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September 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) and Senator Mazie K.

September 9, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today applauded the opening of a disaster recovery center in her congressional district at Queens College in Flushing. The facility will help assist Queens residents who have sustained damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Its opening comes after Meng requested and strongly advocated for a recovery center to be located in her district.

September 8, 2021
QUEENS, NY – Following President Biden's approval of emergency and major disaster declarations for New York, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) announced today that they are leading an effort to secure even more federal relief to help New Yorkers recover from the devastation caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

September 7, 2021
QUEENS, NY – This afternoon, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) joined President Biden in Queens as he toured the damage that the remnants of Hurricane Ida inflicted on the borough.
Meng surveyed the devastation with the President and several government colleagues in East Elmhurst.

September 7, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) this evening welcomed New York Governor Kathy Hochul to her congressional district in Flushing to talk with constituents who have suffered devastating losses from last week's rainfall and flooding.

September 6, 2021
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) welcomed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to her congressional district in Queens to survey the devastation that the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused in the borough.

September 3, 2021
NEW YORK – Following President Biden's quick approval of an emergency declaration for New York, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and Jamaal Bowman (D-Bronx/Westchester) this evening led a bipartisan letter to the President asking him to also expediate the approval of a major disaster declaration for the state.

September 2, 2021
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) today issued the following statement on the rainfall and flooding in New York.
"Neighborhoods throughout my congressional district continue to recover from the damage sustained by the unprecedented impact caused by the rainfall and flooding.