Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) today announced that their amendment to raise and extend the federal funding cap for the Erie Canalway...
Admin’s Original Budget Proposal Would Eliminate Impact Aid Programs Kids & Communities Need; Nails On The Chalkboard Cuts Would Remove Dozens of Teachers, Pre-K Program, Extra Curriculars & More; Soon-to Pass Bipartisan Budget Package Includes $1.486B for the Dept. Of Education Impact Aid Program In FY 2010, $40M More Than Last Year; Senators: It’s Not A Hard Equation To Solve – All New York Students Deserve A+ Schools
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on charges of obstruction of justice and abuse of power: “As a senator, I swore an oath to...
In Recent Months, A Serious Teacher Shortage Hit Upstate New York; Over The Last Decade, NY Has Lost 21,000 Teachers; Schumer, Gillibrand Reject Administration’s Plan To Eliminate Title II Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant Program, Which Provides Funding For Teacher Recruitment & Retention; Instead Secure $76 Million Increase For Program; Senators: Title II Funding Will Help Expel NY’s Teacher Shortage Trend
HIDTA Program Provides Special Resources & Critical Coordination To Choke Off Drugs & Drug Trafficking In 26 New York Counties; In The Recently-Unveiled Bipartisan Appropriations Bill, Schumer, Gillibrand Successfully Rebuffed Admin Proposal That Would Move HIDTA Program Away From The Office Of National Drug Control Policy, Where It Works Well; Senators Also Secured $5M Boost For Critical Program; Senators: HIDTA Ain’t Broke, So Don’t “Fix” It With Unwarranted, New Bureaucracy
There Are Currently Dozens of High Hazard Potential Dams in New York that Could Breach and Cause Life-Threating Flooding to Homes and Businesses
The West Valley Reprocessing Plant—An Operational Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility Between 1966-72—Left Millions Of Gallons Of Radioactive Waste In WNY’s Backyard; Schumer, Gillibrand Announce 2020 Spending Package Set To Pass Congress Imminently, Includes $75.2 Million In Federal Funding To Further Clean-Up Out-Of-Use Former Nuclear Site; Senators: Spending Package Will Provide West Valley With Resources Necessary To Keep Cleanup On Track For 2020, But More Work Still Must Be Done
Fiscal Year 2020 Omnibus Budget Package, Which Is Set To Pass Congress This Week, Includes $21M To Fully Fund Construction Of Fort Drum Railhead To Enhance Deployable Readiness; New Spending Bill Also Includes Full Funding For Construction Of A New $23M UAV Hangar At Fort Drum, To Properly Service And House Additional Tactical UAVs Year-Round; Senators: Railhead Improvement And New UAV Hangar At Fort Drum Will Keep World-Class Installation Ahead Of The Curve
The Air Force Research Laboratory In Rome Will Receive Over $272M In Funding For Fiscal Year 2020 – More Than $34M Above The President’s Budget Request & $27M More Than Fiscal Year 2019; Representatives Directly Secured Funding For Rome Lab To Advance Groundbreaking Study Of Quantum Information Science & To Boost DOD’s Artificial Intelligence Programs; Schumer, Gillibrand, Brindisi: Funding Will Keep Rome Lab At The Military’s Epicenter Of Quantum Computing And Artificial Intelligence, While Boo
Labor Lawyer and Civil Rights Advocate, Milholland Championed Women’s Right to Vote
