NY-08 Jerrold Nadler (Dem.)
Election Facts
Length of Time In Office:
- 9th Term
- First Elected 1992
Committees:
- Judiciary
- Chairman of Civil Rights Subcommittee
- Homeland Security
2008 Congressional Election Data:
- Jerry Nadler (D-WFP): 160,730
- Grace Lin (R-C): 39,047
2008 Presidential Election Data:
- Obama: 184,682
- McCain: 63,769
District Demographics:
- Hispanic: 10.8%
- Asian: 13.5%
- White 69.6%
- Black 4.6%
Report Card
The Eighth Congressional District begins at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty and it has long been represented by a Congressman who advocates for the values embodied in those symbols.
Jerry Nadler has been a consistent voice for welcoming immigrants since he came to Congress nearly two decades ago. His safely Democratic district, which is extremely diverse, incorporates the thriving Russian neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Tribeca, Greenwich Village and Manhattan’s West Side. He has received broad support there.
Nadler has been particularly outspoken in favor of marriage equality in immigration and other contexts. He has highlighted the inability of same-sex families to unite because of laws barring recognition by the immigration service of gay and lesbian marriages even when those marriages were legally entered into in the United States.
Nadler has long supported immigration reform. As early as 1999 he was working on a bill to relieve the family immigration visa backlog. He is a cosponsor of the DREAM Act and of Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP bill.
Voting Record
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border Reference: Secure Fence Act; Bill H R 6061 ; vote number 2006-446 on Sep 14, 2006 Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. Reference: Department of Homeland Security appropriations; Bill HR 5441 Amendment 968 ; vote number 2006-224 on Jun 6, 2006. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted NO on reporting undocumented immigrants who receive hospital treatment. Reference: Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments; Bill HR 3722 ; vote number 2004-182 on May 20, 2004. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. Reference: Motion sponsored by Gekas, R-PA; Bill HR1885 ; vote number 2001-127 on May 21, 2001. Took the PRO-Immigrant Position.
Contact Jerry Nadler
Washington, D.C.
2334 Rayburn House
Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel. 202-225-5635
Manhattan
201 Varick Street,
Suite 669
New York, NY 10014
Tel. 212-367-7350
Brooklyn
445 Neptune Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Tel. 718-373-3198
