Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired an oversight hearing on Achieving the Promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Digital Age – Current Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities.
“Often described as the most sweeping civil rights legislation since the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and 17 members of New York’s and New Jersey’s House Delegation sent a letter to NASA’s administrator requesting that one of three retiring Space Shuttles be located in New York City, at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
The following is the text of the letter (also… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, applauded President Barack Obama’s memorandum to expand the rights of gays, lesbians and others in regard to hospital visitation and medical decision-making for their partners and family members.
Nadler issued the following statement:
“I… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired a hearing on a Report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Justice on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records. The hearing explored… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the senior Northeastern Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Congressman Jose Serrano and Councilman Michael Nelson for the City’s unveiling of the its new comprehensive waterfront plan.
“This comprehensive waterfront plan will be an excellent framework for the continued… Read more »
Today, Brooklyn and Manhattan community leaders and elected officials—including Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Congressmember Nydia Velazquez, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Assembly Member Joan Millman, Council Member Gale Brewer, Council Member Margaret Chin,… Read more »
Tonight, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), expressed sadness that the board of St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center voted to cease hospital inpatient operations. For the last two months, Congressman Nadler has worked closely with stakeholders in the Governor’s Task Force to find a workable solution that would preserve an acute care facility at the St. Vincent’s… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), expressed disappointment that there is no longer a viable partnership being considered between Mt. Sinai Medical Center and St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center. Since early this year, Congressman Nadler has been working alongside city and state elected officials, the hospital board and management, labor unions and other stakeholders to… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Member of Congress who represents lower Manhattan including the World Trade Center (WTC) site, released the following statement in response to the announced agreement on the development of the World Trade Center site by the States of New York and New Jersey, the City of New York, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Silverstein… Read more »
This week, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the senior Northeastern Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, spearheaded efforts in the House to increase vital transit funding in the FY2011 Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill. Nadler, joined by 66 colleagues, sent a letter (pdf viewable here) to the House Appropriations Committee requesting $14.88 billion in… Read more »