Topic: Nydia Velazquez

Jobs bill would create 70,000 New York jobs: congresswoman

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The passage of President Barack Obama's proposed $447 billion jobs bill would bring 70,000 jobs to New York City and cut the unemployment rate from 8.7 percent to 7 percent, a Democratic congresswoman said on Friday ...

Velazquez, Maloney are pols apart

Congress is on vacation, but with some lawmakers it's hard to tell the difference.. . Twenty-year Brooklyn incumbent Rep. Nydia Velazquez has not...

Stop heliport tourist flights: protesters

Fed up wtih the racket of helicopters using an East River pier, demonstrators gathered on the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday to demand a ban on tourist...

Velazquez on Free Trade Agreements

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Transport agency to probe discount bus safety

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board will conduct a review of the safety system governing the discount tour bus industry in the wake of last month's deadly Bronx bus crash that killed 15 passengers, authorities announced on Sunday.New ...

Tough Choices on SBA Budget

The House Small Business Committee doesn't like much of anything the Small Business Administration has done over the past two years.. . This...
The federal government isn't doing enough to make low-cost buses like the one that crashed Saturday safe, Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday.. . He...

Velazquez on Regulations Resolution

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Hundreds of protesters rallied in Brooklyn Sunday for a bill that would create a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants who go to college...
Red Hook is ready to move back into the 19th Century: City officials are looking into bringing back the streetcar to the Brooklyn neighborhood.....