[[{“fid”:”587″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“height”:”1369″,”width”:”2413″,”style”:”width: 300px; height: 170px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px; float: left;”,”title”:”The Hill – Rep. Jeffries 10.21.13″,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]] Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is not sure if he is in the real world, but he is definitely in Congress. The Brooklyn native spent nine years in higher education and seven years in corporate law before moving […]

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries called the shutdown a “sad moment” in the nation’s history. He blames tea party extremists for the shutdown. Even if you’re looking for guidance about the government shutdown via the president’s website at www.whitehouse.gov, you will see this message: “Due to Congress’s failure to pass legislation to fund the government, the information […]

WASHINGTON – Today, on the House Floor, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) stood up for Superstorm Sandy victims in Brooklyn and Queens.  He denounced the House GOP strategy to reopen small parts of the government and ignore the rest while Americans suffer. The video can be viewed by clicking here or on the image below: Rep. Jeffries […]

It is always a pleasure to have politicians visit Russian-speaking Americans; to listen to their concerns and answer their questions. Recently Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who represents Congressional District 8, home to many Russian-speaking people, held a meeting with Russian–speaking leaders at the Shorefront Y. Congressman Jeffries told the audience of his admiration of Israel and about his […]

WASHINGTON – On October 7, 2013, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) led a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Special Order with Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-4) on the impact of the government shutdown and health care reform.  They were joined by CBC Chairwoman Rep. Marcia Fudge (OH-11), John Lewis (GA-5), Bobby Scott (VA-3), Barbara Lee (CA-13), G.K. Butterfield […]

WASHINGTON- Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement after the government shutdown due to the failure of the House Republicans to pass a responsible resolution to keep the government funded: “This is a sad moment in our nation’s history where a band of Tea Party ideological extremists and their co-conspirators have shutdown the United […]

WASHINGTON- Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) released the following statement after voting against the latest GOP proposal designed to shutdown the government: “House Republicans continue to put forth extreme legislative proposals that have no chance to pass the Senate or be signed into law by the President.  The Tea Party dominated GOP has deliberately set in […]

To state that 2013 is a pivotal year in Black history is an understatement.  We are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation; the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, the 100th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; and the 43rd year of the Congressional Black Caucus. Converging on Washington, DC this […]

Dozens of locals packed into the Willoughby Walk Community Center Tuesday evening to discuss plans for the Pratt Station Post Office at 524 Myrtle Avenue, which will soon close to make way for a new housing development. Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Senator Velmanette Mongomery, the U.S. Postal Service’s Triboro District Manager, Frank Calabrese and Brooklyn Postmaster General Ed Roggenkamp were […]

CLINTON HILL — Residents aren’t the only ones affected by booming development and increased rental rates in the Fort Greene area. The Pratt post office has been affected as well, according to U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. Jeffries blamed the Post Office’s displacement on “intense economic gentrification in Clinton Hill,” at a meeting held in the […]