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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.
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February 21, 2025
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.
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February 20, 2025
Congressman Dan Goldman introduced the ‘9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act’ alongside Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), which would provide permanent and mandatory funding for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) and update an outdated funding formula to prevent a future funding shortfall, ensuring survivors and first responders don’t lose access to care.
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February 19, 2025
“Donald Trump’s rationale for his partisan cancellation of New York’s congestion pricing program is as hypocritical as it is groundless. To claim that the law does not allow for the program while simultaneously ignoring every statute that checks his authority is patently absurd.
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February 19, 2025
Congressman Dan Goldman joined Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) in introducing the ‘Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act,’ which would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish safety standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micro mobility devices, such as electric scooters and bikes, addressing the fire risk posed by these batteries.
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January 30, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and the co-chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) led a letter with 57 of their colleagues urging REI and their Board of Directors to commit to expeditiously negotiating a fair collective bargaining agreement with unionized employees across 10 of its stores.
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January 9, 2025
Washington, DC – U.S. Reps. Dan Goldman (NY-10), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), Jerry Nadler (NY-12), and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today applauded President Joe Biden’s enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which includes the authorization of $160 million for environmental infrastructure improvements and authorization of measures mandating a comprehensive flood protection plan for the New York-New Jersey Harbor following the House of Representatives and Senate’s passage of the bipartisan ‘Water Resources Development Act’ (WRDA) of 2024.
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January 8, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today announced a $2 million federal Reconnecting Communities grant for New York City to transform the underutilized space underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. The project – Arches Plaza: Restoring the Community Fabric Under the Brooklyn Bridge – will connect several diverse and long-separated neighborhoods in Manhattan.
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December 19, 2024
Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today condemned House Republican’s rejection of a bipartisan budget bill that would have delivered $4.2 billion in disaster relief to New York State, ensured health care access for 9/11 first responders and survivors through the World Trade Center Health Program until 2040, extended New York State’s ability to refund victims of SNAP fraud using federal dollars, and prompted new safety standards for the lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes and e-scooters.
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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.