Press Releases
Gillibrand Announces 2019 Service Academy Nominations From The Hudson Valley
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced her nominations for candidates from the Hudson Valley to three of the nation's leading service institutions: the United States Air Force, Military, and Naval Academies. "I am honored to nominate such dedicated and talented students from the Hudson Valley to our nation's service academies. They have demonstrated exemplary leadership abilities and an outstanding academic record, as … Continue Reading
January 09, 2019
Gillibrand Announces 2019 Service Academy Nominations From New York City
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced her nominations for candidates from New York City to three of the nation's leading service institutions: the United States Military, Air Force, and Naval Academies. "I am honored to nominate such dedicated and talented students to our nation's service academies. They have demonstrated exemplary leadership abilities and an outstanding academic record, as well as a passion to serve … Continue Reading
January 09, 2019
Gillibrand Announces 2019 Service Academy Nominations From Western New York
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced her nominations for candidates from Western New York to two of the nation's leading service institutions: the United States Naval and Air Force Academies. "I am honored to nominate such dedicated and talented students from Western New York to our nation's service academies. They have demonstrated exemplary leadership abilities and an outstanding academic record, as well as a … Continue Reading
January 09, 2019
Gillibrand Announces 2019 Service Academy Nominations From The Capital Region
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced her nominations for candidates from the Capital Region to two of the nation's leading service institutions: the United States Military and Merchant Marine Academies. "I am honored to nominate such dedicated and talented students from the Capital Region to our nation's service academies. They have demonstrated exemplary leadership abilities and an outstanding academic record, as … Continue Reading
January 09, 2019
Gillibrand Announces 2019 Service Academy Nominations From Central New York And The Mohawk Valley
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced her nominations for candidates from Central New York and the Mohawk Valley to three of the nation's leading service institutions: the United States Naval, Merchant Marine, and Military Academies. "I am honored to nominate such dedicated and talented students to our nation's service academies. They have demonstrated exemplary leadership abilities and an outstanding academic … Continue Reading
January 08, 2019
Gillibrand Joins 40 Senate Colleagues To Reintroduce Legislation To Expand Background Checks, Reduce Gun Violence
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 40 of her Senate colleagues today to reintroduce the Background Check Expansion Act, legislation to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Under current law, not all gun sellers are required to conduct a background check prior to transferring a firearm and as many as a quarter of all gun sales in the United States may occur without a background check. This legislation would require unlicensed and private sellers to conduct … Continue Reading
January 08, 2019
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $2.7 Million In Federal Funds For Hardening Of Sandy-Damaged Infrastructure For The City Of Long Beach, On Long Island
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the City of Long Beach in Nassau County, NY, has been awarded $2,777,740.42 in federal funds for the implementation of its Hazard Mitigation Proposal. The federal funds are administered through U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funding will be used to install back flow preventers, remove and relocate existing electrical panels, and install a flood wall, flood plank … Continue Reading
January 07, 2019
Gillibrand, Velázquez And Senate Colleagues Reintroduce Bill To Establish Puerto Rico Hurricanes Commission
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced she has reintroduced legislation to establish a "9/11-style" independent commission to investigate the federal response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico. The National Commission of the Federal Response to Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico Act would analyze several factors that impact the disaster response. Those factors include death toll accuracy and methodology, federal preparedness guidelines issued ahead of the … Continue Reading
December 20, 2018
Senators Schumer, Gillibrand And Congresswoman Clarke Announce Passage Of Legislation To Name Brooklyn Post Office In Honor Of Major Owens
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke today announced that legislation to rename a Brooklyn post office after former U.S. Representative Major Owens was signed into law last week. The post office is located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York. Schumer and Gillibrand introduced legislation in the Senate to rename this post office after Representative Owens back in March. Clarke … Continue Reading
December 20, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Statement On Lack Of NTSB Access To Schoharie Limo
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement after it was revealed that the NTSB has not yet been given access to the stretch limousine involved in the fatal Schoharie crash this October: "We have said a number of times that the criminal and safety investigations can and should parallel each other, but the NTSB must gain full access to the limo. We understand the immense significance this criminal … Continue Reading
December 20, 2018
Gillibrand Announces That Farm Bill That Was Just Signed Into Law Includes Her Provisions To Protect New York’s Farmers And Producers And To Strengthen Rural Economies
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the just-signed Farm Bill includes several of her provisions that protect New York's farmers and producers and that strengthen rural economies. This includes her bill to put money back into the pockets of New York dairy farmers and new grant programs to invest in New York's rural economies. Gillibrand worked in the Senate Agriculture Committee to include these provisions in the Farm Bill and fought to ensure that they were … Continue Reading
