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Recognizing the Dominican community's presence and contributions to Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood.

Introduced: August 10, 2018 Introduced by: Espaillat, Adriano Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses support for:

  • the renaming of Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood, New York, as "Quisqueya Heights";
  • the engagement with Google, Wikipedia, Global Positioning System (GPS) applications, post offices, Metropolitan Transportation Authority maps, and tourist maps to recognize Quisqueya Heights; and
  • the fight against the gentrification of this neighborhood.

Recognizes the Dominican community's contribution to this neighborhood.

Honors the long-standing history and rich contributions of Dominican-American elected officials, artists, small-business and bodega owners, writers, and trailblazers.

What's happening now August 10, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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