Media Center
Feb 9, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act,
announced that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) will be holding a public meeting in New York City on
March 3rd to answer questions about how the new law will be
implemented. Maloney, Nadler, and King requested the meeting in a
January 25th letter to Dr. John Howard, the Director of NIOSH. A copy
of that letter can be found below.
Feb 9, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) made the following statement on the House floor today during debate on the United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act:
Feb 7, 2011
Press Release
New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) celebrated the news that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) 485-ton, 450-foot-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) had reached 63rd Street, completing the first tunnel for the Second Avenue Subway. On May 14, 2010, the MTA launched the TBM at 92nd Street. The TBM will now be disassembled, brought back to 92nd Street, reassembled and relaunched to dig the subway’s second tunnel.
Feb 3, 2011
Press Release
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) applauded the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for reversing a guidance it proposed last October that would have had an enormously destructive impact on mortgage lending in New York City. FHFA’s proposed guidance would have restricted federal housing finance agencies such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, among others, from investing in or guaranteeing mortgages on real property, including cooperatives and condominiums, that require a transfer fee covenant, or “flip tax,” when the property is bought or sold.
Jan 31, 2011
Press Release
NEW YORK, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan & Queens) released the following statement on the situation in Egypt:
Jan 27, 2011
Press Release
New York, NY – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) submitted the following statement for a hearing today of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on developing high-speed rail service in the Northeast Corridor:
Jan 25, 2011
Press Release
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today reintroduced legislation, the International Women’s Freedom Act, H.R. 418, that would increase awareness of human rights violations against women, as well as provide a set of mechanisms for the U.S. to address the violations of women’s human rights abroad.
Jan 25, 2011
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Peter King (R-NY)-- the House sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act-- sent a letter to Dr. John Howard, Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), requesting a public meeting in New York City to answer questions about how the new law will be implemented.
Jan 25, 2011
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New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) celebrated the news that a Peruvian high court had ratified the parole granted to Lori Berenson:
“I am delighted that the Peruvian court has reaffirmed Lori Berenson’s parole. Lori can now begin to create a life for herself and her son without the threat of further legal proceedings hanging over her.
Jan 24, 2011
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, released four new documents from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to help answer questions that members of the media and the public may have about the new law. The Zadroga law provides health care for those exposed to toxins released by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, and reopens the federal September 11 Victim Compensation Fund to provide economic relief to those harmed by the attacks. Below are links to the four documents: