Press Releases
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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.
Usually acting late at night, these criminals place string connected to a sticky material into 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. Grace Meng (D-NY) will bring a displaced resident of Puerto Rico – who is presently living in Queens – as her guest to the State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Meng will bring Omar Miguel Nieves Delgado, 33, who was living in San Juan when Hurricane Maria struck and severely damaged his home.
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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. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that the New York City Board of Elections (BOE) has agreed to her request to restore the polling site at the Latimer Gardens housing complex in Flushing, Queens.
Since the polling place was closed in 2012, tenants of the complex and those who reside in the surrounding area, have been forced to trek a half a mile away to P.S. 214, an ordeal that has made it difficult for these individuals to vote.
January 25, 2018
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January 23, 2018
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), joined by Reps. Joseph Crowley (D-Queens) and Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), this afternoon sent a letter to the head of the United States Postal Service calling for a plan to address ongoing and serious mail delivery problems in Queens.
In their correspondence to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, the lawmakers wrote that constituents have complained about severely delayed mail (sometimes taking weeks to arrive), significant problems with package delivery and frequently receiving incorrect mail.
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).
January 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today hailed the policy change by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that will allow houses of worship to receive federal disaster funds, an issue long championed by the Congresswoman who pushed for the policy change for years.
The new policy, published in today's Federal Register, will make churches, synagogues, mosques and temples eligible for disaster aid from FEMA so that they can repair and rebuild from damage caused by natural disasters.
December 13, 2017
WASHNGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng's (D-NY) amendment requiring an assessment of the effectiveness of U.S. economic sanctions against Iran was passed late this afternoon by the House of Representatives as part of the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act, H.R. 1638.
H.R. 1638 directs the U.S. Department of the Treasury to issue a report explaining how it assesses the impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic sanctions programs against Iran, but does not require the actual assessment.