\n\n\"It's not only the businesses that are in danger, our lives are on the line,\" said Dr. Habib Joudeh from 5th Avenue Pharmacy. \"They walk in with guns or with knives, we have to stand up for our businesses. Our government and representatives should make reforms so we can walk the streets with no fear. New Yorkers should come first.\"\n\nTO WATCH MALLIOTAKIS' PRESS CONFERENCE, CLICK HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-blasts-mta-chairman-over-congestion-pricing-comments-out-touch", "Malliotakis Blasts MTA Chairman over Congestion Pricing Comments: \"Out of Touch with Reality\"", "2022-09-22", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) blasted MTA chairman Janno Lieber for his comments calling those who oppose congestion pricing 'traffic deniers,' and likening them to conspiracy theorists.\n\n\"While Governor Hochul and Chairman Lieber are chauffeured around in their private, government-funded, gas-guzzling SUVs with taxpayers paying their EZ-pass bills, everyday New Yorkers are struggling to make ends meet,\" Malliotakis said. \"The last thing our constituents need at a time of record inflation is another $23 tax to commute to work, school, or for leisure. The pandemic severely disrupted our local economy; the city and state should be working to bring more people into central Manhattan, not encouraging them to go around it and hurt our local businesses in the process. I challenge the Governor and the Chairman to take public transportation from MTA Headquarters to Tottenville, Staten Island - then we can talk about adequate transit options to get commuters out of their cars.\"\n\nLieber's comments came the same day New York City Mayor Eric Adams voiced his concerns with the plan, saying 'New York State just wants to control New York City too often.'\n\nMalliotakis added: \"If Hochul and Lieber actually believe congestion pricing will be an effective program that will reduce traffic and vehicle emissions, they're completely out of touch with reality. Look no further than London which implemented this same program - it only led to more traffic and more congestion in areas outside the congestion zone. That's almost assuredly going to happen in New York, especially because the state and MTA are jamming this through without conducting the proper economic and environmental studies. The MTA knows this is nothing more than a widely unpopular cash-grab in its war on cars, and Lieber is grasping at straws to save it.\"\n\nMalliotakis has joined Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) in spearheading a bipartisan effort to stop congestion pricing. They've introduced the Economic Impact of Tolling Act, legislation that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from implementing congestion pricing until a thorough economic impact analysis is completed and publicized, along with two amendments that would ensure federal dollars aren't used to implement congestion pricing unless certain criteria are met. Most recently, Malliotakis and Gottheimer wrote to the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) calling for a more thorough analysis of how congestion pricing will impact commuters, tourists, and businesses, and have called for another extension of the public comment period.\n\nToday is the last day for concerned citizens to submit written comment to the MTA, which can be done HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-applauds-lifting-private-sector-vax-mandate-urges-same-standard", "Malliotakis Applauds Lifting of Private Sector Vax Mandate, Urges Same Standard for City Employees", "2022-09-20", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) issued the following statement regarding New York City Mayor Eric Adams' decision to roll back the city's vaccine mandate for private sector employees and student athletes, but not for law enforcement or city employees:\n\n\"While I applaud the Mayor's decision to lift the arbitrary vaccine mandate for private sector employees and student athletes, it's a double standard to not apply the same to our cops, firefighters, teachers, and sanitation workers. As President Biden stated on Sunday, the pandemic is over. Many of our city workers gained immunity while working on the front lines during the pandemic, and with safe and effective therapeutics readily available to treat COVID-19, there is no reason to continue mandating the vaccine. Mayor Adams should immediately rehire the city workers who were fired and lift the vaccine mandate on all municipal employees that has led to people losing their livelihoods, labor shortages, and increased response time to crimes and emergencies in progress across our city.\"\n\nCongresswoman Malliotakis was among the Members of Congress who filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in the case that considered the Biden Administration\u2019s top-down OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard that required private employers with over 100 employees to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine or weekly testing. On January 13, 2022, SCOTUS blocked the mandate, requiring OSHA to reverse its policy.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-katko-applaud-cisa-launch-first-ever-state-local-cybersecurity-grant", "Garbarino, Katko Applaud CISA on Launch of First-Ever State & Local Cybersecurity Grant Program", "2022-09-16", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation, and Congressman John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) announcement of its first-ever cybersecurity grant program for state, local, and territorial (SLT) governments across the country.\n\n\u201cSecuring our cyber landscape across the Nation starts with risk mitigation at the local level. In an interconnected world, every touchpoint is vulnerable with the potential for debilitating and cascading impacts across critical infrastructure sectors. This new grant program authorized by the bipartisan State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act is a powerful addition to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) toolbox to help communities in New York and across the country improve their overall cybersecurity posture. Every organization, big and small, should act as though they will be the next victim of a cyberattack and prepare accordingly. Leveraging the many resources from CISA for smart investments in risk mitigation is an important first step. We applaud CISA for leading this call to action at the local level and recognize the great potential for state and local organizations to significantly strengthen our overall national security.\u201d\n\nLearn more on the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) here.\n\nRead more on The State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act, introduced by Ranking Member Katko, Ranking Member Garbarino, and other bipartisan members here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-garbarino-presented-nfibs-guardian-small-business-award", "Rep. Garbarino Presented With NFIB's \"Guardian of Small Business\" Award", "2022-09-16", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation\u2019s leading small business advocacy organization, presented Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) with their most prestigious legislative recognition, the Guardian of Small Business Award.\n\n\"I am honored to receive NFIB\u2019s Guardian of Small Business Award,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"Small businesses are essential to Long Island\u2019s economy, but continue to face challenges from inflation, supply chain shortages, and workforce shortages. I will always fight for pro-small business policies that encourage growth and get government out of the way of recovery.\"\n\n\u201cThe NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award is presented to Members of Congress who have proven themselves to be real champions of small business,\u201d said NFIB President and CEO Brad Close. \u201cThis Congress, small businesses emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic but faced continual threats of high inflation, workforce shortages, and supply chain disruptions. These NFIB Guardians demonstrated strong support of small businesses on key issues. NFIB is unique in that we only represent small and independent businesses, and our members decide our policy positions. We are proud to recognize the elected officials from the 117th Congress who earned this distinction by taking pro-small business votes that supported an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program and opposed tax increases, new mandates, increased legal liability, and problematic employment law revisions that would have threatened Main Street\u2019s economic recovery.\u201d\n\nNFIB\u2019s Guardian of Small Business Award is reserved for lawmakers who vote consistently with small businesses on key issues identified by small business owners. Those who voted with small business on key issues 70% or more of the time during the 117th Congress earned the NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award. NFIB informs lawmakers in advance which votes will be considered NFIB Key Votes and asks lawmakers to support the consensus views of our members. We also remind them that the results will be reported back to the NFIB membership.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-receives-small-business-awards-us-chamber-commerce-national", "Malliotakis Receives Small Business Awards from U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business", "2022-09-15", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) received two small business awards from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) for her support of commonsense policies that support the American business community, foster innovation, and create jobs.\n\nFollowing a roundtable with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Staten Island small businesses, Malliotakis was awarded the \"Advocate for American Business Award\" for being a champion for free market principles and pro-growth solutions in Congress.\n\n\"As the daughter of small business owners, I know firsthand the challenges the business community faces, particularly in a state like New York that has created a hostile business environment with high taxes and burdensome regulations,\" Malliotakis said. \"At a time when so many people are struggling to afford groceries, gas, and basic necessities, Congress should be focused on passing legislation that supports small businesses, incentivizes work, and reduces mandates and taxes to put more money back into Americans' wallets. That's been a top priority of mine since being elected and I\u2019m proud of my work standing up for mom and pop shops, innovators, and job creators.\"\n\n\u201cThe U.S. Chamber and our members are committed to supporting candidates for public office who champion job creators and the employees, families, and communities they serve,\" said U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Suzanne P. Clark. \"Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has demonstrated a commitment to supporting free enterprise and the American business community through pro-growth solutions. She has earned the political support of the business community and the U.S. Chamber\u2019s Advocate for American Business award. We need more pro-business champions like Rep. Malliotakis in Washington to tackle inflation, the worker shortage, and the many other pressing issues facing American businesses, workers, and our economy.\u201d\n\nMalliotakis was also awarded NFIB's prestigious \"Guardian of Small Business Award,\" which is awarded to lawmakers who vote consistently with small businesses on key issues identified by small business owners.\n\n\"The NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award is presented to Members of Congress who have proven themselves to be real champions of small business,\" said NFIB President & CEO Brad Close. \"This Congress, small businesses emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic but faced continual threats of high inflation, workforce shortages, and supply chain disruptions. These NFIB guardians demonstrated strong support of small businesses on key issues. NFIB is unique in that we only represent small and independent businesses, and our members decide our policy positions. We are proud to recognize the elected officials from the 117th Congress who earned this distinction by taking pro-small business votes that supported an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program and opposed tax increases, new mandates, increased legal liability, and problematic employment law revisions that would have threatened Main Street's economic recovery. NFIB commends Rep. Malliotakis for earning the Guardian of Small Business Award.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-blasts-new-york-bail-law-democrat-leadership-house-gop-press", "Malliotakis Blasts New York Bail Law, Democrat Leadership at House GOP Press Conference", "2022-09-14", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today joined House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, and Rep. David Valadao (CA-21) in blasting Democratic leadership for failing to address the real crises Americans are facing today, including inflation, rising energy costs and shortages, along with skyrocketing crime.\n\n\"The reality is, under one-party rule at the national, state, and city levels, we've seen crime skyrocketing in many of America's cities,\" Malliotakis said. \"In New York City, crime is once again up 35% compared to last year, and people in my city don't feel safe. A number of policies have led to this, including New York's botched bail law that has repeatedly released violent criminals back onto our streets, including 10 career criminals who've racked up nearly 500 arrests themselves. What is our Mayor doing about it? They're looking to cut the NYPD's budget once again by three percent after Mayor de Blasio slashed their budget by $1 billion.\"\n\nMalliotakis added: \"A lot of the policies adopted by New York are being mimicked in Washington, including bail reform and stripping our police of qualified immunity. The combination of federal and state policies enacted under one-party Democrat rule has been a disaster, and it's leading to my constituents and others across the nation being less safe. Democrats continue to put the drug cartels, career criminals, and bad guys ahead of law-abiding, taxpaying citizens. We must put an end to it, and House Republicans intend to do so come January.\"\n\nWatch Malliotakis' remarks by clicking HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-bipartisan-coalition-city-state-officials-renew-push-halt", "Malliotakis, Bipartisan Coalition of City & State Officials Renew Push to Halt Congestion Pricing", "2022-09-13", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(NEW YORK, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) yesterday joined a bipartisan coalition of city and state elected officials to urge Governor Hochul to withdraw her support of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Manhattan Central Business District Tolling Plan (CBDTP), otherwise known as Congestion Pricing.\n\nSpecifically, Malliotakis renewed her calls for the MTA and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to extend the public comment period on the Environmental Assessment (EA) to 60 days, and push the MTA to conduct complete, thorough, and transparent economic and environmental impact studies to learn the program's true impact before it's implemented.\n\nUnder the city's plan, which is modeled after London's failed congestion charge zone, commuters may be forced to pay an additional $23 toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th street, costing drivers more than $5,000 per year, and potentially more for Staten Islanders who already pay a toll to connect to the rest of the city.\n\n\"Staten Islanders already pay a toll to connect to the rest of the city, and now to tell our constituents that the city is going to add another $23 fee to travel within the city in which they live is completely outrageous and unacceptable,\" Malliotakis said. \"This plan is costly, it's going to add traffic in areas outside of the congestion zone and increase pollution. We're here as representatives from the outer boroughs who are gravely concerned about this and very disappointed that our governor and state legislature have forfeited their responsibility to the MTA. We know this cash grab is nothing more than a war on cars. The MTA is a never-ending pit where our money goes like a black hole.\"\n\nMalliotakis added: \"I proudly voted against this scheme as a state legislator, but now as a Member of Congress we're looking for ways to slow or stop this from the federal level. The FHWA does have a say in this and I've spoken with the Administrator to push for more opportunities for the public to weigh in. It's irresponsible for the MTA and FHWA to move forward with this plan without considering the public's input or conducting complete and thorough economic and environmental impact studies to learn its true impact.\"\n\n\"London is the worst city in terms of congestion in the entire world,\" Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli said. \"We're being sold a bill of goods, and we only need to look across the pond to know that something that's working pretty poorly there is not going to work here. We've had over 20 members of the legislature, Congress, and council sign our letter asking Kathy Hochul to rescind her support of congestion pricing or at the very least put a pause on it so New Yorkers can digest what, if any, benefits there are.\"\n\nDemocrat City Council Members Kalman Yeger and Robert Holden were also in attendance, as were Assembly Members Michael Reilly, Michael Tannousis, and Charles Fall who altogether signed on to a letter led by Borelli stating:\n\n\"Given the MTA\u2019s long, notorious history of fiscal mismanagement, cost-overruns, and failures to meet even the most generous project deadlines, it is simply magical thinking that the CBD Tolling Program will fix the agency\u2019s budget woes or improve public transportation options for communities with few transit options. Given all of these factors, to say that the Central Business District Tolling Program is problematic is an understatement: It is a disaster waiting to happen. We cannot in good conscience support a project that would be so harmful to so many New York City residents, and as leader of this state, we urge you to reconsider.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-introduces-resolution-support-requiring-911-be-taught-schools", "Garbarino Introduces Resolution In Support of Requiring 9/11 To Be Taught In Schools", "2022-09-10", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 This week, ahead of the 21st Anniversary of 9/11, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) introduced a House Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all 50 States should include the events of the September 11th terrorist attacks in their curriculum of elementary and secondary schools so that the American people may never forget that fateful day.\n\nCurrently, only fourteen states require students to be educated on the events of September 11, 2001: New York, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland.\n\n\"The events of September 11, 2001 are of such national significance and profound sorrow that we must ensure they never fade from our collective memory. As the first generation of Americans born after 9/11 are reaching adulthood, it is critical that they are taught about the nearly 3,000 innocents who were murdered on that day, the brave first responders who ran into the fire to save their fellow man, and the implications of the attacks on the national security posture of the United States,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"We can't keep our promise to 'Never Forget' if the next generation of Americans never learns about 9/11 in the first place.\"\n\nCongresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), who represents Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn, joined Rep. Garbarino and cosponsored the Resolution.\n\n\u201cTwenty-one years ago, the world witnessed calculated death and destruction that claimed nearly 3,000 innocent lives, left 6,000 injured and thousands more suffering from and succumbing to 9/11-related illness since,\u201d Rep. Malliotakis said. \u201cNot educating our youth about the September 11 attacks and the impact they\u2019ve had on our nation would be a great disservice not only to them but to those who continue to deal with physical and mental anguish from that fateful day. These attacks fundamentally changed the way we protect our homeland, and it must be included in our children\u2019s curriculum.\u201d\n\nThe full text of the Resolution can be viewed here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/republican-members-urge-democrat-leadership-fund-911-health-program-ahead-21st", "Republican Members Urge Democrat Leadership To Fund 9/11 Health Program Ahead of 21st Anniversary", "2022-09-09", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 First responders and survivors suffering from 9/11 related illnesses are at risk of losing access to health care as soon as 2024. That's why, ahead of the 21st Anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) led a group of Republican cosponsors of the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act, in urging House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) to bring the legislation up for a full committee mark-up. H.R. 4965 would address a funding shortfall in the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) and ensure its adequate funding now and in the future.\n\nRep. Garbarino, the Republican lead on this bill, was joined by Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Dave Joyce (R-OH), and Rodney Davis (R-IL). This letter follows a previous letter, sent eight weeks ago, during which time zero movement on this legislation has taken place.\n\nThe Members wrote in part, \"In July, we, Republican cosponsors of this legislation, sent you a letter urging you to work with us in a bipartisan manner to find a pay-for and bring forth H.R. 4965 for a full committee mark-up. As we noted then, if Congress does not quickly address this impending crisis, then the men and women who put their lives on the line and who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks will lose health coverage to treat the physical and mental illnesses that they sustained on that fateful day. In the eight weeks since this last letter, no action has been taken to move H.R. 4965 forward within the committee, despite broad bipartisan support and the looming funding deficit.\n\n\"Congress has a responsibility to uphold our promises,\" the Members continued. \"We implore you not to turn a blind eye to the hardship 9/11 responders and survivors are facing and urge you to move this critical legislation forward without further delay.\"\n\nToday, the WTCHP provides medical treatment and monitoring for over 117,000 responders and survivors from the World Trade Center and lower Manhattan, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville, PA crash site, who live in every state and in 434 out of 435 Congressional Districts.\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found hereand below:\n\nDear Chairman Pallone:\n\nAs the 21st anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks approaches, we write to once again urge you to prioritize the heroes who put their lives in danger on that fateful day and bring forth H.R. 4965, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act, for a full committee mark-up during this upcoming legislative work period.\n\nAs you are aware, the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) is facing an impending funding shortfall due to a rise in medical costs and cancer rates over the last three years. The WTCHP is rapidly approaching a deficit in funding that will force the program to have to ratchet down spending and bar any new sick responders or survivors by October 2024. H.R. 4965 not only addresses the current funding shortfall directly, but also ensures adequate funding for years to come.\n\nIn July, we, Republican cosponsors of this legislation, sent you a letter urging you to work with us in a bipartisan manner to find a pay-for and bring forth H.R. 4965 for a full committee mark-up. As we noted then, if Congress does not quickly address this impending crisis, then the men and women who put their lives on the line and who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks will lose health coverage to treat the physical and mental illnesses that they sustained on that fateful day. In the eight weeks since this last letter, no action has been taken to move H.R. 4965 forward within the committee, despite broad bipartisan support and the looming funding deficit.