On the Five Year Anniversary of BP Gulf Oil Spill, Evidence Indicates These Chemicals May Have Been Worse Than The Oil Itself Read more »

Today, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the most senior member from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced the Clean Ports Act of 2013 in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives respectively.  “Congress must act to provide New York, and cities all across the country, with the common… Read more »

Today, Brooklyn Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) and Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) announced a major new federal shoreline protection and beach replenishment project on the western edge of Coney Island and Sea Gate, a vulnerable area that is still devastated after Superstorm Sandy.  Jeffries, the current representative of Coney Island, joined Nadler, the senior Northeastern Member of… Read more »

“This bill sets a dangerous precedent, undercutting our environmental laws and short circuiting the review process.” Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the most senior member from the Northeast on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, voiced his continued opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline project and his support for the Cohen Amendment to require normal judicial review of environmental risks and private property rights within the project.  Citing severe environmental… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) lauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) announcement of $1.8 billion for New York City communities struggling to pay for and complete repairs and construction following Hurricane Sandy, including a provision requested by Nadler to reimburse homeowners for repairs already performed.  However, Nadler criticized… Read more »

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 »

“We must not repeat the same mistakes of 9/11 by leaving people to their own devices to clean up complex toxins without proper guidance or assistance from the federal government.” Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Brooklyn and Manhattan communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, and representative of Ground Zero, demanded that workers involved in cleanup and recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy be provided proper protective equipment, and that all federal laws governing worker safety be enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, criticized House Republicans for failing to support vital nuclear safety protections.  House Republicans rejected, by a vote of 176 to 243, Nadler’s amendment to H.R. 4078 to exempt nuclear safety from House Republicans’ wholesale gutting of regulatory… Read more »