This Thanksgiving, as we gather with friends and family, I am reminded and thankful of the relative safety we feel when we sit down at our tables and enjoy the company of those we love.  It is heartbreaking to me that Ezra Schwartz's family will have one empty chair this Thanksgiving, after their son—who was spending his gap-year studying at a yeshiva in Israel—was… Read more »

Dear Friends, After the Paris and Beirut Attacks, We Stand With the Victims This past week, we were shocked and deeply saddened upon hearing of the attacks in Paris and Beirut, tragedies that claimed the lives of more than 160 individuals, including a young American college student. These attacks have left an especially profound hole in our hearts as New Yorkers, because we… Read more »

“Defeating terrorism should not mean slamming the door in the faces of those who are fleeing its deadly consequences.” Read more »

Champions bipartisan effort to include reauthorization of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Program in the final conference report. Read more »

 -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) today announced their support for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act (S. 928/H.R.1786), which would fully extend the World Trade Center Health Program and Victim Compensation Fund. Other veterans’ organizations, including the American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) and… Read more »

On Friday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, and Congressman Eliot Engel (NY-16), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent the following letter urging the Department of Justice to give "fair consideration" to Jonathan… Read more »

Dear Friends, A Five-Year, Partially-Funded Extension Is Not Enough! Congress Must End the Uncertainty and Make the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Permanent. Congressman Nadler, joined by 9/11 responders and survivors, as well as congressional colleagues from New York and New Jersey, at a press conference for permanent reauthorization of the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the senior Northeastern Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was appointed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to the conference committee for The Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015. The bill authorizes highway and transit programs for six years, and provides billions of… Read more »

Congressman Nadler Named as One of Six Democratic Members on New Select Committee Created to Attack Women’s Health On Wednesday, Congressman Nadler was announced as one of six Democratic Members chosen by Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve on the Republicans’ newest Select Committee. As a fierce advocate in… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, was announced as one of six Democratic Members chosen by Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve on the Republicans' Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health.  As a fierce advocate in the House Judiciary… Read more »