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

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

Nita Lowey become assistant secretary of state in 1988 when she defeated a Republican incumbent to enter Congress. She then ...

Longtime New York congresswoman Nita Lowey, 87, has died from metastatic breast cancer, her family announced Sunday.

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, ...

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

New York mourns former Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who passed away at 87. Governor Hochul orders flags at half-staff to honor ...

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

In a statement, Lowey's family said she died Saturday at her home in Harrison after battling metastatic breast cancer. Lowey ...

NEW YORK - Former long-serving U.S. Representative Nita Lowey of New York passed away at the age of 87. She was the first ...

Former New York Rep. Nita Lowey (D) died on Saturday, her family confirmed in a statement sent to CBS News. “With great ...