Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is pleased to announce that several programs benefiting the Jewish community and Jewish charities in New York City received funding in the House and Senate Appropriations bills. The funding, which was made possible by Nadler's efforts, will go toward community building activities. “It is a pleasure to announce that the House and Senate have recognized the very sig... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is pleased to announce that the New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center’s Mental Health Promotion Online Demonstration Project has received $150,000 in the Congressional appropriations process. The funding, which was made possible by Nadler’s efforts, will go toward the development and promotion of an interactive, online substance abu... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today was pleased to welcome the Mayor of Jerusalem, Uri Lopolianski, to a New York Congressional Delegation breakfast at Nadler's District Office in Manhattan. The breakfast, which was hosted by Nadler, included Representatives Charles Rangel, Gary Ackerman, Edolphus Towns, Carolyn McCarthy, and Carolyn Maloney. The members of the New York Delegation met with May... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today made the following statement at a Russian American Jews for Israel rally in front of the Turkish Mission to the United Nations, to show support for the people of Turkey and the Turkish Jewish community following the recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul: I would like to thank the Russian American Jews for Israel, the American Jewish Committee, and the Jewish ... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today joined Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), ranking Democrat of the Judiciary Committee, in calling on Attorney General John Ashcroft to release to the members a copy of an FBI memo detailing how to collect information on Iraq war protestors. The text of the Conyers/Nadler letter to Aschcroft is as follows: November 25, 2003 The Honorable John D. Ashcroft Attorn... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today blasted the Bush Administration for failing to provide relief to small business owners who suffered severe economic loss during the blackout of 2003. In a letter to members of the New York Congressional Delegation, the Small Business Administration (SBA) stated that the blackout "does not meet the definition of disaster as defined by the Small Business Act" ... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today blasted the Republican leadership for attempting to ram through Congress Medicare legislation that will be far more damaging than beneficial to seniors' health care. Nadler stated, "Today the Republicans are closer than they have ever been to accomplishing their goal of forcing America's seniors into private insurance plans and dismantling the Medicare progr... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today introduced bi-partisan legislation entitled the "September 11th Tax Correction Act," a bill that would change current law that imposes federal taxes on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds aimed at inducing business owners and residents to remain in lower Manhattan. "When Congress appropriated funds to help businesses and residents in lower Manhatt... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) expressed outrage over a Brooklyn jury's verdict that found five police officers were justified in the shooting death of Gidone Busch, a 31-year-old Hasidic Jewish man with a history of mental illness. Nadler's statement regarding the jury's decision is as follows: "I am very shocked and saddened that the jury on the Gidone Busch case decided that the police offic... Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today applauded the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision ruling that same-sex couples have an equal right to wed under the state constitution. Nadler expressed hope that the state legislature would follow suit by codifying the rights now recognized by the Court. "The Massachusetts Supreme Court's ruling is pro-family and pro-marriage and will protect the ... Read more »