Ms. Velázquez, 72, a 16-term congresswoman, said it was time for a new generation of Democrats to step forward.

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a trailblazer known by the nickname “La Luchadora,” or the fighter — announced that she will ...

Velázquez, 72, says she will retire after her 16th term in office. She represents New York's 7th District which includes ...

New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D) is stepping down after more than a dozen terms. “For more than three decades, I have had ...

Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) is retiring from Congress at the end of her term after serving for over three decades in the ...

Rep. Nydia Velázquez, a Democrat who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 30 years, announced that ...

Velazquez, 72, says she will retire after her 16th term in office. She represents New York's 7th District which includes ...

The 16-term congresswoman announced on Thursday she will not run for reelection in New York's Seventh Congressional District.

Rep. Nydia Velázquez announces she will retire after 16 terms, opening a major congressional seat and marking a generational ...

The 72-year-old Democrat was first elected to Congress in 1992. She’d seen the character of the neighborhoods she represents ...

Affectionately dubbed “La Luchadora,” Velazquez says she will step aside next year after 16 terms representing her predominantly Latino NY-07 district encompassing parts of northern ...

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez, who represents parts of Queens and Brooklyn in Congress, announced that she will not seek ...