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To the relief of hundreds of thousands of military veterans, Veteran Affairs (VA) hospitals are no longer on the chopping block.

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.