Biden backs Meng’s COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
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“We can have mature, nuanced conversations about countries, about viruses, about various issues without endangering the lives of our constituents.”
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Queens mom targeted in latest apparent anti-Asian hate attack
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A 25-year-old Asian woman says she was spit on — while holding her baby — and called “Chinese virus.”
Read MoreMeng leads charge for federal anti-Semitism monitor
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“Anti-Semitism is a scourge that must be rooted out wherever and whenever it arises.”
Read MoreGot $50 million? The Forest Hills Jewish Center is on the market
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“The sale of our property is just the way our congregation is doing for future generations what the congregation in the 1940s did for us.”
Read More‘We’re running out of time’ — Stringer slams schools pandemic response at Queens town hall
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“The city government has got to go door to door and go to these children, because they did not cause this pandemic, they are not responsible for the incompetence of the department of education.”
Read MoreKatz and Queens Women’s Bar honor female trailblazers in New York law and politics
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“When women are in charge, policies are more inclusive and better for working families, and everyone knows if you want something done, done right, give it to a woman.”
Read MoreAOC says expand the Supreme Court. Meeks, Meng and Jeffries say they are open to dramatic reforms
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Members of the Queens House delegation weighed in on expanding the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreMeng urges Biden to appoint country's first Muslim judges to federal bench if elected
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“As of 2020, there is to our knowledge no appointed member of the federal judiciary who identifies as Muslim, nor has there ever been.”
Read MoreMeng introduces bill to ensure students learn about Asian American history
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“Our children are graduating from high school without learning of the important contributions the Asian Pacific American community has made throughout our nation’s history, without learning of the disenfranchisement and discrimination Asian Pacific Americans have faced at the hands of the United States government.”
Read MoreMeng and AOC vow to fight for Flushing food pantry funding
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Reps. Grace Meng and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said they would investigate why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting funds to La Jornada and other pantries even as COVID-19 exacerbates food insecurity in Queens.
Read MoreQueens leaders urge city to address crime spike at Kew Gardens hotel
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The bullet holes in the front door were the last straw.
Read MoreQueens pols press city on Fresh Meadows shelter-hotel as neighbors plan protest
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“We take with the utmost seriousness our responsibility to represent local residents, give voice to their concerns, and ensure public safety.”
Read More16 Queens synagogues and Jewish schools receive federal security funding
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“It is vital that Jewish facilities have the resources they need to protect themselves.”
Read MoreGrace Meng backs AOC for re-election, adding nuance to Queens political punditry
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“I support my colleague and friend for re-election.”
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