December 18, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.3 Million In Federal Funding To Help Remove Lead Hazards From Homes In Rensselaer County
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $ 1,301,366 million in Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LBHRD) grant program funding for the Rensselaer County Department of Health. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and will be used to address lead hazards in housing units for low- and very low-income families with children. "Lead poisoning is an irreversible, preventable … Continue Reading
December 18, 2018
Following Trump Administration Move To Roll Back Methane Pollution Requirements For Oil And Gas Companies, Senators Gillibrand, Whitehouse, Van Hollen, And Senate Democrats Determine That Scott Pruitt’s Conflicts Of Interest Renders Proposed Methane Rule Invalid
Washington, DC - Following the Trump Administration's move to roll back methane pollution requirements for oil and gas companies, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) determined that former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's conflicts of interest render the EPA's … Continue Reading
December 17, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $4.6 Million In Federal Funding For Towns Across The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region To Address Water Infrastructure
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $4,639,000 in federal funding for 6 water infrastructure improvement projects across the Rochester-Finger Lakes Region. The funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development's Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants Program. Specifically, Schumer and Gillibrand explained, the Town of Alabama in Genesee County will receive $1,653,000 to create Water District … Continue Reading
December 16, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $300k In Federal Funds For Excell Partners, Inc. In Rochester
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $300,000 in federal funding for Excell Partners, Inc. in Rochester to fund the Excell Upstate New York Seed Fund. This funding was allocated through the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Seed Fund Support Grant Program. Specifically, Excell Partners will use these federal funds to assist innovative local startups to establish a presence throughout Upstate New York. Schumer previously … Continue Reading
December 16, 2018
With Congress Set To Finally Take Action On Criminal Justice Reform On Monday, Gillibrand Says There’s Much More Work To Be Done, Stands With Rev. Sharpton And Other Community Leaders To Call On Congress To Take Up Legislation Early Next Year To End Cash Bail System
New York, NY - With Congress set to finally take action on criminal justice reform on Monday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today stood with Reverend Al Sharpton, Geoffrey Eaton, 1st Vice President NAACP New York State Conference, and other community leaders and criminal justice reform advocates to say there's more work to be done and called on Congress to pass legislation to end the current federal cash bail system that disproportionately results in low-income people of color being locked … Continue Reading
December 14, 2018
Following Reports That Trump Administration Is Threatening To Shut Down Vital Organizations That Help Refugees Arriving In Buffalo, Gillibrand Calls On State Department To Reject Any Reduction Or Closures Of Resettlement Agencies In New York
Washington, DC - Following reports that the Trump Administration is threatening to close vital organizations that help refugees arriving in Buffalo, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that she is calling on the U.S. Department of State to reject any plan to reduce or close resettlement agencies in New York State. Buffalo has four refugee resettlement agencies - Journey's End Refugee Service, Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County, International Institute of Buffalo, and … Continue Reading
December 13, 2018
Following President Trump’s Alarming Decision To Develop New Nuclear Weapons While Also Moving To Unilaterally Abandon The Bipartisan Nuclear Treaties That Have Helped Keep The World Safe From Nuclear War For Decades, Senators Gillibrand, Merkley, Warren, Markey, Feinstein, Klobuchar Lead Group Of 26 Senators In Calling On President Trump To Work To Preserve These Vitally Important Treaties, Avoid Dragging Our Country Into A Dangerous New Nuclear Arms Race With Russia
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeffrey A. Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today led a group of 26 Senators in urging President Trump to uphold the longstanding bipartisan consensus on nuclear arms control. The Senators' letter follows President Trump's alarming decision to develop new nuclear weapons while also moving to unilaterally abandon vitally important nuclear weapons treaties. … Continue Reading
December 13, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $300k In Federal Funding For Launch Ny In Buffalo
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $300,000 in federal funding for Launch NY in Buffalo. The funding was provided by the federal Economic Development Administration's Regional Innovation Strategies Program. In August, Gillibrand wrote to the Department of Commerce to support Launch NY's application for this funding. Launch NY provides entrepreneurs throughout Upstate New York with the resources they need - such … Continue Reading
December 13, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $3.5 Million In Federal Funding To Help Remove Lead Hazards From Homes In The City Of Utica
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,532,078 in federal funding for the City of Utica. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and will be used to help remove or address lead hazards in 180 housing units for low and very low-income families throughout Utica. Specifically, Utica will receive $2,932,078 from the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction grant program and … Continue Reading
