Tag: Nydia Velazquez

New York candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon, left, and New York City Councilman Antonio Reynoso leave a news conference.

Prominent Brooklyn Democrat jumps into race to replace retiring Velázquez

Ross O'Keefe · December 4, 2025 1:13 pm

Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., holds a protest sign with fellow Democrats as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Nydia Velazquez, first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, announces 2026 retirement

Molly Parks · November 20, 2025 8:06 pm

Puerto Rico statehood is game of chicken between GOP and Democrats

Kerry Picket · March 5, 2021 7:54 pm

Steven Mnuchin: Next round of loan programs should include ‘set-aside’ for minority-owned businesses

Jay Heflin · July 17, 2020 5:06 pm

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testifies at a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

‘3,000 people died’: Democrat accuses Ben Carson of corruption and mismanagement of Puerto Rico aid

Nihal Krishan · October 22, 2019 4:28 pm

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Student debt is keeping doctors from rural areas

Cassidy Morrison · June 21, 2019 3:00 am

FILE- In this Jan 12, 2016 file photo, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Velazquez visited the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Friday, Feb 1, 2019, after reports that inmates housed at the facility have had no heat or electric power for almost a week. She plans to return to the jail with other elected officials on Saturday, Feb. 2.

Democratic congresswoman threatens black Republican teenager: ‘You’re right to be afraid of us’

Katelyn Caralle · February 8, 2019 6:21 pm

New York Dem calls for independent commission to investigate Hurricane Maria death toll

Melissa Quinn · June 6, 2018 8:28 pm

Rick Erkel, senior legislative assistant for Rep. Velazquez, helps keep rent low for New York City's poor. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Congressional staffer profile: For Rick Erkel, work on housing issues is a ‘humbling experience’

Nicole Duran · January 3, 2017 5:01 am