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U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brownsville-Crown Heights-East Flatbush-Flatbush-Kensington) recently worked to bring two new COVID-19 testing sites to Brooklyn in partnership with AdvantageCare Physicians. The newest testing sites will be located at 546 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights and 1000 Church…

Terrence Floyd had few words to say to the thousands gathered in Cadman Plaza to celebrate the life of his brother George Floyd, who died with a police officer’s knee on his neck… Brooklyn congressional representatives Nydia Velazquez, Yvette Clarke…

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U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brownsville-Crown Heights-East Flatbush-Flatbush-Kensington) recently worked to bring two new COVID-19 testing sites to Brooklyn in partnership with AdvantageCare Physicians. The newest testing sites will be located at 546 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights and 1000 Church…

U.S. Reps. Yvette D. Clarke and Hakeem Jeffries, State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, Assemblymember Latrice Walker and City Councilmembers Alicka Ampry-Samuel and Majority Leader Laurie A. Cumbo discussed the commonality of police brutality and the assault on Dounya Zayer, a petite…

U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Park Slope) made the following comments on the murder of George Floyd. “As COVID-19 and police brutality protests continue to rage across the…

Thousands of people filled the streets of New York City this weekend to protest the death of George Floyd. While some demonstrations remained peaceful, others appeared more tense–an outpouring of anger in the wake of Floyd’s death and frustration with…

On Monday, U.S. Representatives Yvette Clarke, Hakeem Jeffries, and a handful of state and city elected officials called on Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea to fire the NYPD officer who shoved a female protester to the…

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) issued the following statement in response to the murder of unarmed Black man George Floyd by Minneapolis Police and the resulting riots and protests. “As Americans woke up this morning to the news of riots…

Noting that the Caribbean community is very politically astute, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, who represents the ninth Congressional District, reminded constituents that June 23, primary day is right around the corner, and they must vote during the COVID-19, crisis, that…

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, 9th Congressional District, is pleading with the Caribbean community to vote during the COVID-19 crisis, which allows for absentee ballots, for the June 23 State and Federal Primary Elections. Read more here.

“Given the reasonable concerns that the Chinese government may have access to the data TikTok collects on Americans, it is all the more troubling that the company appears to intentionally be in violation of U.S. data privacy laws,” the members,…