Dan Goldman

Outdated Medicaid restrictions on long-term mental health care have left too many Americans in crisis without access to treatment, and we have seen the devastating impact in New York City and around the country. To accompany my Michelle Go Act and the Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act, I am introducing the bipartisan IMD CARE Act, which would allow states to expand their mental health services and help get Americans out of the never-ending cycle of hospitals, jail, and the streets. Boosting mental health and substance abuse treatment would have a dramatic impact on reducing crime, homelessness, and giving everyone the opportunity to succeed. https://t.co/TscRgG6xm7

245 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Email Me (202) 225-7944 Subscribe How Can I Help? Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-OR) introduced the IMD CARE Act, legislation which would expand Medicaid eligibility to include psychiatric care facility beds in excess of the current 16 bed limit for patients suffering from severe mental illness. When the Social Security Act was enacted in 1965, it limited Medicaid funding to psychiatric facilities that had no more than 16 beds, resulting in a shortage of beds when the need for inpatient mental health care has grown. The IMD CARE Act would amend the Social Security Act to establish a State Plan Amendment, allowing Institutions of Mental Diseases (IMDs) with more than 16 beds to receive Medicaid funding for all mental health patients. Under current law, States that wish to receive federal Medicaid funding for IMDs with over 16 beds must submit a request for a waiver allowing them to receive Medicaid reimbursement for individuals needing psychiatric care. These waivers are temporary, unstable, and require complex renewal negotiations. The State Plan Amendment option included in the IMD CARE Act would provide predictable reimbursement structures, durable financing mechanisms, and greater continuity for patients and providers. States would be required to ensure a robust continuum of care including providing outpatient and community-based mental health care and wrap-around services. States would also be required to follow evidence-based clinical criteria for admitting and transitioning patients from institutional care. The bill is endorsed by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, National Association for Behavioral Health, Treatment Advocacy Center, National Shattering Silence Coalition, and Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. “Outdated Medicaid restrictions on long-term mental health care have left too many Americans in crisis without access to treatment,” Congressman Goldman said. “By allowing states more authority to expand their mental health services, we can reach more Americans who are stuck in a never-ending cycle of hospitals, jail, and the streets. This legislation is a critical step towards ensuring that everyone, regardless of income, can get the help they need with dignity.” Said Congressman Bentz: “Studies show that a significant portion of the homeless and prison population suffer from severe mental illness. These people would benefit from the availability of proper treatment in our existing mental healthcare facilities. This bill would result in an increased number of beds and treatment available for mentally ill people. Without this improvement in how we deliver mental health services, those who need such treatment will continue to cost communities more in law enforcement and healthcare expenses. The circular progression of the mentally ill from the street to the hospital to the prison and back to the street must stop.” “When someone on Medicaid is experiencing a mental health crisis, the program often won’t cover a psychiatric hospital bed. That’s because of a rule written in 1965,” said Scott Dziengelski, President and CEO of the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare. “A 60-year-old rule shouldn’t keep people from getting the care they need today. The IMD CARE Act takes an important step toward fixing that.” Congressman Dan Goldman is committed to alleviating the mental health crisis in America. In 2025, he introduced the ‘Michelle Alyssa Go Act’ to increase the number of federal Medicaid-eligible in-patient psychiatric beds for individuals who are seeking treatment for both mental health and substance use disorders. Full bill text here. ###

Donald Trump has used taxpayer dollars to bankroll his own personal political ads. This is a blatant misuse of Americans’ hard-earned money, and it is deceptive and misleading. I am joining my fellow @HomelandDems on a letter demanding answers from DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

This is a really thoughtful and balanced affirmative vision statement for the Middle East that calls on all actors — the United States, Israel, Palestinians and the PA, and Arab States — to play essential roles in a peaceful, stable Middle East where Palestinians have self-determination and Israel has full security. The @DemMaj4Israel blueprint is one every American should get behind.

Why does @DHSgov continue to bar me from new rooms where immigrants are sent to have virtual hearings even though they are appearing in person, as instructed? What are they hiding by unlawfully preventing me from conducting my congressional oversight duties? I will keep coming back until they give me answers and let me observe their end-run around the normal legal process.

