Jerrold Nadler

WASHINGTON--Seventy-eight days after Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast, the House on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief in a vote that exposed divisions within Republican ranks and foreshadowed the spending fights that lie ahead. ...

In response to the horrific massacre in Newtown, Conn., CNN’s Piers Morgan devoted his Friday broadcast to coverage of the tragedy and to a discussion — make that a shouting match — about gun control. Joining him were Steve Dulan of...

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women’s votes. The legislation would have made it a federal crime to...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.S. health official approved a recommendation on Friday to include certain cancers among health conditions covered by a $4.3 billion compensation fund to help with treatment costs of people exposed to toxic material after...

The deafening roar of rotors is forcing some folks to make their voices heard over the heavy helicopter traffic above Governors Island. "They're flying right over the island which makes it difficult to have a conversation much less enjoy a picnic or a...

New York lawmakers announced Wednesday plans to file a petition requiring 9/11 Health Program Administrator Dr. John Howard to add cancers to the benefits coverage under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The filing comes less than a...

Anger, outrage and shame are some of the reactions from 9/11 first responders and their supporters now that the federal government has concluded that World Trade Center heroes diagnosed with cancer will not see a penny from the Zadroga 9/11 Health and...

Residents living around Zuccotti Park and the Occupy Wall Street protests are adding some muscle to their complaints. A group of politcians representing the area including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Daniel...

Congressman Jerrold Nadler represents New York's Eighth Congressional district. The Eighth, one of the most diverse districts in the nation, includes Manhattan's West Side below 89th Street, Lower Manhattan, and areas of Brooklyn including Borough Park,...

A last-ditch effort by Democrats and a few Republicans to quicken the flow of disaster aid to New York fizzled Wednesday as the House approved a major defense and anti-terror spending bill. The bill passed 406-20 after its way to easy passage was paved...

Andy Jurinko is leading yet another tour of his rented loft at 125 Cedar Street, 300 feet from what used to be the World Trade Center. As he's done for nearly a year for journalists from around the world, the Phillipsburg native is demonstrating what...

Bowing to public concerns about fairness, the House Judiciary Committee chairman announced yesterday that a bipartisan legal team will review 20 boxes of evidence that Kenneth W. Starr did not send to Congress with his report on President Clinton. "The...