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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Elected officials and community leaders gathered in Port Richmond Monday to speak out against the city’s latest plan to shelter migrants in a house of worship.
Borough President Vito Fossella, Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks (D-North Shore), Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island), and James Smith, of the Port Richmond North Shore Alliance civic group, led the press conference against the planned shelter for 15 men at Faith United Methodist Church at the corner of Heberton and Castleton avenues starting Tuesday.
Dr. Fauci’s wasteful spending on cruel animal testing was front and center recently as Congress grilled him on the COVID-era catastrophes he caused, from risky gain-of-function research to BeagleGate.
Our office recently assisted a senior constituent who had been struggling to regain enrollment in Medicare, forcing her to pay out-of-pocket for medical appointments and services for the past 10 months.
Despite her efforts in trying to sort out her issue with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the constituent remained unable to access the healthcare coverage she needed.
Within one week, our office successfully facilitated her re-enrollment in Medicare, lifting the financial burden she had endured for nearly a year.
EXCLUSIVE — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo showed no regret for his administration’s policies requiring nursing homes to admit COVID-1
Imagine going to the doctor and being told you have a life-threatening condition that can only be treated with a daily dose of prescription drugs. You head to your local pharmacy (here on Staten Island, we’re lucky to have nearly four dozen), to pick up your medication, only to find out it’s either not available due to persistent shortages, or the price is double, triple or even quadruple what you had expected.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) acquired $750,000 for a local organization that specializes in disability support and services, a written statement detailed.
Lifestyles for the Disabled — a group that has helped Staten Islanders with disabilities for the past three decades — plans to use the sum to buy trailers and improve their existing locations so that they can meet even more ADA standards.
The trailers will serve as training sites, the statement says.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Reps.
As the nation faces a growing mental health crisis among people who are homeless, a bipartisan bill being introduced in Congress on Thursday may substantially increase the number of psychiatric beds covered by Medicaid.
Proponents of the bill say that it will help address a severe shortage of psychiatric hospital beds and spur the construction of new beds and new facilities.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., expresses concerns after Dr. David Morens, a former adviser to Dr. Fauci, was accused of dodging Freedom of Information Act requests.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) commenced formal debarment proceedings against Dr. Peter Daszak, the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. This move comes one week after HHS issued a government-wide suspension on all funds allocated to the EcoHealth organization.