Press Releases
Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Invest Billions In School Infrastructure And Help Cash-Strapped Schools Safely Reopen Under CDC Guidelines
COVID-19 Has Exacerbated Consequences Of Chronic Under-investment In Nation’s Public Schools; Aging Facilities Pose Health And Safety Risks To More Than 2.5 Million Students And 212,000 Teachers Across New York State; Reopen And Rebuild America’s Schools Act Of 2021 Would Invest More Than $100 Billion To Help Schools Make Critical Infrastructure & Systems Updates, Expand Broadband Access To Support Digital Learning
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Army Corps Of Engineers To Evaluate Environmental Risks Of Proposed Waste Transfer Facility Near Seneca Lake
Seneca Lake Is A Major Recreation and Tourist Destination in the Finger Lakes; Senators And Community Are Concerned Proposed Facility Could Pose Significant Negative Impacts On Environment And Nearby Wetlands
Gillibrand Announces Keep Our Pact Act To Support Low-Income Students And Students With Disabilities
Bicameral Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teachers (PACT) Act Would Fully Fund Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Biden Has Signaled Support for Increased Title I and IDEA funding
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $400K In Federal Funding To Invest In Oral Disease Technology And Research At The University Of Rochester
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $420,800 in federal funding to support the research and development of oral disease and disorder technology at the University of Rochester. The funding was...
Gillibrand, Delgado Announce ‘Rebuild Rural’ Legislation, Bill Would Deliver Resources To New York’s Rural Communities To Aid Response To Pandemic And Growing Economic Crisis
Gillibrand, Delgado Announce ‘Rebuild Rural’ Legislation, Bill Would Deliver Resources To New York’s Rural Communities To Aid Response To Pandemic And Growing Economic Crisis
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $20 Million Investment In The Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $19,728,000 in federal funding to improve the Metro-North Railroad (MNR) Harlem Line in Westchester, Dutchess, and Putnam Counties. This federal funding was awarded through the Commuter Authority...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $300K In FEMA Funding For New York Firefighters Responding To COVID-19
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that $306,624.52 in federal funding will be administered to twelve counties across New York to support COVID-19 emergency response preparedness measures. This funding...
Gillibrand Statement Responding To Biden’s Buy American Executive Order
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following statement in reaction to President Joe Biden’s executive order that will strengthen American manufacturing: “President Biden’s Buy American executive order signals the renewal of our federal...
Gillibrand Applauds Biden Order Overturning Ban On Transgender Military Service
Gillibrand Previously Championed Authored Legislation To Protect Transgender Service Members From Removal And Introduced An Amendment To Ensure That Transgender Service Members Receive Anti-Discrimination Protections
ICYMI: Senator Gillibrand Data For Progress Op-Ed: Paid Family Leave Is A Critical Part Of COVID Recovery
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand published an opinion piece in Data For Progress outlining the urgent need for universal paid family to recover from and move beyond the COVID-19 crisis. In his recent speech announcing the American Rescue Plan,...