WASHINGTON, May 4 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * AS WESTERN NY SEES RECORD HIGH GROCERY COSTS, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO BREAK UP THE MEATPACKING MONOPOLIES, HELP FARMERS, AND DRIVE DOWN COST OF MEAT FOR FAMILIES * Schumer Says Four Corporate Giants Dominate Meat Market, Squeezing Farmers And Ranchers Who Keep Just 16 Cents Of Every Dollar Spent On Food, And Rigging The System Against WNY Families New Schumer Bill Will Break Up Big Monopolies In Mea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks Calls Out Trump Admin for Abusing Emergency Authorities to Bypass Congress on Arms Sales * Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today condemned the Trump administration for again invoking emergency authorities to bypass Congressional review of arms sales. "The Trump administration's latest use of emergency authorities to bypass Congre more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADER JEFFRIES, CONGRESSMAN MORELLE ON NEW YORK REDISTRICTING * (New Haven, C.T.)-Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Congressman Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. "House Republicans have failed and the American people know it," said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "That is why GOP extremists have concluded the only way to win in N more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADER JEFFRIES, RANKING MEMBER MORELLE ON NEW YORK REDISTRICTING * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. " House Republicans have failed and the American people know it," said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "That is why GOP  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * JOINT STATEMENT FROM LEADER JEFFRIES, RANKING MEMBER MORELLE ON NEW YORK REDISTRICTING * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. " House Republicans have failed and the American people know it," said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "That is why GOP extremists have concluded  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, ranking member of the House Administration Committee, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on May 4, 2026: * * * Joint Statement from Leader Jeffries, Ranking Member Morelle on New York Redistricting Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project. "House Republicans have failed and th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI IN QUEENS * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: I am appalled that the Jewish community in New York City is once again under attack, this time the target of horrifying, coordinated antisemitic vandalism across institutions in Queens. Every Jewish New Yorker should be able to live and exist in Jewish life without the fear of this vi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Reps. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Adam Smith, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on May 1, 2026: * * * Meeks, Smith, Himes Issue Statement on 60-Day Mark of Iran War Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Se more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Reps. Adam Smith, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on May 1, 2026: * * * Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Per more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Laura Gillen, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gillen Announces $850,000 in New Federal Funding for Valley Stream South High School to Combat Creek Erosion; Tours Site with School Leaders * VALLEY STREAM, NY - Today, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) joined Valley Stream school leaders and staff to tour Valley Stream South High School and highlight $850,000 in new federal Community Project Funding (CPF) she secured through the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations process. The new funding will h more PR

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER, AFTER DELIVERING NEARLY $5 MILLION IN FED FUNDING, CUTS RIBBON ON CORTLAND COUNTY'S NEW MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY TO BOOST CARE FOR CENTRAL NY FAMILIES * Schumer Delivered Major Fed $$ To Transform A Vacant Building In Downtown Cortland Into One-Stop Shop For Mental Healthcare And Long-Term Home For Mental Health Department Cortland County Mental Health Department Is Major Rural Behavioral Healthcare Provider I more PR