Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is pleased to announce that several programs benefiting the people of the 8th Congressional District of New York have received funding in the Congressional appropriations process. 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… Read more »

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… 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,… 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… 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… 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.… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »