New York, N.Y. — Today, Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-10), Assembly Member Richard Gottfried and tenants of Polyclinic Apartments rallied to demand Standard Companies & Winn Residential speed up the restoring of cooking gas after cutting service nearly nine months ago, and with no date set for restoration. Polyclinic Apartments is a 151-unit at Project-Based Section 8 development,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), along with New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie (D-Crown Heights), wrote to the Department of City Planning regarding Industry City's rezoning plan. The text of the letter can be found below and here. March 8,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Representatives Gregory Meeks, Yvette Clarke, and Adriano Espaillat, announced the reintroduction of the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Education Center Act. This legislation would establish a museum and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), released the following statement on the inclusion in the FY19 Appropriations bill of $650 million in Amtrak Northeast Corridor, a significant portion of which will fund the Gateway Tunnel Project. The bill passed Congress last night and was signed into law by the President today. "In addition to averting another unnecessary… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), the original cosponsors of the Zadroga Act, announced that they have asked Congressmen Max Rose (D-NY) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) to work on a bipartisan effort to educate members elected after the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act in… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) received a letter from the Department of Justice confirming that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has begun an examination of the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn following heat and power outages earlier this month. In their letter, the OIG… Read more »

Demanding Justice at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center  Rep. Nadler, along with Reps. Velazquez and Maloney, calling on the Bureau of Prisons to protect inmates at the Brooklyn MDC. Last week, I was mortified to read the New York Times story… Read more »

Earlier this week, Congressman Nadler and local elected officials sent a letter to the United States Postal Service regarding the agency’s failure to provide any substantive information at a public hearing on the possible relocation of the Port Authority Finance Station Post Office. Rep. Nadler issued the following statement on the letter: “The Postal Service owes the public accurate… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) have led 26 of their House and Senate colleagues in writing letters to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the Department of Justice’s Inspector General, seeking answers following heat and power outages this week at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.  “When I… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. --Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), along with Reps. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks, (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), and Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), released the following joint statement regarding an agreement reached between the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New York City… Read more »