Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins Emphatically Back Roswell Park’s Application For Renewal As National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) are supporting Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center's application to renew the facility's esteemed standing as a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer center, which also guarantees a federal commitment of millions of dollars. Roswell Park was in the first group of three cancer centers to earn the coveted designation when the NCI … Continue Reading
April 18, 2018
To Protect Against Future Flooding Along New York’s Great Lakes Coastline, Senator Gillibrand Pushes For Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study To Be Authorized In Upcoming Water Resources Development Act
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced that she is urging her colleagues to authorize the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study in the upcoming Water Resources Development Act. The study would be the first of its kind to coordinate a strategy and recommend actions to manage and protect the Great Lakes coastline and protect nearby communities and the local economy. Multiple federal agencies and the … Continue Reading
April 18, 2018
Senator Gillibrand Announces $86 Million Increase In Impact Aid To Provide Critical Funding For School Districts On Federal Land
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that this year's omnibus spending bill increases funding for the Impact Aid Program by $86 million, bringing total funding for the program to $1.4 billion. The Impact Aid Program is a federal program designed to supplement school budgets in districts that are on a large portion of federally-owned, nontaxable land, such as military bases and Native American reservations. Several districts in New York, including some schools in the … Continue Reading
April 17, 2018
Senator Gillibrand Speaks On Senate Floor To Oppose Carlos Muniz’s Nomination For General Counsel At The Department Of Education
**Watch Senator Gillibrand's remarks here ** Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke on the Senate floor and urged her colleagues to vote against the nomination of Carlos Muniz to be General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education. In this role, Muniz would serve as the principal advisor on all legal matters affecting the Department and would play a lead role in all rulemakings on issues, including Title IX. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the … Continue Reading
April 13, 2018
As Algal Blooms Continue To Cause Environmental And Economic Damage To Chautauqua Lake, Senator Gillibrand Urges EPW Committee To Take Steps To Improve Lake’s Water Quality In Upcoming Water Resources Development Act
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that she is urging the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) to authorize a Chautauqua Lake Feasibility Study in the upcoming Water Resources Development Act to address the continued environmental and economic damage caused by algal blooms. This study authorization would allow the Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate excessive phosphorous runoff causing repeated harmful algal blooms to impair the lake's water quality. … Continue Reading
April 12, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.5 Million In Federal Funding For Alfred State’s Biorefinery Development And Commercialization Center (BDCC)
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1.5 million in federal funding to Alfred State College (ASC) in Alfred, New York. The funding was allocated through the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the Biorefinery Development and Commercialization Center (BDCC). The senators said the center will be a major "launching pad" that will leverage natural resources, like wood, to create sustainable businesses and … Continue Reading
April 12, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $295,000 In Federal Funding For The American Foundation For The Blind
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a $295,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). AFB will use the funds to complete a project to fully digitize Helen Keller's archival collection online and make the collection accessible to website visitors who are blind, deaf or hard of hearing, and deaf-blind. AFB's Helen Keller Archival Collection is the largest … Continue Reading
April 10, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Demand Review Of Process For New York’s Utilities As Thousands Of New Yorkers Faced Extended Power Outages In The Wake Of Wind Storms
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today wrote a letter to the President and CEO of NYSEG and RG&E, demanding a review of the process for restoring full power after outages in the wake of last week's wind storms. The letter also requests transparency about what concrete steps the utility companies are taking when responding to major storm events. "We write to express our deep concern over the extended power outages for … Continue Reading
April 06, 2018
Gillibrand Demands Answers From VA Leadership After Alarming Reports Of Sexual Misconduct By Watertown VA Doctor
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today wrote to Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Robert Wilkie and Syracuse VA Medical Center Director Judy Hayman, who oversees the VA's services at the CANI Building Medical Complex in Watertown, NY, demanding answers for the timeline on events surrounding reports that Dr. Jerome Cuyler sexually abused service members undergoing examinations in Watertown. "Providing the highest standard of care for our service members and veterans is … Continue Reading
April 04, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $89 Million In Federal Funding For Youthbuild Program In Just-Passed Bipartisan Omnibus Legislation
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the just-passed bipartisan omnibus included $89,500,000 for the U.S. Department of Labor's YouthBuild program, a $5 million increase from Fiscal Year 2017. YouthBuild is a pre-apprenticeship program that helps at-risk youth from ages 16 to 24 develop skills and knowledge to obtain industry-recognized job credentials, apprenticeships, and employment. There are 147 national … Continue Reading
April 03, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $4 Million In Federal Funding For Westchester County To Replace Buses On The Bee-Line Bus System
Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a $3,600,000 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant for Westchester County. The funding will be used to purchase new articulated vehicles and modernize the Bee-Line's bus fleet. The senators said this funding will help the Bee-Line replace outdated vehicles. The Bee-Line Service provides roughly 2.5 million rides to Westchester County residents on a monthly basis and … Continue Reading
April 03, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $2 Million In Federal Funding For Broome County Department Of Public Transportation
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $2,040,000 in federal funding for the Broome County Department of Public Transportation (BC Transit). The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This funding will allow BC Transit to purchase new hybrid electric buses. These new buses will replace older diesel model buses and reduce emissions and … Continue Reading
April 03, 2018
Gillibrand Announces National Historic Registry Listing For Lyons Downtown Historic District
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Lyons Downtown Historic District in Wayne County has been granted a designation on the National Register of Historic Places. This designation will encourage economic development in the Lyons community and allow for repairs and revitalization in the historic district. "The Lyons Downtown Historic District is one of New York's treasured communities along the Erie Canal and this designation on the National Register of … Continue Reading
March 28, 2018
Gillibrand, Klobuchar, Murray Lead Bipartisan Push With All 22 Women Senators Calling On Senate Leadership To Bring Forward Legislation To Reform Sexual Harassment And Discrimination Rules In Congress
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Senators Amy Klobuchar and Patty Murray, led a letter with all 22 Democratic and Republican women Senators calling on Senate leadership to bring legislation up for a vote that would update and strengthen the current reporting process for survivors of all forms of sexual harassment and discrimination in Congress. The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation in February that would help prevent sexual harassment and … Continue Reading
March 28, 2018
Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Nadler Urge Usda To Label Kosher And Halal Food For The National School Lunch Program
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue food codes for kosher and halal foods to be used in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The National School Lunch Program is a federal meal program that provides low-cost or free lunches to school children. Schools receive funding to spend on government food for the program, however, they cannot use the entirety of their NSLP funds for kosher and … Continue Reading
March 27, 2018
Senator Gillibrand Announces Provision In Omnibus Appropriations Package That Would Prevent DOJ From Interfering With Implementation Of State Medical Marijuana Laws
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced the inclusion of a provision in the Omnibus Appropriations package that will prohibit the use of federal funds by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to interfere with the implementation of states' medical marijuana laws. Even though 29 states and the District of Columbia have made medical marijuana legal, marijuana in any form is still prohibited at the federal level. "I am pleased that this provision is included in the … Continue Reading
March 26, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $70 Million In Fed Funding For Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, Including National ‘Remade’ Manufacturing Hub Led By Rochester Institute Of Technology; Rit-Led Institute Won The National 5-Year Doe Competition Last Year To Build A New Manufacturing Institute In Rochester; Vital Funding Will Keep Remade’s Doors Open And Allow Rit To Be On The Forefront Of Innovation & Creating Clean Energy, High-Tech Jobs
Today, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the recently passed Omnibus spending bill, which funds the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, includes $70 million for the Department of Energy's (DOE) five Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, including the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)-led REMADE Institute. The funding will support Rochester's Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions … Continue Reading
March 26, 2018
Schumer, Gillibrand: Just-Passed Federal Funding Bill Provides More Than $6.2 Billion For Labs And Scientific Research, Including At Long Island’s Brookhaven National Lab; Bill Provides $30 Million Alone For Bnl Revitalization Project
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the just-passed federal spending agreement provides $6.259 billion for the Office of Science, which helps fund universities and national laboratories like Long Island's Brookhaven National Lab (BNL), a world-renowned lab responsible for innovation, research and nearly 3,000 LI jobs. This is a $867 million increase from last year. The bill provides $30 million specifically for core facility revitalization at BNL, which … Continue Reading
March 26, 2018
Senator Gillibrand Announces New Major Federal Investment To Expand Broadband Infrastructure For Rural Communities
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the omnibus spending bill passed last week includes significant investments that will expand access to high-speed broadband service in rural communities and other high-need areas. The bill provides $600 million for a new grant-loan program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS), which would provide much-needed investments in improving broadband service in rural and tribal areas. The … Continue Reading
March 26, 2018
Schumer And Gillibrand: Just-Passed Federal Spending Bill Includes More Than $700 Million In Funds For U.S. Israeli Missile Defense Programs
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced a substantial increase in funding for U.S. - Israeli missile defense programs in the bipartisan federal funding bill. Specifically, the omnibus spending bill provides $705.8 million in funding to the programs, an increase of $105.4 million over last year. The senators said this vital investment in funds will further defend Israel, our closest ally … Continue Reading
