Press Releases
December 5, 2014
Port Authority agrees to install the devices in Flushing and Maspeth/Middle Village area to measure impact of increased aircraft noise over the borough
December 3, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on the grand jury's decision in the Eric Garner case:
"Our city is hurting today. The death of Eric Garner is a terrible tragedy that has stirred painful and powerful emotions throughout New York and the nation, and as a parent, I cannot imagine what his family is going through.
December 1, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she has saved a college in Queens from shutting down.
On the brink of closing its doors, Bramson ORT College in Forest Hills was spared after the Congresswoman intervened with the U.S.
November 20, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) tonight welcomed President Obama's use of executive action to protect millions of immigrants from deportation, just one week after she signed a letter to the President asking him to do so.
Issues:Immigration
November 20, 2014
Congresswoman seeks answers about why summonses were tossed out
November 18, 2014
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November 7, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) dismissing tickets against the driver who struck and killed three-year-old Allison Liao in Flushing, Queens last year.
"After watching the video of this tragedy, I find the decision to dismiss these tickets very troubling.
November 6, 2014
Approximately 12,000 Chinese immigrant laborers helped build the railroad from 1865 to 1869 which connected the nation from coast-to-coast.
October 31, 2014
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October 6, 2014
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced today that she will hold her first "U.S. Service Academy Information Forum" for high school students interested in attending the nation's prestigious service academies. The freshman Congresswoman had scheduled her first academy forum in October of last year, but the event had to be cancelled due to the 2013 shutdown of the federal government.