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Congressman Gregory Meeks said Saturday that Queens veterans who served the country may no longer have a medical facility in the borough to serve them.Meeks called on the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to suspend a consolidation plan that would cut back on services at facilities like the Saint Albans Veterans Primary and Extended Care Center.
"We make sure that these young men and women are going to fight for the country, yet when they return home we're not giving the kind of treatment and the kind facilities that would reward such heroic efforts," said Democratic Queens Representative Gregory Meeks.
"We've had more veterans than ever are injured and in permanent need of rehab as a result of this war. So there's no way we can cut back on facilities in the boroughs and cut back on any services here," said Democratic Councilman Leroy Comrie.
As of Saturday evening, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs did not comment.
