"Congressman Jerrold Nadler is one of the nation’s fiercest protectors of LGBT rights and a powerful ally for trans equality."Ī Vice-Chair and founding member of the House Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Equality Caucus, and the first from New York’s congressional delegation to openly support marriage equality, Rep.
Nadler successfully worked to create the African Burial Ground National Historic Site in Lower Manhattan, recognizing the landmark 17 th and 18 th century African burial ground discovered there. He was one of the first to call for a Justice Department investigation in 2000 of Mayor Giuliani and then-NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir after three separate fatal shootings involving three unarmed New Yorkers-Patrick Dorismond, Amadou Diallo, and Gideon Busch-and was an outspoken advocate for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in 2014. He also championed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, which he ushered through to a decisive House victory.Ĭongressman Nadler has also taken an active role in working against discriminatory racial profiling by law enforcement, co-sponsoring the End Racial Profiling Act among other actions, and has devoted considerable time as a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee to monitoring and reinforcing voting rights for African-Americans and other groups that have been systematically disenfranchised. 3073), and held a landmark Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the Pigford case, which involved thousands of African-American farmers who suffered discrimination at the hands of the Department of Agriculture for most of the 20 th century. Nadler was an original co-sponsor of the Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007 (H.R.
He also has worked vigorously to call attention and seek remedies to past and present racial injustices. He served as a key House leader behind the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, continuing to serve on the small House working group directing its advancement, and held oversight hearings on Department of Justice efforts to combat voter suppression. Nadler has been a leader in the fight to protect voting rights and reduce voter disenfranchisement. Central among his concerns has been the ongoing civil rights struggle for people of color. Representative John Lewis (D-GA), Civil Rights leaderįor over 30 years, in both the House and in the New York State Assembly, Congressman Nadler has proudly been on the front lines in the fight for civil rights, and has been a relentless defender of our country’s fundamental promise of equality for all. Fighting for Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Women’s Rights "Jerry Nadler is a staunch defender of civil rights and civil liberties in America, and a passionate advocate for these issues in Congress." He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife, Joyce Miller. Nadler is a graduate of Crown Heights Yeshiva, Stuyvesant High School, Columbia University and Fordham Law School. Trump, the only person ever impeached twice. Nadler led two successful impeachments of former President Donald J. As Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Congressman Nadler previously served as Chairman or Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties for 13 years and also served as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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The Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Nadler served as the Chairman of the full Committee from 2019 to 2022. He was re-elected to his sixteenth full term in 2022. House of Representatives in a special election and has served in Congress ever since. Representing the Upper West Side, he served as a Democratic Assemblyman for 16 years and played a significant role in shaping New York State law concerning child support enforcement and domestic abuse, as well as making major contributions to housing, transportation and consumer protection policy in the state. Nadler began his career in public service in 1976 in the New York State Assembly. The district includes Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Morningside Heights, Chelsea, Yorkville, Carnegie Hill, Kips Bay, Roosevelt Island, Tudor City, Gramercy Park, Central Park, Turtle Bay, Hell’s Kitchen, Murray Hill, Lenox Hill, Theater District, Clinton, the Garment District, Sutton Place, Midtown, Union Square, Times Square, Lincoln Center, and Stuyvesant Town. Congressman Jerrold “Jerry” Nadler represents New York’s 12th Congressional District, one of the most dynamic and diverse districts in the country.
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