Press Releases
MALONEY SPEAKS ON KEY VICTORIES AT PUBLIC HOUSING FORUM
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan,Queens) discussed two key housing victories last night with seniors and community members at the Goddard-Riverside Community Center. Maloney announced details of the strengthened Housing and Urban Development (HUD) budget and recent agreements with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on the formation of their five-year plan. The following are excerpts from her speech:
MALONEY FIGHTS OUT-OF-SCALE DEVELOPMENT
NEW YORK - Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) is fighting the proposal to build a tower on top of the Citibank building at the corner of 91st and Madison. The proposed tower would be completely out of context in the Carnegie Hill Historic District. The area was designated a historic district because it preserves a moment in time when Madison Avenue was made up of low brownstones and townhouses.
STATEMENT BY CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY) ON THE FAMILY PLANNING ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PRESIDENT'S RADIO ADDRESS
NEW YORK - This morning, after hearing the President re-affirm his commitment to dramatically raising US funding for international family planning, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement:
MALONEY ENDORSES PLAN FOR GOVERNORS ISLAND
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) expressed her approval of the plan for the development of Governors Island released to the public today. She is a member of the Task Force on Governors Island :
STOP SLEAZY SEX TOURS NOW SAY MALONEY, STEINEM, AND EQUALITY NOW
NEW YORK - January 4, 2000 - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Queens, Manhattan) wants to put a stop to illegal sex tour operations based in the United States. These tour companies systematically promote prostitution and the sexual abuse of young girls in countries like Thailand and the Philippines by advertising and organizing sex tours for American men. Maloney is joined by Equality NOW and Gloria Steinem in the urgent call to Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown to prosecute Big Apple Oriental Tours - a well-established Queens-based sex tour operation.
MALONEY STATEMENT ON DELAY OF EX-IM BANK LOAN GUARANTEE FOR RUSSIAN OIL COMPANY
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement after learning of reports of the delay of the $500 million loan guarantee for the Tyumen Oil Company of Russia:
DRY CLEANED CLOTHES MAY CAUSE BREAST CANCER, MALONEY WARNS
Washington - Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today, called for a Federal investigation to determine if there is a link between dry cleaning and breast cancer, after a new study by the Silent Spring Institute found that women who regularly use professional dry cleaning are also among those who develop breast cancer at higher rates than others.
MALONEY PRAISES NYT REPORT OF WHITE HOUSE CALL TO BLOCK EX-IM's RUSSIAN OIL COMPANY GUARANTEE; Maloney to Introduce Legislative Fix Next Year
NEW YORK, NY -- Today, after reading a New York Times report that the White House is recommending that the independent Ex-Im Bank cancel a planned $500 million loan guarantee for a Russian oil company, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who has been closely following these guarantees for several months, praised the decision and announced her intention to introduce Ex-Im reform legislation next year. The company in question, Tyumen Oil, is widely reported to have manipulated the bankruptcy of a rival Russian oil company connected to numerous U.S. investors.
STATEMENT BY CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY) ON THE GAO REPORT ON THE CENSUS
NEW YORK, NY -- Today, after learning that the GAO has released a report expressing the concern that the Census Bureau may not be entirely prepared for all eventualities that may come in the 2000 Census, Congresswoman Maloney, the Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on the Census, released the following statement:
MALONEY BILL TO GRANT VET STATUS TO PHILANTHROPIST ZACH FISHER IS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last night President Clinton signed Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's (D-NY) bill into law, House Joint Resolution 46. HJ Res. 46 grants honorary veteran status to Zachary Fisher. Mr. Fisher, a resident of Maloney's district, devoted his life to supporting the American military. The President, when awarding Mr. Fisher with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998, called Mr. Fisher one of the "best friends of freedom this country ever had."
