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

NEW YORK -- 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, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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