Press Releases
For Build Back Better Agenda, Gillibrand Calls For Historic Investment In Long-Term Care And Caregiver Economy In Buffalo
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
With The Rate Of Military Suicide Outpacing Military Operation Deaths Four To One, Senator Gillibrand Presses For Improved Access To Mental Health Care For Active-Duty Military And Veterans
DoD 2020 Annual Suicide Report Released Today: 580 Service Members Died by Suicide in 2020, An Increase From 498 Service Members in 2019 According to Recent Reporting, Since 9-11, Approximately 7,057 Service Members Have Died In Combat During Military Operations While A Staggering 30,177 Active Duty Personnel And Veterans Have Died By Suicide; As U.S. Soldiers Withdraw From the Longest War In United States History, Many At Home Will Bear The Physical And Mental Scars Of Warfighting in Afgha
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $26 Million In Federal Funding For Head Start Across New York State
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S .Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $26,325,641 in Head Start funding to support early childhood education and care services for low-income children. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of...
Senator Gillibrand Announces Federal Gun Trafficking Legislation In Elmira
Settled on the Border of Pennsylvania and the Iron Pipeline, Elmira Has Experienced a Rise in Gun Violence Over the Past Year; Legislation Would Make Gun Trafficking a Federal Crime, Address Flow of Illegal Guns Smuggled into New York through the Iron Pipeline
Today In Seneca Falls, Birthplace Of Women’s Suffrage, Senator Gillibrand Delivers Keynote Speech For Dedication Of “Ripples Of Change” Statues Honoring Brave Women Who Fought To Secure The Right To Vote
Gillibrand Successfully Fought for the Creation of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission; Supported The Appointment Of Karen Hill, President And CEO Of The Harriet Tubman Home, To Serve On Commission
Senator Gillibrand Announces Federal Gun Trafficking Legislation In Syracuse
60% of Guns Used In Syracuse Crimes are Trafficked From Out of State; 13 Individuals Killed By Gun Violence In Syracuse So Far This Year; Legislation Would Make Gun Trafficking a Federal Crime, Address Flow of Illegal Guns Smuggled into New York through the Iron Pipeline
In The Midst Of Organic Dairy Market Upheaval, Gillibrand Urges USDA Secretary Vilsack To Support Small- And Mid-Sized Organic Dairy Farmers
Loopholes in Organic Farming Rules Put New York’s Small Organic Farmers at Financial Disadvantage
Gillibrand, Colleagues Announce Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United
Democracy for All Amendment Would Combat Special Interests, Get Dark Money Out of Politics
Gillibrand Announces Nearly $300,000 In Federal Funding To Fight Sexual Assault And Domestic Violence
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $270,782 in federal funding for programming to help end domestic violence and sexual assault. The funding was authorized through the Office on Violence Against Women’s State and Territory Domestic Violence and...
Gillibrand Calls On Biden Administration To Prioritize Opening Of U.S.-Canada Land Border To Vaccinated Canadians
Announcement Comes as Biden Administration Eases Travel Restrictions for Non-Essential Travel for The EU, UK, And Parts Of Asia; Reopening Land Border To Vaccinated Canadians Should Be Top Priority