Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency justify its decision to snub New York’s firefighters by denying their request to have their firehouses cleaned of World Trade Center hazardous materials, under the agency’s Indoor Residential Cleanup program. As reported in the news today, Rep. Nadler publicly raised the issue with Kathleen Callahan, EPA Region II Act... Read more »

Legendary New York artist Al Hirschfeld is being honored today by the US House of Representatives, via a resolution offered by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and expected to be overwhelmingly passed later today. Hirschfeld died in his sleep late last month at the age of 99. “Throughout his long and extraordinary career, Al Hirschfeld's drawings conveyed to millions of people the excitement and glamou... Read more »

Congressman Joseph Crowley (NY-07) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) announced $292 million in federal funding for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. “Today, I am happy to announce that $292 million has been allocated for HOPWA in the Fiscal Year 2003 VA/HUD Appropriations bill. This vital program offers thousands of people living with H... Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today called on the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) in New York City to investigate claims of police misconduct during the public protest of war with Iraq in the City last weekend. "It seems that more and more people come forward every day with new stories of misconduct, and that is very disturbing," said Rep. Nadler. "Though I have confidence that the majority of... Read more »

Using the motif of tomorrow’s Valentines Day as a backdrop, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today announced that he has reintroduced the “The Permanent Partners Immigration Act”in the 108th Congress, which would help countless numbers of bi-national gay and lesbian partnerships to remain together. The most prominent feature of the “The Permanent Partners Immigration Act" would allow those US Citizens a... Read more »

The Federal government should ensure that no insurance plan is allowed to deny coverage of annual mammograms to women ages 40 and above, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said today as he introduced the The Mammogram Availability Act. “This bill would ensure that the decision whether or not to have a mammogram would be made by a woman in consultation with her doctor on the basis of medical concerns - not... Read more »

Possibly hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers work for hours a day in workspaces that remain uncleaned, or insufficiently cleaned, of hazardous substances unleashed from the World Trade Center collapse -- and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to blame -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said today at a City Hall press conference. The Congressman was joined by the New York Committee for Occupa... Read more »

Draft language for the “Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003,” also known as “Patriot Act II,” amounts to little more than the institution of a “police state,” according to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee, in the US House of Representatives. “Secret arrests, stripping citizenship for political associations, DNA databases, new death penalties, ... Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is praising New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for making a strong case for a cross-harbor rail freight tunnel in a document presented to the United States Congress today. In “Moving Forward: New York City’s Vision For the Reauthorization of TEA-21," the Mayor lists the tunnel as a “funding priority.” “Getting Federal funding for the rail freight tunnel is absolutely ... Read more »

Responding to a reprehensible statement issued by the American Muslim Council, which suggested that the recent loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its entire crew was an act of divine retribution against Israel, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), in a letter today, called on AMC Executive Director Eric Erfan Vickers to repudiate his remarks. The letter to Mr. Vickers, as well as the full statem... Read more »