[[{“fid”:”597″,”view_mode”:”teaser”,”fields”:{“format”:”teaser”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:””},”tagName”:”IMG”,”src”:”https%3A//edit-projects.45press.com/jeffries/sites/projects.45press.com/jeffries/files/styles/congress_image_medium/public/wysiwyg_uploaded/jeffries1.jpg%3Fitok%3DRPy491BK”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-teaser”,”height”:”300″,”style”:”width: 300px; height: 225px; float: right;”,”width”:”400″}}]]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries spoke to about three dozen supporters of Interfaith Medical Center inside the hospital’s cafeteria on Monday evening, and provided an update on what Congress is doing to help keep the beleaguered medical center open. The entire New York City congressional delegation, Jeffries said, sent a letter […]

  [[{“fid”:”596″,”view_mode”:”teaser”,”fields”:{“format”:”teaser”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:””},”tagName”:”IMG”,”src”:”https%3A//edit-projects.45press.com/jeffries/sites/projects.45press.com/jeffries/files/styles/congress_image_medium/public/wysiwyg_uploaded/Jeffries.jpg%3Fitok%3DfGK_owT7″,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-teaser”,”style”:”width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right;”}}]]Those concerned over the possibility of massive flood insurance rate hikes can breathe a sigh of relief. At least for now. Congress unveiled a deal struck last week to postpone the rate hikes that started taking effect last month because of the Biggert-Waters Act, a 2012 law that […]

  Residents of an affordable housing building in Bed-Stuy say their management company has only just begun restoring heat to their apartments— eight years after taking over the building. Residents of 305 Decatur St., a Section 8 building in Bed-Stuy, say they’ve lived without heat since before their management company, Shinda Management Corp., took over […]

Brooklyn, NY – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted a stay in the ruling established earlier this year by federal trial judge, Shira A. Scheindlin which found the New York Police Department’s stop and frisk program discriminatory and unconstitutional. The Second […]

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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy: “One year ago, Superstorm Sandy struck many neighborhoods in Southern Brooklyn and Queens with devastating ferocity. Homes were destroyed, businesses ruined and lives turned upside down. Over the last year we have made tremendous progress, but we […]

  Tuesday night on All In with Chris Hayes: House Republicans predictably railed against the Obamacare exchanges in a hearing on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act Tuesday morning – apparently without realizing they were also criticizing a plan from their own side. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget would put in place the same kind […]

  The family of a Brooklyn woman who died in a Brooklyn holding cell after cops reportedly refused to help the convulsing victim despite the pleas of other inmates for help filed an $11 million federal wrongful death lawsuit this week. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 21 after cops arrested […]

Brooklyn, NY – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement in the wake of the death of Former Congressman Major Owens: “Congressman Major Owens was a crusader for the people of Brooklyn, a champion for working-class families and a guardian of underserved communities.  He emphasized the importance of education as a catalyst for upward […]

[[{“fid”:”590″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”tagName”:”IMG”,”src”:”https%3A//edit-projects.45press.com/jeffries/sites/projects.45press.com/jeffries/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/JeffriesFedCourt_0.jpg”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-full”,”height”:”422″,”style”:”width: 403px; height: 268px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”width”:”635″}}]]The city medical examiner has ruled that the controversial death of a Brooklyn woman in an NYPD holding cell was of “natural” cause due to an alcoholic seizure. Kyam Livingston’s cause of death was disclosed Monday as family members filed a wrongful death […]