\n\nCongress created the WTCHP with the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Today, the WTCHP provides medical treatment and monitoring for over 117,000 first responders and survivors who reside in every single state and all but one congressional district. For them, the consequences of September 11, 2001 continue to reverberate to this day.\n\nCongress has a responsibility to uphold our promises. We implore you not to turn a blind eye to the hardship 9/11 responders and survivors are facing and urge you to move this critical legislation forward without further delay. We appreciate your attention to this matter and welcome a quick resolution to this time-sensitive issue.\n\nSincerely,", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-mta-public-comment-extension-insult-new-yorkers", "Malliotakis: MTA Public Comment Extension is an Insult to New Yorkers", "2022-09-09", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) extension of its public comment period for the Central Business District Tolling (CBDT) Program's Environmental Assessment (EA), otherwise known as Congestion Pricing. Malliotakis has spearheaded a bipartisan effort to extend the public comment period for 60 days and is pushing the MTA to conduct full, thorough, and transparent environmental and economic impact studies.\n\n\"While I'm pleased to see the public comment period has been extended following my personal appeal to the FHWA, a 14-day extension is still not enough for New Yorkers who demand their voices be heard and need time to review the 1,000-page EA. This first-in-the-nation program has the potential to cost commuters an additional $5,000 per year, while the true impact on businesses and tourism remains unknown. Not only should the MTA be extending the public comment period for a total of 60 days so all New Yorkers have a fair opportunity to express their concerns about congestion pricing, but it should also thoroughly examine the environmental and economic impact this program will have before it's implemented. If the MTA is going to jam this cash-grab through, it is the responsibility of FHWA as the leading federal agency to ensure the public has ample time to review it and respond.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-announces-october-7-service-academy-application-deadline-names", "Malliotakis Announces October 7 Service Academy Application Deadline, Names Committee Lead", "2022-09-06", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis announced Thursday, October 7, 2022, is the final submission deadline for Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn students to submit their U.S. Service Academy application forms to her office.\n\nAs a Member of Congress, Malliotakis is able to nominate high school juniors and seniors from New York's 11th Congressional District to one of our country\u2019s four service academies: Air Force, Army, Merchant Marine, or Navy. Malliotakis may nominate up to ten students for each vacant academy slot allotted to New York's 11th Congressional District. Students who are accepted make a commitment to serve in the U.S. military for at least five years upon graduation.\n\n\"Nominating impressive students from Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn for our country's service academies is one of the greatest honors I have as a Congresswoman,\" Malliotakis said. \"I urge students to get all application forms into our office before the October 7 deadline so our nomination committee has ample time to review them. I look forward to receiving the committee's recommendations and wish the best of luck to these young patriots who wish to serve our great nation.\"\n\nAdditionally, Malliotakis announced that Wagner College Administrator and retired Coast Guard Captain David J. Martin, Esq. will lead her selection committee to review this year's applicants, made up of approximately 20 prominent community leaders, high-ranking active duty and former military members personnel, and military academy graduates. The committee will interview applicants, assess their qualifications, and ultimately make nomination recommendations to Congresswoman Malliotakis.\n\n\"It is an honor for me to be asked by Congresswoman Malliotakis to serve on this most important committee,\" Martin said. \"I look forward to meeting some of our best and brightest young men and women as they apply for one of the federal service academies. Having been an instructor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, I can state unequivocally that this is an opportunity of a lifetime.\"\n\nThe deadline for students to submit all application forms to Malliotakis' office is Thursday, October 7, 2022. To apply, please visit Malliotakis' website HERE.\n\nFrequently Asked Questions for those seeking a Service Academy nomination can be found HERE.\n\nMore information on the U.S. Service Academies can be found below:\n\nThe U.S. Military Academy (West Point, NY)\n\nThe U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)\n\nThe U.S. Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO)\n\nU.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY)\n\nU.S. Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT) Note: USCGA does not require a Congressional nomination to apply.\n\nAbout Captain David J. Martin, Esq.:\n\nCaptain David J. Martin, Esq. currently serves on the Wagner College administration as the Director of Planned Giving and College Relations. In this capacity, he advises Wagner College alumni and friends on how to invest in Wagner\u2019s future. Previously, he served as the Chief of Staff to President Guarasci (2003-2010) and also served as the Vice President for Administration (2010-2014).\n\nHe received his B.S. degree from James Madison University in 1980 and his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University (New Orleans) in 1984. He has spent a career in the courtroom, practicing in both civilian and military courts. He is licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, all federal courts, and all trial courts in the states of Louisiana, New York, and the District of Columbia. He is also licensed to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and all United States military courts. He has litigated dozens of cases in both criminal and civil courts. He has also argued numerous arbitrations in the military tribunals, employment disputes, administrative boards, boards of inquiry, and insurance arbitrations.\n\nHe is a retired Captain in the United States Coast Guard. His past military assignments include teaching at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT), where the Corps of Cadets selected him as the \u201cOutstanding Teacher of the Year\u201d in 1997. In the courtroom, he served as a prosecutor and defense attorney in the Coast Guard Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. While in the active service, he was recognized as one of the premier trial attorneys in the Coast Guard. He prosecuted and defended a multitude of crimes, including; vehicular homicide, theft, sexual assault, rape, robbery, and various military crimes and drug offenses. He left the active service of the Coast Guard in June 2003 when he accepted the position at Wagner College. He remained in the reserve forces and rose to the rank of Captain. He was the last Coast Guard officer to be in command of a Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron (NCWRON 25) and he proudly wears the Navy command at sea pin. His last legal assignment was serving as the Reserve Judge Advocate General for the entire Coast Guard. He was asked to serve as the alternate General Court-Martial Judge in 2013 \u2013 the first time a reservist was ever asked to serve as a military judge. He was recognized for his efforts by the American Bar Association in 2015 when he was selected as the Career Military Lawyer of the Year. He retired from the Coast Guard in 2016.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-submits-written-testimony-mta-opposing-congestion-pricing-program", "Malliotakis Submits Written Testimony to MTA Opposing Congestion Pricing Program", "2022-08-25", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis today submitted the following written testimony to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) opposing the city's plan to implement a Central Business District Tolling Program in New York City, otherwise known as Congestion Pricing:\n\nAs a resident of the New York metropolitan area, I am deeply concerned about the economic, environmental, and safety impacts of the proposed CBDTP on our greater region. The cordon pricing zone will generate revenues for the MTA\u2019s capital program, all at the expense of other, less privileged communities in our vast region of over 22 million inhabitants.\n\nMany commuters \u2013 in places such as Staten Island \u2013 lack an alternative mode of transport to personal automobile for their regular commute to the Manhattan CBD. This could be due to the time of day they are required to commute, the number of intraday trips, or a transit-inaccessible point of origin. These individuals will be unduly harmed and disadvantaged.\n\nThe EA prepared by the MTA and FHWA demonstrates that communities \u2013 such as the Bronx and Staten Island \u2013 will experience higher levels of traffic congestion along with the increased air pollution that comes with it. Higher congestion levels will also erode pedestrian safety and drive traffic fatalities up in our communities. These heightened daytime traffic levels in our region but away from the CBD will necessarily expose two of society\u2019s most vulnerable groups to more pollution and more traffic danger: children and senior citizens. As the CBDTP transfers Manhattan\u2019s vehicular congestion out to communities such as the Bronx and Staten Island, our most vulnerable citizens will be at greater risk.\n\nThe level of study conducted under the EA process to date is sufficient only to reinforce the concerns of millions of residents in the New York metropolitan area. We will be disadvantaged, and the errors of past transportation planners will be exacerbated by the MTA\u2019s hasty push to conclude NEPA and implement their program. Further study, analysis, and mitigation proposals are clearly necessary before the CBDTP can proceed. The public comment period on this EA \u2013 conducted during one of the most challenging times of year for community engagement \u2013 must be extended to 90 days in order to garner sufficient input from our regions\u2019 inhabitants. Not doing so suggests an intentional suppression of public input on the part of the MTA and FHWA, in direct violation of the spirit of NEPA. Our voices \u2013 including those of environmental justice communities in the Bronx and on Staten Island \u2013 must be heard, and that takes time.\n\nIn addition to extending the current public comment period, I urge FHWA to continue its assessment of this precedent-setting cordon pricing zone by conducting a full and thorough EIS. Projects of far less consequence and less apparent environmental impact \u2013 such as the FRA\u2019s recent EIS for the \u201cWestern Rail Yard\u201d project in Manhattan \u2013 have been afforded a full and complete EIS analysis, while this program of tremendous consequence for an entire region has been pushed through at maximum speed, per the MTA leadership\u2019s repeated statements. We cannot have it both ways: this review will either be treated with respect and conducted thoroughly, with community input, or it will be done fast to jam through an outcome that benefits the businesses and residents of lower and midtown Manhattan with little regard for the rest of our region.\n\nPlease implement NEPA properly for this project; please choose community engagement and thorough analysis to ensure that the CBDTP is done right. The consequences of a rushed EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are just too high.\n\nTo download a copy of Malliotakis' testimony, click HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-garbarino-honors-long-island-vietnam-veterans-commemorative-pinning", "Rep. Garbarino Honors Long Island Vietnam Veterans With Commemorative Pinning Ceremony", "2022-08-18", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "EAST ISLIP, N.Y. \u2014 This week, Congressmen Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02) held a veterans pinning ceremony at AMVETS Post 18 to honor Vietnam veterans as part of the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration \u2014 a national 50th anniversary commemoration \u2014 authorized by Congress and established under the Department of Defense in 2012. The primary objective of the commemoration is to thank and honor our Vietnam veterans and their families, for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the Nation.\n\n\"Vietnam veterans answered the call to serve.These commemorative lapel pins serve as a lasting token of long overdue recognition from a grateful nation,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"I was proud to host this commemorative pinning ceremony to honor our Vietnam veterans, and their families, in New York\u2019s Second District and to make sure they know they have our profound thanks for their service.\"\n\nRep. Garbarino was joined by Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter, Suffolk County Legislator Steven Flotteron, Assemblyman Jarett Gandolfo, and the Long Island Chapter Air Force Association in honoring our veterans during the ceremony hosted at AMVETS Post 18 in East Islip.\n\n\u201cMay this ceremony, and many like it across the Nation, provide Veterans and their families with the recognition they deserve and let us remember and pay tribute to all U.S. Armed Forces personnel, including those held as prisoners of war, listed as missing in action, or whose contributions were made on the home front. On behalf of the community, the Town of Islip and the Nation, we thank you for your service and sacrifice,\u201d said Supervisor Carpenter.\n\n\u201cI would like to thank Congressman Garbarino for including me in yesterday\u2019s significant pin presentation for our Vietnam Veterans. It gave recognition to those who risked their lives for their country without receiving the respect and honor they so deserved because our country was divided over the Vietnam conflict,\u201d said Legislator Flotteron.\n\nOver 40 Vietnam veterans or the families of Vietnam veterans, including those who served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps, were honored during the ceremony and presented with a commemorative lapel pin and Congressional Certificate of Recognition by Rep. Garbarino as lasting momentos of the nation's thanks.\n\nThe pins are embossed with a bald eagle, to symbolize the courage, honor, and dedication to service embodied by our veterans. The blue border and stripes represent our flag and signify vigilance, perseverance, and justice. The laurel wreath along the border represents victory, integrity, and strength. The six stars beside the eagle represent the U.S. and our five allies who served alongside one another \u2013 Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand. The pin is engraved with a message that reads, \u201ca grateful nation thanks and honors you.\"\n\nLiving U.S. veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during the period of November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975, regardless of the location, are eligible to receive one lapel pin, whether they served incountry, in-theater, or who were stationed elsewhere during the Vietnam War period. Families of Vietnam veterans who have passed away are also eligable to recieve a lapel pin posthumously. More information about how to recieve a lapel pin can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-zeldin-hochul-stop-incentivizing-illegal-migration-call-potus", "Malliotakis, Zeldin to Hochul: Stop Incentivizing Illegal Migration, Call on POTUS to Secure Border", "2022-08-16", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(NEW YORK, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congressman Lee Zeldin (NY-01) yesterday called on Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams to stop incentivizing illegal migration and join calls for President Biden to secure the southern border following an influx of migrants arriving in New York City.\n\n\"I'm the daughter of immigrants; I understand the aspirations of those who are coming to our country in search of the American Dream,\" Malliotakis said. \"My office has helped 65 immigrants from 15 different countries become United States citizens since last year, but what we're seeing transpire along our southern border and now on the streets of New York is unacceptable and lacks common sense. The reality is President Biden and Governor Hochul have incentivized illegal immigration with free college tuition, health care, and housing. The Mayor's right - the influx of migrants is a burden on our city's resources, hospitals, and schools, but what is he doing about it? He and the governor aren't joining our calls to stop this where it's actually starting. Stop the hypocrisy, stop the incentives, and let's be serious about public safety, protecting taxpayers, and getting the border crisis under control. They should be joining Congressman Zeldin and I in calling on President Biden to secure our border, reinstate Remain in Mexico, and end 'catch and release'.\"\n\nIn New York State, undocumented immigrants are eligible to receive free health care, college tuition, shelter, and stimulus checks. Last week, Malliotakis and Zeldin along with the entire New York Republican Congressional Delegation called on Hochul to support the repeal of New York\u2019s \u201cGreen Light\u201d law which allows undocumented immigrants to obtain New York driver's licenses and prevent federal immigration officials from accessing state DMV records without a search warrant.\n\nAdditionally, two suspected Mexican drug cartel members were arrested last month in New York City for possessing $1.2 million worth of crystal meth. Despite being caught by the Drug Enforcement Agency, the two men were cut loose on supervised release because of New York's lax bail law, further showing how the cartels are exploiting our open borders to smuggle illicit substances onto New York streets and driving up historic overdose rates among New Yorkers.\n\n\"Governor Hochul needs to take immediate, substantive action to repeal New York\u2019s \u2018Green Light\u2019 law, speak out against the Biden Administration\u2019s influx of illegal immigrants into New York, and roll back the many policies that incentivize illegal entry,\" Zeldin said. \"The Biden Administration needs to finish construction of the border wall, end catch and release, enforce the Remain in Mexico policy, support our Customs and Border Protection officers, and stop encouraging and rewarding illegal entry.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-gottheimer-announce-federal-action-fight-nys-congestion-tax", "Malliotakis, Gottheimer Announce Federal Action to Fight NY\u2019s Congestion Tax", "2022-08-15", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(NEW YORK, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) today announced bipartisan steps they are taking at the federal level to combat New York City's Congestion Pricing Program, including new legislation that would require that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conduct a full audit of the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) to see how its spent billions in federal assistance over the past five years.\n\nUnder the city's plan, commuters may be forced to pay an additional $23 toll to enter Manhattan south of 60th street, costing drivers more than $5,000 per year, and potentially more for Staten Islanders who already pay a toll to connect to the rest of the city. If the plan does move forward, Malliotakis is calling on the MTA to establish a credit system to prevent her constituents from being double-tolled.\n\n\"The fact that the City, State, and MTA are proposing a congestion tax to make up for lost revenue after they've received billions in federal assistance and opportunities to apply for matching grants through the federal infrastructure bill is absurd and goes to show how mismanaged the authority is,\" Malliotakis said. \"Go after toll evaders, turnstile jumpers, and make New York City\u2019s transit safe so more residents and tourists ride, but stop treating New Yorkers and American taxpayers like ATMs. The MTA is a notorious blackhole and the Inspector General should audit every federal dollar the MTA has received. Enough is enough.\"\n\nMalliotakis and Gottheimer have already taken several steps to fight New York's congestion tax, including the Economic Impact of Tolling Act, legislation that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from implementing congestion pricing until a thorough economic impact analysis is completed and publicized, along with two amendments that would ensure federal dollars aren't used to implement congestion pricing unless certain criteria are met. Most recently, Malliotakis and Gottheimer wrote to the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) calling for a more thorough analysis of how congestion pricing will impact commuters, tourists, and businesses.\n\n\"If the report the MTA released proved anything, it\u2019s that the bureaucratic and woefully mismanaged agency sees the hardworking Jersey and New York residents as their piggy bank. Every Congestion Tax scenario the MTA released last week will whack drivers with a new tax. It\u2019s why I brought this piggy bank as a gift for the MTA. We will fight to make sure that this is the only dollar the MTA ever gets from their Congestion Tax,\" Gottheimer said. \"Can you imagine a hardworking nurse or Uber driver from Jersey having to pay $23 dollars a day on top of the $16 dollars they pay to go over the GW Bridge \u2013 not to mention what it costs for parking and gas? Just read MTA spelled backwards and it tells you exactly how the MTA looks at New Jersey right now: as their personal ATM. It\u2019s time we audited the MTA that keeps pouring the dollars we\u2019ve sent them into a black hole.\"\n\nMalliotakis and Gottheimer encouraged those who oppose the congestion tax to submit comments to the MTA and let their voices be heard at virtual public hearings starting on August 25th. Comments can be emailed to CBDTP@mtabt.org or submitted at mta-nyc.custhelp.com/app/cbd_tolling. The schedule of virtual public hearings can be found here: https://new.mta.info/project/CBDTP.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarinos-statement-following-his-vote-against-so-called-inflation-reduction", "Garbarino's Statement Following His Vote Against the so-called \"Inflation Reduction Act\"", "2022-08-12", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) released the following statement following his vote against H.R.5376, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.\n\n\"I voted AGAINST the deceptively named 'Inflation Reduction Act' just like I voted against the reckless Build Back Better scheme. We can\u2019t tax and spend our way out of the economic crisis that Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi created. Two hundred and thirty economists agree that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act is expected to contribute to skyrocketing inflation and burden the American economy. This bill means $745 billion in new spending, including over $400 billion for the 'Green New Deal' and $80 billion in new funding for the IRS to hire 87,000 new agents to go after the middle class and small businesses. Aside from completely failing to reduce inflation, this bill fails to address the SALT deduction cap while raising taxes that will impact the middle class. The healthcare provisions in the bill are expected to increase premiums and decrease drug innovation, leading to a fewer number of new drugs and cures. This bill is bad for Long Islanders and bad for the American people. Shame on Congressional Democrats for forcing through this irresponsible legislation to score a political win at the expense of American taxpayers.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-urges-gov-hochul-stop-influx-illegal-immigrants-new-york", "Garbarino Urges Gov. Hochul to Stop Influx of Illegal Immigrants to New York", "2022-08-09", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. - Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) joined Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01) and the rest of their New York Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives in sending a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul, calling on her to support the repeal of New York\u2019s \u201cGreen Light\u201d law, finally speak out against the transportation of illegal immigrants into New York by the Biden Administration, permit and encourage more coordination and cooperation between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, and repeal New York\u2019s many incentives that reward illegal entry.\n\nThe Green Light law allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver\u2019s licenses in New York and prevents federal immigration officials from accessing the state\u2019s Department of Motor Vehicles records without a search warrant.