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A pair of politicians who rep both southern Brooklyn and Staten Island joined forces Monday to denounce the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plan to raise transportation fares and tolls by 5.5% — despite recent claims from Governor Kathy Hochul that fare hikes and service cuts in 2023 and 2024 were “off the table.”
An MTA proposal that would make traveling around New York City more expensive for transit riders and drivers is under fire from two of the borough’s elected officials.
The chronically cash-strapped MTA is a “black hole” that should be audited before getting another dime from the government, US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said Monday.
Tearing into an MTA fare hike proposal alongside Assemblyman Mike Tannousis, Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) called on GOP colleagues in Washington to “audit” the MTA’s use of federal bailout money.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., discusses a rail strike's 'devastating' impact on the economy and a possible congressional intervention.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) called for Republicans in the Senate to hold the line in the lame-duck session of Congress and ensure that the lame-duck Congress only passes an extension of current funding levels so that way there are no increases in federal spending levels during the session before the Republican majority in the House of Representatives takes power in January.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) criticized the Biden administration for pushing for more federal COVID funding when there are large sums of money from the previous COVID spending packages that have not been spent yet and when billions of dollars in money from prior COVID spending bills has been stolen through fraud.
Skippy’s hot dog truck returned to its Dongan Hills home of 60-plus years earlier this month. On a Friday morning, operator Dawn LaVigne anchored her 1996 Grumman at her long-time spot between Slater and Jefferson Avenues, a former grassy clearing once surrounded by cattails.
Speaking to The National Herald, Greek-American Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis expressed her belief that her colleagues in Congress must be made aware of the double-game Turkey is playing in geopolitics and about its provocative actions in the East Mediterranean.
US representative Nicole Malliotakis appeared confident on Wednesday that both the Senate and Congress will ultimately uphold a provision banning the sale of F-16s to Turkey without a firm commitment that the fighter jets will not be used against America’s allies.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death for women, and while doctors have pushed to start screenings at age 40, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that patients aren’t always provided with the insurance coverage and information they need to make the most informed decisions about their potential risks.