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Rep. Maloney, elected officials, postal workers & Astoria residents rally to save Queens post office
ASTORIA, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, City Council Member Peter F. Vallone, Jr., District Leader Costa Constantinides, John Dirzius and Chuck Zlatkin of the American Postal Workers Union, representatives of State Senator Michael Gianaris and Assembly Member Aravella Simotas, and western Queens community leaders and residents rallied outside Grand Station in Astoria to urge the United States Postal Service (USPS) to keep the local postal facility open.
Queens, NY – This morning, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney toured “The Entrepreneur’s Space,” a business incubator in Long Island City sponsored by the City of New York.
NEW YORK, NY - Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, State Senator José M. Serrano, Assembly Member Micah Kellner, City Council Member Jessica Lappin, Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation President Leslie Torres, Roosevelt Island Residents Association President Matthew Katz, Chuck Zlatkin of the American Postal Workers Union, and Roosevelt Island community leaders and residents rallied outside the Roosevelt Island Station to urge the United States Postal Service to keep open the only post office located on Roosevelt Island.
New York, NY – U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) today commended the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for its decision to suspend after 7pm blasting related to the construction of the Second Avenue Subway.
New York, NY – U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) issued the following statement on the decision by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) to downgrade America’s credit rating.
New York, NY – U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) today reported that concrete for the Second Avenue Subway project that was tested by a recently-indicted lab has been retested by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and that independent test results have determined that the concrete meets all safety standards.
New York, NY -- U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, have written Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to request that she appoint by early next month members of the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee, a panel created under the law to review scientific and medical evidence and make recommendations to 9/11 Health Administrator Dr. John Howard on providing coverage for additional 9/11-related health conditions.
NEW YORK, NY - Today Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) issued the following statement after President Obama signed into law an agreement on a short-term extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will enable the agency to end its partial shutdown and allow more than 70,000 Americans to return to work.
“Today’s announcement that 117,000 jobs were added to the economy in July was better than expected – but our current unemployment rate is a sobering reminder of just how fragile our economic recovery continues to be.
New York, NY -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, was joined this week by her caucus co-chair Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) in sending a letter to Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs requesting a hearing on H. Res. 180, a resolution urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.