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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis hosted a virtual roundtable Thursday with leaders from the city’s Asian-American community in an effort to combat the rise in hate crimes among this population.
The group focused mainly on public safety, particularly an uptick in hate crimes seen over the past few years, and what can be done to get rising crime under control.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congressman Lee Zeldin (NY-01) on March 23 called on Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature to suspend the state gas tax to reduce the financial burden on New York taxpayers.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) recently announced the winners of her Presidents’ Day Essay Contest -- after receiving over 250 submissions.
Staten Island and Brooklyn elementary school students were invited to write essays about what they would do to improve their community if they were president of the United States.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis recently announced she has secured $11.2 million for various projects across Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn -- including funding for Richmond University Medical Center, (RUMC) Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), the Goodhue Community Center and the St. George Theatre.
The monies are part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which is included in the U.S. budget, and recently pass the House and Senate and was signed by the president to become law.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ivan -- an American citizen from Great Kills who has been living in the Eastern European country with his wife, a Ukrainian citizen -- has been trying to get back home.
More than a year ago, the couple applied for a spousal visa for Ivan’s wife so they could travel back to the U.S. together, explained Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn), who has been helping them try to expedite the process.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A “HEROES WORK HERE” banner served as the backdrop for another group of heroic Staten Islanders on Sunday.
The Biden administration plans to close two of the Veterans Administration hospitals in New York City — in Brooklyn and Manhattan, The Post has learned.
The VA would close those two hospitals and contract with private medical providers as part of a “strategic collaboration” to treat vets.
The plan sparked immediate rebuke from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island).
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, along with several members of Congress, spoke with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a zoom meeting Saturday, as he thanked the U.S for their continued support and asked for assistance in the country’s fight against Russia.
Malliotakis said Zelenskyy, who has survived three assassination attempts, gave an update and assessed what is currently taking place on the ground to about 300 Congress members.
“He said there have been thousands of casualties --- more civilians deaths than military,” she added.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As gas prices across the country continue to climb at a rapid rate, calls for the United States to lessen its dependence on foreign energy sources are growing.
On Friday, a group of Staten Island elected officials, led by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn), gathered at a Shell gas station in Dongan Hills to call on the federal government to allow initiatives that would enhance the country’s energy independence in an effort to combat rising prices at the pump.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis disagreed Tuesday night when she heard President Joe Biden say the state of the union is strong.
On Wednesday, Malliotakis pointed to things like rising prices at the gas pump, supply chain issues, and an uptick in crime to paint a stark contrast to the positive image Biden laid out during his first State of the Union address to Congress.
“The Biden administration created a lot of this pain that American families are feeling through their policies,” she said. “We really need to reverse course here.”