Press Releases
To Address Bus Driver Shortage, Gillibrand Presses Department Of Education For Guidance On Emergency Relief Funds
New York School Districts Are Reporting An Average Bus Driver Shortage of 15-20 Percent This Year; Federal Emergency Funding Is Available for Hiring Bus Drivers But Specific Guidance is Lacking; Gillibrand Calls For Clarity And Improved Communication
After Months Of Advocacy, Gillibrand Applauds Reopening Of U.S.-Canada Land Border To Fully-Vaccinated Travelers From Canada
Gillibrand Pressed Admin to Make Reopening of Border a Top Priority; Pressed CDC For Medical Justification On Border Policy
Gillibrand Statement On Anniversary Of January 6 Attack On The Capitol
Addressing the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement: “The violent insurrection on January 6th was and is a stain on our American democracy. We were doing our jobs, counting...
Gillibrand Presses EPA To Strengthen Its Draft Plan To Address PFAS Discharges From Industry
Experts Estimate Nearly 30,000 Industrial Sites Could Be Discharging PFAS Into The Environment, Including Drinking Water Sources; EPA’s Preliminary Plan Excludes Seven out of Nine Industry Categories Making PFAS Pollution Crisis Worse; Gillibrand and Colleagues Seek Expanded List and Deadlines to Establish Standards for PFAS Polluters
Gillibrand Announces Over $2 Million In Funding To Accelerate Technology Entrepreneurship, Strengthen Regional Economies
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $2,653,546 in federal funding for programs that promote tech-based regional economic development. The funding was allocated through the Economic Development Association’s Build to Scale Program and will support...
Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Boost And Reinvigorate The City’s Creative Economy And Create Local Jobs
City-Based Arts Organizations Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Income Throughout COVID-19 Pandemic
Gillibrand Statement On Postal Banking Pilot Program
Gillibrand praises “first step” to create a postal bank; pushes for her bill, the Postal Banking Act
As Biden Administration Eases Global Travel Restrictions, Gillibrand Presses CDC For Medical Justification On Canadian Northern Border Policy
Gillibrand Has Repeatedly Urged for Reopening the Land Border To Vaccinated Canadians; Beginning In November, Travel Restrictions Eased for Fully Vaccinated, Non-Essential Travel Via Air for The EU, UK, And Parts Of Asia
For Build Back Better Agenda, Gillibrand Calls For Historic Investment In Long-Term Care And Caregiver Economy In Binghamton
Between 2012 And 2016, Employment In Home Health Care In New York State Grew By More Than 56,000 Jobs; In 2017, 2.5 Million Family Caregivers In New York State Provided Approximately 2.1 Billion Hours Of Unpaid Care, Worth An Estimated $31 Billion; Home Care Workers Nationwide Earn a Median Wage Of $12 Per Hour and Roughly 18% Live In Poverty
For Build Back Better Agenda, Gillibrand Calls For Historic Investment In Long-Term Care And Caregiver Economy In Ithaca
Between 2012 And 2016, Employment In Home Health Care In New York State Grew By More Than 56,000 Jobs; In 2017, 2.5 Million Family Caregivers In New York State Provided Approximately 2.1 Billion Hours Of Unpaid Care, Worth An Estimated $31 Billion; Home Care Workers Nationwide Earn a Median Wage Of $12 Per Hour and Roughly 18% Live In Poverty