Press Releases

NEW YORK, NY — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) was once again illegally denied access to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn today, where more than 100 immigrants are currently being held. Last week, Representatives Goldman, Espaillat, and Velázquez were blocked from touring the facility, with Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials promising to accommodate a tour of the facility if given advanced notice of a visit. Congressman Goldman gave BOP advanced notice of today's visit on Friday, August 8th, yet BOP once again refused to allow the Congressman to inspect the facility without providing an explanation. Prior notice is not required under Section 527(a) of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, which grants Members of Congress the authority to inspect any facility being used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain or house immigrants.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) convened a roundtable with Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, State Senator Brian Kavanagh and leaders from across the Lower East Side and East Village today to discuss community priorities, share updates on ongoing legislative work, and identify new opportunities for collaboration.

“Today, Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a temporary restraining order to force the Trump administration to address the horrifying conditions that immigrants are subjected to in ICE custody at the Department of Homeland Security facility at 26 Federal Plaza. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Congressman Lou Correa (CA-46), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today led 50 members of Congress in demanding immediate investigations into alarming reports that U.S. citizens are being wrongfully detained and deported by federal immigration agents under the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement policies. In a letter sent to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) internal oversight offices, the lawmakers raised urgent concerns about a growing pattern of civil rights violations against U.S. citizens during immigration sweeps.

The current crisis in Gaza shocks the conscience. The international community — especially Israel and the United States — must immediately put an end to this humanitarian catastrophe.

BROOKLYN, NY — Congressmembers Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) today were denied entry to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn during an oversight visit. Joined by advocates from the ACLU, NYIC, and NYCLU, the lawmakers had planned to review the conditions under which over 100 immigrants are now being detained following a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreement with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). 

NEW YORK, NY — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Assemblymember Grace Lee hosted a press conference today alongside 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the Chinese American Planning Council, Hamilton Madison House, Henry Street Settlement, and University Settlement to condemn the food assistance cuts in the Republican Big Ugly Bill for Billionaires, as well as the impact they will have on AAPI small businesses, food banks, and New Yorkers. They were also joined by local NYC-area food banks, including UA3, Rethink Food, and Vision Urbana.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) today celebrated the Senate’s passage of his bipartisan ‘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. Under current law, families of officers who have retired but are later targeted and killed because of their past service are denied death benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ (PSOB) program. The unanimous Senate vote sets the legislation on a glide path to final passage by the House when members come back in session in September. Congressman Goldman introduced the legislation with Congressman Barr (KY-06) in February.