\n\n\u201cThe dead of the night flights to Westchester County have now morphed into a multi-faceted travel agency with destinations elsewhere in New York, dealing striking blows to local resources. This crisis has escalated to the point that New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently called for federal intervention due to the city's inability to accommodate the arrival of 3,000 illegal immigrants in recent weeks. New Yorkers have no concrete information about what sort of vetting these migrants have gone through, why they are being relocated, where they will stay, who was involved in this decision-making process and so much more. The silence and lack of transparency from your administration has been completely unacceptable,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in part.\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found here and below:\n\nDear Governor Hochul,\n\nThe Biden Administration\u2019s refusal to secure our nation\u2019s border is resulting in a historic influx of illegal immigrants, who are being transported to their destinations of choice, including New York. This creates a significant stress on state and local resources, and also increases security risks. For far too long, failed leadership in our state has implemented policies that incentivize the arrival of individuals who are in the country illegally, and now the burden is very predictably falling onto the laps of New Yorkers. With a profound sense of concern, we call upon your Administration and the state legislature to take immediate action to stem the tide of illegal immigrants into our state and repeal problematic laws that enthusiastically reward those who have broken the law.\n\nSince the beginning of this fiscal year (FY), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has already encountered 2,002,604 individuals illegally crossing into the country. We still have two months left in FY22, and we\u2019ve already surpassed the total border encounters of 1,956,519 in FY21. As if that isn\u2019t alarming enough, CBP has reported 37,345 encounters along New York\u2019s border with Canada so far in FY22, an exponential 276.6% increase from FY21, and our local communities are suffering the consequences. In October of last year, New Yorkers were shocked to learn that nearly 2,000 undocumented immigrants had been secretly flown, and released, into our state. There isn\u2019t some great mystery as to why this is happening, it\u2019s because New York\u2019s pro-illegal immigration policies are the perfect supplement to the Biden Administration\u2019s border crisis.\n\nThe dead of the night flights to Westchester County have now morphed into a multi-faceted travel agency with destinations elsewhere in New York, dealing striking blows to local resources. This crisis has escalated to the point that New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently called for federal intervention due to the city's inability to accommodate the arrival of 3,000 illegal immigrants in recent weeks. New Yorkers have no concrete information about what sort of vetting these migrants have gone through, why they are being relocated, where they will stay, who was involved in this decision-making process and so much more. The silence and lack of transparency from your administration has been completely unacceptable. Instead of conducting these covert flights and covering up these decisions from the public, you must take accountability and stop the influx of illegal immigrants into our communities.\n\nIn 2019, the Cuomo Administration, in which you were the Lieutenant Governor, began issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants following the passage of the Green Light Law. Among other controversial provisions, this law revoked the ability of \u201cany agency that primarily enforces immigration law\u201d to access the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) database without a warrant or court order. The DMV database allows law enforcement officers to quickly access information about vehicle registration and traffic-related offenses, including misdemeanors, during routine traffic stops and investigations. This provision intentionally targeted the efforts by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enforce federal immigration law.\n\nSeveral counties in New York have rejected the Green Light Law, and warnings from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have signified that the law undermines their efforts. While DHS access to the DMV database is vital to \u201cidentify foreign terrorist connections and build criminal cases and identify criminal suspects including gang members, sex offenders, drug smugglers and others,\u201d the Cuomo Administration proceeded with implementing a law that offered protection to illegal immigrants over New Yorkers.\n\nWhile the Green Light Law is a prime example of a New York policy that motivates illegal immigrants to make our state their destination, there is unfortunately no shortage of additional state and local incentives such as: COVID-19 stimulus checks for undocumented immigrants; the law you passed which provides $820 million in Medicaid services for undocumented immigrants; tuition aid for undocumented students, and of course, the recently struck down New York City law which granted non-citizens the sacred right of voting. Despite publicly calling the surge of illegals a \u201creal burden\u201d to city resources, New York City\u2019s legal team filed an appeal to \u201cvigorously\u201d defend legislation that allows non-citizens to vote in municipal elections.\n\nAt a time when inflation and the effects of a post-pandemic stalled economy are burdening communities across New York, now more than ever is the time to allocate state resources to New Yorkers. This crisis cannot be solved if your Administration continues to deflect responsibility. Given the current humanitarian crisis and the strain on federal law enforcement, you must end the transportation of illegal immigrants into our state, permit and encourage more coordination and cooperation between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, and repeal problematic incentives that reward illegal entry.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-adams-call-potus-secure-our-southern-border", "Malliotakis to Adams: Call on POTUS to Secure our Southern Border", "2022-08-08", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams to join calls for President Biden to secure the southern border following Texas Governor Greg Abbott bussing migrants who've entered the country illegally to New York City.\n\n\"Instead of requesting more money from the federal government, Mayor Adams should be joining our calls for the Biden Administration to secure our southern border and end the unsustainable mass migration President Biden's policies have created,\" Malliotakis said. \"Since President Biden took office, more than three million individuals from over 60 countries have crossed our southern border, in addition to hundreds of thousands of others whom authorities estimate have gone undetected. I visited the Southern Border last year and our Custom and Border Protection (CBP) Agents are being overwhelmed by the cartels and coyotes who are profiting billions from human and drug trafficking schemes. We also know that since October, 56 individuals on the FBI's terrorist watch list have been intercepted and tons of poisonous drugs such as fentanyl and meth are pouring in and killing hundreds of young Americans every day. The Biden Administration\u2019s mishandling of the border has been an utter disaster and has created a dire humanitarian crisis, national security crisis, and public safety crisis.\"\n\nLast month, two suspected Mexican drug-cartel members were caught with $1.2 million worth of meth in New York City. Despite being caught by the Drug Enforcement Agency, the two men were cut loose on supervised release because of New York's lax bail law.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-introduces-legislation-hold-new-york-accountable-lax-bail-law", "Malliotakis Introduces Legislation To Hold New York Accountable for Lax Bail Law, Require Dangerousness Be Considered", "2022-08-08", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) has introduced H.R. 8647, the Protecting All Communities Equally (PACE) Act of 2022, legislation that would hold states with lax bail laws accountable and require that bail laws provide judges with discretion to set bail if the accused is considered a danger to society.\n\nNew York State is the only state in the nation that does not allow judges to use discretion. It would also hold the state responsible for any personal injury or property damage caused by criminals who go on to commit other crimes after being released without bail.\n\n\"My colleagues and I have been pushing the Governor and State Legislature to reverse the botched bail law, and even after violent crime has skyrocketed to record levels, they refuse to do so,\" said Malliotakis, who was a state legislator and voted against the bail law in 2019. \"These soft-on-crime policies have created a dangerous revolving-door criminal justice system that has only emboldened criminals and put residents, visitors, businesses, and law enforcement directly in harm's way. If the city and the state won't reverse their backward policies, I'm going to do what I can at the federal level to hold them accountable, keep dangerous criminals behind bars, and support the men and women who are on the front lines keeping us safe.\"\n\nAccording to NYPD data, recidivism rates in New York City have tripled since 2017, (before New York's bail law took effect), with roughly one in every five criminals arrested for burglary or theft rearrested on a felony charge within 60 days after being released. Even more alarming, new reports have detailed that a small group of 10 career criminals has racked up nearly 500 arrests since the bail law took effect in 2020, with perps having been arrested over 30 times in one year.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"The state's top priority should be protecting the safety of its citizens. People are violently assaulted every day in our city, most often by perps with lengthy criminal rap sheets. The fact that Governor Hochul won't change the law or fire woke prosecutors is a blatant dereliction of duty - she should be held most responsible for refusing to act.\"\n\nTo learn more about Malliotakis' Protecting All Communities Equally Act of 2022, click HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-golden-introduce-bill-help-struggling-families-heat-their-homes", "Garbarino, Golden Introduce Bill to Help Struggling Families Heat Their Homes this Winter", "2022-08-05", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Congressmen Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02) joined with Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) this week to introduce the Home Heating Emergency Funding Act of 2022. The legislation would provide $4 billion in emergency funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help struggling families across the country afford to heat their homes this winter amidst rising fuel costs.\n\n\u201cLong Islanders and Americans across the country are dealing with astronomical energy prices on top of rising costs for basic necessities across the board,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino. \u201cThis legislation will provide much needed relief to some of the most vulnerable families in our community and help ensure they are able to heat their homes this winter.\u201d\n\n\u201cEven if sky-high heating oil prices come down between now and November, it\u2019s going to be a tough winter for many families in Maine,\u201d said Rep. Golden. \u201cWhile I\u2019ve been pushing for months for the U.S. to expand domestic oil and gas production and open pipelines to increase energy supply and lower prices, these measures are unlikely to impact Mainers filling their oil tanks this winter. That\u2019s why the bipartisan bill I\u2019m introducing today is so important. Our bill will respond to this crisis by temporarily doubling the funding that goes to LIHEAP, the program that helps families with their heating bills. For thousands of Maine residents this funding could be a crucial lifeline to get them through the winter this year.\u201d\n\nLIHEAP helps keep families safe and healthy through initiatives that assist families with energy costs. LIHEAP provides federally funded assistance in managing costs associated with home energy bills, energy crises, weatherization and energy-related minor home repairs. Learn more here.\n\nRep. Garbarino also helped lead appropriation requests to fund LIHEAP for both Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-islip-town-officials-announce-3-million-grant-sewer-expansion", "Garbarino, Islip Town Officials Announce $3 Million Grant for Sewer Expansion Project", "2022-08-05", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) joined with Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter, Councilman Jim O'Connor and town officials to announce a $3 million federal grant secured by Rep. Garbarino for a new sewer connection in the Central Islip Downtown.\n\n\"I was proud to secure $3 million for this sewer expansion to aid in the revitalization of Central Islip,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"The age and density of sewer our systems cannot sustain the rate of growth we have seen in our population and economy. This is a serious barrier to doing business on Long Island, a problem I saw firsthand even before entering office in my work as a private attorney aiding small businesses. This project is going to have a major economic and environmental impact on this community. I thank Supervisor Angie Carpenter, Councilman Jim O\u2019Conner, and the Town of Islip for working so closely with me and my office to bring this funding to fruition.\"\n\nThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant will allow for a new sewer connection in the Central Islip Downtown in order to make possible the development of a more businesses in the area that are reliant on sewer connectivity to make a location viable. In addition to aiding in the revitalization of the downtown area, this sewer expansion will have significant environmental impact by preventing nitrogen pollution from wastewater from running into the Great South Bay.\n\nThe $3 million HUD grant, in combination with a $7.5 million grant from the United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Agency (USDOC EDA) for the sewer connection, which the Town of Islip applied for with Rep. Garbarino's support, will allow for the complete funding of this critical project with no additional cost to Islip residents.\n\n\"I would like to thank Congressman Andrew Garbarino, who once again came through for the Town of Islip,\" said Supervisor Carpenter. \u201cWith its close proximity to the Long Island Railroad, we plan to continue the transit-oriented development that will make downtown Central Islip a hub for the community and the entire Town, with infrastructure and pedestrian improvements, redevelopment of the former train station and building rehabilitation, and improvements to create additional commercial and residential opportunity,\u201d said Supervisor Carpenter.\n\nIslip Town Councilman Jim O\u2019Connor added, \u201cI am thrilled to join Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter along with the Town\u2019s Planning and Public Works departments, and local civic partners in saying \u2018thank you\u2019 to Congressman Andrew Garbarino for his unwavering efforts to deliver millions of dollars back to our community in needed infrastructure improvements for the Central Islip Downtown Revitalization Initiative. This funding will bring significant benefits towards the economic expansion and environmental protection efforts to the area.\u201d\n\nThe sewer expansion will stretch along Carlton Avenue. Construction is expected to begin January 2023 and is anticipated to take 12-16 months.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-unveils-recommendations-restore-public-safety-new-york-city", "Malliotakis Unveils Recommendations to Restore Public Safety in New York City", "2022-08-05", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(NEW YORK, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), a member of the American Security Law Enforcement Task Force (ASTF), today unveiled legislative recommendations the task force has proposed to restore public safety in cities across America should Republicans take back the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\n\"As a member of the American Security Task Force, I've joined my colleagues in meeting with law enforcement officers from across the state to hear directly from them what tools are needed to help them more effectively do their jobs,\" Malliotakis said. \"Democrats' lax bail policies have created a revolving-door justice system in our state, and after hearing officers' concerns, we know these policies are putting residents, businesses, and visitors at risk. While most of the concerns brought up in our roundtables are with state and local laws like bail reform, budget cuts to law enforcement, and laws that tie their hands, our task force has been able to find ways that the federal government can hold local officials accountable and support law enforcement directly.\"\n\nThe American Security Law Enforcement Task Force has unveiled the following legislative recommendations:\n\nSupport and FUND the Police. Law enforcement deserves a House majority that has their backs. We must make sure police departments have the resources necessary to do their job without increasing federal control over local enforcement.\n\nTackle Recruitment and Retention Issues. Police departments across the country are struggling to recruit new officers to fill open positions. A nationwide survey from June 2021 found departments are 7% short of filling budgeted positions. This amounts to over 46,000 law enforcement officers nationwide. Some cities face shortages as high as 17%. Retirements nationwide were up by 45% in 2021. Congress should make available and increase resources to provide retention and recruitment bonuses of up to $5,000 to law enforcement officers to mitigate this challenge.\n\nAddress Crime Against Officers. It is becoming more dangerous than ever to serve as an officer with targeted offenses against law enforcement on the rise. In 2021, a record 73 officers were killed in the line of duty. As of May 2022, 123 officers had been shot, 19 of whom died from gunfire. We must hold those who commit a crime against a police officer accountable. Targeting an officer should never be permitted and those who commit these heinous acts should be punished. House Republicans will take action to protect officer safety.\n\nEnsure Transparency from Progressive Prosecutors. Progressive prosecutors hold office in cities that represent over 20% of the nation\u2019s population. At their direction, prosecutor offices are refusing to prosecute crimes, tying the hands of law enforcement, and contributing to a culture of lawlessness. For instance, last year, the LA sheriff\u2019s department made arrests, conducted investigations, and presented evidence to prosecutors in 13,238 cases that the District Attorney\u2019s office later rejected because of a \u201cspecial directive,\u201d \u2013 a series of politically-motivated directives issued by the Los Angeles District Attorney after he took office to advance progressive policies related to what crimes are to be prosecuted \u2013 not for lack of evidence. Greater transparency must be required from prosecutors who received federal grant dollars and federal funds should not be used to subsidize prosecutors who refuse to do their jobs.\n\nIn June, Malliotakis introduced the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act which would hold prosecutors accountable and create transparency by letting the public know how many cases prosecutors are declining to prosecute, the number of offenses committed by career criminals, and the number of criminals released. She's also drafted legislation to require every state to give judges the discretion to consider and set bail for individuals dangerous to society and hold states liable for any crimes committed by criminals released without cash bail. In addition to her legislative solutions, Malliotakis has earmarked millions in funding for the NYPD to purchase new protective equipment, forensic equipment, and expand its K9 unit.\n\nAdditionally, Malliotakis participated in a roundtable hosted by House Republican Leader Kevin Mccarthy in New York City yesterday afternoon along with representatives from the Detectives' Endowment Association, Sergeants Benevolent Association, Captains' Benevolent Association, Lieutenants Benevolent Association, MTA Police Benevolent Association, and the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.\n\nThe discussion centered around the latest issues members of New York City's law enforcement are facing due to the soft-on-crime policies enacted by New York's leadership, along with the ASTF's legislative recommendations to restore public safety. During the roundtable, Leader McCarthy praised the Congresswoman for standing up for the police, while officers expressed concerns about New York's botched bail reform law and shared more information about the crime crisis in New York City.\n\n\"Congresswoman Malliotakis has been at the forefront of standing up for our police,\" Leader McCarthy said. \u201cIt\u2019s happening across the country in these Democratic-run cities. We are watching homicides at new levels, robberies, rape continue to rise. Safety and security, it\u2019s a very big issue here but it\u2019s a big issue in every single city across America because of this progressive movement of defunding the police, electing these prosecutors who will not uphold the law.\u201d\n\n\"Individual legislators who voted for New York's bail reform law have to be held accountable by police, unions, the press, and the public,\" said Paul Digiacomo, President of the Detectives' Endowment Association. \"I want to thank Leader McCarthy for his commitment to law enforcement and doing what he can to put pressure on New York State.\"\\\n\nThe American Security Task Force focuses on border security, cyber security, and law", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-city-contract-dispute-staten-island-ferry-service", "Malliotakis Statement on City Contract Dispute, Staten Island Ferry Service Reductions", "2022-08-04", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement regarding the ongoing service reduction on the Staten Island Ferry.\n\n\"This morning I joined my city, state, and federal colleagues on a call with Mayor Adams, New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Commissioner Rodriguez, along with City Hall and NYCDOT staff regarding the staffing shortages that have impacted Staten Island Ferry service for the commuters we represent.\n\n\"It is evident that these staffing shortages and service reductions on the Ferry are due to the city's inability over the past decade to come to a contract agreement with the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA) that represents captains, assistant captains, engineers, and mates. While I understand this problem was inherited by Mayor Adams, I wrote to the new Mayor in January expressing my concerns that not resolving this dispute immediately would lead to the staffing shortages and irregular ferry schedule we're seeing today.\n\n\"I've spoken with representatives from MEBA who say they've lost talent to other transportation networks and private industries that provide a better quality of life for workers and their families. It's clear that their members are overworked, underpaid, and desperate for a new contract that addresses retention, overtime, and other staffing issues. While the Mayor's office emphasized they are working as quickly as possible to address this dispute, reductions in service have become all the more frequent and should have been made a top priority during the first few months of this administration when I and other Staten Island officials highlighted it. In the meantime, it's important for both parties to remain dedicated to finding a solution while also showing up to work so there is minimal impact on passenger service and safety.\n\n\"I fear that the longer this dispute goes on, the more it will impact operational and passenger safety risks for those I represent. I continue to urge the Mayor and his staff to address these issues immediately so MEBA members can have the contract they deserve and normal ferry operations can resume as quickly as possible.