Congressman Jerry Nadler

JERRY NADLER

His district might get shot to pieces by the time the special master and legislative redistricters get through with their work, but that hasn't stopped the Upper West Side's congressman from "throwing his weight" around to get federal EPA officials to finally address naggging concerns in Lower Manhattan after the September 11th terrorist attack.Nadler's hard work got the EPA finally to agree to help with the cleaning and testing of residences in the area around the World Trade Center site.While many New Yorkers have chosen to move on with their lives after September 11th, Congressman Nadler has been dogged in his determination to get EPA administrator Chrisitne Todd Whitman and her staff to address lingering environmental concerns in Lower Manhattan.Nadler also gets "atta-boy" points for giving a "Bronx cheer" to lame-brained congressional efforts to name federal courthouse after former U.S.

At the Chelsea Greenwich Village Chamber of Commerce's networking luncheon at the Village Restaurant, Jerry Nadler made an impressive argument - in this case that the World Trade Center cleanup was horribly botched by the Environmental Protection Agency.Among politicians, Nadler continues to be the most outspokenly critical on how the federal government handled the disaster.He blasted E.P.A. chief Christine Whitman's arriving on the scene a few days after the disaster to announce the air was safe.And he called the testing procedures for Trade Center fallout in residents' apartments inadequate. (Downtown Express)

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