Press Releases
Gillibrand Leads Colleagues In Letter To DHS Pushing For Answers About Arbitrary Rejection Of Asylum Applications
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand led a group of twelve senators in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Kenneth T. Cuccinelli inquiring about recent changes to adjudication procedures that have caused enormous hardship to applicants. Asylum, U Visa, and other...
Senator Gillibrand, Representative Katie Porter Announce STOCK Act 2.0; Bicameral Legislation Would Expand Stock Act To Ensure Government Officials Aren’t Lining Their Pockets With Taxpayer Dollars
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), lead sponsor and author of the original STOCK Act, and Representative Katie Porter (D-CA), member of the House Financial Services Committee, announced the STOCK Act 2.0, bicameral legislation that...
Gillibrand Urges Trump To Extend Eviction Moratorium And Provide Funding For Vulnerable Renters
As 30-40 Million People Are At Risk of Eviction, Gillibrand Urges Administration to Work with Congress To Stabilize Housing
Gillibrand Condemns DOJ Announcement Identifying New York As “Permitting Anarchy”
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s announcement that New York is among three cities whose federal funding is “under review” for “permitting violence and...
Gillibrand, Colleagues To DHS IG: Investigate Alleged Forced Hysterectomies At ICE Facility
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 42 senators in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General Joseph Cuffari urging him to immediately investigate a whistleblower complaint alleging forced hysterectomies at the Irwin County Detention...
Gillibrand Statement On The Passing Of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The world has lost a giant. A brilliant jurist, a resolute champion for justice and a trailblazer for women’s rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left a legacy that will echo through history. Justice Ginsburg will forever be a feminist icon who...
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Postmaster General To Reverse Harmful Operational Changes To U.S. Postal Service That Have Resulted In Delays Of Medications To New Yorkers
Following alarming reports that delivery time for critical prescription medications have increased, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy calling for the immediate reversal of harmful...
Schumer, Gillibrand To Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: Restore 9-11 Health Care Funds To FDNY And First Responders
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand sent a letter this morning to Treasury Department Secretary Steven Mnuchin regarding the Treasury Department withholding nearly $4 million in reimbursements to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) for health...
Senators Gillibrand And Sanders Reintroduce Postal Banking Act To Fund United States Postal Service And Provide Basic Financial Services To Underbanked Americans
Gillibrand and Sanders’ Postal Banking Act Would Provide Low-Cost, Basic Financial Services to Americans Who Lack Access to Banks, Protect Families from Predatory Lending, and Create Essential Revenue for Postal Service; Push Follows the Trump Administration’s Repeated Attacks on Postal Service and Refusal to Provide Emergency Funding
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $1.5 Million In Federal Funding For Ithaca’s Cayuga Lake Waterfront Revitalization Project
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,372,533 in federal funding to develop pedestrian-friendly infrastructure along the Cayuga Lake Waterfront in the City of Ithaca. These funds will be used to...