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-compensate-911-widows-children", "Malliotakis Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Compensate 9/11 Widows & Children", "2022-08-03", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), joined by Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (NY-04) and Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04), today introduced bipartisan legislation that would appropriate funds to the United States Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST) to equally compensate widows and dependent children of individuals killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.\n\nThe USVSST was established in 2015 to compensate people injured in acts of international state-sponsored terrorism. Between 2017 and 2020, $3.3 billion in payments were made through the fund, however, certain 9/11 spouses, and dependents only became eligible for the fund in 2019 and were left out of the fund\u2019s first two payments. The group initially excluded has received less than .01 percent of their allocated payments, while other groups in the USVSST have received millions of dollars. Previous payouts have been funded through assets seized from state-sponsored terrorism.\n\n\"This year, we will commemorate the 21st anniversary of September 11, 2001,\u201d Malliotakis said. \"We made a promise never to forget those who lost their lives on that fateful day and this must also extend to the widows, widowers, and children they left behind. I\u2019m proud to join a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing legislation to correct a solemn wrong and ensure widows and children of 9/11 are not forgotten and are compensated equitably by the USVSST by directly allocating this funding as a catch-up payment for which some were previously excluded. No more political theater, it\u2019s far past time to get this done.\"\n\nIn 2020, Congress passed legislation requiring the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to estimate the amount of \"catch-up\" payments for newly eligible groups to align with payments that other 9/11 family members had previously received. In direct response to the GAO's study, Malliotakis' legislation would directly appropriate these catch-up payments to the roughly 5,364 victims, spouses, or dependents that were wrongfully excluded from the initial payments made by the fund.\n\n\"For over two decades, New York\u2019s congressional delegation has worked together to honor those taken from us on September 11th and care for their survivors,\" said Rep. Kathleen Rice. \"I\u2019m proud to continue that bipartisan work and join my colleagues in introducing this bill, which will ensure that no one who lost a family member that day is arbitrarily denied compensation they deserve.\"\n\n\"Justice delayed is justice denied\u2014and justice has been routinely denied for those most directly impacted by the 9/11 attacks,\" said Rep. Chris Smith. \"Having fought hard with 9/11 widows and family members for their rightful inclusion in the USVSST, we must now ensure that they are not boxed out from due benefits. The Government Accountability Office\u2014the congressional watchdog\u2014concluded that 5,364 9/11 victims, spouses and dependents have been excluded and are owed restitution from the USVSST, which is comprised of assets seized from state sponsors of terrorism to compensate those directly harmed by terrorist attacks. Congress must act now to pass this critical and just piece of legislation, which will finally provide redress for the wives, husbands and children who lost their loved ones on that tragic day.\"\n\n\"There are not enough words to thank Congresswoman Malliotakis for the unwavering support and commitment she has shown to the widows and children of 9/11 who had begun to feel as if we had been forgotten,\" said Angela Mistrulli, Founder of Kids who Lost Parents on September 11, 2001 Fight for Equality. \"I'm hopeful that as we approach the 21st Anniversary of 9/11, every single member of Congress will honor my father's sacrifice and every other innocent American that was murdered on September 11th by signing onto this very important piece of Legislation. This will be a step in the right direction of correcting the harm caused to the widows and children of 9/11 due to their wrongful exclusion from the USVSST.\"\n\nLast month Malliotakis also called for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) to be fully funded so it is not depleted by 2024, and has cosponsored H.R.4965, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act, bipartisan legislation that would rectify the funding gap.\n\nMalliotakis' legislation has been assigned to the Judiciary Committee, the committee of jurisdiction, whose Chairman is New York\u2019s Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-10). In order to be brought to the floor for a vote, the Committee must consider the legislation for a hearing and markup.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-mcmahon-request-help-us-attorneys-stop-auto-thefts", "Malliotakis, McMahon Request Help from US Attorneys to Stop Auto Thefts", "2022-08-01", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon requested that the U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York, Southern District of New York, and the District of New Jersey establish a task force to assist to NYPD with the sharp rise in transnational grand theft auto crimes in New York City.\n\n\u201cOver the past year, there has been a drastic increase in stolen vehicles by transnational organized criminals,\u201d Malliotakis and McMahon wrote. \u201cThis dangerous trend has resulted in vehicles being loaded onto ships at the Port of New York/Newark and sent abroad for resale, mostly to West Africa and the Dominican Republic, making them almost impossible to recover. Given that this criminal operation crosses state lines, we urge you to create a task force to investigate and prosecute the individuals and organizations involved.\u201d\n\nNew York City has seen a 44 percent increase in auto grand larceny thefts over 2021, with 7,361 vehicles stolen citywide, and Staten Island seeing the largest percentage increase of all the boroughs. According to U.S. Customs and Border Control (CBP), as of April 115 stolen vehicles were recovered within New York City ports with approximately 74 stolen vehicles destined for various West African countries and 40 stolen vehicles headed for the Dominican Republic. These numbers are on pace to far exceed the 174 vehicles that were recovered in all of FY 2021.\n\nThe officials added: \u201cIt must be noted that the men and women of the NYPD are working tirelessly to prevent these thefts through robust community engagement and education, and to identify and apprehend those who are perpetrating these crimes. But the sheer amount of man hours it takes to investigate and solve even the most routine grand larceny auto crime is massive. We respectfully request your assistance in addressing this situation by mobilizing a task force to work in coordination with CBP, HSI, NYPD, and other federal agencies and local law enforcement involved to ensure that this trend does not continue and these transnational organized criminals will be brought to justice.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-bills-support-veterans-pass-house-veterans-affairs-committee", "Garbarino Bills In Support of Veterans Pass House Veterans Affairs Committee", "2022-07-25", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.- The House Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs recently held a full committee markup for several bills to strengthen benefits for veterans across America. Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) is proud to announce that three bills he helped introduce were passed out of the committee and are awaiting a full vote before the House of Representatives. They include H.R. 8260 - the Faster Payments to Veterans\u2019 Survivors Act, H.R. 7299 - the Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022, and H.R. 5606 \u2013 the Return to Home Housing Act.\n\n\u201cOur Veterans have made incredible sacrifices to protect this great nation, and it is a moral imperative to ensure they are taken care of when they return home,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino. \u201cThese bills would expand and streamline veterans\u2019 access to benefits and make sure that their personal information is protected from cyber criminals. I am pleased that my bills were passed by the Committee, and I will continue to push for critical reforms like those offered in this legislation on behalf of our veterans.\u201d\n\nFaster Payments to Veterans\u2019 Survivors Act\n\nWould streamline the process by which the families of our fallen heroes are able to receive benefits. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to strengthen its processes for identifying, locating, and paying hard-to-find survivors and other beneficiaries after the death of a veteran. The bill shortens the timeframe for the VA to contact beneficiaries, setting a 2-year goal to get the funds disbursed.\n\nStrengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022\n\nWould require the VA to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to provide a cybersecurity assessment of high-impact VA information systems and the effectiveness of the VA\u2019s information security program and information security management system. The bill will help protect the aging veteran population from cyber threats by educating our veterans and defending against attacks from malicious actors.\n\nReturn to Home Housing Act\n\nWould adjust the rate of per diem payments provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grantees that provide services to homeless veterans. The bill will increase the reimbursement maximum from 115% to 200%, which will ensure providers in a majority of regions can get adequately reimbursed for their costs of supplying transitional housing to unhoused veterans and make sure our heroes returning home always have a roof over their heads.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-colleagues-pass-bipartisan-legislation-protect-va-hospitals", "Malliotakis, Colleagues Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Protect VA Hospitals", "2022-07-21", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Yesterday Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in voting to pass two amendments that would redirect funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission that is recommending the closure or consolidation of VA hospitals across the country, including several sites in New York City.\n\nThe first amendment, which Malliotakis is a cosponsor of, transfers $5 million in funds to the Healthcare for Homeless Veterans program from the AIR Commission. The second amendment prevents the VA from transferring funds from the Medical Facilities and General Administration accounts to the AIR Commission.\n\n\"Providing our veterans with the healthcare they've earned and deserve is not a partisan issue,\" Malliotakis said. \"I\u2019ve been working diligently with veterans\u2019 organizations, along with my House and Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle to stop these proposed closures and protect the services so many veterans in our community rely on. The passage of today's amendments is another step in the right direction to protect our VA hospitals, however, we will not stop fighting until President Biden and his VA commit to ending the work of the AIR Commission altogether. Anything less is unacceptable and puts out veterans at risk.\"\n\nLast month, a bipartisan group of Senators committed to blocking the AIR Commission from proceeding, however, Biden's VA promised to continue the work of the AIR Commission.\n\nIn March, Malliotakis led two rallies with local veterans and elected officials outside the Staten Island and Brooklyn VA clinics to protest the closures. Under the VA\u2019s proposal, the Manhattan and Brooklyn VA Medical Centers would close entirely, contracting out inpatient and outpatient services to private medical providers as part of a new \u201cstrategic collaboration.\u201d While veteran mental-health services would be expanded on Staten Island, the clinic would merge with a VA medical campus in New Jersey. This means veterans who are patients at the Staten Island clinic would be forced to travel upwards of two hours round trip and face a burdensome $16 toll to receive specialized treatment.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-calls-reunification-cyprus-48th-anniversary-turkish-invasion", "Malliotakis Calls For Reunification of Cyprus on 48th Anniversary of Turkish Invasion", "2022-07-20", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Yesterday, Greek American Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) recognized the 48th anniversary of Turkey's illegal invasion and occupation of the Republic of Cyprus on the House Floor, calling for the removal of Turkish troops from the island and the return of property to its rightful owners.\n\n\"On July 20, 1974, the Turkish military invaded the Republic of Cyprus in direct violation of the Charter of the UN and international law,\" Malliotakis said. \"To this day, there\u2019s been no accountability for the deaths, displacements, and destruction caused by this illegal invasion and occupation. I urge the President, Secretary Blinken, and Congress to join calls for the immediate removal of Turkish troops, the return of property to rightful owners, and the reunification of Cyprus. Today, Cyprus, Greece, and other nations in the Eastern Mediterranean face more aggression and continued threats from Turkey under President Erdogan who has threatened Exclusive Economic Zones, ordered repeated military flyovers over the Greek Islands, and undermined NATO sanctions on Russia and U.S. operations in Syria. Despite Turkey\u2019s aggression, President Biden plans to sell U.S. fighter jets to Turkey. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for supporting our amendment to prevent this sale, and our efforts to deliver justice for Cyprus.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-presses-secretary-buttigieg-congestion-pricing-pushes-transparency", "Malliotakis Presses Secretary Buttigieg on Congestion Pricing, Pushes for Transparency", "2022-07-20", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Yesterday, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), a member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, pressed U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on New York City's plan to implement a Congestion Pricing Plan, calling for a thorough Environmental Impact Study and the full release of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's (MTA) answers to the Federal Highway Administration's 430 required technical questions for full transparency.\n\n\"New York City's Congestion Pricing Plan is the latest cash grab by New York City, New York State, and the MTA,\" Malliotakis said. \"Given this program is the first in the nation, the Federal Highway Administration has a responsibility to conduct a full and thorough Environmental Impact Study versus a simple assessment, along with an Economic Impact Study. I don't want my constituents to be guinea pigs. I don't support this plan at all, but if the City does move forward, we need to make sure it's being done right and see what the actual impact will be on businesses, residents, and the surrounding communities.\"\n\nDuring the hearing, Buttigieg claimed the process would be thorough and transparent but to date, only a simple environmental assessment, not a full study, has been required and he did not commit to releasing the 430 questions and answers to the public.\n\nMalliotakis has also called for more public hearings to ensure the process is fair and transparent. While Buttigieg reaffirmed everything is going \"by the book,\" with over 500 comments received, other projects across the nation that impact populations the size of the New York City metro area have historically garnered tens of thousands of public comments.\n\n\"If we believe in transparency, we want to make sure we get that information out in the public domain,\" Malliotakis added.\n\nMalliotakis has been outspoken against New York City's Congestion Pricing Plan since her time in the New York State Assembly. In Congress, Malliotakis has spearheaded several bipartisan efforts to delay and/or stop the city's plan altogether, including submitting amendments to the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Bill to ensure federal dollars aren't used to implement the program until an economic impact analysis is completed and publicized, and a credit system is established for residents for who already pay a toll to connect to the city's center where congestion pricing is established.\n\nAdditionally, Malliotakis and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) have introduced the Economic Impact of Tolling Act, legislation that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from implementing Congestion Pricing Programs until an economic impact analysis is completed and made available to the public and policymakers as to the program's potential impacts and consequences. Malliotakis has also introduced the Protection Against Double Tolling Act, legislation that would give individuals who reside on either side of a tolled bridge a credit toward any congestion pricing fee to prevent double-tolling.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-charges-dropped-against-alba-big-victory-time-bragg-do-his-job", "Malliotakis: Charges Dropped Against Alba \"Big Victory,\" Time For Bragg to Do His Job", "2022-07-19", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg dropping murder charges against Harlem bodega worker Jose Alba for fatally stabbing a man who attacked him earlier this month.\n\n\"Over the past several years, woke prosecutors, lenient judges, and Albany's disastrous bail law have emboldened criminals to act, decreasing quality of life and making our streets less safe. While today's news that charges will be dropped against Mr. Alba is a big victory for justice, what our city desperately needs is DA Bragg to charge criminals appropriately to prevent residents from having to resort to self-defense.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-respect-marriage-act", "Malliotakis Statement on Respect for Marriage Act", "2022-07-19", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding her intent to vote for H.R.8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, that would protect same-sex marriage nationwide.\n\n\u201cIn 2017, I expressed my deep regret for voting against a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in New York State while in the State Assembly six years prior. Every legislator has votes they regret, and to this day, that vote was one of the most difficult I've had to take. Over the past decade, I have attended two weddings of couples who deserve equal recognition and protection under the law. Today, I will vote to codify same-sex marriage to ensure our fellow Americans continue to have the right to equal marriage and benefits under federal law.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-launches-congressional-app-challenge-2022", "Malliotakis Launches Congressional App Challenge for 2022", "2022-07-15", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) announced her office will be participating in the Congressional App Challenge for 2022. The Congressional App Challenge is an annual nationwide competition sponsored by the Internet Education Foundation to inspire students to explore STEM, coding, and computer science through hands-on practice.\n\n\"I'm thrilled my office will once again be participating in the Congressional App Challenge,\" Malliotakis said. \"This challenge inspires thousands of students to explore computer science, STEM, and expand their coding skills, all tools that will be useful to them as technology continues to advance. Last year my office received several extraordinary submissions focused on addressing local, national, and global issues, and I'm looking forward to reviewing this year's entries come November.\"\n\n2022 Congressional App Challenge Rules:\n\nStudents can create apps about any topic, using any programming language (e.g. C, C++, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, \"block code), on any platform (e.g. PC, web, tablet, robot, mobile).\n\nAGE: Students must be in middle or high school on November 1, 2022.\n\nLOCATION: Students are only allowed to compete in a Congressional District which is hosting an App Challenge. Students may compete in either the district in which they reside or the district in which they attend school. Participants may compete only in one single district.\n\nTEAMS: Students can compete as individuals, or in teams of up to four students. Any team with more than four students is not eligible to compete. At least half of the teammates on any team must live or attend school in the same Congressional District.\n\nPRIOR PROJECTS: Students may submit any app they've created after November 1, 2021.\n\nSUBMISSIONS: Students may only submit ONE app per year. Multiple entries across multiple teams are not allowed. All entries for this year's challenge must be submitted by November 1, 2022. Winners will be announced in December 2022.\n\nLast year, Sabrina Trestin and Sofia Toropova, of Tottenville High School won the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for New York's 11th Congressional District for developing the Advocating for Animals app. The app was coded using block code on SNAP!, and has been displayed in the Capitol Building, along with the House.Gov and Congressional App Challenge's website for the past year.\n\nTo learn more about the Congressional App Challenge, click HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-issues-statement-following-cyber-safety-review-board-report", "Garbarino Issues Statement Following Cyber Safety Review Board Report", "2022-07-14", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Cyber Safety Review Board\u2019s (CSRB) first report, which included 19 actionable recommendations for government and industry. Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security's Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the report:\n\n\"The Log4j event was and continues to be one of the most serious vulnerabilities the United States and our allies across the globe have ever seen. Cybersecurity professionals throughout the private sector and across all levels of government must continue to work together and stay vigilant in light of this ongoing vulnerability.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased to see the practical solutions offered by CISA\u2019s Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) in their report released today. The CSRB\u2019s public and private sector collaboration has been instrumental to mitigating and disrupting future exploitation, but the coordination must not stop there. I look forward to CISA\u2019s promulgation of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 to help industry prioritize mitigating vulnerabilities like Log4j across our nation\u2019s most critical infrastructure.\"\n\nThe recommendations from the CSRB address the continued risk posed by vulnerabilities discovered in late 2021 in the widely used Log4j open-source software library. The CSRB is composed of cybersecurity leaders from the federal government and the private sector.\n\nTo learn more about the CSRB, visit CISA.gov/CSRB. The full report can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-annual-defense-spending-package-including-garbarino-proposed", "House Passes Annual Defense Spending Package, Including Garbarino Proposed Amendments", "2022-07-14", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Tonight, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA). Included in the House NDAA were six provisions introduced by Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino and seven provisions of which he was a proud cosponsor.\n\n\"I am pleased to announce that the NDAA has passed the House, including several of my amendments which I firmly believe will strengthen our national security and help keep Americans safe,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"Building up our cyber preparedness, combatting the fentanyl crisis at our southern border, and ensuring our veterans are taken care of are top priorities for me and critical to our national interests.\"\n\nThis year\u2019s NDAA authorizes $850 billion for national defense, including a pay raise and benefits for servicemembers and their families, declaring the record number of illegal crossings at our southwest border a crisis and requiring an assessment on efforts to counter the flow of narcotics, human trafficking, and transnational criminal organizations, affirming our strong relationships with allies Israel and Taiwan, funding Israel's Iron dome, requiring an assessment of the military capabilities and the threat posed by cartels and gangs like MS-13 operating in Central and South America, among other things.