In the District

Washington, D.C. –  Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today applauded the IRS’ recent disbursement of $50 million in long delayed Employee Retention Tax Credit refunds, $20 million of which were returned to 289 New York-based small businesses. The release follows a letter Congressman Goldman and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent to former IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel with Senator Gillibrand (D-NY) and 8 of their New York congressional colleagues urging the agency to expedite the processing and resolution of legitimate Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. Justworks, a New York-based small business advocate and certified Professional Employer Organization (PEO), has also been working with the IRS to release the delayed funds.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17), Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), Congressman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in introducing the ‘American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act,’ which provides additional funding for the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST). 

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12), and Congressman Tom Kean (NJ-07) joined advocates and survivors last week to introduce the ‘9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025,’ which would provide permanent and mandatory funding for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) to ensure that survivors and first responders don’t lose access to care.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today, alongside Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi, NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, and Gotham Park President Rosa Chang presented a $2 million federal Reconnecting Communities grant for New York City to transform the underutilized space underneath the Brooklyn Bridge also known as the Arches. This area will connect several diverse and long-separated neighborhoods in Manhattan.  

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.

New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-17), Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-12), Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-07), Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06) today in sending a letter to the New York State Department of Public Service CEO Rory Christian urging him to reject Con Edison’s proposed utility rate hikes, which would raise prices for millions of New Yorkers across the city and state.