Press Releases
MALONEY URGES BOARD OF ED. TO KEEP P.S. 151 SITE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
NEW YORK: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (Manhattan, Queens) and a coalition of East Side elected officials are fighting to preserve the already low number of public schools in the area. Maloney and the coalition recently urged the New York City Board of Education to keep a prime piece of East Side real estate, where P.S. 151 currently exists, as a site for public education. The P.S. 151 building is scheduled to close at the end of this school year due to the building's physical decay and because it is sinking into the sediment of its 91st Street and 1st Avenue location.
Governors Island Proclamation Set to Become Law Maloney Heralds Fort Designation as Major Victory for New York
WASHINGTON-- Today, the White House released a Presidential Proclamation, signed by President Clinton, to grant national monument status to the forts and associated ordinance buildings on Governors Island.
MALONEY WELCOMES BUSH COMMITMENT TO FUND INTL. FAMILY PLANNING BUT CALLS ANTI-CHOICE RESTRICTIONS UNCONSCIONABLE! "IMPLEMENTATION OF DETAILS ARE CRITICAL"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) released the following statement tonight, in response to President Bush's actions regarding international family planning:
Maloney Letter to Commerce Secretary Don Evans on Press Reports that Bush Administration is Considering RNC Staffer for Census Director
WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), ranking Democrat on the House Census subcommittee, released the following letter today to Commerce Secretary Don Evans on press reports that Tom Hofeller, the RNC's redistricting expert is being considered by the Bush administration for Census Director.
MALONEY FORUM YIELDS COMMITMENT FROM NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT WILLIAM THOMPSON AND BOARD MEMBER DR. IRVING HAMER FOR A NEW ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS HIGH SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE
NEW YORK: Last night, at a town forum that she organized and moderated, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (Manhattan, Queens) received a commitment from the President of the New York City Board of Education, William Thompson, and Board of Education member Dr. Irving Hamer, to construct an academically rigorous public high school on the East Side. Dr. Hamer indicated that the school, which will challenge its students with an AP (Advanced Placement) track and emphasize a college preparatory curriculum, will be located in a large existing school building at 96th Street and 1st Avenue. President Thompson suggested that a reasonable time frame for the school's completion would be September 2002.
MALONEY AND KING HAIL 2001 HOUSING BUDGET, SPOTLIGHT NEW YORK SUCCESS STORIES, URGE FUTURE INITIATIVES FOR NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING
NEW YORK - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) and Charlie King, the Regional Director of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) highlighted the best HUD budget in 20 years, today, on the last day of the Clinton administration. Maloney noted that HUD's 2001 budget marks the highest funding level approved by Congress since 1981 and a 16% increase over fiscal year 2000.
REPS. MALONEY, NADLER APPEAL TO PREZ ONE MORE TIME FOR GOVS ISLAND HOURS DWINDLE, BUT REPS ARE HOPEFUL...
NEW YORK, NY - With just two days left in the final term of President William Jefferson Clinton, today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) and with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn), sent a letter to President Clinton asking him to find an opportunity in the last hours of his days in the "Casa Blanca" to add areas of Governors Island, including Castle Williams and Fort Jay, to the list of National Monuments.
MALONEY BLASTS ASHCROFT RECORD ON CHOICE, WOMEN'S HEALTH
NEW YORK: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY), Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, spoke out today to highlight the extreme record of John Ashcroft regarding women's reproductive rights and women's health issues. Maloney joined Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health in New York to delineate reasoning for their opposition to the confirmation of Ashcroft for U.S. Attorney General. The following is the statement of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), released at the news conference with Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health:
MALONEY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST SITING OF TWO NEW POWER PLANTS IN L.I.C.
NEW YORK: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (Queens, Manhattan) released the following statement tonight in conjunction with a rally to oppose the construction of two new power plants in Long Island City.
Maloney Hails Ruling: US SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO APPROVE VIRGINIA'S ANTI- SAMPLING LAW
The United States Supreme Court today told the Republican dominated Virginia State legislature that it will not approve its attempt to avoid accurately counting Virginia's Black, Hispanic, Asian and American Indian Population.
