Twenty years ago the medical world was riding a wave of confidence.  Our scientists had conquered polio, tuberculosis, small pox, you name it.  We were ready for any new challenge.  But no one was prepared on June 5th, 1981 for the crisis that was to come.   Some thought this new discovery to be a rare pneumonia, others a new form of cancer.  It attracted… Read more »

Today, in a letter to Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY), chairman of the Committee on Transportation, and Martin Sabo, the committee’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Jerrold Nadler joined several of his New York colleagues in reiterating a call for new start funding for the Second Avenue Subway project in Manhattan. Rep. Nadler sent a signed a similar letter earlier this month. "This worthy… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), together with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), today introduced legislation to ensure that settlements paid to survivors of the Holocaust and their heirs are exempt from Federal income taxes.  Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL).  The Holocaust Survivors’ Tax Fairness Act of 2001 closely mirrors… Read more »

Today, after reading news reports that members of the Bush Administration have been quietly devising a legal strategy to overturn former President Clinton’s designation of the Governors Island forts as national monuments, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan) and Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) sent the attached letter to President Bush.  The letter asks… Read more »

At a press conference at City Hall in Manhattan, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Carolyn Maloney announced the introduction of bi-partisan legislation to return Governors Island to its rightful owners, the people of New York.  Along with Representatives Ben Gilman (R-NY), and with the support of Governor Pataki and Senators Clinton and Schumer, the ‘Governors Island… Read more »

Today, we are here to announce the introduction of the “Governors Island Preservation Act of 2001.”  This legislation is sponsored by me, along with Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Ben Gilman. Before I talk about the bill, some background on the island. Governors Island, located in my district, is one of New York City's natural treasures.  Originally, it was owned… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a long-time champion of consumer issues and the Congressional Representative for New York’s “Silicon Alley,” in conjunction with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) and Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) today took on the Baby Bells to protect American consumers, by promoting real competition in the telecommunications and internet… Read more »

Noting that a desperately needed housing program is severely underfunded, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today called on the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies (VA-HUD), to include $580 million in additional funds in their Fiscal Year 2002 appropriations bill for 100,000 new Section-8 vouchers. “In… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today expressed his relief and support for a move which will protect a large number of affordable housing units in the Manhattan part of his district.  Rep. Nadler and his staff previously worked to support such an agreement. French Apartments' (330 West 30 St.) Section 8 contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was to… Read more »

Leading the most forceful show of Congressional opposition to date, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) blasted current proposals to give taxpayer money to religious organizations, which could lead to government-funded discrimination and proselytization.  He was joined by a broad coalition of Members of Congress as well as religious leaders opposed to the plan.  It was the first major… Read more »