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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) was joined by nine of his colleagues in the New York Congressional delegation in a letter to the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development expressing concerns about recent changes to its Section 8 Housing Voucher Program. “While I understand that sequestration drastically limits the budget of the Department of Housing Preservation & De... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, along with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), introduced the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act in order to extend critical federal civil rights protections to individuals, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or familia... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) wrote to NYC Department of Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri requesting urgent attention to a broken elevator at 7714 Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The lone elevator in the six-story building has been out of service for three weeks. The building contains numerous disabled and elderly residents – including Holocaust survivors – who are unable to... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, opposed the GOP’s ongoing attacks on Tom Perez, the current Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and President Obama’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Labor. At a Joint Hearing of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Council Member Margaret S. Chin, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and State Senator Thomas Duane applauded the agreement between New York University and 505 LaGuardia to maintain long-term affordability at the Mitchell-Lama development. “I am overjoyed that 505 LaGuardia will have a new lease that will finally e... Read more »

Tonight, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) successfully offered an amendment to increase funding for HIV/AIDS housing within H.R. 5972, the FY2013 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act. The amendment restores $2 million to the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program (HOPWA) to maintain current funding levels. Each million dollars spent through the program provides stable housing for 17... Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, joined advocates in New York, Washington, D.C. and Southern California in calling on Edward DeMarco, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to write down principal amounts for struggling homeowners. “The nation is still facing a tremendous obsta... Read more »

Noting that a desperately needed housing program is severely underfunded, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today called on the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies (VA-HUD), to include $580 million in additional funds in their Fiscal Year 2002 appropriations bill for 100,000 new Section-8 vouchers. “In a 1999 report, HUD... Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today expressed his relief and support for a move which will protect a large number of affordable housing units in the Manhattan part of his district. Rep. Nadler and his staff previously worked to support such an agreement. French Apartments' (330 West 30 St.) Section 8 contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was to expire on April 28, 2001. ... Read more »