Press Releases
Senator Gillibrand And Restaurateur Tom Colicchio Call For An Additional $60 Billion In Aid For Independent Restaurants
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and restaurateur Tom Colicchio, owner of Crafted Hospitality and founding member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, called for an additional $60 billion in relief to help independent restaurants struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bicameral Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of 2021 would allow the Small Business Administration to continue awarding grants to applicants who were previously approved but have yet to … Continue Reading
July 14, 2021
Gillibrand, Graham, Durbin, Bustos, Griffith And Jayapal Announce Bipartisan Legislation To Allow Sexual Assault & Harassment Survivors To Seek Justice And Accountability
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Dick Durbin (D-IL), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) announced bipartisan and bicameral legislation to empower sexual assault and harassment survivors. Several of the lawmakers announced the introduction of the bill at a press conference today with former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson. The Ending Forced … Continue Reading
July 13, 2021
Gillibrand Announces Bipartisan Bill To Protect Afghan Allies Through Special Immigrant Visa Program
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, announced her bipartisan effort to help protect Afghan civilians who risked their lives to support U.S.-led missions in Afghanistan. The Afghan Allies Protection Act would increase the number of authorized Afghan Special Immigrant Visas (SIV), remove extraneous paperwork requirements, and improve the program's efficiency as U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan. "Afghan men and women supported the … Continue Reading
July 13, 2021
Gillibrand Announces Major Push To Increase Funding For Maternal Health In The FY 2022 Bipartisan Appropriations Package
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to increase funding to address the maternal mortality and postpartum depression crises in New York State and across the country in the bipartisan FY 2022 appropriations package. Specifically, she is calling for a $2 million increase in funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal Mental Health Hotline. Senator Gillibrand and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) successfully established the Hotline program in 2021 to … Continue Reading
July 08, 2021
ICYMI: Congressional Black Caucus Endorses The Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement And Increasing Prevention Act
In case you missed it, yesterday, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) formally endorsed the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, which would reform the military justice system by moving the decision to prosecute serious crimes in the military from the chain of command to trained military prosecutors. The Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act is the House companion to Senator Gillibrand's Military Justice … Continue Reading
July 06, 2021
Gillibrand, Bipartisan Group Of Colleagues Call For Increased Funding For Special Envoy To Monitor And Combat Antisemitism
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, joined over two dozen Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, respectively, requesting $1.25 million for the U.S. State Department's Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism for … Continue Reading
July 06, 2021
ICYMI: In Washington Post Op-Ed, Military Veteran Congressman Anthony Brown Highlights Racial Disparities In The Military Justice System
In case you missed it, yesterday, Congressman Anthony Brown (MD-04), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, published an opinion piece in the Washington Post outlining the racial disparities that plague our nation's military justice system. A combat veteran with 30 years of service and a retired Colonel in the United States Army Reserve, Congressman Brown has served as an aviator, a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, and a clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed … Continue Reading
July 02, 2021
Gillibrand Statement On Independent Review Commission And Defense Secretary Recommendations On Sexual Assault In The Military
Today, addressing the Independent Review Commission and Secretary of Defense recommendations that prosecution of sexual assault should be removed from the chain of command, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement: "Today's recommendations from the Independent Review Commission and Secretary of Defense continue to add momentum to efforts to reform the military justice system. It is a historic sign of progress that after decades of obstruction, the Secretary of Defense … Continue Reading
July 01, 2021
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $5 Million In Funding For Youth Development Programs In New York State
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $5,258,126 in YouthBuild funding for four organizations across New York State. This federal funding, allocated through the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, helps at-risk youth from ages 16 to 24 develop skills and knowledge to gain industry-recognized job credentials, apprenticeships, and employment. In the United States alone, there are 3 million young adults in … Continue Reading
July 01, 2021
Gillibrand, Cassidy Push To Fund Centers Of Excellence To Fortify Emergency Response Preparedness And Build Resiliency Against Future Pandemics
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) are pushing for funding to establish a COVID-19 and Pandemic Response Centers of Excellence Program to designate academic medical centers as research and communication hubs that will improve the United States' ability to swiftly respond to emerging public health threats and to continue battling COVID-19. Academic medical centers have been at the forefront of our nation's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and have … Continue Reading
June 30, 2021
Gillibrand: As Landmark Veterans Toxic Exposure Bill Heads To House Vote, Senate Must Act Swiftly To Protect Toxic-Exposed Vets
