Issue Position: Veterans

Issue Position

Nicole believes that we must do more to assist the brave men and women who have honorably served our country. In the State Assembly, Nicole successfully fought to restore funding for peer-to-peer counseling and mental health programs for veterans.

She also led the effort to provide free college tuition to the children of military parents who died or were disabled in the line of duty and passed legislation requiring that a portion of state contracts be awarded to service-disabled veterans.

In Congress, Nicole will build upon this record by working to improve health care for veterans and she will prioritize mental health services to combat homelessness and suicide among veterans. This includes necessary funding for the Brooklyn Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, the VA Medical Center in Sheepshead Bay and the Staten Island Community Clinic, as well as Nicole's support for President Trump's reforms to provide veterans with community care.

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