Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hoy, la Representante Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) emitió la siguiente declaración sobre las manifestaciones en Cuba.

NEW YORK, NY - On Thursday at the Ted Weiss Federal Building, Majority Leader Senator Charles Schumer and Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Nydia Velázquez and Jerry Nadler will hold a press conference on the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Congress expanded the CTC in March as part of the American Rescue Plan, so that families could get more relief and get it sooner.  The first advanced checks will be sent to families next week on Thursday, July 15. The checks will be $250-300 per child, and families will receive these checks every month for the rest of 2021.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Late Monday, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced the Political Appointments Inclusion and Diversity Act, which requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to coordinate with the White House Office of Presidential Personnel to make a summary of demographic information on political appointees publicly available.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 110 Members of Congress delivered a letter to the House Appropriations Committee asking they provide sufficient funding to retain competent House staff. Currently, the average House staff member leaves after only three years, and recent reporting suggests the House may be facing a staff exodus.

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) released the following joint statement in response to the White House's announcement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will file a brief in the case United States v.

QUEENS, N.Y. --- U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Grace Meng, member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will stand in front of Elmhurst Hospital to advocate for the much-needed renovation of New York City Health + Hospitals Elmhurst Obstetrical Inpatient facilities, in order to provide a more modern, safe, and equitable maternal health care experience to surrounding working class and immigrant communities. They will be joined by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Dr.

THE BRONX, NY - On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman urged Congress to provide nearly $400,000 to Jacobi Hospital's youth violence reduction program - ‘Stand Up to Violence.' This press conference followed a violent Memorial Day, in which more than a dozen were shot and a 15-year-old Bronxite was killed in shootings across all five boroughs.