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U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Park Slope) led a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting answers on Puerto Rico’s ability to communicate through its communications…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens, Lower Manhattan) and U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) led other members of the New York City delegation yesterday in sending a letter to…

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who represents Brooklyn’s Ninth Congressional district and works in East Flatbush, is one of the lead sponsors of the “Dream and Promise Act.” The bill, which passed the House of Representatives in June of last year, builds…

U.S. Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York, East Flatbush, Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Brighton Beach, Coney Island) and U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush,…

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Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia sent a letter to Eric Dreiband, assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division on Friday (May 22) demanding the independent investigation [into the death of Breonna Taylor]……

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) applauds House introduction of bipartisan legislation that would help provide relief to the waste and recycling industry from potentially onerous customer bad debt. The bill would increase the Paycheck Protection Program’s (PPP) flexibility…

U.S. Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Park Slope) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York, East Flatbush, Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Beach, Marine…

A plethora of Brooklyn’s local, state and federal lawmakers will hold a virtual town hall for small businesses and nonprofits feeling the pinch during the coronavirus crisis. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is organizing the Thursday town hall scheduled for 5 p.m….

In support of communities experiencing hunger during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Brooklyn Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and FreshDirect Foods Wednesday morning distributed 500 boxes of non-perishable foods and produce to local churches and nonprofit organizations in the Flatbush…

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U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Crown Heights-Flatbush-Kensington-Park Slope) voted on Friday for the HEROES Act to support the nation’s essential workers in their efforts to fight the coronavirus act. The bill passed 208-199 in the House of Representatives. “My beloved Brooklyn…