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

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

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

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

Nita M. Lowey, a veteran legislator from New York who served 16 terms until her retirement at the end of the 116th Congress, ...

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 ...

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

Nita Lowey, the New York representative who became the first woman to lead the budget-setting House Appropriations Committee, ...

Nita Lowey, who represented New York in the US House of Representatives for 32 years and was the first woman to chair the ...

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 ...

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

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