Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $11 Million In FEMA Funding For Fire Departments In New York State
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $11,499,044 in federal funding for fire departments across New York State. The funding will be used to provide protective gear, training, and supplies to emergency...
Gillibrand Announces Over $6 Million In Federal Funding For TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) And Talent Search Awards
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $6,169,701 in federal funding for higher education opportunity programs throughout New York State. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Education’s TRIO Talent Search Program and Educational...
Gillibrand Statement On Terror Attacks In Kabul
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, chairwoman of the Personnel Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the terror attacks in Kabul: “I continue to closely monitor the situation in Kabul and will stay in contact...
Gillibrand Applauds Signing Of Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act Into Law By President Biden
Today, President Joseph Biden signed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 369th Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Harlem Hellfighters, a Black infantry...
Gillibrand Stands At The Rochester Institute Of Technology National Technical Institute For The Deaf (NTID) To Call For Nearly $90 Million In Funding For FY22
A Long-Term Advocate of NTID Funding, Gillibrand’s Ask Is An $8.2 Million Increase From FY21
Senator Gillibrand Stands In Front Of Route 33 To Announce New Hiring Rules That Will Invest In Local Economies, Jobs, And Infrastructure
As Communities Across New York State Rethink Highway Infrastructure, Local Hire Program Ensures Job Opportunities Will Stay in The Communities They Affect, With Better Wage Protections and Better Working Conditions
Gillibrand, Colleagues Call For The Immediate Evacuation Of SIV Applicants From Afghanistan
Letter Marks The Latest Congressional Response To The Taliban’s Takeover And The Danger Posed To Afghan Allies Who Served Alongside The U.S. Mission; Following Gillibrand’s Push To Protect Afghan Allies Through SIV Program, Key Provisions of the Afghan Allies Protection Act Signed Into Law In July 2021
Gillibrand Urges State Department To Aid Bard College Against Threat Of The Russian Federation
Bard College’s Recent Designation as an “Undesirable” Organization Ends 25-Year Partnership with St. Petersburg State University
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand And Representative Gwen Moore Announce Legislation To Encourage States To End Statute Of Limitations For Child Sexual Abuse
Every 9 Minutes A Child Is Sexually Abused In The United States, But Only 12 Percent Of Cases Are Reported to Authorities Each Year; No Time Limit for Justice Act Empowers Child Sex Abuse Victims and Encourages States to Eliminate Statute of Limitations for Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse and Civil Suits Involving Child Sexual Abuse; Announcement Comes as The Window To Report Abuse Cases Under New York’s Child Victims Act Closed This Saturday
Senator Gillibrand Encourages New York Organizations To Apply For Emergency Rural Health Care Funding Ahead Of October 12th Deadline
Up To $500 Million in Newly Available Federal Grant Funding Will Expand Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care, and Food Assistance in Rural America