WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:  Today’s Supreme Court Decision preserves an important tool in addressing our country’s voter suppression epidemic and affirms that the 1965 Voting Rights Act remains the law of the land. The right to vote is integral to our democracy. This principle of one person, […]

Brooklyn, NY – Today, Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), the House Democratic Leader, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced that they secured $3,000,000 in funding for the Interfaith Medical Center through the recently-enacted government funding law.   The federal money, which was secured in partnership between Rep. Jeffries, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Gillibrand, will be used to renovate the emergency department at […]