Why

I used to be very involved in politics, but over time dropped out as my involvement wasn't leading to the achievement any of the goals I had when I started getting involved. Partly, that's a functtion of where I live and the local political situation.

I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. My local Congressperson is Jerrold Nadler. Generally, my impression is that he does a pretty good job. The purpose of this blog is to evaluate and track some of what he does to see if my belief is correct and to share this evaluation with others who share my views.

A couple of points that perhaps should be obvious:

(1) Good is a partially subjective concept. What I consider good is not necessarily what someone with a different ideology might consider good.

(2) Congressmembers have multi-faceted roles and full-time staff to help them do their jobs. Much of what they do is invisible to the public. Due to limitations on my time and effort, I'm not going to review everything and will concentrate mostly on bills sponsored and votes taken, though I may comment on other actions from time to time.

I invite others who are also constituents of Congressperson Nadler to share their views.