My friend,

Here's a quick update on what I've been working on during a busy few weeks in Washington, DC, Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn...

I was proud to announce a $3 million federal grant for the city to rehabilitate a storage facility that holds valuable parts for the Staten Island Ferry. From securing critical funds to modernize our ferry fleet, to advocating for a new contract for our ferry workers, to delivering a grant for this storage facility, I will continue to keep my commitment to improve the service reliability of our ferry system.

Click below to learn more about my legislation and why it's well past time for President Biden, Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams to start putting taxpaying citizens first.

The House took a bipartisan vote to pass my legislation to cancel the migrant encampment at Floyd Bennett Field and stop the Biden, Hochul and Adams Administrations from taking more public spaces and cutting more city services from taxpayers. I urge Senator Schumer and the Senate to pass my bill and our other border security bill as swiftly as possible so we can put an end to this unsustainable migrant crisis once and for all.

With everything going on at home and abroad, it's critically important that our Jewish community members know we are here to listen to their concerns. I held a roundtable with Rabbis and Jewish Community leaders about Congress' work to reaffirm support for our great ally Israel and discuss legislation I'm drafting to hold those promoting antisemitism accountable.

I was pleased to announce $1 million in federal funding for the YMCA of Greater New York to make critical HVAC upgrades to several of its facilities across New York City. This organization is critically important to our community as they serve young children all the way to our our elderly, and this funding will allow them to continue their aquatics programming and lifeguard training classes.

I joined State Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in breaking ground on the remediation of the Staten Island Warehouse site, located in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island's North Shore. This project entails the excavation of contaminated soils, disposal at a landfill designed for the hazardous materials and full restoration of the site which was once used as part of our nation's early atomic weapons program.

It is unconscionable that New York Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams and their political appointees would give a Congestion Pricing Toll discount to New Jersey’s commuters and not their own residents, specifically Staten Islanders who already pay a toll to access the rest of the city. I will continue to join a bipartisan group in using every legal and legislative tool possible to stop this cash grab, including supporting Governor Murphy's lawsuit and working my legislative language to prevent congestion pricing from ever coming to fruition through Congress.

I joined Spectrum News NY1 to explain my vote to keep the government open and funded through the New Year while Congress continues to pass individual appropriations bills to cut wasteful government spending and restore fiscal sanity in Washington, DC. Click HERE to read my statement and watch my interview on NY1 by clicking below.

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