Rep. Nydia Velázquez, whose congressional district covers parts of Brooklyn and Queens — including Long Island City, Astoria, Ridgewood, Bushwick, Williamsburg and East New York — has announced she will not seek reelection and will retire at the end of her current term next year.

Her retirement will mark the end of 16 consecutive terms in Congress representing New York's 12th and seventh congressional districts.

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Rep. Nydia Velázquez, whose congressional district covers parts of Brooklyn and Queens, has announced she will not seek reelection and will retire at the end of her current term next year

Her retirement will mark the end of 16 consecutive terms in Congress representing New York's 12th and seventh congressional districts

Velázquez was born in Puerto Rico a

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