Rep. Gregory Meeks, NY-5 Rep. Grace Meng, NY-6 Rep. Nydia

Rep. Gregory Meeks, NY-5 Rep. Grace Meng, NY-6 Rep. Nydia

Rep. Gregory Meeks, NY-5 Rep. Max Rose, NY-11 Rep. Grace Meng, NY-6 Rep. Carolyn Maloney, NY-12 Rep. Nydia Velazquez, NY-7 Rep. Adriano Espaillat, NY-13 Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, NY-8 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NY-14 Rep. Yvette Clarke, NY-9 Rep. Jose Serrano, NY-15 Rep. Jerrold Nadler, NY-10 Rep. Eliot Engel, NY-16 January 14, 2019 RE: Pay the Defenders of NYC and NY Harbor Dear Members of the NYC Congressional Delegation, On behalf of our membership, we urge you to take immediate action to pay uniformed members of the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to keep employees critical to the defense and preparedness of New York City and New York Harbor working and paid regardless of the political battles being fought in Washington, DC. We support immediate passage of H.R. 367, with the addition of USPHS and NOAA. Though continued funding for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force is provisioned through the U.S. Department of Defense, members of the above three federal uniformed services critical to defending our city and port remain unpaid, and their families are left to suffer the consequences in an unforgivingly expensive metropolitan area. While we oppose the shutdown generally, it is especially abhorrent that our city’s defenders have been forced to suffer. New York City last year was named a “Coast Guard City,” yet our Coasties are being asked to sacrifice greatly just to keep serving us. USPHS and NOAA are also suffering as they ensure our ability to prepare and respond to threats to our city and port. NYC’s Congressional delegation must stand up for our defenders and pay them their due. In service, Kristen L. Rouse U.S. Army Veteran – OEF (Afghanistan) VII, X, and XII President & Founding Director NYC Veterans Alliance NYC Veterans Alliance | P.O. Box 532 | New York NY 10159 | nycveteransalliance.org ADVANCING VETERANS & FAMILIES AS CIVIC LEADERS .

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