Press Releases
Gillibrand Calls For Increased Funding To Support Neighborhood And Minority Owned Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
As Local Businesses Struggle To Keep Doors Open, The Saving Our Street Act Provides Necessary Relief Up To $250,000
ICYMI: Senator Gillibrand Medium Piece: State And Local Governments Need Federal Relief Now
Local And State Governments Face Unprecedented Financial Hardships During Pandemic; Gillibrand Medium Piece Highlights Path For Relief
Following Push From Gillibrand And Schumer, USDA Approves New York State’s Pandemic EBT Program
P-EBT Will Provide Critical Funds to Families Whose Children Usually Rely on Free or Reduced-Price School Meals; NYS Request Had Stalled; Gillibrand and Schumer Urged USDA to Approve on April 29
Gillibrand Joins Bipartisan Call On Trump Administration To Raise SBA’s PPP Non-Payroll Forgiveness Cap
After Months Of Closure Or Limited Business, Small Businesses Across The Country Are Struggling To Pay Rent, Utilities, And Mortgages; Senators’ Push Would Allow Small Businesses To Spend Up To 50% Of PPP Loan Proceeds On Allowed Non-Payroll Expenses
Gillibrand, Schumer, Jones, Manchin, Brown, Bennet, Peters Announce Legislation To Deliver Direct Federal Relief Funding To Local Governments Responding To And Recovering From Coronavirus Pandemic
Decreasing Revenues During The Coronavirus Pandemic Have Left Local Governments Strapped; Dedicated Federal Funding for Local Communities Would Provide Necessary Relief for Lost Revenues, Increased Costs And Help Avoid Local Tax & Fee Increases; The Direct Support for Communities Act Will Complement Direct Relief to States and Governors
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $45.6 Million In EPA Funding For New York; Funds Will Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas, Fight Climate Change And Promote Clean Water
U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced $45,682,712 in federal funding allocated by the Environmental Protection Agency...
Gillibrand, Schumer, Booker, Menendez Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Help Families Of First Responders Lost To COVID Access Public Service Benefits
As New York and New Jersey’s first responders face perils on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D) and Chuck Schumer (D), along with New Jersey Senators Cory Booker (D) and Bob Menendez (D), introduced a bipartisan...
Gillibrand, Schumer Urge USDA To Approve New York State’s Pandemic EBT Program
P-EBT Would Provide Critical Funds to Families Whose Children Usually Rely on Free or Reduced-Price School Meals; New York State Awaits Approval on March 25 Request; Other States’ Programs Have Been Approved
Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To Create Direct Supply Chain Between Farms And Food Banks
Coronavirus Pandemic Has Caused A Two-Fold Problem In the Food Supply Chain: Farms Face A Surplus of Crops As Restaurants, Hotels, and Schools Remain Shuttered; Meanwhile Food Banks Are Experiencing Unprecedented Demand, With Millions of Newly Unemployed Americans; The Food Bank Access to Farm Fresh Produce Act Will Connect Food Banks’ Demand With Farmers’ Supply
Gillibrand Urges USDA To Include Fishermen And Aquaculture Farmers In Purchase And Distribution Program
With Normal Supply Chains Disrupted by the Coronavirus Pandemic, Farmers to Families Food Box Program Would Give Fisherman and Aquaculture Farmers Essential Support to Distribute Their Goods