Press Releases
Rep. Maloney Applauds New State Law Requiring All Five-Year-Olds in New York City to Receive Kindergarten Education
(Long Island City, NY) Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney joined New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, State Senator Michael Gianaris, State Assembly Member Catherine Nolan, City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, and Principal Randy Seabrook on a tour of P.S. 111 (the Jacob Blackwell School) in Queens to applaud newly enacted state legislation requiring all five-year-olds in New York City to attend kindergarten.
Rep. Maloney Hails Opening of New U.S. Patent Office for Cornell-Technion Engineering School Slated for Roosevelt Island
(New York, NY)Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney joined officials in academia and government to celebrate the opening of a new United States Department of Commerce “Innovators' Resource Center” that will ultimately be sited on the campus of the engineering school being built on Roosevelt Island by Cornell and Technion universities.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney Honors Hispanic Heritage Month, Announces Congressional Town Hall Meeting for Young DREAMers
New York, NY - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) issued the following statement today in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month:
Rep. Carolyn Maloney Statement on President Obama’s Address on Human Trafficking
New York, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens), author of the End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2010, released the following statement about President Barack Obama’s address on trafficking at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in midtown Manhattan:
Rep. Carolyn Maloney: Iranian Hatemonger Ahmadinejad is “UNwelcome in a Building Built for Peace”
New York, NY – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) spoke at a press conference and rally organized in Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighborhood by Iran180, a coalition of organizations and advocates dedicated to reforming Iran’s current government, whose President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will be speaking at the United Nations General Assembly tomorrow. (A photograph of Representative Maloney speaking at the event is attached.)
Representatives Maloney, Nadler & King Pledge Bipartisan Effort Against Sequestration of 9/11 Health & Victim Compensation Funds
New York, NY – Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Peter T. King (R-NY), the House sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act, issued a statement pledging to fight against a cut in federal funds for the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) that would be triggered by the automatic sequestration of federal expenditures should Congress fail to enact deficit-cutting measures by January 2, 2013.
Reps. Maloney, DeLauro & Schakowsky blast stark shift of House GOP toward denying women’s rights
WASHINGTON, DC – Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued a “Scorecard on Women’s Issues” at a Capitol Hill event that compares the positions of the two major parties on a wide variety of issues of vital importance to women.
Rep. Maloney: Google Does the Right Thing on Sex-For-Pay App
WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) spoke today about a destructive illegal escort service app. Google listened, and then did the right thing, removing the app from the Google-hosted Android marketplace.
Reps. Maloney & Norton, Sen. Collins introduce bipartisan bill creating Commission to establish a National Women’s History Museum in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, DC –Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to create a Federal commission to determine the feasibility of building a National Women’s History Museum in Washington, D.C. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is introducing the companion bill in the Senate.
Maloney statement on deaths of U.S. diplomats in Libya
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), issued the following statement on the death of four Americans in the Libyan Embassy last night, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith:
