Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (NY-06), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) announced today that they sent a letter to COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Counselor to the President Jeffrey Zients calling for the inclusion of office-based clinicians, including primary care physicians, into the national COVID-19 vaccine administration plan in order to address demographic gaps in access to the vaccine, and to combat existing hesitancy to receiving the shots across urban, suburban, and rural areas.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today she visited the pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at Flushing Town Hall with representatives from Chinese American Independent Practice Association and the New York State Department of Health.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), First Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Executive Board Member of CAPAC, announced their plan to reintroduce the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which seeks to address the ongoing hate and violence targeted toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) by providing greater assistance with law enforcement response to COVID-19 hate crimes and creating a position at the Department of Justice to facilitate expedited review of such cases.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) issued the following statement after learning an Asian mother and her baby were spat on and called "Chinese virus". Meng spoke with reporters this evening on this disturbing incident at Korean Community Services.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) a member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced today that she helped pass the nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (H.R. 1319) early this afternoon in the House of Representatives. The measure will now go to President Biden's desk for his signature.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations that has oversight of U.S. foreign policy and programs, announced today she joined a bipartisan letter requesting that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden-Harris Administration seek an agreement or set of agreements with Iran that address the comprehensive range of threats that Iran poses to the Middle East region.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) issued the following statement after Mayor de Blasio announced that the City will partner with Queens Public Library (QPL) to open a new vaccination site at Flushing Library, with plans to open additional sites to serve different communities across the borough.
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) recently took part in a virtual workshop to help co-ops in Queens secure federal funding under the Paycheck Protection Program which provides forgivable loans to small businesses that have suffered economic losses due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The event was organized by the President's Co-op and Condo Council, and included officials from the Council, representatives from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Queens Chamber of Commerce President Tom Grech.