Media Center
Feb 11, 2005
Press Release
QUEENS, NY - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (Queens, Manhattan) spoke with Queens residents at the Sunnyside Senior Center about why the President’s proposed Social Security overhaul would be harmful for current and future retirees of New York.
Feb 10, 2005
Press Release
Rep. Maloney Hails Progress on Vital Infrastructure Improvements in Her District
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan and Queens) today hailed the Federal Transit Administration’s decision to designate East Side Access and the Second Avenue Subway as “highly recommended” projects, the only projects in the entire nation to receive that designation. The F.T.A. made the recommendations in its Fiscal Year 2006 New Starts Program Report. In addition, the Report announced that the F.T.A.’s 2006 budget will include $158 million in federal funds to be distributed to the Second Avenue Subway and five other projects from around the country, and $390 million for East Side Access.
Feb 10, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) was denied an opportunity to speak or submit testimony at a public hearing held by the Justice Department that was scheduled to gather public comment on its National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examination. Instead of accepting Congresswoman Maloney’s statement or written testimony, she was asked to leave by an official who suggested that if she did not leave security would be called.
Feb 10, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the 9/11 Commission Caucus, have again requested the Attorney General to release the 9/11 Commission monograph on civil aviation matters. According to the New York Times, the monograph was released to the National Archives two weeks ago and holds evidence of forewarning terrorists’ intentions to hijack planes for suicide missions.
Feb 9, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - A close examination of the administration’s proposed state and local homeland security grant funding levels reveals what could be a covert attempt to shift money away from high-threat areas in FY06. Last year, $1.2 billion was appropriated for the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) - money that could only go to a specific list of communities considered “high threat.” However, the president’s budget proposal, released Monday, reflects a significant shift of money out of the high-threat pool and into other pots of money that are not necessarily designated for high-threat areas. Those shifts include:
Feb 9, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - An analysis of President Bush’s proposed FY06 budget shows that many of the deep cuts to domestic programs will adversely affect New York City. The budget proposal includes across the board cuts for non-security spending, much of which will is targeted at low-income Americans. Among the cuts that will hurt New Yorkers the most are:
Feb 8, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - The White House announced today that the architect of President Bush’s election victories, Karl Rove, has been promoted to White House Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of coordinating policy with the Homeland Security Council, among other duties. He previously held the role of Senior Advisor to the President, a largely political position.
Feb 8, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Several key programs for first responders are facing deep cuts in President Bush’s FY06 budget proposal, despite an overall increase in homeland security spending. Included are the COPS program to fund police officers, which is facing a $480 million cut (80 percent), and the Assistance to Firefighters program are facing a $215 million cut (30 percent).
Feb 7, 2005
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Potentially hundreds of thousands of pages of documents on the U.S. government’s post-World War II relationship with former Nazis could be made public now that the CIA indicated it will finally comply with a 1998 law. The Nazi War Crimes Act required the release of all previously classified information on the topic, but the CIA resisted full compliance with the law for years until relenting over the weekend to members of the Interagency Working Group charged with distilling all of the information.
Feb 4, 2005
Newsletter
Town Hall Meetings on the Future of Social Security
Friday, February 11, 2004 at 4 p.m.
Sunnyside Community Center
43-31 39th Street
Sunnyside, Queens