By Rick Pezzullo— Nita Lowey, who served in Congress for 32 years and was the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, died March 15 at her home in Harrison, surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren. She was 87. Her family released a statement that Lowey “quietly and bravely battled metastatic breast cancer in recent years with the same tenacity and strength that she fought throughout her 32-year career in Congress for women, children and families in […]
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