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Our office recently assisted a retired member of the NYPD and former federal employee who worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs in unlocking his TreasuryDirect account after being locked out for several weeks, preventing him from accessing his investments.
At the end of April, this constituent contacted our office after the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) was slow to acknowledge his request to lift a hold on his account, and his attempts to contact TreasuryDirect resulted in phone calls being abruptly disconnected with no resolution.
Staten Island Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has joined forces with New Jersey Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer in a renewed effort against congestion pricing.
Malliotakis, whose previous attempts to stop congestion pricing were unsuccessful, and Gottheimer are now aiming to amend a broader piece of federal legislation dealing with toll road and express lane programs nationwide.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) today introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the implementation of congestion pricing in New York City, a first-in-the-nation program that will charge commuters up to $15 to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today honored the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano's discovery of New York Bay with a speech on the House Floor. Malliotakis also introduced a resolution commemorating Verrazzano's achievements and submitted a formal recognition to the Congressional Record.
While the start of congestion pricing is slated for mid-June, Staten Island’s elected officials aren’t ready to call the battle against it quits.
Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R-East Shore/Brooklyn) is introducing legislation repealing the MTA’s controversial congestion pricing plan, he announced at a press conference on Monday at the foot of the Verrazzano Bridge.
This week marks the 500th anniversary of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s arrival in New York Bay — and to commemorate it, drivers should get a toll break on his famed namesake bridge, a local pol says.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Staten Island and Brooklyn, was opened in 1964 and named after the explorer, who entered the bay April 17, 1524.
(BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today joined concerned members of the Brooklyn community in calling on the City Council to repeal zoning laws that've allowed hotels to be turned into shelters as of right without any input from the community.
Congresswomen Grace Meng (D-Flushing) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-Brooklyn/Staten Island) recently announced the introduction of the Fair Access to Co-Ops for Veterans Act, a bipartisan bill to make it easier for veterans in Queens and across the nation to purchase co-ops.
House Republicans want the National Park Service to explain its “unprecedented decision” to house migrants at Floyd Bennett Field, which they say has led to a concerning “uptick in crime.”