Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today welcomed an announcement that the Justice Department’s Inspector General is investigating if Attorney General Gonzales deliberately gave false or misleading testimony to Congress on a wide range of issues. The inquiry will include… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today issued the following statement regarding the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: "The resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales does not absolve the Bush Administration of its various abuses of power. I have long called… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), whose district includes the former site of the World Trade Center, today issued the following statement following the World Trade Center Health Registry’s findings that rescue and recovery workers who worked on the "pile" without respirators developed asthma at a rate 12 times above the normal population. "Today’s important… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), whose district includes the Deutsche Bank building that caught on fire Saturday and resulted in the tragic loss of two firefighters, today raised serious objections to the arguments by some that the entirely appropriate and legally mandated environmental safety rules were to blame for the blaze. Rep. Nadler noted that the likely cause of the fire is… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer today called on the City’s Office of Emergency Management to improve and modernize their emergency communications system in order to better relay essential information to the public in the event of an emergency. In response to the recent tragedy at the Deutsche Bank Building, and the confusion that ensued for… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), whose district includes the site of the Deutsche Bank building that caught on fire Saturday, today issued the following statement: "Yesterday, as a plume of black acrid smoke rose over lower Manhattan, for many residents, it brought back vivid memories of 9/11. As on that tragic day, New York’s finest responded quickly and valiantly.… Read more »

Assemblymember Jonathan Bing (D-Manhattan) held a press conference this morning to highlight the success of legislation he authored to expand access to workers’ compensation benefits for 9/11 rescue and recovery workers (Ch. 446 of 2006), and to draw attention to the need for these heroes to get the health coverage to which they are entitled. Bing was joined by U.S. Congressman… Read more »

Governor Eliot Spitzer today toured a New York City community health care facility serving low-income families with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn to emphasize the steps his administration is taking to provide health insurance to the nearly 400,000 uninsured children across the state and to encourage enrollment in Child Health… Read more »

To address the recent flood of imitation and knock-off designer clothing that drains the New York economy of millions of dollars annually and threatens thousands of fashion industry jobs, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (NY) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today announced new legislation to protect fashion designs from “piracy,” or the copying of unique designs. The… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), announced the inclusion of key projects for Manhattan and Brooklyn in the Department of Defense Appropriations bill that was passed by the House on Saturday. The bill includes funding for projects to aid in medical research, to conduct more environmentally friendly defense testing, to enhance service for TRICARE beneficiaries, and reconstruct and dredge… Read more »