On today’s presidential announcement
Today’s announcement that the fed government will make use of Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard in DC should concern not only the city’s 700,000 residents, but all Americans. Today our federal government seeks to interfere in DC’s local affairs, but any city could be next.
Remarks on First Reading of RFK Stadium Bill
The more the deal is analyzed, the clearer it is that in a very rushed process, with artificial deadlines, the city has negotiated a deal that will pay well for the team, but not for the District or its residents.
Nadeau: No Taxpayer Dollars for RFK Stadium
I have opposed, from the start, the use of taxpayer dollars to support a stadium for a private organization, owned by billionaires, that will make them billions of dollars. The more the deal is analyzed, the more resolved I am in my position.
Nadeau: I stand with restaurant workers
But a compromise that tears away at the foundational elements of I-82 is still a slap in the face to restaurant workers and voters.
Nadeau: We can expand housing without taking away tenant rights
I am greatly disappointed in the Council’s vote to reverse decades of protections for tenants under TOPA. I reject the assumption that the only way to increase production of housing for new tenants is to take away rights from existing tenants.
Nadeau Proposal Would Encourage New Housing Investment, Preserve Tenant Rights
The proposed changes would create predictability for building owners and developers, encourage new housing investment in the District, and protect the rights of tenants to negotiate when residential buildings go up for sale.
Ranked Choice Voting funded in Council vote
Voters will soon be able to rank their choices when voting in D.C. elections, thanks to Council approval of an amendment to the FY 2026 budget that funds the Ranked Choice Voting portion of Initiative 83.
But this budget is not complete!
Councilmember Nadeau’s remarks on the First Reading of the FY 2026 Budget
Remarks on the RENTAL ACT
Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau, D-Ward 1, delivered the following remarks ahead of the vote of the Housing Committee, on which she serves, to approve the Mayor’s proposed RENTAL Act, which addresses TOPA issues, among others.
Initial takeaways on the FY26 Budget
But even in a difficult budget year, District residents deserve a budget that invests in childcare, early childhood educator pay, affordable housing, social services, and the things that support and power our city.