Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) today announced that she has introduced legislation to help improve our nation’s system of reporting runaway children. It is estimated that at least 1.6 million juveniles run away or are thrown out of their homes annually, but recent reports in the New York Times have indicated that 16% of reported runaways are never entered in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database as missing persons, as required by law.

New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, State Senator Liz Krueger, State Assembly Members Micah Kellner and Jonathan Bing, City Council Members Jessica Lappin and Dan Garodnick, and Upper East Side community leaders and residents today hailed the announcement by the United States Postal Service (USPS) that it is no longer considering closing the Cherokee Station Post Office, which is located at 1483 York Avenue on the Upper East Side. This summer, the USPS revealed that it was studying the possibility of closing Cherokee Station and moving the services offered there to several other post offices -- the closest of which, according to the Postal Service, was the Roosevelt Island Station, about a half-mile and one swift-moving river away.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Borough President Scott Stringer, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Councilwoman-elect Margaret Chin, and Seward Park Co-op President Michael Tumminia today hailed the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement that it is no longer considering closing the Pitt Station Post Office, which is located at 185 Clinton Street on the Lower East Side.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Dean Heller (R-NV) along with over 20 House colleagues introduced H.R. 4114, the “Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009.”