119th Congress

Washington D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), along with Representatives Jason Crow (CO-06), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), and Eric Swalwell (CA-14) hosted Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges to condemn Donald Trump’s blanket pardons for roughly 1,500 January 6th insurrectionists. Donald Trump’s pardons for the January 6th rioters freed individuals convicted of assaulting police officers, seditious conspiracy, and other violent crimes.

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dan Goldman is demanding answers and accountability from the Trump Administration following the revelation that it improperly used a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo to justify immigration court arrests. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) extraordinary admission in federal court filings indicates that it relied on erroneous information to justify courthouse arrests conducted by ICE. In these filings, the DOJ acknowledges that an ICE memorandum from 2025 “does not and has never applied to civil immigration enforcement actions in or near Executive Office for Immigration Review” immigration courts, which includes 26 Federal Plaza.

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dan Goldman is calling for $15 million in funding for the African Burial Ground National Monument to be included in the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The funding would support the planning, design, and construction of the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center as an expansion of the existing monument. The African Burial Ground houses 15,000 intact skeletal remains of enslaved and free Africans who lived and worked in colonial New York, as well as nearly 8,000 personal handwritten messages. Despite the site's astounding archaeological significance, it currently lacks a museum and educational center to properly contextualize its findings.

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dan Goldman is leading 47 Democrats in calling on leadership of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security to include language in the Fiscal Year 2027 Homeland Security Appropriations bill that explicitly prohibits the use of funds for the seizure, collection, retention, or analysis of voting machines, equipment, or voter records. The push follows disturbing comments from President Trump and administration officials regarding the seizure of voting machines and federal takeover of elections, including a suggestion from President Trump that Republicans should “take over” elections and “nationalize the voting” in the United States. “We have serious and well-founded concerns about the Administration’s intention to illegally seize election infrastructure throughout this country, and believe it is our duty as Congress to act without hesitation,” wrote the lawmakers.

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) are demanding answers about the Trump Administration’s decision to reassign staff from the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The WTCHP is already facing severe staffing shortages; despite having the funding for 120 employees, it is currently operating with only 84. These shortages undermine the Program’s ability to provide timely services and care to beneficiaries and future enrollees; additional reassignments away from the Program will worsen these issues. The members are demanding a briefing from the administration on current operational status of the Program and the extent of the reassignments and the impact they will have on the WTCHP. Reps. Grace Meng (NY-06), Laura Gillen (NY-04), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), George Latimer (NY-16), Tom Suozzi (NY-03) also signed the letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (NY-10) introduced the Real Courts, Rule of Law Act, legislation that would transition the nation's immigration court system into an independent judiciary. Currently, immigration judges are appointed by the Attorney General. As employees of the Department of Justice, immigration judges may be directed to adjudicate cases based on the policies and priorities of the governing administration.

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) stood with local leaders at the Chinese-American Planning Council Open Door Senior Center to announce the introduction of his Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to boost security of electronic SNAP benefit cards amid a sharp rise in theft by hackers and scammers.

New York, N.Y. - Today, U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (NY-10) presented a $357,000 Community Project Funding award to Project Impact at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). Project Impact is a campus-based initiative aimed at increasing access to higher education, supporting student success, and reducing recidivism of justice-impacted students. The funding will allow BMCC to pilot a cohort-based program, Bridge to Success, that will serve 50 justice-impacted students. Bridge to Success will provide structured academic support, advising, and wraparound services to help ensure students complete their degrees and reduce their likelihood of reoffending.