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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner reports, Lowey is being remembered for breaking multiple glass ceilings for women and ...

Named after a longtime Jewish lawmaker who championed peace, the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act had ...

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