In the District

“For months, masked, unidentified ICE agents have been illegally detaining hundreds of non-violent, law-abiding immigrants and holding them for days or weeks in federal facilities in my district without beds, showers, sufficient food, or proper medical care.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) secured the inclusion of real-time fraud detection and prevention for SNAP Eletronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) transactions in the FY26 Agricultural Appropriations bill, which would direct the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to adopt industry-standard electronic fraud detection that would pause suspicious transactions and secure SNAP EBT cards, preventing SNAP EBT theft before it happens. Employing real-time fraud detection would prevent benefits from being stolen by automatically blocking potentially suspicious transactions, such as when someone is attempting to use a card several states away from the owner’s home.

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today convened a leadership roundtable in Boro Park, Brooklyn, bringing together local elected officials, Jewish community leaders, law enforcement, and advocacy groups to address the unacceptable rise in antisemitic incidents across New York City. Hosted at the office of Assemblymember Simcha Eichenstein, the roundtable focused on strengthening safety, enhancing federal-local coordination, and expanding support for community-based security efforts. Participants included Assemblymember Simcha Eichenstein, State Senator Sam Sutton, Councilmember Simcha Felder, the New York Police Department (NYPD), Shomrim, Boro Park Jewish Community Council (BPJCC), the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Agudath Israel, and other key stakeholders.

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressmen Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) issued the following statement in response to the New York City Council voting to release 9/11 related documents:

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), State Senator Andrew Gounardes, and Assemblymember Bobby Carroll today hosted a press conference outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn to call for an end to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) usage of the facility to detain over 100 immigrants. Federal judges have recently called the prison ‘barbaric’ and refused to send convicted criminals there, citing its chronic understaffing, extended use of solitary confinement, unsanitary conditions, routine power outages, and lack of access to medical care and legal counsel.

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) sent an oversight letter of inquiry to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today demanding answers on their new interagency agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house more than 100 immigration detainees at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, which has long been plagued by violence, chronic understaffing, inadequate medical treatment, and inmate deaths.

New York, NY –Today, Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined a press conference with Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, City Comptroller Brad Lander, and New Sanctuary Coalition to discuss the surge in immigration enforcement activity in New York City under the Trump administration. The Congressman shared the stories of two individuals who were held in the 10th floor detention area of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facilities at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, both of whom were either subject to or witnessed dozens of immigrants detained in horrifying conditions, with little accountability or oversight.

New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today led 8 of his New York City House Democratic colleagues in sending an oversight letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons demanding ICE comply with Section 527(a) of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 and stop denying members of Congress access to facilities that ICE is using to house immigrants. The demand letter follows ICE’s refusal, in direct violation of Section 527(a), to allow Congressman Goldman to investigate the 10th Floor of the 26 Federal Plaza federal building in Lower Manhattan on June 18, where hundreds of immigrants are reportedly being detained.