Donald Trump is using millions of taxpayer dollars to pay for political propaganda advertisements to help Republicans in November. As families suffer from rising costs due to his destructive tariffs and war in Iran, he’s using your tax dollars to illegally influence the election. We must end this lawless, destructive attack on Americans by voting blue in November.

Unaccompanied minors — immigrant children as young as two years old — are being brought before an immigration judge and expected to adequately represent themselves. This year, the Trump administration allowed a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice to lapse, leaving a vacuum where the center once provided legal counsel to over 20,000 kids. In addition to being plainly negligent, these children are being denied due process under the Constitution of the United States of America. I have been a voice on this issue for as long as I have served in Congress, but recent events have shown unprecedented levels of cruelty by this administration that must stop once and for all. https://t.co/vy4NrWZfvo

New York, N.Y. – Today, U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (NY-10) announced that he has secured $15,464,700 for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) through the Community Funding Project award program. This funding will go towards improving the standard of safety, security and quality of living at New York City Public Housing developments. This funding will advance several key goals to improve quality of life in public housing developments across New York's 10th Congressional District. Working alongside Senator Schumer, Congressman Goldman secured $5 million to remediate mold conditions at Red Hook East in Brooklyn and won $1.5 million to restore the community center at the Jacob Riis Houses in partnership with Vision Urbana. Goldman also secured grants to upgrade safety infrastructure at eight NYCHA developments, funding improvements to fire safety technology, security cameras, elevator upgrades and lighting systems. Goldman secured $39,344,968 for 49 community projects in NY-10 across the three appropriations processes during his time in office. Representative Goldman was joined by NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt at the press conference. "From the moment I was elected to Congress, representing the historically underserved working-class neighborhoods in my district has been my top priority," said Congressman Dan Goldman. "I am proud to announce that my office has secured more than $15.4 million in federal grants for NYCHA residents at 11 different developments. Public housing should be safe and livable, and I'm proud to have worked alongside so many incredible community leaders to make that a reality. A special thank you is in order for NYCHA, as well, whose leaders have worked with me to pass these projects into law. I am proud to share their commitment to a better future for their residents.” "Every New Yorker deserves a safe, healthy, and dignified home, and this investment will help to make meaningful improvements in the quality of life for thousands of NYCHA residents," said NYCHA Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt. "From making safety and security upgrades to restoring vital community spaces, these projects reflect the kinds of investments that make a significant difference in residents' everyday lives. We are deeply grateful to Congressman Goldman for his ongoing partnership and unwavering commitment to NYCHA residents." Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said: "NYCHA's capital needs have never been greater. I’m deeply grateful to Congressman Dan Goldman for his advocacy in Washington on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Manhattanites who call NYCHA home. This $15.4M investment, which includes fire safety upgrades, security camera installations, and refurbished community centers, will make a real difference in the lives of thousands of Manhattanites who depend on NYCHA for safe, affordable housing. I look forward to working with my elected colleagues and NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt to continue advocating for the needs of Manhattanites living in NYCHA units.” "On behalf of the Board of Directors of Vision Urbana, Inc., I extend our profound gratitude to Congressman Dan Goldman for securing this historic $1.5 million federal investment to transform the former Virginia Day Care Center at the NYCHA Jacob Riis development into a Community Resiliency Center," said Rev. Dr. Marcos Rivera, Chairperson of Vision Urbana. "This is a NYCHA development recovering from the effects of Superstorm Sandy making this investment more than just a renovation of a center—it is an investment in the resiliency of a community facility designed for families and older adults who have called Jacob Riis their home for generations.” "Vision Urbana now has an executed agreement with HUD providing us a critical foundation from which to develop this facility into a fully functional resource hub that will continue beyond any future superstorm Sandy for NYCHA residents at Jacob Riis and throughout the Lower East Side", said Eric Diaz, Executive Director of Vision Urbana. "Community stakeholder sessions have started this Summer with support from sister agencies and the tenants themselves to ensure this facility becomes a resilient center Jacob Riis himself would have been proud to report as a prime example of social infrastructure within NYC public housing." The projects for which he’s won funding are: Fiscal Year 2024 Jacob Riis / Vision Urbana Community Center - $1,500,000 Fiscal Year 2026 Red Hook East Building Line Initiative - $5,000,000 Red Hook Community Center Elevator Upgrades - $1,100,000 Gowanus Fire Upgrades - $850,000 Baruch Fire Upgrades - $850,000 LES Group V Windows - $850,000 First Houses Cameras - $1,031,000 Wyckoff Gardens Cameras - $1,039,000 Fiscal Year 2027 - (Yet to be signed into law) LaGuardia Fire Upgrades - $850,000 Wald Fire Upgrades- $850,000 Vladeck Cameras- $772,700 Baruch Addition Lighting- $772,000 ###

