The House of Representatives last night voted to approve an amendment by Congressman Jerrold Nadler to increase funding for Section 8 vouchers by $70 million—enough to provide 10,000 families with safe, affordable housing.  The amendment to the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development (TTHUD) Appropriations Act, cosponsored by Congresswoman Nydia… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler today reminded Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that, contrary to DHS’s recent findings, New York City does indeed feature many “national icons.”  Congressman Nadler sent a postcard of the Empire State Building to Chertoff as part of a campaign by Senator Hillary Clinton and Congressman Peter King to protest Chertoff’s… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler was joined today by Borough President Scott Stringer and members of the Governors Island Alliance to call on the National Park Service to fully open Governors Island.  As the park opened to visitors today, many of the island’s historic buildings remain shuttered to the public because of lingering lead and asbestos.  For three years straight,… Read more »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it will extend the public comment period, from June 1 to July 1, for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on overhauling the region’s commercial airspace.  Congressman Jerrold Nadler and concerned elected officials and community groups throughout the area had requested that the deadline be extended.… Read more »

At the request of Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the House of Representatives has included $2.4 million in its Fiscal Year 2007 Energy and Water Appropriations bill to protect Sea Gate in Coney Island from beach erosion.  The gradual shrinking of the beachhead has brought many homes perilously close to the water. The erosion protection project will continue to be supervised by the… Read more »

Mayor Bloomberg capitulated yesterday and agreed that the city should pay for medical expenses incurred by Rudy Washington, a top Giuliani aide sickened by toxins he inhaled while serving at Ground Zero in 2001, the New York Post reports.  The city had appealed a favorable ruling on a workers’ compensation claim Mr. Washington filed last year. “Mayor Bloomberg made… Read more »

Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Congressman Anthony Weiner held a press conference today in Manhattan to demand that the Department of Justice crack down on retailers continuing to supply would be criminals with fake police badges.  Four months after a new federal ban was enacted, fake badges are still widely available and are being used to lure children in Borough Park, Brooklyn.… Read more »

“The question on this motion is, do we or do we not want to risk American cities, and American lives, on the Chairman’s confidence in Wal-Mart’s paperwork?” House Republicans today rejected a Democratic effort to make 100-percent scanning of shipping containers the policy of the United States.  Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Congressman Ed Markey, both of whom… Read more »

Debate has swirled in recent weeks around Democratic efforts to make 100-percent scanning of shipping containers the policy in the United States.  Two amendments based on the Congressman Nadler’s S.O.S. Act came before major committees in April, and the legislation will be offered again on the House floor tomorrow. Fearful that 100-percent scanning – a key Democratic… Read more »

With floor consideration scheduled this week on a major port security bill, Democrats have offered an amendment to strengthen the container-scanning standard to 100 percent.  The amendment is sponsored by Congressmen Jerrold Nadler, Jim Oberstar, Ed Markey, Jane Harman, Peter DeFazio, Nita Lowey, and Sheila Jackson Lee. The amendment mirrors Nadler’s S.O.S. Act, H.R. 4899,… Read more »