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today applauded the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs vote to send the Honoring Our PACT Act to a full floor vote. The package includes the bipartisan and bicameral Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act, which would help approximately 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving overseas. Addressing the bill's advancement, Gillibrand released the … Continue Reading
June 29, 2021
Schumer & Gillibrand Visit Inner Loop North In Rochester; Senators Push For American Jobs Plan To Fund Removal Of Inner Loop North, Support Local Workers & Revitalize Rochester
Following a year of tireless advocacy for federal aid and support for hard-hit New York state amidst the COVID pandemic, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today visited the Inner Loop North in Rochester to push for the Reconnecting Communities Act and to make permanent an expansion of the local hire pilot program as part of the American Jobs Plan, which would help kick-start the process of removing and reforming the northern portion of the Inner … Continue Reading
June 29, 2021
Schumer & Gillibrand Bring Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg To Visit I-81 In Syracuse; Secretary Joins Senators To Push For American Jobs Plan To Fund I-81 Project, Support Local Workers & Revitalize Syracuse
Following a year of tireless advocacy for federal aid and support for hard-hit New York state amidst the COVID pandemic, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today brought Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to visit I-81 in Syracuse where together they pushed for the Reconnecting Communities Act and to make permanent an expansion of the local hire pilot program as part of the American Jobs Plan, which would help fund the I-81 … Continue Reading
June 28, 2021
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $200 Million In Emergency Funding For NYC And Long Island Public Housing Authorities, Including NYCHA
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $177,904,896 in funding allocated in the American Rescue Plan for five Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) in New York City and Long Island. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and will support tenant-based rental assistance for individuals who are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing homelessness, or who are fleeing from domestic … Continue Reading
June 25, 2021
Gillibrand Celebrates Ward Lumber’s Transition To A Worker-Owned Cooperative At ‘Board’ Cutting Ceremony; Gillibrand’s Main Street Employee Ownership Act Was Instrumental In Ward Lumber’s Ownership Transition
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Ward Lumber to celebrate their successful transition to a Worker-Owned Cooperative. This transition was inspired by Senator Gillibrand's Main Street Employee Ownership Act and will preserve over fifty jobs and generate $15 million in annual sales for Ward Lumber. The bipartisan Main Street Employee Ownership Act, became law in 2018, supports small businesses that invest in their workers and transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) or a … Continue Reading
June 25, 2021
To Curb Rise Of Pandemic-Related Scams, Gillibrand, With Attorney General James, Announces Bipartisan Senior Financial Empowerment Act
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Special Committee on Aging, was joined by Attorney General Letitia James to announce her bipartisan Senior Financial Empowerment Act, which ensures that seniors and their caregivers have access to critical information regarding financial abuse. The bill would standardize and improve the way senior financial abuse is reported, establish a national hotline that would advise seniors on where and how to report fraud, and provide more resources to … Continue Reading
June 25, 2021
To Curb Rise Of Pandemic-Related Scams, Gillibrand, With Attorney General James, Announces Bipartisan Senior Financial Empowerment Act
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Special Committee on Aging, was joined by Attorney General Letitia James to announce her bipartisan Senior Financial Empowerment Act, which ensures that seniors and their caregivers have access to critical information regarding financial abuse. The bill would standardize and improve the way senior financial abuse is reported, establish a national hotline that would advise seniors on where and how to report fraud, and provide more resources to … Continue Reading
June 25, 2021
La Senadora Gillibrand Y La Congresista Adams Promueven Expandir El Programa Suplementario De Asistencia Nutricional (SNAP)
La senadora de los Estados Unidos, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), junto con el senador Bernie Sanders (I-VT), el senador Cory Booker (D-NJ), el senador Alex Padilla (D-CA), la senadora Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) y la congresista Alma Adams (D-NC-12) anunciaron hoy la presentación de la Ley de Cerrar la Brecha Alimentaria de 2021, que busca expandir y fortalecer los beneficios del Programa Suplementario de Asistencia Nutricional (SNAP, por sus siglas en inglés) para aquellos miembros de … Continue Reading
June 24, 2021
Gillibrand Introduces Bill To Create A National Standard For Adoption And Foster Care Home Studies
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the bipartisan, bicameral National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act of 2021, legislation to create a national standard and database to increase the uniformity and transparency of home studies for families adopting children. Home studies are mandated for every family in the United States adopting domestically from a private agency or public child welfare agency. While these studies provide child welfare agencies and courts with … Continue Reading
June 24, 2021
Senator Gillibrand And Congresswoman Adams Push To Expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), along with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12) today announced the introduction of the Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021, which would expand and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for vulnerable community members that are struggling to make ends meet and open benefits to Puerto Rico and all U.S. … Continue Reading
