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The Brooklyn Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been thrown a lifeline, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday, after the Senate put a stop to feds’ plans to close both the Brooklyn and Manhattan VA hospitals and consolidate their services into other facilities.

Richmond County Supreme Court Judge Ralph Porzio struck down the city’s seven-month old law allowing legal non-citizens to vote in municipal elections Monday, saying it violates the state constitution.

The suit was brought by a group of Republican lawmakers led by Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella, who argued the law would mean they’d have to change the way they campaign. Other Staten Island Republican plaintiffs in the suit included Congress Member Nicole Malliotakis, Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli and Council Member David Carr.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) announced the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for New York’s 11th Congressional District. Vienna Du, of Bulls Head and a student at Susan E. Wagner High School, took first place with her piece “Resilience.” The work of art will be displayed for one year in the Capitol with other Districts’ winners.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On June 6, the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the day that commemorates the operation that brought together land, air and sea forces of the allied armies in Normandy France — known as the largest invasion force in human history — Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis was awarded a POW-MIA Chair of Honor from the Rolling Thunder Chapter 2 New York.

Boaters in Great Kills Harbor will have a safer time navigating seas in the area thanks to funding for a new dredging program announced Monday.

The $6.75 million investment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge a nearby federal navigation channel comes from funds in the bipartisan infratructure act that President Joseph Biden signed last year, according to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn).

Republican US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis bucked her party to vote in favor of four Democratic gun-control measures to show support for the NYPD — even while opposing the overall package of legislation that narrowly passed the House, she told The Post on Thursday.

(NEW YORK, NY) – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced the Parade Committee of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York has named her a Grand Marshal for New York’s Greek Independence Day Parade this Sunday, June 5, on Fifth Avenue. A contingent of Greece’s Presidential Guard Corps, the Evzones, will also march in the parade and participate in other parade events to uplift the spirits of the Greek-American community.

NEW YORK – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) on June 1 reminded constituents to check their passports to avoid delays due to application backlogs as the summer vacation season begins. Since taking office, the congresswoman’s office has helped roughly 700 constituents who ran the risk of missing their travel plans obtain passports and renewals. She was among those who advocated that passport agencies return to pre-pandemic staffing levels to deal with backlogs. The Department of State announced the pre-pandemic staffing level took effect this week.