Press Releases
February 7, 2018
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today hailed plans to install elevators at the Murray Hill Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station in Flushing.
Under the initiative, the LIRR will install two new elevators to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
February 6, 2018
Decision comes after Meng sends letter to President Duda urging him not to sign
February 5, 2018
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on Walmart pulling its Kids "China Boy" Costume.
"I am glad that Walmart did the right thing and pulled a third-party seller's Kids ‘China Boy' Costume from its website after I contacted the company to express my disappointment about it.
February 1, 2018
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) urging it to replace all postal collection boxes in Queens with new anti-theft boxes in order to combat mail fishing, a growing mail theft crime throughout the borough in which thieves "fish" mail out of blue collection boxes.
January 29, 2018
QUEENS, NY – In an effort to stand with the people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and highlight the need for additional hurricane recovery funding, U.S. Rep.
January 27, 2018
Congresswoman sees devastation first-hand; visits with residents and officials and renews call for increased aid to the island
January 25, 2018
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep.
January 25, 2018
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep.
January 23, 2018
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by Reps.
January 5, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the opioid epidemic shaking the nation, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today sent a letter to the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Dr. Elinore F. McCance-Katz, commending the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).