Congressman Jerrold Nadler, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and former Chair of the Constitution Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to reports that the President will sign an executive order designed to encourage discrimination against the LGBT community under the guise of religious liberty. For the past twenty-five years,… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) and the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) announced $750,000 in federal funding that will allow AVP to continue providing vital services for LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors of intimate partner violence. Over the next three years, $600,000 will go into providing free legal representation and supporting advocacy efforts for… Read more »
Creating the First Ever National Monument to LBGT History at Stonewall
I am proud to have championed the effort to create the first ever national monument to LGBT history at the historic site of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. On June 27th, we formally dedicated the site with Senior Presidential Advisor Valerie… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Chuck Schumer, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYS Senator Brad Hoylman, NYS Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Councilmember Corey Johnson, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 2 and NPCA applauded… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler delivered the following statement on the House floor condemning the horrific terrorist attack on the LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
The full text as delivered follows below [click here to view the video]:
"Mr. Speaker, this week, tragedy once again struck our nation when the deadliest mass shooting in American history… Read more »
Dear Friends,
I am writing to express my most profound sadness and anger at the Orlando terrorist attack that targeted an LGBT nightclub on Sunday. This morning, I spoke out on the House floor to honor the victims, show my solidarity with the LGBT community, call for justice in this heinous crime, and, once again, demand that Congress take action to ban assault… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), who represents the site of the September 11th World Trade Center terrorist attacks as well as one of the largest LGBT communities in the country, released the following statement in response to the deadliest mass shooting in American history at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning.
“We are all horrified by the… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY –Today, New York federal, state and city elected officials called on President Obama and federal administration officials to designate a new national monument at Christopher Park commemorating the Stonewall Uprising, which launched the modern LGBT civil rights movement in 1969. Immediately ahead of a public listening session hosted by Congressman… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY –Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), released the following statement regarding the campaign to designate a new unit of the National Park System dedicated to the history of the Stonewall uprising that inspired the modern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement in America:
“I am thrilled Secretary of Interior… Read more »