Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Council Member Margaret S. Chin, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and State Senator Thomas Duane applauded the agreement between New York University and 505 LaGuardia to maintain long-term affordability at the Mitchell-Lama development.
“I am overjoyed that 505 LaGuardia will have a new lease… Read more »
Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Howard Berman (D-CA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Bob Turner (R-NY) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure recognition of the plight of the nearly one million Jewish refugees who were displaced from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and the Persian Gulf as a result of the Arab-Israeli… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, criticized House Republicans for failing to support vital nuclear safety protections. House Republicans rejected, by a vote of 176 to 243, Nadler’s amendment to H.R. 4078 to exempt nuclear safety from House Republicans’ wholesale gutting of regulatory… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Members of Congress in observing a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli Olympians and coaches murdered by terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics, 40 years ago this summer. Nadler urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open its ceremony tomorrow with a moment of silence to remember those 11 Israelis and the darkest… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, will offer an amendment to H.R. 4078 to exempt nuclear safety from House Republicans’ wholesale gutting of regulatory safeguards under the pretext of curbing excessive bureaucracy. The amendment would ensure that Americans who live in close proximity to nuclear… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) was joined by a bipartisan group of 19 House Members in sending a letter to the Hungarian government calling for prompt and robust prosecution of Nazi war criminal Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary for heinous crimes perpetuated against thousands of Jews and others during World War II. The letter, addressed to Hungarian President Janos Ader and Prime… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the U.S. Representative for Lower Manhattan, welcomed the announcement that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has signed a 20-year lease for 277,000 sq. feet of office space at One World Trade Center. The agreement with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Durst Organization makes official that 55% of the… Read more »
Today, following a 19-1 vote by the New York City Council Land Use Committee in favor of the NYU 2031 Expansion Plan, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement:
“The additional density reduction and community amenities are welcome improvements to NYU’s proposed development in the Village, and I appreciate the hard work by Councilwoman Chin and the City… Read more »
Today, Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Susan Davis (D-CA) announced that their bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, has reached the 100 cosponsor mark and continues to build support nationally. The Act, supported by the leaders of women’s advocacy organizations, unions, and business groups, would ensure that pregnant… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced legislation to help keep families seated together on commercial flights. In response to ever-increasing fees and decreasing transparency among airline carriers, the Families Flying Together Act of 2012 would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to… Read more »