Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand, Morelle Announce Whopping $100 Million For Rochester’s Inner Loop Project, Delivering Final $$ Needed To Greenlight Construction To Reconnect & Revitalize Downtown
Now $100M – Largest Fed Reconnecting Communities Award This Year – Will Greenlight Construction To Reconnect Rochester Communities That Were Divided By Inner Loop’s Construction, Creating A More Vibrant, Accessible Downtown Along With Good Paying Local Construction...
Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy Announce $9 Million For Niagara University To Expand High-Speed Internet Access, Digital Equity And Education Across Niagara Falls
Funding Comes From Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law And Will Help Expand Library Services, Computer Infrastructure And Digital Learning To Help Niagara Falls Residents & Schools Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy: Fed $$ Is Closing The Digital Divide In Niagara...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $15 Million For SUNY To Install Up To 350 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations On Campuses Across New York
Funding Comes From U.S. Department Of Transportation’s Charging And Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program, Created By Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer Led To Passage In Senate Schumer, Gillibrand: NY Is Getting Major Jolt To Build Brand-New EV Charging...
Gillibrand Statement On Becoming Ranking Member On Senate Aging Committee
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on becoming the ranking member on the Senate Aging Committee: “I’m honored to have this opportunity to serve older Americans across New York and nationwide. More than 59 million Americans are aged...
Gillibrand Announces Assignment To U.S. Senate Committee On Appropriations
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement announcing that she will be joining the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, which oversees federal spending and allocates funding to programs and government agencies: “I am deeply honored to...
Gillibrand Statement On Passing Of President Jimmy Carter
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the death of President Jimmy Carter: “President Jimmy Carter was a devoted public servant, a lifelong activist, and a prolific humanitarian. I am devastated to hear of his passing, but I know...
ICYMI: Senator Gillibrand On NYT’s “The Daily” On Leading The Charge To Certify The Equal Rights Amendment, Enshrine Equality In The Constitution
In case you missed it, Senator Gillibrand was featured on the New York Times podcast “The Daily” about her efforts to persuade President Biden to direct the national archivist to certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would enshrine equality and...
Gillibrand Statement On Exclusion Of Provision For World Trade Center Health Program Funding In End-Of-Year Spending Package
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the exclusion of a provision to fund the World Trade Center Health Program in the end-of-year health extenders package: “I am deeply disappointed by the decision to not include the World Trade...
Gillibrand Announces Passage Of Key Provisions Of Her Legislation To Address Epidemic Of Traumatic Brain Injuries In Service Members And Veterans
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, chair of the Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, held a video press conference announcing that major provisions of her legislation to protect service members from traumatic brain injuries are...
Senators Gillibrand And Blackburn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Remove The Tax Penalty On Settlements, Awards, And Judgments Paid To Survivors Of Sexual Assault And Sexual Harassment
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Marsha Blackburn introduced the Tax Fairness for Survivors Act, a bipartisan and bicameral bill that would remove the federal tax penalty on settlements, awards, and judgments paid to survivors of sexual harassment and sexual...