Dec. 22, 2023 By Paul Frangipane & Meaghan McGoldrick O’Neil House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries got into the giving spirit on Wednesday when he teamed up with Spectrum to host a digital literacy event for Elite Learners, an anti-violence organization in Brownsville, where kids were surprised with 100 new laptops — and the organization was gifted $750,000 in federal funding. “There’s no better place to be when being back home in Brooklyn than Brownsville, USA,” said Jeffries, who has represented Brownsville in Congress since 2013. “It’s been my goal to make sure we are bringing the resources home to the…
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries announces $1 million in funds to help Black veterans group
Feb. 24, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Hakeem Jeffries, the newly-minted leader of Democrats in the U.S. House, announced a $1 million grant to the local organization Black Veterans for Social Justice (BVSJ).