During my time in office, I have been privileged to be able to deliver a total of $15,464,700 in Community Project Funding Awards to 11 different @NYCHA developments in the district. These funds support NYCHA projects improving community safety features that are crucial to the health and wellbeing of its residents. I would like to extend my gratitude to the resident leaders whose advocacy helped many of these projects come to fruition, as well as NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt for her leadership and commitment to the welfare of over half a million New Yorkers whom NYCHA serves.

If you publish facts that make Trump look bad, you're banned. If a court says the First Amendment doesn’t allow him to do that, he ignores the court. This country was built on a free press and checks on power. He's trampling both. Where are the Republicans who preach about the First Amendment and hold anyone in contempt if they agree to their every demand? The only actual check on Trump is a Democraric majority.

Last summer, I forced ICE to permit me to conduct oversight at their 26 Fed detention facility, which helped to expose the unacceptable conditions inside. Now, after many months of consistent oversight visits and rapid response efforts to aid those unjustly detained, I'm relieved that a federal judge has issued a permanent injunction prohibiting ICE from holding detainees in the inhumane conditions that existed at 26 Fed. I’m grateful to the excellent lawyers who secured this win, I will continue to do my part by showing up every week at 26 Federal Plaza to hold them accountable to this order.

I’m back at the 26 Federal Plaza ICE Facility, where I’ve just conducted my weekly oversight visit. Once again, immigrants are being deported to a “third country” — a foreign nation that is not their home country where they likely have no connections, family or safeguards. This group has orders that prevent them from being sent back to their home countries so this is a concerning circumvention of the law. As rumored last week, we discovered that @DHSgov has indeed started conducting virtual immigration hearings out of this facility. During this visit, I was denied my congressional right to conduct oversight of those courtrooms, which further begs the question: What is DHS hiding? I will continue coming back and demanding answers. As always, if you or someone you know needs assistance, my office is available to help.

In what has been a trying year for many, I’m wishing all those who observe an easy and meaningful fast this Yom Kippur. As we reflect, may this new year bring you renewal, peace, and good health. G'mar chatima tovah.

Every single media outlet that believes in the “free press” should boycott the White House press room until Trump lifts his absurd ban on media outlets he doesn’t like. This is an attack on all of the press — not just those outlets — and it must be met with unity and solidarity from the rest.

I joined @DonnyDeutsch in a wide-ranging conversation about the rise of antisemitism, my record in Congress, the future of the Democratic party, and more. Watch here: https://t.co/lwBmcooxlg

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This 80-year-old STILL does not use email — his staff prints things for him to read — yet we are supposed to have faith that he alone can protect us from the escalating dangers of AI. This is not a joke. Congress must act now.

The call is now coming from inside the house. @SpeakerJohnson must immediately schedule a hearing with AI CEO’s so Congress can safeguard the growing AI catastrophe. We don’t let banks regulate themselves — this is Congress’s job and Johnson must act immediately.

Today marks the solemn 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. It gives us an opportunity to mourn the thousands we lost that day, and the thousands more taken by 9/11 related illnesses. It’s a day to remember the heroes who rushed towards the towers in true New York fashion, and the victims’ families, survivors, and neighbors who still suffer from that day. As we reflect on 9/11’s traumatic impact on the city, let’s also remember the unity and resilience that New Yorkers showed. That was the very best of New York and it shows what we can be. We must never forget that day, and we must also never forget our potential as a city, a country, and as Americans.

