Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Record-Setting $90 Million In Security Funding For Nonprofit Organizations; Included In Final, Bipartisan Fed Budget Deal, Surge In Funds Is 50% More Than Last Year
Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program Provides Funding to Protect Synagogues, Churches, Schools, Mosques, And Other Nonprofit Orgs Against Growing Terror and Security Threats; Senators Have Long Pushed To Fund NSGP At Highest Level; Budget Deal Represents a $30 Million Dollar Increase Compared To Last Year’s Funding Amount
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Bipartisan Appropriations Bill Funds $495 Million In Federal Funds To Land And Water Conservation Fund
Funds Will Be Used To Help Preserve and Protect Public Lands, Water Resources, and Historic Sites Across New York State
Following Their Push, Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $547 Million In Federal Crime Prevention Funding In Just-Passed Bipartisan Spending Package
Washington, DC -- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced they secured $547 million for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Feds Have Heeded Their Call, Approved Major Disaster Declaration For New York State To Eighteen Upstate Counties Impacted By The Halloween Storm
Schumer & Gillibrand Announce That Major Disaster Declaration Assistance For 18 Upstate Counties Has Been Approved By President Trump, Unlocking Key Federal Funds For Communities Impacted By The Halloween Storms; The Declaration Unlocks Public Assistance Funding For 18 Upstate Counties; Individual Assistance Request Is Still Pending; Senators: Funds Will Allow Upstate Communities To Recover & Rebuild From Flooding Damages; Ease Burden on NY Taxpayers
Still On The Front Lines Of Combating Lyme Disease, Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $2 Million Increase In CDC Lyme Disease Funding & Inclusion Of Kay Hagan Tick Act In Final, Bipartisan Budget Deal; Senators Say Funding Boost & Bill Are Vital To Support All-Out War Against Tick-Borne Diseases Across Upstate NY
In Recent Years, Upstate NY Has Seen An Explosion Of Ticks, Lyme Disease & Other Tick-Borne Diseases, Making NY The #1 Target For Tick-Borne Disease In The Nation; Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Second Consecutive Increase For Lyme Disease Funding After Years Of Insufficient Funding; Funding Boost Will Be Used To Study, Identify & Prevent Exposure To Vector-Borne Pathogens That Cause Lyme Disease & Other Tick-Borne Diseases; Senators: It’s Time For the Feds To Help Stomp Out Lyme Disease & Tick-Bo
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce That Following Their Push, U.S.–Israeli Cooperative Missile Defense Programs To Receive $500 Million In Federal Funds
Both National Defense Authorization Act and End-Of-Year Appropriations Package Authorize and Fund Critical Israeli Security Systems
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce, Following Their Push, $80 Million In Funding For Rochester Laser Lab In Just-Passed Bi-Partisan Appropriations Bill
Funding Will Help Support Over 350 Jobs In The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region And Keep The United States At The Cutting Edge Of Nuclear Fusion Research
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $2.5 Million In 2020 Funding For Critical National Firefighter Cancer Registry And $5 Million Boosts For Two Essential Firefighter Grant Programs In Bipartisan Spending Bill; Schumer-Backed Registry Gets $1.5m Increase To Help Researchers Track, Treat And Eventually Thwart Connection Between Firefighters & Cancer
In July 2018, The Schumer-Backed National Firefighter Cancer Registry Was Signed Into Law, Which Aims To Inform Efforts To Protect The Lives Of Courageous First Responders Upstate; Today, Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $2.5 Million For Crucial Registry, A $1.5 Million Increase Over Last Year; Schumer, Gillibrand Also Secure $5M Increases For Essential FEMA Assistance To Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program And Staffing For Adequate Fire And Emergency Response (SAFER) Program; Senators: The Link Between
Schumer, Gillibrand, Tonko Announce That Soon-To-Pass Appropriations Bill Increases Funding Cap For Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor To $14 Million
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) today announced that their amendment to raise and extend the federal funding cap for the Erie Canalway...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce, Following Their Relentless Advocacy & The Administration’s Previous Plan To Cut Vital Funding To Ny Schools, Bipartisan Spending Bill Includes +$1.4b In Impact Aid Funding—A $40 Million Increase—To Provide Critical Resources For Schools On Federal Land, Including Those Near West Point, Ft. Drum & Native American Lands
Admin’s Original Budget Proposal Would Eliminate Impact Aid Programs Kids & Communities Need; Nails On The Chalkboard Cuts Would Remove Dozens of Teachers, Pre-K Program, Extra Curriculars & More; Soon-to Pass Bipartisan Budget Package Includes $1.486B for the Dept. Of Education Impact Aid Program In FY 2010, $40M More Than Last Year; Senators: It’s Not A Hard Equation To Solve – All New York Students Deserve A+ Schools