\n\nRep. Garbarino provisions passed in NDAA include:\n\nSmall Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2021\n\nWould allow Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to become better trained to assist small businesses with their cyber security and cyber strategy needs by establishing a cyber counseling certification program and helping small businesses get the information they need to implement their own cyber strategy.\n\nVSO Support Act\n\nWould create an SBA-styled grant program to address the needs of veteran service organizations (VSOs) affected by the COVID\u201319 pandemic as they fight to keep their facilities open due to decreased enrollment, cancellation of hall events, and other pandemic-related financial hardship.\n\nSecuring America\u2019s Borders Against Fentanyl Act\n\nWould augment federal research and development of technologies beneficial to identifying, tracking, and intercepting illicit fentanyl coming through our borders and ports of entry by requiring the Administration to recognize the crisis at hand and build new strategies to target and detect illicit fentanyl coming through the southern border and onto America\u2019s streets.\n\nCybersecurity Grants for Schools Act\n\nWould authorize the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to award grants to states, local governments, and educational institutions for cybersecurity curriculum and educational tools in order to enhance K-12 cyber education and bolster our cybersecurity workforce.\n\nCISA Leadership Act\n\nWould codify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director\u2019s tenure as a 5-year term and reaffirms that the position will be Presidentially appointed, and Senate confirmed. CISA is the lead agency in charge of our nation\u2019s cybersecurity and communications infrastructure. Currently the CISA Director lacks a defined term. This legislation will provide stability to the role and to the agency.\n\nRecycled and Recyclable Rubber Products Amendment\n\nWould direct the Department of Defense to research technology and utility of recycled rubber for a range of products, including but not limited to fuel tank pillow bladders, fuel cell liners, long term weapon and ammunition storage, face masks, hoses, sonar absorbing materials, and vibration reduction applications.\n\nAdditional provisions cosponsored by Rep. Garbarino include:\n\nH.R. 4611 \u2013 DHS Software Supply Chain Risk Management\n\nH.R. 3709 \u2013 FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act\n\nH.R. 6824 \u2013 President\u2019s Cup Cybersecurity Competition Act\n\nH.R. 7629 \u2013 Satellite Cybersecurity Act\n\nH.R. 7174 \u2013 NCFI Reauthorization Cyber Academy Scholarships\n\nDoD Supply Chain Modernization Amendment\n\nCyber Academy Scholarships Amendment", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-judges-elected-manhattan-should-not-serve-staten-island", "Malliotakis: Judges Elected in Manhattan Should Not Serve on Staten Island", "2022-07-14", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) yesterday sent a letter to the New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts, Lawrence Marks, urging them to make the necessary changes to ensure judges elected by Staten Islanders are serving within the borough's court system, including over the weekends.\n\nThe letter comes as New York City Civil Court Judge Lisa Headley, who was elected to the court in August 2015 by residents of Manhattan within the city's 8th Municipal Court District, granted unsupervised release to Bessam Camacho, a career criminal, one day after he was arrested on Staten Island with a loaded gun, despite prosecutors' request to hold him on $250,000 bail.\n\n\"The release of this individual, who was taken into NYPD custody 10 times prior, is the latest example of those, not elected by the constituencies they are adjudicating upon, making bad decisions that jeopardize the well-being and safety of the surrounding community,\" Malliotakis wrote. \"[Judge Headley] was not elected by Staten Island voters, yet Staten Island, a community that supports law and order with the proclivity to elect more conservative judges, is subjected to the decisions of off-Island judges. I implore you to make the necessary changes to ensure that judges elected by Staten Islanders themselves are serving within this borough\u2019s court system, including over the weekends.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-nycs-congestion-pricing-plan-irresponsible", "Malliotakis: NYC's Congestion Pricing Plan is 'Irresponsible'", "2022-07-13", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement as Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine announces plans to ensure state and city agencies take the necessary steps to enact the Manhattan Congestion Pricing Plan:\n\n\"Congestion Pricing may have a number of unintended consequences on New York City residents, commuters, and working-class Americans, especially at a time when we're seeing record-high prices for gas, food, and basic utilities. While some are gathering today to push forward this congestion pricing plan, I remain strongly opposed to more taxation on the American people and will do everything possible to delay or stop it altogether, as our constituents are neither ATMs nor should they be guinea pigs for this first in the nation program. However, if under Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams, the Congestion Pricing Program moves forward, Staten Islanders, who are currently the only city residents required to pay a toll to connect with the rest of the city, must receive a credit toward the congestion fee for the Verrazzano Bridge toll already paid.\"\n\nAdditionally, Malliotakis and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) submitted an amendment to the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Bill to ensure federal dollars are not used to implement congestion pricing programs for any road, bridge, or tunnel until an economic impact analysis is completed and publicized. Additionally, Malliotakis submitted a separate amendment to THUD to ensure federal dollars are not used to implement congestion pricing programs unless a credit system is established for any vehicle registered within the city that's already required to pay a toll to connect to the city's center where the congestion pricing is established.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"Not only is it irresponsible to move forward with a plan without knowing the potential economic consequences, the last thing government should be doing is implementing more taxation on residents who are already scraping into their savings to make ends meet. If they want to get people out of their cars and onto public transportation, Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams must address crime on our subways and improve transportation infrastructure in the outer boroughs.\"\n\n\u201cWith people already struggling with higher costs, the new congestion tax would whack hardworking Jersey commuters with a new $5,000 annual tax if they take the George Washington Bridge to go to work in New York City. The dollars wouldn't even support New Jersey or our public transit system. We need a full review of New York's proposed Congestion Tax, so that North Jersey families can see how this regressive and ridiculous tax will impact them,\" said Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5).\n\nCongestion Pricing was adopted by Governor Cuomo and the Democrat-controlled State Legislature in 2019 but federal approval was delayed by the Trump Administration. In March 2021, the Biden Administration approved the nation's first Congestion Pricing Program in New York City without conducting a detailed economic and environmental review. The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) said the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) could submit a less thorough environmental assessment instead of an environmental impact statement, which would have required a list of alternatives to the planned tolling program.\n\nIn response, Malliotakis and Gottheimer introduced the Economic Impact of Tolling Act, legislation that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from implementing Congestion Pricing Programs until an economic impact analysis is completed and made available to the public and policymakers as to the program's potential impacts and consequences. Malliotakis has also introduced the Protection Against Double Tolling Act, legislation that would give individuals who reside on either side of a tolled bridge a credit toward any congestion pricing fee to prevent double-tolling.\n\nMalliotakis serves on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure where she sits on the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-colleagues-make-bipartisan-push-fund-911-healthcare-deficit", "Malliotakis, Colleagues Make Bipartisan Push to Fund 9/11 Healthcare Deficit", "2022-07-12", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined a bipartisan push to address a funding shortfall in the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) with H.R.4965, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act. H.R.4965, which Malliotakis is an original cosponsor of, is bipartisan legislation that would ensure the program has adequate funding now and in the future.\n\nThe legislation was referred to the House Energy & Commerce Committee last year and the legislators are making a big push to see it passed following news that the WTCHP faces a $3 billion deficit and will not be able to accept more enrollees as soon as 2024 if it\u2019s not fully funded. Additionally, Malliotakis joined the entire New York Republican Congressional Delegation and other original cosponsors of the bill in sending a letter to Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee to which the bill was referred urging him to consider the legislation.\n\n\"While Congress extended the program to 2090, the precipitous rise in medical costs and in cancer rates over the last three years has led the program to project a deficit in funding as soon as 2025,\" the members wrote. \"Furthermore, it is now being reported that, should Congress fail to act, the program will have to ratchet down spending and bar any new sick responders or survivors by October 2024. Let us be clear, if Congress does not quickly address this impending crisis, then the men and women who put their lives on the line and who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks will lose health coverage to treat the physical and mental illnesses that they sustained from responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Thankfully, Congress has a solution to this problem in the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act.\"\n\nToday, the WTCHP provides medical treatment and monitoring for over 117,000 first responders and survivors from the World Trade Center and lower Manhattan, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville, PA crash site, spanning every state and all but one congressional district.\n\nThe members added: \"9/11 first responders and survivors deserve to have certainty about their continued access to care for 9/11-related health conditions. Given the recent developments surrounding the WTCHP, we urge you to prioritize the heroes who put their lives in danger on that fateful day by working in a bipartisan manner to find a pay-for and bring forth H.R. 4965 for a full committee mark-up.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:25Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-leads-republican-members-letter-urging-democrat-leadership-fund-911", "Garbarino Leads Republican Members in Letter Urging Democrat Leadership To Fund 9/11 Health Program", "2022-07-11", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) led the entire New York Republican Congressional Delegation, along with additional Republican cosponsors of H.R. 4965 - the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act, in sending a letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) urging him to bring the legislation up for a full committee mark-up. H.R. 4965 would address a funding shortfall in the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) and ensure its adequate funding now and in the future. The bill was referred to the Committee in August, but the Chairman has not yet brought the bill up for consideration.\n\nToday, the WTCHP provides medical treatment and monitoring for over 100,000 responders and survivors from the World Trade Center and lower Manhattan, the Pentagon, and the Shanksville, PA crash site, who live in every state and in 434 out of 435 Congressional Districts.\n\nThe Members wrote in part, \"While Congress extended the [World Trade Center Health Program] to 2090, the precipitous rise in medical costs and in cancer rates over the last three years has led the program to project a deficit in funding as soon as 2025. Furthermore, it is now being reported that, should Congress fail to act, the program will have to ratchet down spending and bar any new sick responders or survivors by October 2024. Let us be clear, if Congress does not quickly address this impending crisis, then the men and women who put their lives on the line and who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks will lose health coverage to treat the physical and mental illnesses that they sustained from responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Thankfully, Congress has a solution to this problem in the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act.\"\n\nRepresentatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) co-led the letter with Rep. Garbarino, which was also signed by Represenatives Elise Stefanik (R-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Dave Joyce (R-OH), and Rodney Davis (R-IL).\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found here and below:\n\nDear Chairman Pallone:\n\nWe write today to highlight recent developments involving the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) and to urge you to bring forth H.R. 4965, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act, for a full committee mark-up during this upcoming legislative work period. Congress should expeditiously move towards solidifying the WTCHP, so all the men and women who responded to and survived the September 11th terrorist attacks will continue to have the health coverage that they deserve.\n\nAs you are aware, Congress passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which created the WTCHP, following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Today, the WTCHP provides medical treatment and monitoring for over 117,000 first responders and survivors, spanning every state and all but one congressional district.\n\nWhile Congress extended the program to 2090, the precipitous rise in medical costs and in cancer rates over the last three years has led the program to project a deficit in funding as soon as 2025. Furthermore, it is now being reported that, should Congress fail to act, the program will have to ratchet down spending and bar any new sick responders or survivors by October 2024.\n\nLet us be clear, if Congress does not quickly address this impending crisis, then the men and women who put their lives on the line and who survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks will lose health coverage to treat the physical and mental illnesses that they sustained from responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.\n\nThankfully, Congress has a solution to this problem in the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act. This legislation not only addresses the current funding shortfall directly, but also ensures adequate funding for years to come. However, despite H.R. 4965 having bipartisan support, House Democrats sought to address this through the highly divisive and partisan reconciliation process, which ultimately failed. Since then, the Majority has been inexplicably dragging its feet on moving this critical legislation forward.\n\n9/11 first responders and survivors deserve to have certainty about their continued access to care for 9/11-related health conditions. Given the recent developments surrounding the WTCHP, we urge you to prioritize the heroes who put their lives in danger on that fateful day by working in a bipartisan manner to find a pay-for and bring forth H.R. 4965 for a full committee mark-up.\n\nWe appreciate your attention to this matter and welcome a quick resolution to this time-sensitive issue.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:25Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-helps-introduce-bill-bolster-americas-response-trafficking-along-us", "Garbarino Helps Introduce Bill to Bolster America\u2019s Response to Trafficking Along U.S. Southern Border", "2022-07-08", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) this week helped introduce H.R.8316, the Securing America\u2019s Borders Against Fentanyl Act, alongside Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), to strengthen America\u2019s response to fentanyl coming through the nation\u2019s borders and ports of entry.\n\nThis bill would more than quadruple research and development into technologies and strategies that deter and interdict fentanyl shipments. Additionally, the bipartisan bill would require the administration, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to recognize the crisis at hand and build new strategies to target and detect illicit fentanyl coming through the southern border and onto America\u2019s streets.\n\n\u201cFentanyl is the leading cause of death among Americans aged 18 to 45. This epidemic has devastated communities across the United States, and Long Island is no exception. We must act decisively to stop gangs and drug traffickers from bringing this poison into our country,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino. \u201cThis legislation would fund research aimed at developing advanced technology for border screenings and require an assessment of the effectiveness of current technologies and strategies to address fentanyl being trafficked into the US. I am proud to co-lead this effort and I thank Congresswoman Spanberger for her leadership on this issue.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs a former federal law enforcement officer and CIA case officer who worked narcotics cases and tracked dangerous cartels, I know that fentanyl trafficking is a direct danger to the safety of the American people. Fentanyl is coming through our borders and ports of entry at alarming rates, and there\u2019s no question that we must strengthen our response \u2014 particularly at checkpoints,\u201d said Rep. Spanberger. \u201cI\u2019m proud to work with Congressman Garbarino to introduce this bipartisan legislation, which pushes the administration to use the latest, cutting-edge technology to identify fentanyl at our borders and prevent it from killing Americans. These fentanyl shipments pose a threat to every American community, and this threat does not distinguish between Democrats and Republicans. That\u2019s why we need to work together to fight this scourge, save lives, and hold transnational criminal organizations accountable for their crimes.\u201d\n\nIn April 2022, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events \u2014 meaning three or more overdoses occurring around the same time in close proximity.\n\nTo strengthen the U.S. response to illicit fentanyl, the Securing America\u2019s Borders Against Fentanyl Act would require the DHS Secretary \u2014 in consultation with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u2014 to research additional solutions that would:\n\nTarget and detect illicit fentanyl and its precursors,\n\nEnhance targeting of counterfeit pills and illicit pill presses through nonintrusive, noninvasive, and other visual screening technologies; and\n\nStrengthen data-driven targeting to increase seizure rates of fentanyl and its precursors.\n\nThe legislation would authorize $20 million for this research each year for the next five years \u2014 more than quadrupling annual spending directed by Congress on similar research and development from the fiscal year 2022 level.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:25Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-biden-commit-keeping-our-va-hospitals-open", "Malliotakis to Biden: Commit to Keeping our VA Hospitals Open", "2022-07-06", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) yesterday sent a letter to President Biden urging him to publicly denounce the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) recommendations to the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission to close VA hospitals across the country as a bipartisan group of Senators has committed to blocking the AIR Commission from proceeding. Biden's VA has promised to continue with the work of the AIR Commission despite the Senate's announcement.\n\n\"Despite a bipartisan group of Senator's recent statement promising to block the AIR Commission from proceeding, I, and the veterans I represent would like a commitment from you to ensure our local VA medical facilities will continue to operate as normal,\" Malliotakis wrote. \"Under the VA's recommendations, my district, which encompasses Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn, would see the complete closure of our Brooklyn VA Medical Center and the realignment of our Staten Island VA Multi-Service Community-Based Outpatient Clinic to the New Jersey Market, causing great distress among veterans not just in my district, but thousands more in other boroughs who utilize these facilities on a daily basis.\"\n\nIn March, Malliotakis led two rallieswith local veterans and elected officials outside the Staten Island and Brooklyn VA clinics to protest the closures. Under the VA\u2019s proposal, the Manhattan and Brooklyn VA Medical Centers would close entirely, contracting out inpatient and outpatient services to private medical providers as part of a new \u201cstrategic collaboration.\u201d While veteran mental-health services would be expanded on Staten Island, the clinic would merge with a VA medical campus in New Jersey. This means veterans who are patients at the Staten Island clinic would be forced to travel upwards of two hours round trip and face a burdensome $16 toll to receive specialized treatment.\n\nAs of 2019, there were 138,000 veterans living in the New York City metropolitan area according to the U.S. Census Bureau, with 75 percent being senior citizens. The Brooklyn VA Medical Center and Manhattan VA Medical Center service roughly 1,000 veterans every day (M-F) for outpatient appointments.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"Stripping VA medical services from population centers that need them most is simply reprehensible, which is why I request that your Administration publicly denounce these recommendations and halt the AIR Commission process once and for all. Our veterans have given so much to our nation and they deserve the highest standard of care during and following their service.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:25Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-cosponsors-amendment-prohibiting-f-16-sale-turkey", "Malliotakis Cosponsors Amendment Prohibiting F-16 Sale to Turkey", "2022-07-06", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) -Today Greek-American Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) cosponsored a bipartisan amendment to the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would prohibit President Biden from selling or transferring U.S. F-16 fighter jets or modernization kits to Turkey if it continues its aggression in the Eastern Meditteranean region. In order to authorize a sale or transfer, President Biden would have to certify to Congress that Turkey has not violated Greece's sovereignty through military flyovers, degraded NATO operability, or the general security of NATO member countries within the previous 120-day period.\n\nLast week, President Biden met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan where he signaled support for the potential sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey.\n\n\u201cDuring his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis repeatedly cautioned against any sale of U.S. military equipment to Turkey due to Erdo\u011fan's unprovoked aggression in the region,\" Malliotakis said. \"Despite Greece's legitimate concerns, President Biden has signaled his willingness to provide Turkey with U.S. warplanes and kits to modernize its fleet, air-to-air missiles, and radar equipment, which would only heighten the threat against some of our country's strongest allies, including Greece, Cyprus, and Israel. Additionally, Turkey has threatened to begin another military incursion into northern Syria which previously disrupted counter-ISIS operations by U.S. and partner forces and Turkey remains the only NATO member not to impose sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. It's incumbent upon the United States to stand with our allies against any form of aggression, which is why Congress is taking steps to prohibit this sale in case President Biden attempts to proceed.