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March 25, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she introduced the Disability ID Act of 2022, a bill that would establish a new grant program for states to facilitate the placement of a discrete and voluntary disability identifier symbol on drivers' licenses and other forms of state-issued identification in order to improve interactions between first responders and people with disabilities.
Disabilities can be misjudged or disregarded, leaving many people with disabilities worried that their interactions with first responders may escalate.
March 24, 2022
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) urged Airbnb to provide insight following a shooting at a house in Bayside, Queens that was advertised as an Airbnb rental.
In a letter to Airbnb's Chief Executive Officer, Meng posed several crucial questions concerning why and how the site has continuously been listed as a rental property despite it being vacant, and what the company is doing to correct the problem.
March 20, 2022
QUEENS, NY – This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) joined the son of GuiYing Ma where he talked about his mother's passing and arriving in New York from China to attend her funeral.
Ma is the Queens resident who died last month after she was attacked with a rock in November while sweeping the sidewalk next to her home. Last Monday, Meng and Rep.
March 14, 2022
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens/Bronx) announced today that they helped secure a visa for the son of GuiYing Ma, the Queens resident who died last month after she was attacked in November while sweeping the sidewalk next to her home.
The two lawmakers helped obtain the visa for Yang Gao so that he can come to the U.S. from China to attend his mother's funeral later this month.
March 10, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), New York's senior appropriator of the House Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured nearly $10 million in federal funds for ten crucial projects throughout Queens.
This Community Project Funding is money that was included in the new government spending package which passed the House late last night.
March 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) met with President Biden, Vice President Harris and White House senior advisors to discuss pressing issues impacting the Asian American community.
March 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) applauded the House passage of the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2021 (H.R.3967), a bipartisan bill that includes the Congresswoman's Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act, which she first introduced in 2017.
"For too long, we have failed to live up to our promise to our servicemembers to care for them when they come home.
March 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY), New York's senior appropriator on the House Appropriations Committee, applauded the House Homeland Security Committee for passing legislation that increases funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program from $180 to $500 million annually. This increase in funding will allow houses of worship, day schools, and other nonprofits to better protect themselves and their congregations as religious and ethnically based hate crimes have continued to increase.
March 1, 2022
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep.
March 1, 2022
WASHINGTON D.C. – This evening, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), Vice Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, announced that Maggie Cheng, whose mother suffered a violent hate crime attack last year in Flushing, Queens, will be the Congresswoman's virtual guest tonight for President Biden's State of the Union address.