Governor Eliot Spitzer today joined the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), the New York City Department of Small Business Services and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to announce the Lower Manhattan Small Firm Assistance Program. The $5 million program will provide grants to eligible street level businesses adversely affected by redevelopment construction in Lower… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), today condemned the attack by gunmen at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem. Reports indicate that at least eight people have been killed, and at least ten people have been wounded.
“I strongly condemn this latest attack on innocent Israelis,” said Rep. Nadler. “The fact that these… Read more »
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today welcomed the approval by the House Foreign Affairs committee of a bi-partisan Congressional Resolution (H.Res.185), which recognizes the plight of hundreds of thousands Jewish refugees who were displaced from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and the Persian Gulf. The resolution was introduced by Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Ileana… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today held an oversight hearing on the efforts of the Department of Justice to combat voter suppression. Witnesses included government and legal experts. However, Kenneth Blackwell, the former Secretary of State of Ohio, declined Nadler’s multiple requests to… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) today informed his constituents of Ukrainian origin that, according to the Consulate General of Ukraine in New York, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine have announced a resolution to pay “citizens of Ukraine compensation for losses by devalued savings deposited before 2 January 1992 to the USSR… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today applauded the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property for holding a hearing on design law. Rep. Nadler is a co-sponsor of H.R. 2033, the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, which would extend copyright protection to fashion designs.… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today held an oversight hearing on the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at Department of Justice. Steven Bradbury, the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of the OLC, was the sole witness.
“OLC’s job it to act as the… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today issued the following statement in support of H.R. 979 and H.R. 980. The resolutions provide authority for statutory contempt and civil litigation for former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten.
Rep. Nadler’s… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today lauded the Senate for adopting the Conference Report on the Intelligence Authorization bill for FY 2008 (H. Rept. 110-478).
That bill contains a provision that mirrors legislation authored by Reps. Nadler and Bill Delahunt (MA-10), the American… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today spoke on the House floor in favor of H.R. 5349, which would extend the Protect America Act for 21 days. His prepared remarks follow:
“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5349, a 21-day extension of the existing FISA Act to provide Congress the time to… Read more »