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U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis recently met the Brooklyn family she helped get out of Kabul, Afghanistan, during the U.S. withdrawal.

A Gravesend man contacted Malliotakis’ office in August and said his wife and three children – ages 1, 3 and 7 – were visiting Afghanistan when the withdrawal began.

“My office worked with the State Department and we were able to get them on a military flight to Qatar,” Malliotakis said at the time.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said that China is probably looking to move on Hong Kong and Taiwan because President Joe Biden not holding China accountable on the origins of COVID-19 and the withdrawal from Afghanistan have “put them in a situation where they have a position of strength.” And predicted that China will undercut any financial leverage the U.S. has against the Taliban.

A trio of local Republicans held a media conference in St. George Tuesday to speak out against a push in the City Council to give non-citizens the right to vote in city elections.

The city’s sole Republican in Congress blasted as an illegal “overreach” President Biden’s mandate that forces private businesses as well as the federal government to require their workers to get COVID-shots or be tested weekly.

For immigrants hoping to become American citizens, the process can be challenging, but the help of a local congress member can make a difference.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn), a daughter of immigrants, held a ceremony for a group of new citizens that her office helped through the process, including Anastasia Theofili and Yan Krasnou.

Hundreds of Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines will be available this weekend and next at separate pop-up sites, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ office announced.

The first is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 12, from noon to 3 p.m. at Mount Sinai United Christian Church, with help from Randall Manor Pharmacy. The church is located at 16 Pike St. in Tompkinsville.

Anyone who was living or working in New York City 20 years ago, had the terror attacks of 9/11 seared on their consciousness. That day, I was a recent college graduate commuting to my first job near Union Square.

At 8:46 a.m., as the bus passed by the World Trade Center, the ground shook almost like an earthquake. As the bus continued uptown we looked up and saw flames coming from the North Tower. That sunny September morning soon descended into terror and chaos as New Yorkers and the world realized what had happened.

Brooklyn/Staten Island Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis reported Thursday that her office successfully assisted with the safe evacuation of four Brooklyn constituents — a mother and her three small children — from Kabul, Afghanistan.

Although critical of President Biden over the chaotic pullout from the war-torn country after two decades of American involvement, the Republican freshman Congress member said earlier this week her office has taken several cases of constituents who are stuck in Kabul and are attempting to get out. Some of them are U.S. citizens, including children.