\"\n\nFor more information about the amendment, click HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:25Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-bilirakis-statement-biden-meeting-turkish-president-erdogan", "Malliotakis, Bilirakis Statement on Biden Meeting with Turkish President Erdo\u011fan", "2022-06-30", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) -Today Greek-American representatives Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), released the following statement regarding President Biden's meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan where he signaled support for the potential sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey so it can upgrade existing warplanes, air-to-air missiles, and radar equipment.\n\n\u201cIt's shocking that President Biden would advocate for the sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey after hearing concerns of Turkish aggression directly from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his visit to Washington last month.\n\n\"During his visit, Prime Minister Mitsotakis discussed the repeated aggression and military flyovers being conducted over the Greek Islands at the direction of Erdo\u011fan and cautioned that any sale to Turkey would be used to continue bullying other smaller nations in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including Greece, Cyprus, and Israel.\n\n\"As members of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, we remain strongly opposed to any sale of U.S. military equipment to Turkey and will continue to express our concerns to our colleagues on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The bond between Greece and the United States has only been strengthened over the last two centuries, and it's incumbent upon Congress to stand together against aggression whether it comes from an adversary like Russia or a NATO ally like Turkey that continues to violate international law.\"\n\nMalliotakis, the daughter of a Greek immigrant, is a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs where she serves as the Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact, and sits on the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, and Cyber. Malliotakis is also a member of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus and the Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:13:54Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-progress-effort-block-bidens-va-hospital-closures", "Malliotakis Statement on Progress in Effort to Block Biden's VA Hospital Closures", "2022-06-28", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) -Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement after a bipartisan group of Senators committed to blocking the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission's recommendations to close VA hospitals across the country. Malliotakis has been leading the charge to save the Brooklyn VA Hospital from closing.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s completely unacceptable that the Biden Administration proposed closing veteran hospitals across the country including two right here in New York City,\" Malliotakis said. \u201cI\u2019ve been working diligently with veterans\u2019 organizations and House and Senate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to stop these proposed closures and protect the services so many veterans in our community rely on. The Senate\u2019s commitment to block the AIR Commission\u2019s recommendations is a key victory, however, we will continue to be vigilant and vocal and won\u2019t stop working to protect these facilities until the President definitively says any proposal from the AIR commission is dead on arrival.\u201d\n\nIn March, Malliotakis led two rallies with local veterans and elected officials outside the Staten Island and Brooklyn VA clinics to protest the closures. Under the VA\u2019s proposal, the Manhattan and Brooklyn VA Medical Centers would close entirely, contracting out inpatient and outpatient services to private medical providers as part of a new \u201cstrategic collaboration.\u201d While veteran mental-health services would be expanded on Staten Island, the clinic would merge with a VA medical campus in New Jersey. This means veterans who are patients at the Staten Island clinic would be forced to travel upwards of two hours round trip and face a burdensome $16 toll to receive specialized treatment.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:13:54Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-opening-statement-emerging-technologies-hearing", "Garbarino Opening Statement in Emerging Technologies Hearing", "2022-06-22", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02), Ranking Member of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection & Innovation Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement in a Committee on Homeland Security subcommittee hearing entitled, \u201cSecuring the Future: Harnessing the Potential of Emerging Technologies while Mitigating Security Risks.\u201d\n\nRanking Member Garbarino\u2019s Opening Statement (as prepared for delivery)\n\nThank you, Madam Chair, for holding this critical conversation regarding new and emerging technologies, and their implications for the security and longevity of the United States. I would like to thank our witnesses for being here today. I look forward to a constructive dialogue.\n\nCyber incidents are increasing at a staggering rate, with threat vectors and opportunities for attack rising as quickly as new technologies are developed. With this expanding threat landscape comes both risk and opportunity.\n\nWith technologies such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and deepfakes, coupled with the potential for malicious actors such as adversarial nation state actors seeking cyber dominance and criminal actors seeking financial gain, this topic is timely and important.\n\nIt is paramount that the U.S. government ensures our cyber capabilities maintain pace with the lightning speed evolution of technological change. Striking the proper balance between security and harnessing technological innovation is critical in maintaining an edge against our adversaries and criminal entities, ensuring national prosperity.\n\nAs the lead for coordinating federal cybersecurity, CISA will have a vast role in securing our federal networks and critically important infrastructure as we witness the emergence of new technologies. Efforts like developing a federal cloud security strategy, ensuring transparent cyber incident reporting requirements are well defined and articulated, and working with federal partners like NIST to develop standards to keep our networks and dependencies like software secure will go a long way in this fight. CISA is uniquely equipped to lead the federal government on cybersecurity measures as we prepare for new tech capabilities on the horizon. I look forward to CISA continuing to adapt and evolve to address the challenges ahead.\n\nThis hearing is an opportunity to learn from industry representatives about the evolving nature of cyber threats and technological developments which will have significant implications for the cyber domain and U.S. interests. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on their particular emerging technology focus.\n\nI specifically look forward to hearing from Mr. Rob Strayer, the Executive Vice President of Policy at the Information Industry Council (ITI). I trust Mr. Strayer can provide a valuable perspective on emerging technologies and resulting cybersecurity challenges and opportunities.\n\nI am also pleased to see Mr. Ron Green here, as the chief security officer for Mastercard but also, importantly, as the Chairman of the U.S. Secret Service Cyber Investigation Advisory Board.\n\nI again thank the Chairwoman for holding this important hearing today.\n\nFull subcommittee hearing can be viewed here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-announces-return-kayaking-staten-island-national-parks", "Malliotakis Announces Return of Kayaking at Staten Island National Parks", "2022-06-22", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and the National Parks Service (NPS) today announced the revival of a summer Kayaking Program in Gateway National Recreation Area on Staten Island which had been paused for several years. NPS will restart the program with a few events this year with the goal of having a more regular program next season.\n\n\"Kayaking is one of my favorite activities and I\u2019m excited that, this summer, we can enjoy it right here in our community,\" Malliotakis said. \"It'll be great to get back out on the water with experienced paddlers and beginners to explore nature and enjoy our waterfront.\"\n\n\"Experiencing Staten Island from the water gives you a completely different perspective on where we live,\" said Jennifer Nersesian, Superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area. \"We are happy to provide this opportunity to the public, and look forward to expanding this type of programming in the future.\"\n\nUpcoming events include:\n\nGreat Kills Paddle: Great Kills Park, Staten Island Bay side parking area at Crooke\u2019s Point. Friday, July 22, 1:30 PM \u2013 3:30 PM. Adventure to the wild edges of Great Kills Harbor (2 miles). To make reservations, call (718) 758-3671. If you don't get someone directly, leave a message and someone will return your call usually within 24 hours.\n\nHoffman and Swinburne Island Excursion: Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, Camp Hudson lower parking area. Friday, August 19, 8:00 AM \u2013 11:30 AM. Experienced paddlers will enjoy big playful waters along the West Bank of the lower harbor around the two historic manmade quarantine islands and see today\u2019s unique wildlife sanctuary and refuge (4.5 miles). To make reservations, call (718) 758-3671. If you don't get someone directly, leave a message and someone will return your call usually within 24 hours.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-passing-nypd-chief-charles-scholl", "Malliotakis Statement on Passing of NYPD Chief Charles Scholl", "2022-06-17", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement regarding the sudden passing of NYPD Chief Charles \"Chucky\" Scholl.\n\n\"I'm heartbroken to hear of the unexpected passing of NYPD Chief Charles Scholl. As someone who knew Chief Scholl for nearly 20 years, I can truly say he was a dedicated public servant, as demonstrated throughout his four decades of service with the NYPD up until his retirement in 2020. Chief Scholl was a well-known fixture of the Brooklyn community who was respected by all who knew him. His passing is an incredible loss for the City of New York. I offer my sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and those who served alongside him keeping our city safe.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-announces-winners-2022-congressional-art-competition", "Malliotakis Announces Winners of 2022 Congressional Art Competition", "2022-06-15", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKYLN, NY) \u2013 Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced Staten Island resident Vienna Du who attends Susan E. Wagner High School has won the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for New York's 11th Congressional District. Du's piece, entitled 'Resilience,' will be displayed in the Capitol for one year alongside the winners from each Congressional District.\n\nThe runner-up for this year's competition, Bay Ridge resident Leo Cheng who attends The Brooklyn Latin School, will have his piece 'The Hidden Hero,' displayed in Malliotakis' Brooklyn Office for one year.\n\n\"I was proud to congratulate both Vienna and Leo for winning this year's Congressional Art Competition,\" said Congresswoman Malliotakis. \"Both students are extremely talented and well-deserving of this honor. Both paintings tell unique stories of strength, resilience, and hopefulness for the future. I'm delighted they chose to share their talents with us and I look forward to celebrating their achievements this fall.\"\n\nImage\n\nFirst Place: Resilience\n\nDescription: \"Plum Blossoms exhibit their strength by blossoming in the winter under cold and harsh conditions,\" Vienna said. \"I interweaved the plum blossom flowers into my hair to demonstrate my strength and resilience as a second-generation immigrant. The blossoming buds also represent new opportunities and a hopeful future.\"\n\nImage\n\nSecond Place: The Hidden Hero", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-foreign-affairs-gop-call-public-briefing-afghanistan-withdrawal", "Malliotakis, Foreign Affairs GOP Call for Public Briefing on Afghanistan Withdrawal", "2022-06-14", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Tomorrow morning at 9:00amET, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a briefing on Afghanistan with representatives from the Biden administration. Even though the State Department offered to have a portion of the hearing unclassified, the majority decided to close it to the public and make the question-and-answer section at one of the highest levels of classification, TS/SCI. Since the Afghanistan withdrawal was completed nearly 10 months ago, the committee has only held one open, full committee hearing featuring an administration official. In response, the House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have released the following statement.\n\n\u201cThis committee has jurisdiction over the U.S. State Department and a constitutional obligation to conduct oversight of the agency under Article I,\u201d the Members write. \"Yet, even though the State Department had a large part of the responsibility for the noncombatant evacuation operation that ultimately resulted in the death of 13 U.S. servicemembers and the abandonment of more than 700 American citizens and tens of thousands of Afghan allies in the Taliban-controlled country, our committee has to date only had one open, full committee hearing with an official from the Biden administration. Holding a closed briefing where the question-and-answer portion is classified at the highest level \u2013 even though the vast majority of the information sought should not be classified \u2013 is not the transparency the American people deserve.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-introduces-prosecutors-need-prosecute-act-urges-doj-take-action", "Malliotakis Introduces Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act, Urges DOJ to Take Action Against Rogue Prosecutors", "2022-06-14", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) last week introduced H.R.7967, the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act, legislation that would hold prosecutors accountable and create transparency by letting the public know how many cases prosecutors are declining to prosecute, the number of offenses committed by career criminals, and the number of criminals released.\n\n\"Over the past two years, we've seen a disturbing trend in progressive district attorneys in cities across the country who are refusing to prosecute violent criminal offenders,\" Malliotakis said in a floor speech introducing the bill. \"Look no further than my city of New York where Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg released a 'Day One' memo initially directing his staff to not prosecute certain crimes, downgrade other felony charges filed by police, and no longer seek sentences of life without parole. These policies have sent a clear message to criminals: Go ahead and break the law, because we will not enforce it.\"\n\nIn 2020, police made hundreds of arrests in connection with the Defund the Police protests in New York City and Portland, Oregon, to which District Attorneys dismissed the majority of charges filed. Also in 2020, a police Corporal was killed in the line of duty by a wanted gang-banger whom the DA's office allowed to freely roam the streets, and in San Francisco, a career criminal out on parole slammed a stolen car into two women crossing the street, killing them both. Last week, San Francisco voted to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin because of his handling of rising crime across the city.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"Our nation is under attack by criminals with no regard for property and life, and rogue district attorneys who allow them to wreak havoc on our streets. Enough is enough, criminals must no longer have free reign over our major cities, we must restore law and order, and protect ourselves from the very worst in our society. Stop siding with the criminals preying on our cities and emboldening District Attorneys to lay idly by as it happens.\"\n\nFor more information about the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act, click HERE.\n\nTo watch Malliotakis' remarks, click HERE.\n\nAdditionally, Malliotakis joined her Republican colleagues in writing to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the recent trend of local district attorneys declining to prosecute crimes, seeking reduced sentencing, and offering plea agreements to career criminals.\n\n\"This abdication of professional responsibility has emboldened criminals and undermined the trust of law-abiding Americans in public institutions,\" the lawmakers wrote. \"With crime skyrocketing and annual homicide records being broken in at least 12 major cities \u2013 many with rogue prosecutors \u2013 it\u2019s hard not to see the link between their soft-on-crime policies and such increases. Yet instead these prosecutors are doubling down on sentencing deviations, cash bail misuse, and lackluster prosecution, to the great detriment of the victims they swore to seek justice for and the communities they swore to serve. We urge the Justice Department to take action and instruct United States Attorneys to begin charging and prosecuting federal crimes that are being ignored by states.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-garbarino-helps-introduce-family-integrity-reform-elections-fire-act", "Rep. Garbarino Helps Introduce the Family Integrity to Reform Elections (FIRE) Act", "2022-06-13", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Earlier today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02) helped introduce The Family Integrity to Reform Elections (FIRE) Act. Current law allows for candidates to pay their immediate family members at market rates for a bona fide service to the campaign. However, this loophole has allowed for millions of dollars to flow out campaigns in into the bank accounts of the candidate\u2019s family members with little proof they are contributing. This legislation is sponsored by Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04). Joining Rep. Garbarino as original co-sponsors of the bill are Reps. Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Pete Sessions (TX-17), Jake Ellzey (TX-06), Randy Weber (TX-14), Byron Donalds (FL-19), Brian Babin (TX-36), Kat Cammack (FL-03), and Troy Nehls (TX-22).\n\n\"Campaign funds should never under any circumstances be used to enrich a candidate or their family,\" said Rep. Garbarino. \"Voters deserve to feel confident that their public officials are running to represent them, not line their own pockets. This legislation will shine a light on campaign finance and hold candidates for public office to a higher standard on par with the public trust they wield.\"\n\nThis legislation would address this problem by:\n\nProhibiting any campaign funds from going to the candidate\u2019s immediate family and holding the candidate directly responsible for knowingly violating this provision.\n\nClarifying the definition of immediate family in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.\n\nPunishing violators with a $100,000 fine or two times the amount paid to the family member \u2014 whichever is greater. Violators may face up to 2 years in prison in addition to fines.\n\nRep. Fallon said,\u201cMaxine Waters, $1.1 million to her daughter from campaign funds. Ilhan Omar, $2.9 million to her husband from campaign funds. James Clyburn, over $200,000 to multiple family members from his campaign. The numbers speak for themselves. Americans are sick of politicians abusing their voters\u2019 hard-earned money. This modern-day spoils system must end. My bill shines light on shady campaign finance practices while punishing those who take advantage of these funds to enrich their families.\n\nI want to thank my colleagues for joining me on this legislation, and I urge the Speaker to put it to a vote.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-announces-675-million-dredging-project-great-kills-harbor", "Malliotakis Announces $6.75 Million for Dredging Project in Great Kills Harbor", "2022-06-13", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will receive $6,750,000 in Operations and Maintenance funds to complete maintenance dredging of the Federal Navigation Channel in Great Kills Harbor for boat safety and flood mitigation as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Malliotakis voted for the IIJA which passed the House on November 5, 2021, and became law on November 15, 2021.\n\nAccording to USACE, the 1.9-mile Federal Navigation Channel serves as a Harbor of Refuge during severe storms and supports a U.S. National Parks Service marina concession along with recreational boating, including six commercial marinas serving approximately 600 boat slips and one public terminal.\n\n\"The Federal Navigation Channel has not been dredged in over eight years, causing headaches for recreational boaters in our community,\" said Congresswoman Malliotakis. \"With this funding, the Army Corps will be able to dredge the entirety of the channel, remove hazards, and create safer waters for our boaters while at the same time protecting against flooding in surrounding areas. I'm proud to have played a part in securing funding for this project and look forward to its completion.\"\n\nThe next maintenance dredging cycle of the Federal Navigation Channel is expected to start in the Summer of 2024 and end in the Fall of 2024 due to sediment sampling and testing that must be completed before USACE can move forward with the engineering and design.\n\n\"We want to thank Congresswoman Malliotakis for securing funds for this much-needed project and working tirelessly to keep our harbor clean,\" said Ricky Kean & Steven Caro, Commodore & Vice Commodore of Staten Island Yacht Club. \"The Congresswoman has delivered on the promises she's made to our community and the Staten Island Yacht club is extremely grateful.\"\n\n\"Maintenance of the channel is very important for the safety of boaters,\" said Maureen Murphy, Commodore of Richmond County Yacht Club. \"It has been a long time since action has been taken on this. It\u2019s nice to see Rep. Malliotakis involved with the Army Corps of Engineers on this project. It should help boaters safely navigate the waters.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-funding-east-shore-seawall-passes-house", "Malliotakis Funding for East Shore Seawall Passes House", "2022-06-09", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) \u2013 Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) celebrated the passage of H.R. 7776, the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA) which includes her legislative language that secures funding for the South Shore of Staten Island Coastal Storm Risk Management Project, otherwise known as the East Shore Seawall. The bill passed the House last night with bipartisan support and a final vote count of 384 to 37.\n\n\"Since the Seawall's approval in 2013, bureaucratic red tape and costly redesigns created delays which exponentially raised the cost to complete the project,\" Congresswoman Malliotakis said. \"Since coming to Congress, I've worked closely with our federal agencies to ensure an agreement on the remediation in and around Great Kills Park was reached, put an end to endless redesign requests by the City, and determine the remaining cost of the project so I could secure funds. I\u2019m proud to have delivered on my promise to make this project a priority, get the timeline back on track, and ensure it will be fully funded to completion.\"\n\nIn February, city, state, and federal partners came to an agreement on the environmental remediation project in and around Great Kills Park which will give way to the construction of the seawall's levee, floodwall, and tide gate that will run from Oakwood Beach up to Hylan Boulevard. While the estimated full completion date is under review, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) anticipates the contract for the first phase will be issued this fall. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was on Capitol Hill this week and held a meeting with members of the New York City delegation. During the meeting, Malliotakis brought ongoing land issues to the Mayor's attention to ensure the first contract award remains on track to be issued this fall.