Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $500 Million In Funding For Housing Assistance Across New York State
U.S. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $535,288,536 in FY 2021 allocations for the Community Planning and Development (CPD) formula programs in 22 counties across New York State. The funding was allocated through...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $500 Million In Funding For Housing Assistance Across New York State
U.S. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $535,288,536 in FY 2021 allocations for the Community Planning and Development (CPD) formula programs in 22 counties across New York State. The funding was allocated through...
Gillibrand Announces Bills To Strengthen And Expand Background Check Requirements To Reduce Gun Violence
Gillibrand Joins Senate Democrats To Introduce The Background Check Completion Act To Close The Charleston Loophole, And The Background Check Expansion Act To Expand Federal Background Checks To All Gun Sales; Communities Across New York Have Experienced A Spike In Gun Violence Since The Beginning Of The Pandemic; A Study By The National Commission On COVID-19 And Criminal Justice Found That Homicide Rates In Cities Across The Country Increased By 42% Last Summer And 34% Last Fall, Compared With
Senators Gillibrand And Rubio, Representatives Cohen And Desaulnier Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Safety Measures To Prevent Deadly ‘Underride’ Accidents Involving Tractor-Trailers
Underride Accidents, Which Happen When Cars Slide Under Tractor-trailer Trucks, Are Often Fatal Even At Low Speeds; Bipartisan Stop Underrides Act Would Require Effective Guards On Front, Sides, And Rear Of Trucks; Deadly Truck Underride Accidents Have Claimed Thousands Of Lives Across The Country
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $2 Million In Federal Head Start Funding For Delaware Opportunities, Inc.
Funding Will Be Used To Support Early Childhood Education and Care Services for Low-Income Children and Their Families
Gillibrand, Colleagues Introduce Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act To Compensate Essential Workers Affected By COVID-19
Modeled After 9-11 Compensation Fund, New Fund Would Provide Compensation for Injuries Sustained by Essential Workers Due to Pandemic
Gillibrand, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration To Prioritize ATF Leadership And Gun Violence Prevention
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined a dozen Senate colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to quickly nominate a permanent Director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) who is committed to increasing public safety and...
Gillibrand Calls On Biden Administration To Establish Office Of Sexual And Reproductive Health And Wellbeing
Senators Push Biden Administration To Prioritize Reproductive Justice And Health Care Restricted By Previous Administration
As Senate Negotiates Coronavirus Relief Package, Gillibrand Fights For Robust LIHEAP Funding To Help Families Struggling To Keep Heat On
Following Stops Across New York State To Call For Additional Emergency LIHEAP Funding, Gillibrand Is Urging Senate Leaders To Maintain House Funding Levels To Help Eligible Households Make Ends Meet; Before The Pandemic More Than 1.5 Million New Yorkers Relied On LIHEAP Funding To Heat Their Homes Through The Winter, Now The Economic Crisis Has Put Even More In Need
Gillibrand Announces Disclose Act To Combat Special Interests And Dark Money Influence In Federal Elections
Legislation Includes the Judicial Ads Act to Fight Uptick in Dark-money Flooding Courts