Dear Friends,
Hurricane Sandy Recovery – Repairing Our Parks
Along with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, I am pleased that the city will receive more than $2.8 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funding will help repair damage caused by Superstorm Sandy to Fort Washington Park, Sakura Park, Riverside Park, and Riverside… Read more »
“No woman should have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck… Under the guise of helping women, the Walberg bill simply creates more confusion for employees and exposes employers to additional litigation risk.” Read more »
USA FREEDOM Act would prohibit the intelligence community from unconstitutionally engaging in bulk data collection within the United States Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the statement below after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals… Read more »
The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 25-2 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048). This bipartisan bill – introduced by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the… Read more »
WEEHAWKEN, NJ – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congressmen Albio Sires (N.J.-08) and Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.-10) today stood shoulder-to-shoulder with N.J. state, county and local officials to announce the latest effort by a united, bi-state coalition to end the proliferation of helicopter traffic over the Hudson River risking public safety and the quality of life for… Read more »
Superstorm Sandy’s Waterfront Damage & Continued Erosion Highlighted the Urgent Need for Coney Island and Seagate Army Corps Project; Beaches & Dunes Along Coney Island Shoreline Were Last Nourished in 1995
Schumer, Nadler, Jeffries Break Ground on Long-Delayed Coney Island T-Groin Protection Project; Lawmakers Fought for Full-Federal Funding to Cover Project Cost &… Read more »
NEW YORK, NY -- Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) issued the following statement on the tragic deaths of Officer Rafael Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu:
“This weekend, we witnessed a tragic and horrifying event: the cold blooded assassination of two police officers. We mourn the loss of Officer Rafael Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu, who were upstanding members of their… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) released the following statement on the Eric Garner case:
“The grand jury’s failure to indict the officer in the Eric Garner case is shocking and almost unfathomable. Here you have a case of a video tape of an officer using a chokehold -- a hold that is known to be able to cause death, a hold that is banned… Read more »