Today, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Edolphus Towns said that a new study by Mount Sinai Medical Center showing high rates of psychological distress among World Trade Center responders underscores the need for a strong federal response to the health impacts of the 9/11 attacks.  Of the more than 10,000 workers who participated in the… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, State Senator Tom Duane, State Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal and New York City Councilmember Gale Brewer, along with parents, students, representatives of the United Federation of Teachers and an environmental expert, today stood in front of P.S. 199 and the Center School, located at 270 W. 70th Street in Manhattan,… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today issued the following statement regarding the California Supreme Court’s ruling that gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry: "Today’s decision reaffirms that gay and lesbian Americans deserve equal treatment under the law.  As… Read more »

Today, 10 bipartisan New York Members of Congress sharply rebuked a new report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the status of the federal government’s response to the health impacts of the 9/11 attacks.  HHS’s report, which was requested by Congress in the FY 2008 federal Labor-HHS appropriations bill, revealed that the Bush Administration has… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today issued the following statement regarding his meeting with representatives from the Detectives’ Endowment Association, Inc. of the Police Department of the City of New York (DEA): “Today, I met with representatives of the Detectives’… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today welcomed the FBI’s withdrawal of a National Security Letter (NSL) that had been issued to the Internet Archive.  The government’s action was the result of a legal challenge filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today held an oversight hearing on the role that Bush Administration lawyers played in creating abusive interrogation policies that have resulted in the widespread abuse of detainees in U.S. custody and control.  Prior to the hearing, the Subcommittee also considered a… Read more »

New York City - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn joined other elected officials today to announce that key parts of the plan developed by the Bloomberg Administration and  the Speaker to bring ferry service to all five boroughs will begin May 12, when a new City Council-subsidized route from Far Rockaway to Lower Manhattan starts service.  The… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) and New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe announced today that together with Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton, they have ended a years-long logjam and secured $6 million in Federal funding for Riverside Park South, along the Hudson River between 59th and 72nd Streets in New York City. “By finding a solution that enables us to… Read more »

Mr. Chairman, the en bloc amendment calls among other things for special immigrant status for Iraqi or Afghani nationals who have served as translators with the United States Armed Forces. This amendment is a direct response to the critical need for translators and linguists in our military. This interpreter shortage is well documented. The 9/11 Commission report stated… Read more »