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Meng Welcomes President's Use of Executive Action on Immigration
November 20, 2014
Press Release

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
Meng Sends Letter to DMV Comissioner Protesting Dismissal of Tickets Against Driver Who Killed 3-Year-Old in Flushing, Queens
November 20, 2014
Press Release
Congresswoman seeks answers about why summonses were tossed out
Meng Issues Statement on Jerusalem Synagogue Attack
November 18, 2014
Press Release
U.S. Rep.
Bayside Small Businesses Praised by Feds
November 13, 2014
In The News

By Eric Jankiewicz

Small Businesses

 

Meng Issues Statement on DMV Voiding Tickets Against Driver Who Killed Three-Year Old in Flushing, Queens
November 7, 2014
Press Release
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.
Meng Announces Legislation That Aims to Create Postage Stamp in Honor of Chinese Railroad Workers Who Helped Construct America's First Transcontinental Railroad
November 6, 2014
Press Release
Approximately 12,000 Chinese immigrant laborers helped build the railroad from 1865 to 1869 which connected the nation from coast-to-coast.
Meng, Stavisky, Kim and Koo Announce Update on Flushing LIRR Improvements
October 31, 2014
Press Release
U.S. Rep.
Electeds Keep Pushing for Elmhurst LIRR Stop
October 28, 2014
In The News

By Christopher Barca

Electeds Keep Pushing for Elmhurst LIRR Stop

Two weeks after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program Review Board rejected the agency's five-year budget proposal, three Queens elected officials are pressing for one of the program's smaller items to make it into the final draft of the financial plan.

Meng to Hold First "U.S. Service Academy Forum" for High School Students Interested in Attending Nation's Prestigious Service Academies
October 6, 2014
Press Release

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.

Meng Helps Secure Federal Funds For Queens Organizations that Assist Domestic Violence Victims
October 2, 2014
Press Release
Money awarded as Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins