Yesterday, Council member Chin called a meeting of community stakeholders to discuss the concerns of the Community Board 1 residents with representatives of Occupy Wall Street; as well as to learn more about the “Good Neighbor Policy” approved by the OWS General Assembly yesterday. A copy of the approved “Good Neighbor Policy” is available here:… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and author of the Respect for Marriage Act – a bill that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)—applauded Senator Patrick Leahy’s announcement that the Senate Judiciary Committee will markup the bill in November.
“I applaud and thank my Senate… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, chastised his Republican Judiciary colleagues for voting to make it easier for terrorists and convicted sex offenders of children to carry concealed firearms. In a Judiciary Committee markup today, Republicans rejected Nadler’s two amendments to the GOP-sponsored H.R.… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) voiced his vehement opposition to Restricting Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care Services, H.R. 358, the so-called “Protect Life Act.” This extremely regressive and misleading bill would restrict, for the first time, how women can spend their own private dollars in purchasing health insurance. Contrary to GOP… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), representative of Lower Manhattan and the Ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, responded to news that, on Friday, Mayor Bloomberg plans to evict Occupy Wall Street activists from their base at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan.
He issued the following statement:
“I am very concerned by Mayor Bloomberg’s… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) responded, with guarded optimism, to news reports of an impending deal to free Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas in 2006 and has since remained a prisoner in Gaza. Nadler issued the following statement:
“I am overjoyed to hear that Sgt. Gilad Shalit may soon be free and reunited with his family. This… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, and Councilmembers Brad Lander, Steve Levin, and Gale Brewer – longtime advocates for safety in New York’s local airspace – asserted the need for a complete ban on all tourist helicopters from Manhattan’s dangerous air corridors, including the city’s rivers and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), lead sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), responded to news that House Republican Leaders are tripling taxpayer expenditures for DOMA defense from $500,000 to $1,500,000.
He issued the following statement:
“In the current climate of Republican-sponsored deficit hysteria, draconian… Read more »
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, reiterated his strong opposition to GOP efforts to force through a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. At a Judiciary Committee hearing on “A Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution,” Nadler warned of catastrophic consequences from such an… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, issued the following joint statement on the announcement today by Special Master Sheila Birnbaum that the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) is now open for business:
“Today, we are putting into practice an important… Read more »