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"Should hurricane-force winds hit our city as we experienced during Sandy, natural coastal barriers will almost certainly give way to flood waters once again. I cannot emphasize enough how urgently this project must be completed and I look forward to working with my city and state colleagues along with the appropriate federal agencies to ensure construction begins as soon as possible.\"\n\nThis week Malliotakis spoke on the House Floor in support of the East Shore Seawall project. Click HERE to watch her remarks.\n\nMalliotakis, a member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I), meets monthly with city, state, and federal stakeholders regarding the East Shore Seawall project.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-takes-balanced-approach-end-gun-violence-protect-2nd-amendment", "Malliotakis Takes Balanced Approach To End Gun Violence, Protect 2nd Amendment", "2022-06-09", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement regarding the firearm legislation voted on in the House of Representatives last night.\n\n\"This is a serious issue that requires a thoughtful bipartisan approach to address the seemingly unending series of heinous mass shootings while protecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens\u2014particularly at a time when crime is skyrocketing in America's cities.\n\n\"To be clear, I believe the Democrats\u2019 omnibus package was wrong, constitutionally-suspect and, unlike the process proceeding in the United States Senate, represented a partisan overreach rather than thoughtful consensus-building. That\u2019s why I voted against the Democrats\u2019 omnibus bill last night.\n\n\"That said, after consulting with the NYPD and the reviewing the impact of the individual pieces of legislation on my constituents on Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn, I elected to vote for bills preventing the trafficking of illegal guns into New York City and establishing new federal offenses for illegal gun trafficking via straw purchasers and cracking down on ghost guns. Taken together, H.R. 2280 and H.R. 3088 would assist the NYPD in dealing with the flow of guns from other states as the NYPD has seen a 300% increase in ghost gun interceptions. I also voted for H.R. 5427 to codify President Trump\u2019s Order banning bump stocks and devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. Finally, I voted for H.R. 3015 to require purchasers of a specific group of semi-automatic firearms, including AR-15s, to be 21 years of age, as they are already required to be in my district. The perpetrators in the Uvalde, Buffalo, Parkland, and Sandy Hook shootings were all under 21 years old. These measures were each supported by law enforcement officials serving those I represent.\n\n\"Unfortunately, the Democrats passed, over my objection, legislation that I believe unduly burdens the rights of law-abiding gun owners and impedes their ability to protect themselves and their families with so-called safe storage laws. Talk to any law-abiding gun owner and they will tell you that in order to protect themselves and their property they need to have quick access to their firearms. Requiring multiple steps to access their legal firearm can be the difference between life and death in a life-threatening situation. I also voted against H.R. 2510 because it would make almost every handgun illegal in the United States. Nothing could be more offensive to the personal rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment.\n\n\"A bipartisan group of lawmakers is actively working on a more balanced approach to address this issue in consultation with law enforcement and mental health professionals to bring forth reasonable, practical, and constitutional solutions that are workable in practice. House Democrats should give it consideration.\"\n\nYesterday Malliotakis also pushed a vote on H.R.7967, the Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act, legislation that would hold prosecutors accountable and create transparency by letting the public know how many cases prosecutors are declining to prosecute, the number of offenses committed by career criminals, and the number of criminals released.\n\nMalliotakis added: \u201cOver the past two years, we\u2019ve seen a disturbing trend in progressive district attorneys in cities across the country who are refusing to prosecute violent criminal offenders. Why create more laws when the ones we have aren\u2019t being enforced?\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-garbarino-issues-statement-following-his-vote-against-democrats-gun", "Rep. Garbarino Issues Statement Following His Vote Against Democrats\u2019 Gun Control Package", "2022-06-08", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Following tonight\u2019s vote in the House of Representatives against H.R. 7910, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02) issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cWe are a nation in mourning following the horrific mass murders in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas. There is little doubt that something must be done curb the scourge of gun violence throughout our country. Going to school or shopping for groceries should never be a death sentence.\n\n\u201cH.R. 7910 will do nothing to protect our children from gun violence \u2013 period. This package of gun control measures fails to address the root causes of gun violence and stands no chance of passing the Senate or becoming law. In fact, rushing through this partisan package could jeopardize ongoing negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats who are working to find common ground and build a compromise that may actually make it to the President\u2019s desk.\n\n\u201cIt is essential that we find actionable bipartisan solutions to stem the tide of mass shootings in America while also safeguarding the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners. I look forward to reviewing the forthcoming proposal from the Senate to this end.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-clarke-cassidy-rosen-introduce-bipartisan-bicameral-resolution", "Garbarino, Clarke, Cassidy, Rosen, Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution to Designate June as National Cybersecurity Education Month", "2022-06-07", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-02), Raking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security's Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Subcommittee introduced a Resolution to Designate June as National Cybersecurity Education Month. The resolution also aims to educate Americans on the essential role of cybersecurity education and to support federal, state, and local efforts. Rep. Garbarino was joined by Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-09) in the House, and by Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) in the Senate.\n\n\u201cIn today's hyper-connected world, cybersecurity is national security,\u201d said Rep. Garbarino. \u201cAs our foreign adversaries grow increasingly sophisticated, it is more important than ever that we fill the cybersecurity talent pipeline to ensure that we can meet rising cyber threats and better protect our future. That starts with education and awareness which is why I am proud join Senators Cassidy and Rosen and Congresswoman Clarke in introducing this bipartisan, bicameral Resolution to designate June as National Cybersecurity Education Month and to promote the essential need to improve cybersecurity literacy among K-12 students.\u201d\n\n\"As Chair of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation Subcommittee, I have long pursued the solutions necessary towards protecting American interests and the American people in cyberspaces in the face of hostile powers bolstering their own cyber capabilities. While technological advances are significant in our efforts, they remain only half the equation. If we do not take the steps to provide our population with the cyber literacy necessary to detect and overcome these virtual threats, a daunting vulnerability will persist through our defenses,\u201d said Rep. Clarke. \u201cWhen it comes to cybersecurity, knowledge equates to safety and security. Through National Cybersecurity Education Month, we will further our federal commitment towards educating the American people on the best practices to protect their personal information online from any threat that may arise long into the future.\u201d\n\n\u201cCyberattacks affect all aspects of life and demonstrate the need for stronger protections,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cWe need a national focus to prioritize cybersecurity education and enhance prevention efforts.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the first former computer programmer elected to the United States Senate, I\u2019m honored to recognize June as National Cybersecurity Education Month to highlight the efforts to increase cybersecurity literacy among K-12 students,\" said Senator Rosen. \"As cyber threats have been on the rise, I have prioritized legislation to protect our students and teachers from cyber threats and equip them with the skills to be ready for the next generation of cyber jobs. Strengthening and diversifying the cybersecurity workforce is key to improving our national security.\u201d\n\nThis bipartisan bicameral Resolution is endorsed by Microsoft, SAP America, Inc.,and CYBER.ORG.\n\n\u201cMicrosoft supports the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional resolution designating June as \u2018National Cybersecurity Education Month.\u2019 We look forward to working with Congress to develop solutions to address our nation's critical need for an expanded cybersecurity workforce. Thanks to Congressman Garbarino, Congresswoman Clarke, Senator Cassidy, and Senator Rosen for their leadership,\u201d said Fred Humphries, Corporate Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft.\n\n\u201cSAP is proud to collaborate with US school systems to expand cybersecurity education opportunities to K-12 students and educators. We need to invest in K-12 education and introduce students to the knowledge, skills and capabilities around cybersecurity if we want to have a long-term disciplined approach to closing the cybersecurity workforce gap. We believe designating June 2022 as National Cybersecurity Education Month is a necessary step in strengthening America\u2019s 21st century cybersecurity workforce, and we welcome the introduction of this resolution,\u201d said Anjelica Dortch, SAP Senior Director of U.S. Government Affairs.\n\n\u201cThis National Cybersecurity Education Month, we hope to bring greater urgency to preparing future generations for cybersecurity careers,\u201d said Kevin Nolten, Vice President of the Cyber Innovation Center. \u201cIt has never been more important to provide our nation\u2019s educators with the tools to teach K-12 in their classrooms. This new national platform helps us convene key stakeholders across industry, government, and education to take up the mantle on cybersecurity education and help solve the workforce shortage.\u201d\n\nRead the full resolution here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-displays-pow-mia-chair-honor-local-veteran-group", "Malliotakis Displays POW-MIA Chair of Honor from Local Veteran Group", "2022-06-07", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) \u2013 Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) yesterday on the anniversary of D-Day, received a POW-MIA Chair of Honor from Rolling Thunder Chapter 2 New York, to display in her Staten Island District Office as part of the organization's National POW-MIA Chair of Honor Program. A POW-MIA chair in any location is to remain perpetually empty to remember the soldiers who are still missing in action or became prisoners of war and have yet to return home to their families.\n\n\"Right now, there are more than 81,000 missing brave Americans as a result of war and conflict around the world,\" said Congresswoman Malliotakis. \"I'm honored to display this chair in our office as a permanent tribute to the brave men and women who've honorably served our nation overseas but sadly never made it home. We must do more as a grateful nation to raise attention to this issue and work toward the repatriation of all our POW/MIA soldiers. Thank you Rolling Thunder for providing this chair to serve as a reminder to all who enter that freedom is not free.\u201d\n\nLast year, Malliotakis honored the life of Private First Class Raymond Smith, a Brooklyn native who went MIA during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War, one of the most brutal conflicts in modern history. In September 2021, after 71 years, Smith's remains were identified and returned to New York City where he was welcomed home by his family, a full U.S. military honor guard, and the Port Authority Police.\n\n\"We thank Congresswoman Malliotakis for allowing us to place this POW Chair of Honor,\" said Vinny Perno, President of Rolling Thunder Chapter 2 New York. \"The POW Chair of Honor will sit empty in remembrance of all those brave men and women who never returned, and remain missing in action.\"\n\nImage", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-named-grand-marshal-greek-independence-day-parade", "Malliotakis Named Grand Marshal for Greek Independence Day Parade", "2022-06-02", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(NEW YORK, NY) \u2013 Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced the Parade Committee of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York has named her a Grand Marshal for New York's Greek Independence Day Parade this Sunday, June 5, on Fifth Avenue. A contingent of Greece's Presidential Guard Corps, the Evzones, will also march in the parade and participate in other parade events to uplift the spirits of the Greek-American community.\n\n\"As the daughter of a Greek immigrant, it's an honor to be named a Grand Marshal for New York's Greek Independence Day Parade where thousands of Greek-Americans will gather to celebrate our rich culture and community,\" Malliotakis said. \"At a time when Greece is facing aggressors in the Eastern Mediterranean, it's important for the Hellenic Members of Congress to show support for our ally, strengthen our bilateral relationship, and celebrate the many contributions Greeks have made to our country.\"\n\nOther Grand Marshals include His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, members of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus, Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Greek Olympic gold medalist Fani Chalkia.\n\nLast month, Malliotakis met with Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, following his address to a Joint Session of Congress. During the meetings, the lawmakers discussed several issues important to U.S.-Greece relations, including energy independence, military cooperation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Turkish aggression.\n\nMalliotakis is a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs where she serves as the Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact, and sits on the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, and Cyber.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:39:01Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-reminds-individuals-check-passports-agencies-return-pre-pandemic", "Malliotakis Reminds Individuals to Check Passports as Agencies Return to Pre-Pandemic Staffing Levels", "2022-06-01", "2022", "2022-06", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) \u2013 Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today is reminding constituents to check their passports to avoid delays due to application backlogs as the summer vacation season begins. Since taking office, the congresswoman\u2019s office has helped roughly 700 constituents who ran the risk of missing their travel plans obtain passports and renewals. She was among those who advocated that passport agencies return to pre-pandemic staffing levels to deal with backlogs. The Department of State announced the pre-pandemic staffing level took effect this week.\n\n\"Starting this week, passport agencies nationwide are returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels. While this will surely relieve some of the problems Americans have experienced with lack of responsiveness and delays, we anticipate that there will still be a backlog as agencies resume normal operations. I urge individuals to check their passports well in advance of any international travel to ensure that it is not expired and immediately complete an application or make an appointment if a new passport or renewal is required. As always, my office is here to assist residents of Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn with passports requests as we've helped more than 700 constituents renew their passports since taking office.\"\n\nTo make an appointment at the New York Passport Agency, click HERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:13:54Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-submits-testimony-opposing-increase-nyc-water-rates", "Malliotakis Submits Testimony Opposing Increase to NYC Water Rates", "2022-05-26", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) \u2013 Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today will submit testimony to the New York City Water Board regarding its proposal to raise water rates by 4.9%, the largest increase in nearly a decade.\n\n\"This proposal could not come at a worse time,\" Malliotakis wrote. \"New Yorkers are struggling with record high prices at the pump, skyrocketing utility bills, higher priced groceries, and burdensome costs of living. To usher in the largest water rate increase in eight years, amidst the economic turmoil we are currently facing is tone deaf, shortsighted, and wrong.\"\n\nAccording to the Department of Environmental Protection, customers currently owe more than $750 million in unpaid water bills. In addition to the rate increase, the proposal would increase interest rates on certain properties for late payments from 5% to 18%.\n\nMalliotakis added: \"Water is a necessity, not a luxury. Like oxygen, it is a most basic element needed for survival. Our city\u2018s leadership, in good conscience, cannot and should not raise the cost of this life necessity...I urge my local colleagues to be fiscally conservative, not continue to take from hardworking New Yorkers, who have seen the cost-of-living skyrocket while quality of life plummets.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:09:24Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-subway-murder-was-preventable-nys-refusal-fix-bail-law-blame", "Malliotakis: Subway Murder Was Preventable; NY's Refusal To Fix Bail Law To Blame", "2022-05-24", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding the arrest of Andrew Abdullah, the individual suspected of murdering an innocent civilian on the Manhattan-bound Q train on Sunday morning. According to reports, Abdullah - a known gang member who has been arrested 19 times over the past decade - was out on bail at the time of Sunday's shooting.\n\n\"This violent gang banger with an extensive criminal history is the latest example of someone who shouldn't be free to roam our streets, and yet because of the policies put in place by our state's governor and legislature, an innocent man has been randomly killed. This shooting is absolutely tragic, senseless, and sadly, it was 100 percent preventable. The elected officials who continue to support the radical pro-criminal policies that are leading to the murder, assault, robbery, or stabbing of innocent New Yorkers have blood on their hands. How many people will have to become victims of violent crime before state officials take action? By refusing to reverse these dangerous policies, New York's leaders are doing a tremendous disservice to those they've taken an oath to represent and protect.\"\n\nA summary of Abdullah's charges is below:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-introduces-legislation-enhance-dhs-efforts-combat-transnational", "Garbarino Introduces Legislation To Enhance DHS Efforts to Combat Transnational Criminal Activity", "2022-05-20", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02), a Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced the DHS Transnational Criminal Investigative Units Supplemental Pay Act, which would help address personnel shortages among the Homeland Security Investigations' (HSI) Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU) Program within the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifically, the bill would give HSI the authority to provide stipends to law enforcement officers for both retention and recruitment incentives. Joining as original cosponsors of the bill are Representatives John Katko (NY-24), Peter Meijer (MI-03), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), Dan Meuser (PA-09), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Jake LaTurner (KS-02), Carlos Gimenez (FL-26), and Michael McCaul (TX-10).\n\nHSI TCIUs are teams of special agents based in 13 countries across North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and Asia that investigate and prosecute individuals involved in transnational criminal activity that pose a continuing threat to the security of the United States. They also help identify targets, such as MS-13 gang members and drug smugglers, collect evidence, share intelligence, and facilitate the prosecution of transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) both in-country and throughout the U.S. judicial system.\n\n\"My constituents are all too familiar with the damage that transnational criminal organizations can do. Just this week, yet another MS-13 gang member on Long Island plead guilty to murders committed in my district. Border patrol is being overwhelmed by the record-breaking number of migrants attempting to cross our border, which has allowed violent transnational criminal organizations like MS-13 to slip through the cracks and infiltrate our country,\" Rep. Garbarino said. \"DHS has confirmed that hundreds of thousands of known gotaways evaded border patrol last year and those numbers are only increasing. By strengthening the ranks of TCIU we can take on these criminal organizations at the source and head off transnational criminals before they reach our border.\"\n\nThe TCIU in El Salvador works to combat TCOs like MS-13, specifically, and the TCIU in Mexico City seizes significant amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl precursors originating from China annually. This unit investigates, prosecutes, and dismantles the cartels responsible for fueling the opioid and drug overdose death epidemic in the United States. In FY21, the TCIUs effected 2,574 criminal arrests and seized $9,782,474 in currency, 246,100 pounds of cocaine, 6,893 pounds of marijuana, 346 pounds of fentanyl, 58,883 pounds of other drugs and precursors, 561 weapons, 17,418 rounds of ammunition, 9 aircrafts, 70 vehicles and 2 vessels, $22,489,104 in counterfeit goods, $11,398,818 in real estate, and $21,388,900 in general merchandise.\n\n\u201cOur frontline border law enforcement are being crushed under the dangerous impacts of the Biden administration\u2019s reckless border security policies which are resulting in an increase in retirements and resignations,\u201d said Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko. \u201cThe mission of HSI\u2019s Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit is critical to the stability of our homeland security and the fight to slow the amount of drugs pouring across the border, particularly as we see TCOs exploiting the administration\u2019s weak border policies for their gain. When we lose these TCIU officers, we lose their irreplaceable knowledge and expertise. I am proud to join Rep. Garbarino in supporting our HSI law enforcement.\u201d\n\n\u201cTransnational criminal organizations are major drivers of global organized crime, from trafficking drugs and weapons to fueling illegal immigration at our southern border,\u201d said Rep. Meijer. \u201cIn order to combat these national security threats, we must continue to pursue a comprehensive and collaborative law enforcement response that leverages our partnerships with foreign law enforcement officers. It is critical that Congress support efforts like the TCIU program by providing the necessary authority and resources to our agencies responsible for protecting the homeland, especially as we continue to experience unprecedented levels of illegal immigration and human smuggling operations at our southern border. I want to thank Congressman Garbarino for his leadership on this issue, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to continue supporting our federal law enforcement officers and enhancing cooperation with our foreign partners.\u201d\n\n\u201cUnited States law enforcement officers across our country, including those abroad, are facing some of the harshest working conditions in years. TCIU officers risk their lives every single day fighting MS-13 and other criminal organizations before they have the chance to cross our wide-open southern border. These officers are crucial to our national security, and we must do what we can to keep them on board,\" said Rep. LaTurner. \u201cI am proud to support the Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Supplemental Pay Act to provide TCIU officers with the appropriate incentives to improve recruitment and retention.