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The Trump administration will restore $187 million in cuts it had made to law enforcement funding, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, following a bipartisan push to reinstate the funds. The cuts, which represented the largest federal defunding of police operations in New York in decades, were made by the Department of Homeland… Read more »

New York Rep. Michael Lawler is accusing Gov. Kathy Hochul of dragging her feet by failing to force insurance companies to pay claims to thousands of alleged sexual assault victims who’ve filed lawsuits under the Child Victims Act. “The Child Victims Act (CVA), passed almost seven years ago was supposed to open the doors of justice to those silenced for decades. Instead,… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress from both parties are sounding the alarm about the National Cancer Institute’s decision to halt funding for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. That’s a network of academic centers and children’s hospitals, including New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, that has worked for more than a quarter century to advance new… Read more »

A bipartisan duo of congressmen representing both sides of the Hudson joined forces Wednesday to slam mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani for opposing a Holocaust remembrance group’s definition of “antisemitism.” Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order in June that uses the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition as part of a push against… Read more »

A House GOP lawmaker from New York is accusing Democratic leaders in his state of having a hypocritical response to redistricting efforts in Texas and other red states. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., one of three House Republicans nationwide who won a district that President Donald Trump lost in 2024, has been vocal about his opposition to the growing redistricting war across the… Read more »

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced legislation on Friday to repeal a decades-old provision in U.S. law relating to the construction of new diplomatic facilities in Israel and the West Bank. The provision, enacted in 1986 as part of a package designed to improve security for U.S. diplomats and combat terrorism, banned funding from that bill from being used for “site acquisition,… Read more »

Rep. Mike Lawler is renewing his push for a giant housing bill that melds a slew of proposals aiming to expand the supply of available homes, lower costs and make public housing safer. The Rockland County Republican first introduced his "Revitalizing America's Housing Act" in October and brought it back in revised form this week. Removed from the 120-page update are a few parts that… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Eight years after Republicans in Congress voted to cap the level of state and local tax deductions that primarily benefit residents in high-tax states like New York, they’re now on track to partially reverse that change. Filers who itemize their deductions would be able to deduct up to $40,000 in state and local taxes on their federal returns — four times as much was… Read more »

(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said House and Senate Republicans can cut a deal on the state and local tax deduction within the next two days, resolving one of the key issues that has stymied President Donald Trump’s economic legislation. “Both sides are working through and I think that we’ll have a solution to that in the next 24-48 hours,” Bessent told reporters on… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Josh Riley (D, NY-19) and Mike Lawler (R, NY-17), joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act (VET PFAS Act) this week. The legislation would guarantee access to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare for veterans exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at military installations.… Read more »