Press Releases

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.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1) and 71 of his Democratic colleagues in introducing a resolution that advocates for protecting local public schools and condemns any attempt to defund public education.

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.

Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman Maxwell Frost (FL-10) in introducing the ‘Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act,’ which would re-establish the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP) after President Trump dismantled it less than 24 hours after taking office.

“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.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) introduced the ‘Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act,’ which would ensure the families of law enforcement officers who are killed as a result of their work on behalf of their communities are not unjustly denied benefits due to arbitrary retirement status restrictions. The legislation would amend the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program to ensure the families of fallen officers receive the benefits they deserve.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today led a bipartisan and bicameral letter alongside Representatives Joe Morelle (NY-25), Paul Tonko (NY-20), and Nydia Velázquez (NY-7) demanding National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director, Matthew Memoli, immediately rescind his decision to cap NIH funding for “indirect costs,” which would slash funding for lifesaving medical research in New York and across the country.

Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today issued the following statement on President Trump's purges of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Staff: