Constituent Services

A Staten Island constituent turned to our office for assistance after the Social Security Administration (SSA) repeatedly denied her request for spousal benefits after her husband passed away. 

In late August a constituent contacted our office after not having received his 2021 tax refund totaling $38,728.00. 

After not receiving his tax return, this constituent contacted the IRS in April, June and August via phone and in person. Despite his several attempts to contact the IRS he never received an answer about the status of his return. 

Our office recently helped a local hospital receive $12 million in federal funding owed to them from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for emergency protective measures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including additional medical equipment, staffing and increasing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and inpatient/outpatient bed capacity. 

A local agency that provides social work services for 3,000 seniors and disabled individuals in our district reached out to our office after they were denied over $1 million from Medicare for the 60 providers they bill for.

Our office recently helped an 89-year-old Brooklyn resident restore his monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments from the Social Security Administration (SSA). 

Our office recently helped two constituents recover more than $17,000 owed from the Social Security Administration after their mother passed away. 

Recently our office helped a Brooklyn senior who lost thousands of dollars after one of his checks was stolen and fraudulently cashed. 

He mailed a check to pay off a bill, only to discover the funds had been cashed elsewhere. His bank was uncooperative in helping him get his money back, so he contacted our office for help. 

Two weeks ago, a woman came into our Brooklyn office looking for assistance in recovering retroactive Social Security (SSA) Disability payments she had been waiting on for more than two and a half years.