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 ...

Longtime U.S. Rep Nita Lowey, 87, of New York,. 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, ...

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

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 ...