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113th Congress

February 25, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Urges End to Build It Back Delays

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke today called on officials with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Build It Back program to eliminate delays…
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February 25, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Commends Reopening of MTA Negotiations With LIRR Workers

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement commending the re-opening of negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority…
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February 24, 2014

Bed-Stuy Community Rallies To Keep Interfaith Hospital Open

Brooklyn, N.Y. – On the heels of the Obama administration agreeing to let New York reinvest $8 billion in Medicaid savings into its health care system, elected officials and community…
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February 20, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Asks MTA to Negotiate With Transit Workers

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has asked the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to reconsider its insistence on freezing for three years the wages of…
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February 20, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Urges Recognition of Diwali as a School Holiday

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke joined her colleagues in Congress in a letter to New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña requesting that the school…
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February 19, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke Congratulates Emily Lloyd on Her Appointment as DEC Commissioner

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement to congratulate Emily Lloyd, President of the Prospect Park Alliance, who has been appointed…
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