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Mar 16, 2011
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues, sent letters to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie urging the governors to help facilitate negotiations to rebuild the St. Nicholas Church in lower Manhattan. Please click here for copies of the letters.
Mar 16, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, today offered an amendment on the House floor to H.R. 631, “The NSP Termination Act,” which would list the state-by-state quantities of vacant homes.
Mar 2, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today sent letters requesting hearings to assess potential concerns with hydraulic fracturing of natural gas before relevant House Committees. They issued the following joint statement about the letters:
“We hope that both Committees will hold hearings to determine whether our drinking water is safe. If federal and state regulations have not kept pace with this growing industry, we need to know before it creates a public health concern. As Representatives from New York, we are especially concerned given that some of the wastewater from hydrofracking is being transported to public sewage plants in our state. By holding hearings, Congress, the industry, and the public would have a better understanding of wastewater treatment and what further Congressional action is needed.”
Feb 22, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) met with Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck last week in Washington and received an update on the progress of the first study of the pollutants in Newtown Creek since it was designated a Superfund cleanup site last year. A photo from last week’s meeting is attached.
Feb 18, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Gus Prentzas, who owns Pavilion Florals and Life Health & Fitness in Astoria, Queens, traveled to Washington to testify before a hearing of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan), the ranking member and former chair of the subcommittee, welcomed Mr. Prentzas to Washington and introduced him before the subcommittee. A photo of Maloney and Prentzas is attached.
Feb 15, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), senior member of the House Financial Services Committee and Chair of its Subcommittee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit, made the following statement today upon the announcement of the merger of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Deutsche Börse:
“This merger exemplifies the globalization of finance and preserves the centrality of New York City to the international financial marketplace. It strengthens the NYSE, preserving its physical trading floor and creating an entity with 55% of its shareholders in the U.S.
“This merger exemplifies the globalization of finance and preserves the centrality of New York City to the international financial marketplace. It strengthens the NYSE, preserving its physical trading floor and creating an entity with 55% of its shareholders in the U.S.
Feb 9, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today issued the following statement regarding the defeat of H.R. 519:
“This bill would have been a terrible blow to security efforts in New York, the world’s number-one terrorist target. Some members of Congress may not like the U.N. – but that’s not a good enough reason to try to claw back necessary funding for the U.N.’s security budget.
“This bill would have been a terrible blow to security efforts in New York, the world’s number-one terrorist target. Some members of Congress may not like the U.N. – but that’s not a good enough reason to try to claw back necessary funding for the U.N.’s security budget.
Feb 9, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) made the following statement on the House floor today during debate on the United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act:
Feb 7, 2011
Press Release
New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) celebrated the news that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) 485-ton, 450-foot-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) had reached 63rd Street, completing the first tunnel for the Second Avenue Subway. On May 14, 2010, the MTA launched the TBM at 92nd Street. The TBM will now be disassembled, brought back to 92nd Street, reassembled and relaunched to dig the subway’s second tunnel.
Feb 3, 2011
Press Release
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) applauded the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for reversing a guidance it proposed last October that would have had an enormously destructive impact on mortgage lending in New York City. FHFA’s proposed guidance would have restricted federal housing finance agencies such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, among others, from investing in or guaranteeing mortgages on real property, including cooperatives and condominiums, that require a transfer fee covenant, or “flip tax,” when the property is bought or sold.