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Meng Announces Millions in Coronavirus Funding for Local Health Providers
May 12, 2020
Press Release
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) announced the awarding of $50.7 million in federal funding for health-related providers located in her congressional district in Queens. The funds, which are allocated under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will help 1,485 local providers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meng Urges House and Senate Leaders to Ensure Students Have Internet Access for Remote Learning During COVID-19 Crisis
May 11, 2020
Press Release

QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) announced today that she led 103 Members of Congress in a letter to House and Senate Leadership calling for her Emergency Educational Connections Act (H.R. 6563) to be included in the next coronavirus stimulus package.

Violence Against Asian Americans Is on the Rise—But It’s Part of a Long History
Meng Hails Approval of New York State’s Plan to Operate Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer Program
May 10, 2020
Press Release
QUEENS, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service approved New York State's plan to operate the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program.
Congressional Democrats Tell DOJ To Do More To Address COVID-19 Hate Crimes
May 8, 2020
In The News

Attacks have skyrocketed against Asians and Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic, but the federal response has fallen short, the lawmakers said.

Congressional Democrats Tell DOJ To Do More To Address COVID-19 Hate Crimes

Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are demanding the Department of Justice develop specific plans to address the surge in racism, xenophobia and

Meng Calls for All Frontline Workers to be Eligible for Hazard Pay During Coronavirus Pandemic
May 8, 2020
Press Release
QUEENS, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today called for ALL essential workers to be made eligible for hazard pay in any proposed legislation that seeks to provide such wages or benefits during the COVID-19 crisis.
Meng Introduces Legislation to Combat COVID-19 Hate Crimes
May 7, 2020
Press Release
QUEENS, NY – With various communities continuing to struggle with the surge in discriminatory attacks during the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Rep.
U.S. reps seek aid for small grocers
May 7, 2020
In The News

Pols petition Pelosi and McCarthy

U.S. reps seek aid for small grocers

Thirteen members of the New York State delegation to Congress, including all seven representing Queens, have signed a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.) requesting that bodegas and small markets — and the low-income people who rely on them — receive targeted assistance in the next round of COVID-19 relief funding.

COVID-19: Filling the Learning Gap
May 7, 2020
In The News

ALA joins education allies calling for home broadband access

COVID-19: Filling the Learning Gap

The American Library Association's (ALA) Public Policy and Advocacy Office (PPAO) is calling for emergency funding to address the lack of home broadband access for millions of students now learning remotely.

NY Elected Officials Call on Trump for More Funding for Safety Net Programs
May 7, 2020
In The News
NY Elected Officials Call on Trump for More Funding for Safety Net Programs

Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing), Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) led 94 New York elected officials from all levels of government in a letter urging President Donald Trump to support the expansion of critical safety net programs for New Yorkers, as the Empire State continues its fight against COVID-19.