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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.”

Hundreds flooded the streets of a Brooklyn neighborhood this weekend to protest the establishment of a men-only homeless shelter. 

Residents, politicians and local business owners of the neighborhood of Bensonhurst united in protest Saturday against the creation of the shelter that is expected to hold 150 homeless men, including those with mental health challenges.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The ripple effects of congestion pricing will disproportionately affect lower-income neighborhoods, according to Staten Island’s elected officials.

At a press conference on Thursday at Borough Hall, Borough President Vito Fossella presented information from New York City’s Open Data portal showing that congestion pricing will decrease the quality of life in lower-income areas, especially along Staten Island’s North Shore.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) claimed that Attorney General Letitia James is “trying to burn down” the justice system, citing the legal battles that former President Donald Trump is facing from James.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told Newsmax Saturday that President Joe Biden engaged in "gaslighting" during his State of the Union address.

"This was the gaslighting of the union — not the state of the union — for the president to stand there and try to blame Republicans for his failed border policies," Malliotakis said on "Saturday Report."

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island University Hospital recently unveiled its Gruppuso Family Women and Newborn Center, for the first time integrating maternity, labor and delivery, and the NICU into one location and accommodating the delivery of an additional 1,000 babies a year within the Ocean Breeze site.

Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been ordered to appear before a Congressional panel over his administration’s controversial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York nursing homes.

Cuomo was issued a subpoena Tuesday by the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. His deposition is scheduled for May, and will likely take place behind closed doors.

While the nation may be moving on from the coronavirus pandemic, congressional Republicans are not moving on from questions of accountability for actions that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took during that time, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said on Newsmax on Wednesday.