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Dozens of city lawmakers and supportive constituents filed a lawsuit early Tuesday seeking to block Mayor Adams’ administration from housing as many as 2,000 migrants at Floyd Bennett Field, a mostly defunct airfield in southern Brooklyn that would cost taxpayers $1.7 million in monthly rent.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Military bases like Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton would be denied funding for migrant shelters if legislation, introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn), becomes law.
The bill, which Malliotakis introduced with Rep. John Carter (R-Tx.) on Thursday, would block federal money from being used to house immigrants not lawfully admitted to the U.S.
As New York City deals with the ongoing migrant crisis, sites around the city have been used or proposed to be used to house the new arrivals.
(BROOKLYN, NY) – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis and Timothy Graham, Medical Center Director for the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, today announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been making significant investments and improvements into the Brooklyn VA Medical Center.
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, Bronze Star Medal Recipient Daniel L. Holihan, and Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis pictured with members of VFW Post 7172 who brought Holihan's story to the Congresswoman's attention.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement ahead of the House's vote on the Fiscal Responsibility Act:
(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro at a ceremony awarding Staten Island resident and 100-year-old World War II veteran Daniel Lawrence Holihan the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V," for his service as part of Underwater Demolition Team Thirteen in the Pacific Theatre Operations during World War II.
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, Council Member Ari Kagan, and Council Member Kalman Yeger released the following statement on April 10 regarding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign plan that unfairly targets Southern Brooklyn by leaving many residents without reliable public transportation options:
(BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Fort Hamilton Army Base Commander Col. Brian Jacobs today announced the Department of the Army is making significant investments in U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, NY.