Longtime New York congresswoman Nita Lowey, 87, 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 at the end of the 116th Congress, ...

Nita was a beloved wife, partner, and best friend to her cherished husband of 64 years, Stephen Lowey. An adored mother to ...

Former Democratic New York Rep. Nita Lowey died on Saturday after a yearslong battle with breast cancer, according to a ...

Former Rep. Nita Lowey, who represented New York in Congress for 32 years and became the first woman to chair the House ...

Lowey, the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, represented the Hudson Valley for more than three decades ...

Former Rep. Nita Lowey of County, known as a a fierce advocate in Congress for 32 years, died at age 87 after a battle with ...

"With great sadness, we announce that former Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey died peacefully on March 15 at the age of 87, ...

NEW YORK -- Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the powerful House ...

Lowey died on Saturday surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren in her home in Harrison, New York.