Recognizing the Dominican community's presence and contributions to Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood. 2021-02-01 Introduced in House 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.

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