Arts and Culture
New York City sits at the nexus of arts, history, music, and culture in the United States. From the Greenwich Village to Sunset Park and everything in between, Congressman Goldman is pushing to support arts and culture across NY-10.
Congressman Goldman has introduced:
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act to establish a museum and education center at the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan
Congressman Goldman is a member of the Public Broadcasting Caucus.
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July 18, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) hosted renowned kids’ science education advocate Bill Nye, “the Science Guy,” to highlight the vital role public broadcasting plays in K–12 education and community resilience. Following the Senate’s narrow approval earlier this week, House Republicans this morning passed President Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package, which eliminates all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
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June 12, 2025
“As part of Donald Trump’s rescissions bill that House Republicans just rubber stamped, they voted to eliminate all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, betraying their own constituents who rely on public media and educational and emergency resources provided by CPB.
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June 9, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Co-Chairs of the Public Broadcasting Caucus, Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02), issued a joint statement urging the Trump Administration to reconsider rescissions in funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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June 3, 2025
Washington, D.C – Co-Chair of the Congressional Public Broadcasting Caucus Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), alongside Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA–07) led 103 of their House Democratic colleagues in writing to the House Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Aderholt and Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro to request the federal government’s budget for the 2026 Fiscal Year fully fund public programming, including $535 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s (CPB) two-year advance, level funding of $31 million for the Department of Education’s Ready To Learn grant program, and level funding of $60 million for public broadcasting Interconnection system.
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March 26, 2025
Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Mark Amodei (NV-02), Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Public Broadcasting Caucus, alongside Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Doris Matsui (CA-07), led 16 of their colleagues in sending a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr expressing their support for public broadcasting amidst the Trump Administration’s calls to defund National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
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February 26, 2025
Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in introducing both the ‘African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Feasibility Study Act,’ and the ‘African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act’. These pieces of bicameral legislation establish an African Burial Ground Museum under the National Park Service (NPS) and requires NPS to study the feasibility of building the museum adjacent to the African Burial Ground Monument.
February 19, 2025
Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) in introducing the ‘National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2025,’ which would establish a 12-person National Council on African American History and Culture to educate, preserve, and celebrate Black history and culture.
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December 13, 2024
New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) yesterday joined the African Burial Ground Memorial Foundation (ABGMF), the U.S. National Park Service, and the Department of the Interior to announce their newly established Philanthropic Partnership Agreement, which enables the ABGMF to provide resources and support towards maintaining and operating the site. This announcement follows a letter written by Congressman Goldman’s office in support of the ABGMF’s application of 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax status, which was a prerequisite for entering the partnership.