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RIVERHEAD, NY - On Thursday, April 30, 2020, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the bipartisan White House Opening Up America Again Congressional Group and bipartisan Congressional Coronavirus Task Force, joined Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo, Riverhead Town Board Members Jodi Giglio, Frank Beyrodt and Catherine Kent, staff and vol
PATCHOGUE, NY - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the bipartisan White House Opening Up America Again Congressional Group, bipartisan Congressional Coronavirus Task Force, and House Financial Services Committee, announced the Federal Reserve Board expanded access to the Municipal Liquidity Facility
The fight against coronavirus is unlike any battle our county, state and country have ever faced. Our entire way of life flipped on its head seemingly overnight because of a pandemic that swept the globe.
PATCHOGUE, NY – After funds for the Paycheck Protection Program and Emergency Injury Disaster Loan were replenished by Congress, Representatives Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), Tom Suozzi (D, NY-3), Peter King (R, NY-2), Kathleen Rice (D, NY-4) and Gregory Meeks (D, NY-5) hosted a joint Zoom video press conferen
WASHINGTON - Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the bipartisan White House Opening Up America Again Congressional Group and bipartisan Congressional Coronavirus Task Force, issued the following statement after the House passed and President signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Senate Amendment to H.R.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the bipartisan White House Opening Up America Again Congressional Group and bipartisan Congressional Coronavirus Task Force, was encouraged by Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar’s announcement yesterday to steer $10 billion in federal funding from the
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the bipartisan White House Opening Up America Again Congressional Group and bipartisan Congressional Coronavirus Task Force, released the following statement after an agreement was reached and the Senate passed the Paycheck Protection Pr
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A Suffolk congressman is proposing federal legislation that would fund a three-year, $25 million nationwide veterans peer support program modeled on one he helped establish in New York State.
Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin is introducing legislation that would create nationwide “peer to peer” counseling for veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It’s based on a program he helped create while in the New York State Senate that’s already up and running.
Zeldin said the program in New York has helped more than 1,500 veterans struggling with PTSD.
In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California, U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin has introduced legislation that aims to prevent suspected terrorists from buying legal firearms and explosives, although denials would require a court order.
A U.S. House of Representatives committee held a rare field hearing in Riverhead yesterday, the first time in recent memory such a committee has formally met on the East End.
Veterans who live on the East End will be able to access health care at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, which has just been approved as a new member of the Veterans Choice Program under the Department of Veterans Affairs, Rep. Lee Zeldin announced yesterday.
Riverhead Free Library was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition last week in recognition of its “outstanding and valuable service to veterans.”
A program aimed at fathers and administered by the Retreat, a domestic violence agency in East Hampton, has received a huge financial boost from the federal government, to the tune of $1 million a year for five years.
Lee Zeldin speaks softly and carries a big stick.
The freshman Republican congressman from New York’s First District sits in a banquette at The Fourth restaurant in Manhattan, sips a cappuccino, and says things at just above a whisper. But his words are the embodiment of peace through strength. Zeldin is a low-key tough guy.
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, C – Shirley) recently announced that The Suffolk County Fatherhood Initiative, a program run by The Retreat Inc. based in East Hampton, has received almost $1 million in funding.
Local Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, C – Shirley) recently received the “Supporter of Nature” award from the Nature Conservancy.