Press Releases

QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced that nearly $2 million in federal funds has been awarded to two nonprofit organizations in Queens: Make the Road New York and La Jornada.

Make the Road is the largest grassroots immigrant-led organization in New York State and is located in Jackson Heights, focusing on issues like workers’ rights, immigrant and civil rights, and environmental and housing justice. La Jornada, a food pantry in Woodside, helps to provide basic services to address the needs of the immigrant and low-income communities in Queens.

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that several schools in Queens have been designated as Blue Ribbon Schools.

The schools were awarded the designation by the United States Department of Education and include four schools in Meng’s congressional district:

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she introduced a House resolution calling for a commemorative postage stamp that honors the life and legacy of Lewis Latimer, a Black American inventor and patent draftsman who settled in Queens, New York in the early 1900s.  

The Congresswoman introduced the resolution this month to commemorate the 175^th birthday celebration of Latimer, which she attended on Saturday at the Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing. 

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Darin LaHood (R-IL) introduced the bipartisan Global WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) in Healthcare Facilities Act, which would help improve U.S. efforts to increase access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in healthcare facilities across the globe.  

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), First Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, today joined New York Governor Kathy Hochul as the Governor signed legislation declaring Lunar New Year a public school holiday in New York State.

QUEENS, NY – With the surge in mail theft continuing to increase in Queens and throughout New York City, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and NYPD’s 104^th Precinct, today advised the public on how they can safeguard their mail.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), a member of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, applauded the inclusion of her amendment that highlights support for Greece in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual authorization bill for the Department of Defense which was recently passed by House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), and Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) announced the introduction of the Strategic Lebanon Security Reporting Act, a bipartisan bill that would aid in addressing security threats in Lebanon.

The bill would direct the Secretary of State to submit a report to the appropriate Congressional committee (House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Appropriations subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs) that: