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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler condemned the firebombing attacks on Sunday evening that hit an Islamic cultural center, a private residence used as a Hindu house of worship, another private residence and a grocery store in Queens. The NYPD has reported that these attacks appear to be linked and are treating the attacks as possible hate crimes. As of Tuesday morning, NYPD has said that they are questioning one suspect for the group of firebombs.
“Sunday night’s...
New York, NY – U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Zadroga Act's passage by both houses of Congress. On December 22nd of last year, strong bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate passed the Zadroga Act and delivered long-overdue health care and compensation for 9/11 responders and survivors who became ill or...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, introduced legislation designed to let visual artists share in revenues generated by the resale of their works. The Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011, which was also introduced in the Senate today by Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), would set aside a royalty rate of 7% for resales in excess of $10,000 at large auction houses, half of which would go to the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, spoke out against the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012, because it fails to protect due process rights for the accused, expands the scope of the war on terror beyond those responsible for the 9/11 attacks, and allows for the Executive Branch to put Americans in jail, indefinitely, without a trial...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, lauded the Obama Administration’s new policies for improving LGBT rights globally and tying foreign aid to treatment of LGBT citizens. The announcement of the presidential memorandum was made today in a passionate statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Nadler issued the following statement:
“I commend President Obama and Secretary...