\"\n\nRead the full text of the bill here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-pushes-city-lift-vaccine-mandate-public-school-graduations", "Malliotakis Pushes City to Lift Vaccine Mandate for Public School Graduations", "2022-05-18", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) sent a letter to New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan and New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) Chancellor David Banks urging the city to reconsider its vaccine mandate for award and graduation ceremonies.\n\n\"On March 7, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams reversed several COVID-19 safety protocols including the mandatory mask mandates in public schools and the Key2NYC vaccination requirements at restaurants, entertainment, and cultural venues. He also announced last week that unvaccinated students will be allowed to attend prom,\" Malliotakis wrote. \"Despite this, evident inconsistencies in vaccination protocol are continuing to unfairly jeopardize students' school careers as well as their parent and guardians' ability to attend such memorable events as they have been missing out on milestone experiences for the past three years.\"\n\nLast month, Malliotakis led her local colleagues in calling on the City to reverse its vaccine mandate for public school students to attend prom. The city reversed its mandate following her push. Additionally, following calls from graduates, Malliotakis also reached out to the College of Staten Island and received a commitment that the school would allow unvaccinated students to attend graduation ceremonies.\n\nMalliotakis continued: \"If New Yorkers are allowed to eat at restaurants indoors, attend school, go to movie theaters, and work out at the gym without proof of vaccination, NYC public school graduations and award ceremonies should be open to all parents and guardians, regardless of their vaccination status.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-meets-greek-prime-minister-kyriakos-mitsotakis", "Malliotakis Meets With Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis", "2022-05-17", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined members of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus and House Committee on Foreign Affairs in attending meetings with Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, following his address to a Joint Session of Congress. During the meetings, the lawmakers discussed several issues important to U.S.-Greece relations, including energy independence, military cooperation, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Turkish aggression.\n\n\"Freedom and Democracy are not the only core principles that serve as the foundation for the U.S.-Greece relationship. In fact, the United States and Greece rely on each other for both economic and military support,\" Malliotakis said. \"During our meetings, we discussed several issues important to our countries' relationship, including the need to bolster energy independence for both the United States and Europe, Greece's plan to acquire F-35 fighter jets, the potential to supply Greece's military with retired U.S. Navy Ships, and the important work conducted at Souda Naval Base in Crete. Additionally, I affirmed my support for the reunification of Cyprus and assured the Prime Minister that his Hellenic partners in Congress remain opposed to any sale of U.S. military equipment to Turkey, which has shown ongoing aggression, the most recent being repeated military flights over the Greek Islands.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-prime-minister-mitsotakis-address-congress", "Malliotakis Statement on Prime Minister Mitsotakis' Address to Congress", "2022-05-17", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the below statement following Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' address to a Joint Session of Congress.\n\n\"I was inspired by Prime Minister Mitsotakis' words about democracy and freedom which are the foundation and core principles that unite our two nations, and that it is incumbent upon those of us serving in government today to preserve our ideals for future generations. The bond between Greece and the United States has only been strengthened over the last two centuries, and we must continue to stand together against aggression, whether it comes from an adversary like Russia or a NATO ally like Turkey that continues to conduct military flyovers over the Greek Islands and violate international law.\n\n\"I'm pleased that Prime Minister Mitsotakis reiterated his calls to President Biden and Congress that a two-state solution for Cyprus is unacceptable, and cautioned Congress against approving sales of defense equipment to aggressors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, particularly on the heels of reports that the Biden Administration will ask Congress to approve the sale of 80 modernization kits to Turkey so it can upgrade existing warplanes, air-to-air missiles, and radar equipment.\n\n\"As the daughter of a Greek immigrant, it was a tremendous honor to walk the Prime Minister of my father's homeland into the House Chamber for this historic address. The United States-Greece relationship remains stronger than ever, and I look forward to working with my colleagues and Hellenic partners to solidify and strengthen that relationship even further.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-named-congressional-escort-committee-joint-session-greek-prime", "Malliotakis Named to Congressional Escort Committee for Joint Session with Greek Prime Minister", "2022-05-16", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) announced she was named to the Congressional Escort Committee for the Tuesday, May 17 Joint Session of Congress with Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. As a member of the Congressional Escort Committee, Malliotakis will participate in a meet and greet with Prime Minister Mitsotakis prior to his address, and then join several House and Senate colleagues in escorting the Prime Minister into the House Chamber.\n\n\"As the daughter of a Greek immigrant, it's a tremendous honor to walk the Prime Minister of my father's homeland into the House Chamber ahead of his historic speech,\" Malliotakis said. \"The United States-Greece relationship remains stronger than ever, however, right now is a pivotal time as our ally faces aggression from neighboring Turkey, and Europe faces ongoing threats from Russia. I look forward to hearing the Prime Minister's speech tomorrow and hope my colleagues listen carefully as he lays out why the United States should not be selling military jets and equipment to Turkey.\"\n\nIn Congress, Malliotakis has been outspoken against Turkey's request to purchase F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits from the U.S. Government to modernize its Air Force. Additionally, Malliotakis' resolution condemning Turkey for its repeated aggression toward Cyrpus was reported out of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs with bipartisan support.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-signs-legislation-strengthen-domestic-infant-formula-supply", "Malliotakis Signs Onto Legislation to Strengthen Domestic Infant Formula Supply", "2022-05-12", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined her Republican colleagues in cosponsoring the Formula Act, legislation that strengthens the domestic infant formula supply amid a baby formula shortage in the United States.\n\nSpecifically, the Formula Act would direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 'to establish and communicate to Congress clear standards by which it domestically regulates infant formula.' These standards would then be applied to foreign infant formula to allow formula imports and support domestic manufacturers.\n\n\"Sadly, the infant formula shortage is the latest result of President Biden's policies that have left our shelves bare and dramatically increased the cost of everyday goods,\" Malliotakis said. \"I join my colleagues in urging Speaker Pelosi to bring this critically important piece of legislation to the floor to provide immediate relief to families all across America who are struggling to feed their babies. Bare shelves are what my family sees in communist Cuba. It isn't what American families should be seeing here in the United States of America.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-shooting-nypd-officer-was-100-preventable", "Malliotakis: Shooting of NYPD Officer was 100% Preventable", "2022-05-11", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding last night's shooting involving Rameek Smith, a career criminal residing in a homeless shelter on Staten Island, and two NYPD officers, one of whom was shot but expected to survive.\n\n\"Yet again, because of New York's botched bail reform law, a violent, career criminal, remained on our streets despite his extensive criminal record. Rameek Smith had been arrested nine times prior to last night's incident, most recently for a gun charge in Brooklyn. Following his arrest, Smith was released and his sentencing was pushed back several times, leaving him free to harm law enforcement or others in our community. Unfortunately, this is all too common in New York City where nine out of ten individuals caught with an illegal firearm are released back onto our streets.\n\n\"Last night's incident is the perfect example of why Staten Islanders and the majority of their elected officials oppose the three new homeless shelters the city is preparing to open in our borough. These shelters are meant for homeless individuals in need of temporary assistance, not violent, repeat offenders who continually wreak havoc and prey on innocent people.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-statement-house-passage-dod-stockpile-replenishment-ukraine", "Malliotakis Statement on House Passage of DOD Stockpile Replenishment, Ukraine Supplemental", "2022-05-11", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding the House's passage of funds to replenish the Department of Defense\u2018s stockpile, support American troops and aid Ukraine:\n\n\"Russia\u2019s unprovoked aggression in its invasion of Ukraine must be met with strong action if we are to stop Putin and continue to avert World War III. By replenishing our Department of Defense stockpiles, supporting American troops serving in NATO territory, and providing military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, the United States is preserving both our commitment to our allies and to our own national security. America follows through on its commitment and stands shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Putin must be stopped and we will do what is necessary to protect the interests of the United States and our allies. Adversaries beware.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases/garbarino-introduces-resolution-support-police-unity-tour-during-national", "Garbarino Introduces Resolution In Support of Police Unity Tour During National Police Week", "2022-05-10", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Andrew R. Garbarino", "G000597", "garbarino.house.gov", "garbarino", "https://garbarino.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 10, 2022 - Today, Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02), introduced a House Resolution expressing support for recognizing the Police Unity Tour. Joining Rep. Garbarino as original cosponsors of the Resolution are New York Representatives Elise Stefanik (NY-21), John Katko (NY-24), Lee Zeldin (NY-01), Chris Jacobs (NY-27), Claudia Tenney (NY-22), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) along with Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), Michael Guest (MS-03), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), and Don Bacon (NE-02). The introduction of this Resolution comes during National Police Week.\n\n\"Our brave men and women of law enforcement put their lives on the line every single day with a simple mission \u2013 serve and protect,\" Rep. Garbarino said. \"The Police Unity Tour has a powerful mission to preserve the memory and legacy of law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We will never be able to repay the sacrifice of the fallen and their families, but we can honor them and that is what every participant of the Police Unity Tour is doing this week. I am proud to introduce this Resolution and I thank my colleagues for joining me in recognizing and supporting the Police Unity Tour during this National Police week.\"\n\nSince 1997, the Police Unity Tour has organized a four-day bicycle ride from locations across the country to Washington, D.C. to raise public awareness about law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty, and to ensure that their sacrifice is never forgotten. Each of the nine chapters of the Police Unity Tour hosts a ride with the purpose of raising awareness of Law Enforcement Officers who have died in the line of duty and raising funds for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.\n\nThe New York Chapter 37 of the Police Unity Tour was named in honor of the 37 Port Authority police officers killed in the line of duty on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center. Members of Chapter 37 have a particularly special mission as they begin their tour at the World Trade Center in Manhattan to honor, respect, and remember the officers who lost their lives on 9/11. The last leg of this approximately 300-mile ride ends at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in D.C.\n\nThe Resolution is endorsed by several law enforcement groups including the Suffolk County Detectives Association, Suffolk County Police Superior Officers Association, Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association, Nassau County Detectives Association, and Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.\n\n\"Our law enforcement officers put their lives on the line daily to keep us safe,\" said Rep. Stefanik. \"As many of our police officers raise awareness for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our communities, I am proud to recognize the Police Unity Tour and especially honor the brave members of New York\u2019s law enforcement who gave their lives in the line of duty on September 11, 2001. We must never forget their service.\"\n\n\"As violent crime has risen across the country, police officers have been demoralized and demonized for simply doing their jobs to keep our communities safe,\u201d said Rep. Katko. \u201cThe last several years have taken an enormous toll on our law enforcement officers. We have seen that in the increase in retirements and resignations in departments nationwide and even the loss of officers\u2019 lives. Enough is enough. Our law enforcement officers deserve our full respect and support. We will never forget those who lost their lives in the line of duty. I am proud to stand with Rep. Garbarino in honoring the heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their fellow Americans.\"\n\n\"The Police Unity Tour does tremendous work each year to honor and remember all our heroic law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty to keep our communities safe,\" said Rep. Zeldin. \"As we ring in National Police Week 2022, I\u2019m proud to join Congressman Garbarino and our colleagues in recognizing this great organization and our law enforcement heroes.\"\n\n\"Every day, our brave law enforcement officers put themselves in harm's way, and some make the ultimate sacrifice,\" said Rep. Jacobs. \"Our families, communities, and country are forever grateful and profoundly humbled by those men and women who answer the call to service. I am proud to join Rep. Garbarino in this effort to honor the Police Unity Tour and the officers who have fallen in the line of duty.\"\n\n\"Our law enforcement officers put their lives on the line each and every day to keep our communities safe,\" said Rep. Tenney. \"While the far-left wants to demonize and defund the police, I am committed to standing in support of law enforcement, including those who have fallen in the line of duty and those who continue to protect our streets. As we approach National Police Week, I am grateful for Congressman Garbarino\u2019s leadership in supporting the Police Unity Tour. I will always back the blue.\"\n\n\"Last year, more police officers were killed in the line of duty than any year since 1995, many in unprovoked or ambush-style attacks,\" said Rep. Malliotakis. \"The \u2018Defund the Police\u2019 movement has made our officers less safe, in turn making our communities less safe and decimating officer morale. I proudly join my colleagues in raising public awareness for the safety of our officers and remembering those who\u2019ve sadly made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our streets safe.\"\n\n\"Thousands of brave men and women across the country have sacrificed so much and put their lives at risk every day in service to their communities. I am proud to strongly support Congress taking serious and bipartisan action to keep them safe and well-funded,\" said Rep. Miller-Meeks. \"Police officers are true public servants who deserve our respect, appreciation, and admiration. I am proud to back the blue this week and every week.\"\n\n\"I\u2019m thankful for Congressman Garbarino\u2019s leadership on this legislation to recognize the Police Unity Tour,\u201d said Rep. Guest. \u201cThis bike ride is a unique way to raise awareness about the important role our law enforcement officers play in our country and the ultimate sacrifice so many have made in service to our nation. We must always stand with our officers and we must never forget those who gave their lives to protect their communities.\"\n\n\"We must always remember and honor the brave police officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty while keeping our communities safe,\" said Rep. Van Drew. \"I am proud to join my colleagues in co-sponsoring this resolution to recognize our nation\u2019s heroes and support this year\u2019s Police Unity Tour.\"\n\n\"To date, 102 law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty this year and we must never forget their sacrifice and commitment to duty,\" said Rep. Bacon. \"This National Police Week, I join my colleagues in recognizing and supporting the Police Unity Tour, a 300-mile bicycle ride to bring awareness to those who lost their lives in the line of duty.\"\n\nRead the full text of the House Resolution Expressing support for recognizing the Police Unity Tour here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-visits-siuh-integrated-women-newborn-center-after-securing-2", "Malliotakis Visits SIUH Integrated Women & Newborn Center After Securing $2 Million For Construction", "2022-05-10", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) visited Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) to announce $2,000,000 she secured in this year's federal budget for the hospital's new Integrated Women and Newborn Center.\n\n\u201cNot only does Staten Island University Hospital provide world-class health care to our community, but it is also one of the largest hospitals in the New York City metropolitan area,\" Congresswoman Malliotakis said. \"SIUH's women and newborn facilities have not been upgraded since 1979, with services currently being offered in three different locations across two floors in the hospital. The $2 million I've secured in this year's federal budget will help SIUH streamline its newborn and women's services, and potentially allow the department to deliver an additional 1,000 babies per year. I promised to go to Washington and fight for Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn, and I'm happy to have played a role in ensuring women in our community continue to have access to high-quality, patient-centered care.\u201d\n\nSIUH will use the funds to complete construction of its new Integrated Women and Newborn Center, including the purchase of ten labor, delivery, and recovery rooms, three operating rooms, 37 maternity beds for post-partum care, and 12 nursey bassinets.\n\n\u201cSince this hospital opened, maternal child services have not been aligned for efficiency and just as important today, not aligned in the way families choose to experience this level of care and service,\u201d noted Brahim Ardolic, MD, SIUH\u2019s Executive Director. \u201cThis new building solves the efficiency issue, and frees up existing space to be converted into advanced surgical suites to bring more services to Staten Island \u2013 it\u2019s a win-win.\u201d\n\nArdolic added: \u201cOnce again, Staten Island\u2019s elected officials have come together to invest in our community\u2019s future and this appropriation will benefit our borough for generations.\u201d Dr. Ardolic said. \u201cWe are grateful for their advocacy on behalf of all those we are privileged to serve.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"], ["https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-delivers-500-pounds-food-bay-ridge-community-development-center", "Malliotakis Delivers 500 Pounds of Food to Bay Ridge Community Development Center", "2022-05-09", "2022", "2022-05", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Nicole Malliotakis", "M000317", "malliotakis.house.gov", "malliotakis", "https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "(BROOKLYN, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) delivered 500 pounds of food to the Bay Ridge Community Development Center (BRCDC) as part of a donation she facilitated from Goya Foods to benefit more than two dozen food pantries across Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn.\n\n\"Today I delivered 500 pounds of food to the Bay Ridge Community Development Center as part of my efforts to support local food pantries and families as food prices continue to rise,\" said Congresswoman Malliotakis. \"I'm proud to join the BRCDC in working to fight food insecurity in Brooklyn and improving the quality of life for those in our community.\"\n\n\"I want to thank Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis for supporting the Brooklyn community and the BRCDC by facilitating this donation from Goya Foods,\u201d said Bibi Esahack, Executive Director for the Bay Ridge Community Development Center. \u201cIt\u2019s important to recognize that New York City is still experiencing food insecurity and we all must do our part to help those who are struggling.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:29:07Z"]], "truncated": false, "filtered_table_rows_count": 157, "expanded_columns": [], "expandable_columns": [], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "units": {}, "query": {"sql": "select url, title, date, year, month, party, chamber, state, member_name, bioguide_id, domain, scraper, source, date_source, text, has_text, collected_at, updated_at from releases where \"party\" = :p0 and \"state\" = :p1 and \"year\" = :p2 order by date desc limit 101", "params": {"p0": "Republican", "p1": "NY", "p2": "2022"}}, "facet_results": {"party": {"name": "party", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=NY&year=2022", "results": [{"value": "Republican", "label": "Republican", "count": 157, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?state=NY&year=2022", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "chamber": {"name": "chamber", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=NY&year=2022", "results": [{"value": "House", "label": "House", "count": 157, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=NY&year=2022&chamber=House", "selected": false}], "truncated": false}, "state": {"name": "state", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=NY&year=2022", "results": [{"value": "NY", "label": "NY", "count": 157, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&year=2022", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}, "year": {"name": "year", "type": "column", "hideable": false, "toggle_url": "/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=NY&year=2022", "results": [{"value": "2022", "label": "2022", "count": 157, "toggle_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=NY", "selected": true}], "truncated": false}}, "suggested_facets": [], "next": "2022-05-09,https~3A~2F~2Fmalliotakis~2Ehouse~2Egov~2Fmedia~2Fpress-releases~2Fmalliotakis-delivers-500-pounds-food-bay-ridge-community-development-center", "next_url": "http://dpwillis-congress-press-search.hf.space/press/releases.json?party=Republican&state=NY&year=2022&_next=2022-05-09%2Chttps~3A~2F~2Fmalliotakis~2Ehouse~2Egov~2Fmedia~2Fpress-releases~2Fmalliotakis-delivers-500-pounds-food-bay-ridge-community-development-center&_sort_desc=date", "private": false, "allow_execute_sql": true, "query_ms": 452.9261279385537, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}