Congress

Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) have formally called for a Congressional oversight hearing and an investigation into New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) mismanagement of federal dollars from both the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

Staten Island elected officials are calling on the federal government to assist New York City with the recent humanitarian crisis brought on by the increasing number of migrants to the five boroughs.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) held a press conference on Thursday during which she and other Republican officials said that New York City is not currently equipped to accommodate the growing number of migrants arriving here, which they say the federal government is responsible for.

FIRST ON FOX: Six New York Republicans demanded that Attorney General Merrick Garland open an investigation into the Empire State’s own state Attorney General Letitia James after Nikki Haley's political nonprofit had its tax filings leaked to the media. 

The nearly 6,000 spouses and children of Sept. 11, 2001 victims have the support of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, as a piece of legislation that would reverse an exclusion that barred them from compensation heads to the Senate for a vote.

Direct family members of first responders who perished on Sept. 11 were wrongfully barred from receiving money owed to them from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST) and have been tirelessly advocating to right the wrong.