Skip to content
Uncategorized

East Brooklyn – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Speaks To EastBrooklyn.com After State of District Address

[[{“fid”:”715″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”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/wysiwyg_uploaded/Broooklyn.jpg”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-full”,”height”:”351″,”style”:”width: 637px; height: 351px; float: left;”,”width”:”637″}}]]

Uncategorized

DNAinfo: Bed-Stuy Soup Kitchen Braces for Influx After Food Stamp Cut

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — On a recent Wednesday afternoon, as temperatures reached 7 degrees in the city, Troy Baker began his daily trek. For more than a decade after his release from prison in 2002, where he served a robbery sentence, Baker, 44, said he’s been in the city’s shelter system, unable to find work because of […]

Uncategorized

DNAinfo: Gentrification a ‘Malignant Tumor’ in Poor Communities, Congressman Says

[[{“fid”:”688″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”DNAinfo – Paul DeBendetto “},”tagName”:”IMG”,”src”:”https%3A//edit-projects.45press.com/jeffries/sites/projects.45press.com/jeffries/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/RepHJ%2520-%2520SOTD.jpg”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-full”,”height”:”412″,”style”:”width: 300px; height: 199px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”title”:”DNAinfo – Paul DeBendetto “,”width”:”620″}}]]BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries promised Thursday to tackle gentrification and gun violence at the federal level in his first State of the District address in Bed-Stuy. Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd at Boys […]

Uncategorized

BKNews12: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries delivers State of the District Thursday evening in Bedford-Stuyvesant

[[{“fid”:”699″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”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/wysiwyg_uploaded/StateAddressImage.png”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-full”,”height”:”395″,”style”:”width: 520px; height: 331px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: right;”,”width”:”621″}}]] BROOKLYN – Hundreds of people filled the auditorium of Boys and Girls High School in Bed-Stuy Thursday evening for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ State of the District. The freshman congressman laid out his initiatives for the 8th District, including plans to push for gun control […]

Uncategorized

The Brooklyn Reader:In State of the District Address, Jeffries Outlines Bold Plan for Saving Affordable Housing in Central Brooklyn

[[{“fid”:”701″,”view_mode”:”full”,”fields”:{“format”:”full”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:”BK Reader 1″},”tagName”:”IMG”,”src”:”https%3A//edit-projects.45press.com/jeffries/sites/projects.45press.com/jeffries/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/BK%2520REader%25201.jpg”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“class”:”media-element file-full”,”style”:”width: 400px; height: 270px; float: left;”,”title”:”BK Reader 1″}}]]Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-8) held his State of the District Address– his first since taking office— Thursday night to packed house of about 900 people at Bed-Stuy’s Boys and Girls High School, in which he offered a review of his most recent work in Congress […]

Press Release

Rep. Jeffries On NYC Settlement Of Stop And Frisk Lawsuit

Brooklyn, NY – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after the City of New York announced it will settle in the case of Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al.,: “The era of stop and frisk excess is finally coming to an end.  In a democracy, there must be a balance between […]

Press Release

Rep. Jeffries Statement On President Obama’s State Of The Union Address

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement after President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of Congress: “The dysfunction that characterized Congress in 2013 must yield to a year of legislative action on behalf of the American people. President Obama made clear that he is […]

Uncategorized

WNYC: Dreams for NYC Inspired by MLK

WNYC radio host, Brian Lehrer shares excerpts from Sunday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event at the Apollo Theater, “Dreams for NYC Inspired by MLK” reflecting on the immediate future of New York City through the lens of Dr. King’s moral compass. The event was also co-hosted by multimedia journalist and author Farai Chideya, in front […]

Uncategorized

BDE: Interfaith Hospital protest: ‘Show us the money!’

Advocates, elected officials and union members chanting “Show us the money!” gathered outside Interfaith Medical Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Sunday to protest the state’s demand that the ailing hospital turn over its clinics to Kingsborough Jewish Medical Center before the state releases $3.5 million in promised funding. “We have a very precarious situation right now,” […]

Uncategorized

NY1: Interfaith Supporters Rally to Protest Denial of State Funds

A rally to save Interfaith Medical Center by reminding state officials they need to keep the hospital funded took place Sunday, two days after ambulances were temporarily diverted from the facility. The state cut off funding for Interfaith Medical Center only weeks after agreeing to keep the hospital funded until March. This happened because the […]