Press Releases
Gillibrand, Colleagues Call On FCC To Include State & Local Data In Efforts To Expand Broadband, Close Digital Divide And Homework Gap
Congress Demanded FCC Build New Broadband Data Maps In 2020 Following Decades-long Use Of Inaccurate Data That Denied Broadband Funding To Eligible Communities; Senators Say State, Local, And Tribal Data Is Critical To Ensure Accurate Maps
Following Push, Gillibrand Welcomes The Elimination Of “Blank Space” Criteria For Asylum Applications
Arbitrary Rejection of Asylum Applications Caused Enormous Hardship for Applicants
As Americans Struggle To Recover From COVID-19 Crisis, Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Break Down Barriers To Essential Social Services
HOPE Act Would Ensure Families Can Access Vital Benefits To Reduce Food and Housing Insecurity, And Obtain Health Care, Job Training and Unemployment Assistance Programs
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1 Million In Emergency Funding For Public Housing Authorities Across New York
PHAs Are Eligible For Capital Fund Reserve In Case Of Emergencies And Natural Disasters
Gillibrand, Colleagues Reintroduce Impact Aid Infrastructure Act To Support Efforts To Repair And Renovate Schools To Meet Public Health Guidelines
Legislation Would Provide Flexible Grants For School Districts’ Efforts To Repair And Renovate In Order To Protect The Health Of Students, Teachers, And Staff In The Wake Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
Following Years Of Advocacy, Gillibrand Joins Community In Hoosick Falls To Announce New Legislation To Create Access To Medical Monitoring For Victims Of Significant PFAS Exposure
Hundreds Of People In Hoosick Falls And Petersburgh Are Living With Dangerous Levels Of PFAS Chemicals From Contaminated Municipal Water Supply; Gillibrand’s PFAS Accountability Act Would Improve Access To Medical Monitoring And Create A Federal Cause of Action For Victims Of PFAS Exposure
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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $2 Million In Federal Funding For The Crouse Health Hospital In Syracuse
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $1,993,442 in federal funding for the Crouse Health Hospital in Syracuse. The funding was allocated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management...
Gillibrand Joins Bicameral Push For Gun Records Restoration And Preservation Act To Strengthen Efforts To Prevent Gun Violence
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Senate and House Democrats to call for the Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act. The legislation would address the rise in gun violence across the country, and strengthen efforts to prevent it, by improving law...
Gillibrand, Joined By Manhattan BP Brewer And Advocates, Announces Sweeping Legislation To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Bill Package Includes Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act Which Would Allow HHS Secretary to Negotiate Drug Prices on Behalf of Medicare Part D Recipients