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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Peter King, Michael McMahon, Eliot Engel, and Anthony Weiner applauded the House Health Subcommittee’s passage with bipartisan support of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, legislation that would provide comprehensive health care and compensation for the first responders and survivors who are sick because of the 9/11 attacks.
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, Frank Pallone, Eliot Engel, Anthony Weiner, and Nydia Velazquez announced a crucial step forward for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, legislation that would provide comprehensive health care and compensation for those who are sick because of the 9/11 attacks. (A summary of the legislation can be found here.)
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
New York, NY -- U.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, authors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today issued the following statement on the announced settlement of thousands of lawsuits filed by workers who participated in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero:
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, applauded a federal Court’s permanent injunction against Congress’s bill of attainder for ACORN. The injunction strikes the final blow against the Defund ACORN Act, which unconstitutionally singled out ACORN for punishment by Congress.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired a hearing entitled “Protecting the American Dream: A Look into the Fair Housing Act” and announced new legislation to expand fair housing protections. The hearing examined Fair Housing Act education, investigation and enforcement, both past and present, particularly in the context of the current housing crisis. Recent reports and court settlements have illustrated ongoing problems with housing discrimination, particularly for people of color, the LGBT community, and the disability community. In response, Nadler will push for greater enforcement of the law, and has introduced, along with Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, H.R. 4820 in order to amend the Act to additionally prohibit housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) declared his ongoing opposition to the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan and announced he will vote in support of H.Con.Res.248. Nadler drew a distinction between efforts to fight terrorism globally and the current operations underway in Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congressmen Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) and Anthony Weiner (NY-09), and City Councilman Michael Nelson (48th District) are pleased to announce that the Brighton Postal Station in Brighton Beach will remain open. After months of concerted effort by the three elected officials and the United States Postal Service (USPS) to keep the post office open, USPS has signed a new five-year lease for the Station located at 3157 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, set to begin in July.
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), the representative of Lower Manhattan and the senior Northeastern member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced $156 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for the Fulton Street Transit Center in Manhattan. These federal funds, which Nadler supported, will be used for construction and improvements of the new Downtown transit hub. Improvements will focus on connections between stations, passageways, platforms, systems, and restoration of the historic Corbin building.
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Jerry Nadler, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney announced today that the United States Department of Transportation will allocate over $274 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) East Side Access Project and the Second Avenue Subway Project. The East Side Access Project will create a rail link from the Long Island Railroad via the 63rd Street Tunnel to Grand Central Station that will help tens of thousands of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens commuters save hours on their daily commutes. The Second Avenue Subway Project will help to ease congestion on the Lexington Avenue line, the most crowded subway line in the nation.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, reiterated his call for an independent investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks which killed five people and sickened 17. He issued the following statement:
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