Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler, Yvette Clarke, Charlie Rangel, Eliot Engel, Carolyn Maloney, Joe Crowley, Jose Serrano, Nydia Velazquez, Steve Israel, Gregory Meeks, Hakeem Jeffries, and Grace Meng raised serious concerns about the need for more aggressive – and better coordinated – mold abatement in parts of New York City that were flooded by Hurricane Sandy.  In… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement: “Mayor Koch was a quintessential New Yorker and a central figure in New York life for 40 years.  For decades, he embodied the soul of our city, unfailingly defending and advocating for New York and everyone in it.  I was proud to have worked with him for years during his mayoralty and after on so many… Read more »

Today U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) and Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn), chief House sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act, joined Sheila Birnbaum, Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), to co-host a VCF public forum at Baruch College in Manhattan for persons interested in learning… Read more »

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler today announced that the company selling imitation 9/11 coins to the public has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it deceived consumers. In 2010, Schumer and Nadler passed legislation that created an official 9/11 medal to support the National September 11th Memorial and Museum at the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, spoke in strong support of H.R. 152, the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations bill ($17 billion), and the Frelinghuysen Amendment ($33.4 billion) to provide funding for the Northeast to rebuild and recover from the storm.  Nadler again lambasted the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, condemned the House GOP Leadership’s decision to cancel a vote on $60 billion in Sandy relief that has already cleared the Senate.  He issued the following statement: “Shame on Speaker Boehner for choosing not to act on Sandy relief for the… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler, Nydia Velazquez, Carolyn Maloney, Gregory Meeks, Joseph Crowley, Eliot Engel, Edolphus Towns, and José E. Serrano called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to immediately improve access to the federal Disaster Supplemental Food Stamp (D-SNAP) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.  As… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn), Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island, Brooklyn), Carolyn McCarthy (D-Nassau), and Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn) joined Commissioner Robert Walsh of the New York City Department of Small Business Services on the steps of New York City Hall to announce that the lawmakers were requesting that… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, issued the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s proposal for $60 billion towards Sandy recovery in New York, New Jersey, and neighboring states: “$60 billion will provide critical relief and begin the rebuilding process in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued the following statement: “I am deeply saddened by the death of my longtime friend and fellow advocate Jon Kest, whose leadership guided ACORN and NY Communities for Change for years.  As an activist for those without a voice, as a strategist for making concrete change in neglected communities, and as a brilliant fighter for… Read more »