Gutted by the tragic accident on Canal St. where one pedestrian was killed and two more were injured by a truck. My office is in contact with the NYPD as we try to learn more. I am once again calling on @NYC_DOT to address Canal StPreet to prioritize pedestrian safety.

This is preposterous @RoKhanna, and you know better. Donald Trump has never made a decision or taken an action that wasn’t his own — which is why he has screwed America at home and abroad. There is no question that Netanyahu’s government has been absolutely dreadful and excessively destructive. And there is no question Netanyahu wanted Trump to go to war against Iran — don’t forget how Iran, which is the world’s largest funder of terrorism, fired hundreds of missiles at Israel on multiple occasions in the past two years. But Trump — and Trump alone — made the decision to send American troops into an idiotic, reckless, and destructive war in Iran. And we are all paying the price for Trump’s decision — not Netanyahu’s — to start another seemingly endless war.

Gutted by the tragic accident on Canal St. where one pedestrian was killed and two more were injured by a truck. My office is in contact with the NYPD as we try to learn more. I am once again calling on @NYC_DOT to address Canal Street to prioritize pedestrian safety.

School is back after a nice, long New York summer. It was a pleasure to greet parents and kids on the first day of school at PS 89 with District 1 Superintendent Kelly McGuire. I wish all 900,000+ NYC public school students a great year. https://t.co/H3ogPYigb5

My weekly oversight visit at the 26 Federal Plaza ICE facility was again consistent with its return to its prior use as a processing center with only 3 detainees there. But we are monitoring troubling rumors that @DHSgov is going to start conducting virtual hearings to potentially get around an order prohibiting courthouse arrests. This would be an outrageous violation of a court order, and I strongly advise DHS to abandon this plan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, honoring the 2,977 innocent lives lost, and reaffirming the nation’s commitment to never forget. The resolution is co-led by Representatives Andrew Garbarino (NY-2), Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Jerry Nadler (NY-12) and is cosponsored by more than 200 Members of the House of Representatives. “As we approach the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, our commitment to honoring the courage and sacrifice demonstrated by so many brave Americans endures. I am honored to co-lead this resolution, which not only commemorates the sacrifice of the 2,977 lives lost that tragic day, but reaffirms our obligation to those who continue to suffer from illnesses caused by the attacks. May we never forget it,” said Congressman Goldman. “Twenty-five years later, the impact of September 11th is still deeply personal for New Yorkers and for families across our country,” said Congressman Garbarino. “We remember the 2,977 innocent lives taken from us, the first responders who ran toward danger, and the thousands we have lost in the years since to 9/11-related illnesses, as well as those who continue to suffer today. I am proud that more than 200 of my colleagues have joined together to honor their sacrifice and reaffirm a promise that must endure for generations: we will never forget.” “On a clear September morning with an unusually blue sky, our nation was attacked. And our community was forever changed. In Congress, I have worked to make sure the Hudson Valley, and our nation, never forgets. Twenty-five years later, we remember the lives we lost, the heroes we honor, and the duty that remains: care for the living, teach the next generation, and never forget,” said Congressman Lawler. “25 years ago, New Yorkers and Americans across our nation experienced the deepest tragedy. 2,977 lives were lost, thousands were injured, and many more were sickened. We will never forget the lives we lost, and we must continue to serve those who have been afflicted from the toxic air at Ground Zero and in their homes, schools, and offices. We thank the first responders and everyday citizens who committed incredible acts of heroism, and we promise to honor their legacy by never forgetting their sacrifice,” said Congressman Nadler. The resolution honors the victims killed at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, as well as the extraordinary courage of the first responders, members of the Armed Forces, passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, medical professionals, rescue and recovery workers, volunteers, and countless others who responded to the attacks and their aftermath. It also recognizes the lasting consequences of September 11th for responders and survivors who continue to suffer from 9/11-related illnesses and acknowledges the organizations that have spent the past 25 years supporting survivors and victims’ families. The resolution further recognizes the service and sacrifice of the members of the Armed Forces who defended the United States in the years following the attacks and emphasizes the importance of teaching future generations the history and lessons of September 11th. Full bill text here. ###