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Press Conference: Representative Adriano Espaillat Delivers $4 Million Dollars in Federal Funding to CCNY
Espaillat Secured $4 Million Federal Funding to Transform CCNY's Historic Alumni House into the Rangel Initiative Workforce Development Community Center
The press conference will feature remarks from elected officials and community leaders, along with a ceremonial MOU signing between CCNY and BCTC leadership, and a check presentation.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) will hold a press conference touting $4 million in federal funding secured through the Appropriations Fiscal Year 2024 process benefiting the City College of New York (CCNY) to transform the Historic Alumni House into a skills-based workforce development community center as part of the Charles B. Rangel Infrastructure Workforce Initiative.
Espaillat will be joined by CCNY President, Dr. Vincent Boudreau, and others during the check presentation.
WHO: Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)
Felix Matos Rodriguez, Chancellor of CCNY
Gary LaBarbera, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York
Vince Boudreau, President of CCNY
WHAT: Check Presentation of $4 Million to CCNY
WHEN: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. EST
WHERE: Shepard Hall, Room 350
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
MEDIA RSVP: [email protected] to confirm attendance.
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Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his fifth term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities and serves as Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the committee during the 119th Congress. He is Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.
Media inquiries: Candace Person at [email protected]
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