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Vietnam veterans who served in the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps., and their families, will be honored Wednesday at noon on the 50th commemoration of the war, according to Massapequa U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino.
The purpose of the event is to thank and honor Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the nation, Garbarino’s Office said.
Over 20 veterans and their families are expected to attend and receive a commemorative lapel pin and Congressional Certificate of Recognition by the congressman.
Central Islip’s downtown has taken another step toward revitalization with the securing of funding to pay for a new sewer line.
Islip Town announced Thursday that it is receiving $3 million in federal funding toward the line, which will run more than half a mile down Carleton Avenue, from Suffolk Avenue south to Smith Street. Sewer infrastructure is considered a crucial part of the town’s plans for $10 million in state Downtown Revitalization Initiative, or DRI, funds, which it received in 2018.
The U.S. House Veterans’ Affairs Committee recently approved three bipartisan bills offered by U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) that support America’s military veterans, advancing the measures to the U.S. House of Representatives for action.
“I am pleased that my bills were passed by the committee, and I will continue to push for critical reforms like those offered in this legislation on behalf of our veterans,” Rep. Garbarino said last week.
U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) led 11 Republicans, including the entire New York GOP congressional delegation, in urging U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership to mark up bipartisan legislation that would ensure sufficient funding for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP).
The failure of President Biden’s ambitious Build Back Better funding bill last December also had another casualty — nearly $3 billion meant to plug a looming deficit in the World Trade Center Health Program.
Now lawmakers are searching for a new way to advance legislation to fill that hole after a recent briefing to lawmakers by 9/11 health program staff, the Daily News has learned.
A bipartisan group of nearly 100 House members sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday urging the administration to mount a more concerted effort to counter antisemitism.
As our nation faces rising threats from increasingly sophisticated cyber adversaries, there has never been a more urgent need to fill the cybersecurity talent pipeline. Last year, cybercrime cost the U.S. $6.9 billion and experts predict global cybercrime costs to grow to $10.5 trillion annually by 2025.
U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) on May 18 proposed a bill that would authorize a total of $4 million to help address personnel shortages in the Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Program within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“By strengthening the ranks of TCIU [Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit] we can take on criminal organizations at the source and head off transnational criminals before they reach our border,” Rep. Garbarino said.