Press Releases

Executive from Long Island City startup travels to D.C. to illustrate exceptional work of Queens businesses

Congresswoman continues her call for increased gun-safety laws.

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today applauded the FBI’s advisory policy board for voting to recommend that hate crimes targeted at Sikh, Hindu and Arab Americans be tracked with their own categories in the agency’s uniform crime reporting program.

Congresswoman’s measure would prohibit stores from continuing to sell the outdated products that put infants at risk

Congresswoman, joined by other Members of Congress, also urge Kerry to take action against Argentina if it moves forward with the joint investigation

Initiative announced after Congresswoman sent letters to major U.S. retailers demanding they improve deplorable work environments there. Move comes in wake of factory collapse that killed 1,127 workers

U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, today blasted authorities in Cambodia for violently suppressing protesting factory workers, including a pregnant woman who allegedly lost her baby after she was stunned with a cattle prod.

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