I am here to report that the State of the Union, in regard to federal transportation policy, is much weaker than it ought to be.  As the Representative serving lower Manhattan, I spent most of September 11th trying to get home to my district.  Amtrak was the only reliable mode of transportation into New York City as the airlines were grounded and car traffic onto the island was… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today joined with Gov. George Pataki, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Speaker Sheldon Silver at the grand opening of the Lower Manhattan Business Recovery Center at 2 Rector Street.  The center will largely be responsible for distribution of economic aid to businesses who suffered economic loss due to the 9/11 attacks.  His comments are below: “I… Read more »

Calling into question the integrity of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) actions in lower Manhattan since the World Trade Center attacks, Rep. Nadler exposed a gross disparity in how the EPA has responded to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks compared with other instances of hazardous materials contamination around the country.  Congressman Nadler made the announcement… Read more »

With so many other events occupying the news these days, it’s important to speak out and raise awareness that we’ve been fighting a war against AIDS for two decades now and our work is still unfinished. I’m pleased to be here today with Housing Works, which does so much important work to help people living with HIV and AIDS find housing.  As many of you know, I… Read more »

Demonstrating a near unanimous show of continued support for one of the most crucial transportation projects in the New York region, Congress today approved $5 million dollars for an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) and preliminary engineering designs for a cross-harbor rail freight tunnel.  The appropriation was made as part of the Transportation Appropriations package.… Read more »

An elderly homebound woman who lives in Independence Plaza in Tribeca found herself on Thursday, September 12th without the ability to refill the prescription for her critical heart medication.  She, along with thousands of others Downtown residents and business owners, have reached out to their elected officials, to get help with a unimaginable variety of problems associated with… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today announced the formation of a “Ground Zero” Elected Officials Task Force to address the ongoing needs of the Lower Manhattan community, which has been devastated by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.  The Task Force includes all elected officials at the city, state and federal level whose districts include the debris area of… Read more »

Mr. Speaker, the World Trade Center is in my district, and I just this moment returned from traveling in the district with the President, walking through the ruins of the World Trade enter, where there are thousands of bodies buried. I have spent much of my career speaking out against the use of military force when I believed it was unwarranted. In many ways, my political awakening… Read more »

"I am most grateful for the opportunity the President afforded me today to travel back to my district in New York, and to tour the damage with him.  The recovery and rebuilding process is going to be a long and difficult one, and the President's words and actions today provided a much-needed lift to the many brave men and women working on this effort, as well as all New… Read more »

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents the area of lower Manhattan destroyed this week, today introduced legislation which would expedite the process for payment of a Federal benefit to the families of public safety officers who were lost in the line of duty, in relation to Tuesday's attack on America. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is introducing similar legislation in the… Read more »