Nita Lowey, the former 16-term congresswoman from New York, has died after a battle with breast cancer, her family says.

A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House ...

Nita Lowey, the New York representative who became the first woman to lead the budget-setting House Appropriations Committee, has died. She was 87. Lowey died Saturday at her home in Harrison, her ...

Longtime U.S. Rep Nita Lowey, 87, of New York,. has died from metastatic breast cancer, her family announced Sunday.

Nita M. Lowey, a veteran legislator from New York who served 16 terms until her retirement after the 116th Congress, died on ...

Ex-US Rep. Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat Who Chaired Powerful House Appropriations Committee, Dies NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the first ...

"With great sadness, we announce that former Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey died peacefully on March 15 at the age of 87, surrounded by her loving husband, children, and grandchildre ...

N.Y., has died at age 87, according to her family.Lowey, who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years and was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, ...

Nita M. Lowey, a liberal New York Democrat who won a seat in Congress in her early 50s and rose over 16 terms to one of the top positions on Capitol Hill as the first female chair of the House ...

America is a better country and New York is a better state for having had Nita Lowey as one of its most devoted public servants.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her legacy will "live on in ...

Her family said she was a beloved wife and best friend to her husband Stephen Lowey. They were married for 64 years and had three children.