Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, representative of New York’s 8th congressional district, announced $16,260,000 million in FY2010 federal funding that he has secured for 14 high-priority projects in his district. These projects have been included in the major House appropriations bills and are working their way through the approval process in the House Appropriations Committee and… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) announced $2.4 million in National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Direct Grants to his congressional district in New York City. These federal stimulus funds, authorized through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, are intended for nonprofit arts organizations in support of job preservation during the current economic recession, at a time when… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) welcomed news reports that Attorney General Eric Holder is leaning toward a decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate, and potentially prosecute, torture against detainees committed under the Bush administration. This move would follow many months of pushing by Nadler and other civil liberties advocates to do precisely that. Nadler has… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, chaired an oversight hearing on the “Legal Issues Surrounding the Military Commissions System.” The Subcommittee examined the proposed reforms of the U.S. military commissions and whether – as a matter of law and policy – the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) hailed the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission’s vote of approval for the residential portion of the St. Vincent’s Hospital redevelopment project. Since December 2007, the Commission has been reviewing St. Vincent’s application for redevelopment and adaptive reuse of its Medical Campus located in Greenwich Village.… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) announced $4 million in federal stimulus funding for two not-for-profit organizations based in his district in New York City. These Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) funds, administered by the United States Treasury Department, are designed to serve the needs of economically distressed communities across the… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hailed today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. In an 8-1 decision, the Court allowed the Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District in Texas to opt out of Section 5 of… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler, chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, joined Reps. Frank, Baldwin, Polis, Israel and others in persuading the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to include same-sex marriage statistics in the 2010 Census. The lawmakers made the case to OMB Director Peter Orszag in a May 14, 2009 letter, arguing that… Read more »

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced H.R. 2966, the Say No to Drug Ads Act, a bill that would end tax perks to pharmaceutical companies for their direct-to-consumer advertisements. In 2007 alone, the pharmaceutical industry spent more than $4.7 billion on direct-to-consumer advertising – six times more than the industry spent on these ads in 1996. By creating a demand… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today voiced his strong disagreement with the United States Supreme Court decision holding that criminal defendants have no constitutional right to obtain access to DNA evidence held by the State. Today’s 5-4 ruling came in the case of William Osborne, an… Read more »