[[{“fid”:”851″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”ENY PC 6.3.14″},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“title”:”ENY PC 6.3.14″,”style”:”height: 188px; width: 251px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]Brooklyn, NY – Today in East New York, U.S. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) and several community leaders held a press conference calling for the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to assist the New York Police Department (NYPD) with apprehending […]

Brooklyn, NY – Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) released the following statement in the wake of the violent stabbing of two children, Prince Joshua Avitto, 6, and Mikayla Capers, 7, in East New York, Brooklyn: “The violent attack that has left one child dead and another seriously injured has shocked the conscience of an East New […]

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Brooklyn, NY – U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congress members Jerrold Nadler and Hakeem Jeffries today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a Project Partnership Agreement to move forward with critical repairs and emergency beach restoration for the Coney Island shoreline.  This is a longstanding U.S. Army Corps […]

[[{“fid”:”819″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”Sandy PC – 4.25.14″},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“title”:”Sandy PC – 4.25.14″,”style”:”height: 141px; width: 250px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Congressmen Gregory W. Meeks (D-Southeast Queens, Rockaway, Nassau) and Hakeem Jeffries (D- Brooklyn, Queens) held a press conference on the steps of New York City Hall, calling on the Department of Housing […]

Washington – During a House Judiciary Committee Department of Justice oversight hearing on April 8, 2014, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) questioned the sole witness, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, on the Administration’s response to gun violence in Brooklyn and throughout America. During the line of questioning, Congressman Jeffries observed that many of the illegal guns […]

Washington – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 59 to 38 to renew unemployment insurance compensation: “The Senate has put partisan politics aside and courageously taken a substantial step forward on behalf of over two million long-term unemployed Americans.  It is now time for Speaker Boehner and […]

WASHINGTON –Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) issued the following statement today after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released the fiscal year 2015 House Republican budget: “House Republicans have renewed their attack on working families, the middle class and seniors by putting forth another budget that callously balances itself on the backs of the most vulnerable […]

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement supporting the availability of Halal food in the New York City public school system: “New York City public school students should not be compelled to go hungry in order to adhere to religious dietary restrictions.  All of our children deserve the best opportunity to […]

[[{“fid”:”748″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”Thomas Jennings”},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“title”:”Thomas Jennings”,”style”:”width: 215px; height: 249px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]WASHINGTON – Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) and more than a dozen House colleagues have introduced H.Res. 514 in honor of the life and achievements of Mr. Thomas Jennings, the first African-American to be granted a patent. Thomas Jennings was born in […]