Press Releases
After Securing $3 Billion In Funding To Establish A National Public Health Workforce, Gillibrand Announces Push For $55 Billion In Biden’s Budget Proposal To Establish A Health Force In Every Community
Researchers Project That By 2030, NYS Could Be Short As Many As 39,000 Nurses, Leaving Hospitals, Nursing Homes, And Patients In Jeopardy; Health Force Simultaneously Tackles Health and Employment Crises; The Inaugural New York City Public Health Corps – New York City’s New Local Health Force – Received $35 Million in Federal Health Force Funding to Help Kickstart Their Efforts
Gillibrand Statement Celebrating Lunar New Year
Senator Gillibrand released the following statement celebrating Lunar New Year: “Today marks the Lunar New Year, a day of family and festivity for Asian communities across our state and the world. New York’s Asian American communities have always been...
Following One-Year Anniversary of Global Gag Rule Reversal, Gillibrand Joins Colleagues in Letter to Senate & House Leadership Urging Permanent Repeal of Harmful Trump Era Policy
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 45 colleagues in a letter to Senate and House leadership urging the inclusion of a permanent repeal of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) in the FY22 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies government funding legislation. The...
Gillibrand, Maloney, Call For Passage Of Federal Gun Trafficking Legislation Alongside Jennifer Pryear, Mother Of Nyasia Pryear-Yard, And Gun Safety Advocates
Announcement Follows Tragic Shooting in NYC Killing 2 NYPD Officers with Use Of An Illegal, Trafficked Gun; Almost 90% Of Guns Used In Crimes In New York City Are Trafficked; Hadiya Pendleton And Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act Would Make Gun Trafficking A Federal Crime, Address Flow Of Illegal Guns Smuggled Into New York Through The Iron Pipeline
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $9 Million In Federal Funding To Reduce Burnout Among Health Care Professionals
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $9,655,841 in federal funding to address a staffing crisis in our nation’s hospitals by reducing burnout and promoting wellness among health care workers. The funding...
After Securing $3 Billion In Funding To Establish A National Public Health Workforce, Gillibrand Meets With Inaugural Public Health Corps Workers At Nyc Health + Hospitals/Bellevue In Nyc; Gillibrand Announces Push For $55 Billion In Biden’s Budget To Establish A Health Force In Every Community
In October of 2021, Gillibrand Announced $35 Million in Federal Funding to Help Establish the New York City Public Health Corps – New York City’s New Local Health Force; Researchers Project That By 2030, NYS Could Be Short As Many As 39,000 Nurses, Leaving Hospitals, Nursing Homes, And Patients In Jeopardy; Health Force Simultaneously Tackles Health and Employment Crises
Gillibrand Statement On Justice Breyer’s Retirement
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement on reports of Supreme Court Justice Breyer’s plans to retire. “When Justice Breyer was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1994, President Clinton said that he...
With Small Businesses In Dire Need Of Assistance, Gillibrand Calls On IRS To Expedite Unprocessed Employee Retention Credit Refunds
As Tax Season Kicks Off, The IRS Is Facing At Least 10 Million Unprocessed Returns From 2021 Alone; ERC Payments Would Deliver Direct Relief In Form of a Payroll Credit For Businesses To Offset Lost Revenue and Increased Costs During the Pandemic
Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration To Quickly Distribute Additional Rent Relief To Low-Income Renters
Following the end of New York’s eviction moratorium, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 7 of her colleagues in urging the Biden administration to reallocate funding from the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program to assist low-income renters. The letter...
Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration To Require Medicare To Pay For Rapid Covid Tests
Expanding Federal Guidance Would Ensure Access To Testing For Over 3.6 Million New Yorkers Enrolled in Medicare