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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
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NEW YORK CITY – Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), senior Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:
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Sunday, 17 December 2006 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) is pleased to announce that Ari Goldberg will be his new Communications Director. Mr. Goldberg was formerly the Senior Public Affairs Officer at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), an NGO chaired by Madeleine K. Albright that helps people build more democratic societies overseas. He was also a television producer for C-SPAN and BBC News in Jerusalem. Mr. Goldberg studied broadcasting at the University of Texas at Austin and received a Master’s in Hebrew Literature from Cambridge University. He previously worked on the Hill for Reps. Howard Berman (CA-28) and Jane Harman (CA-36).
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Wednesday, 13 December 2006 |
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CITY HALL – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today joined a rally at City Hall, where community and labor leaders gathered to protest a draft City proposal to close the Red Hook Container Terminal. After the rally, Rep. Nadler testified to the New York City Council Hearing on the Future of Brooklyn’s Piers 7-12.
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
Vows a Democratic Congress will "hold EPA accountable"
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today blasted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing yet another inadequate testing and cleanup program for World Trade Center contamination. The new plan does not reflect the recommendations of the EPA Inspector General issued in August 2003, or the "World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel" established by EPA specifically to develop a scientifically sound plan for indoor contamination.
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Sunday, 29 October 2006 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) and Congressman Joseph Crowley (NY-07) today wrote to Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Pataki, calling on them to abandon their plans to dramatically increase rent for tenants of supportive AIDS housing residences. On October 4, the city announced significant rent increases for AIDS housing tenants, giving them less than one month’s notice.
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Wednesday, 25 October 2006 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Lewis v. Harris, recognizing the rights of same-sex couples to equal benefits under the law:
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Wednesday, 11 October 2006 |
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BROOKLYN, NY – Congressman Jerrold Nadler strongly urged the Regional Commissioner of the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) to re-open a local office in southwestern Brooklyn. The previous office serving Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Borough Park and Dyker Heights – located at 6011 Fort Hamilton Parkway – burned down in a fire this August and has remained closed ever since.
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Tuesday, 03 October 2006 |
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On September 28, 2006, the House of Representatives considered H.R. 5825, the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to the legislation:
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Tuesday, 03 October 2006 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives considered S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Congressman Nadler delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to the legislation:
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Tuesday, 26 September 2006 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler this week met with key State Department and Social Security Administration officials to request that they enter into agreements with the former Soviet nations on the payment of pensions to émigrés. Currently, up to 100,000 Russian speakers in the United States are not receiving the pensions they earned.
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