Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $5.4 Million In Federal Funds For Long Island MacArthur Airport In Suffolk County
Department of Transportation Grant Will Help Make Critical Upgrades to the West Concourse, Terminal, and Airplane Apron and Attract New Airlines to the Airport
Schumer, Gillibrand, Meeks Announce Final National Defense Bill Expected To Pass Next Week Authorizes Massive $91M In Funding For Expansion And Renovation At National Guard Readiness Center At Jamaica Armory In Queens, New York; Projects Will Modernize Infrastructure, Enhance Readiness
Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA, Which Is Set To Pass Congress Next Week, Authorizes $91M To Fully Fund Addition To Readiness Center and Restoration Of Facility To Support Training, Administrative, and Logistical Needs; Senators, Congressman: Readiness Center Improvements At Jamaica Armory Will Enhance Readiness And Response Capabilities In NYC Metro Area
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure More Than 30 Imperative Provisions In National Defense Bill To Vastly Improve Privatized Military Housing On Bases Like West Point; Bill, Set To Pass Next Week, Contains First Of Its Kind Provisions, The First Step In Ensuring Our Nation’s Heroes & Their Families Have The Safe, Hazard-Free Homes They Deserve
Recent News Reports & Inspections Unearthed Serious Issues In Privatized Housing at Military Installations Across the Country, From Severe Mold To Failing Water Systems; In Final Defense Bill, Senators Secured: Tenants’ Bill Of Rights For Privatized Military Housing, Formal And More Thorough Dispute Resolution Process, & Funding Authorization To Boost DOD Housing Staff At Places like Fort Drum And West Point; Schumer, Gillibrand: Defense Bill Is The First Step In Providing Our Heroes & Their Fam
ICYMI – Senator Gillibrand Op-Ed On CNN: We Need Real Paid Family Leave; White House Parental Leave Summit Is Just A Photo Op
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the foremost champion of paid family leave in the U.S. Senate, today wrote an op-ed for CNN on her landmark legislation, the FAMILY Act. Gillibrand contrasted her policy with the proposals being considered at the...
Following Their Push, Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins Announce National Defense Bill Authorizes New, Critical Funding For National Maritime Heritage Grant Program
Program Honors Nation’s Maritime History By Supporting Preservation and Public Awareness Projects
Gillibrand Announces Her Legislation To Identify Where Pfas Chemicals Are Released Into The Environment Included In Final National Defense Authorization Act, Vows To Continue To Fight To Regulate And Clean Up Chemicals In Drinking Water
Gillibrand Co-Authored and Fought to Pass Critical Provisions to Protect Public Health; PFAS Are A Toxic Group of Chemicals That Are Pervasive in the Environment and Linked to Serious Health Problems in Communities Surrounding Military Bases and Industrial Facilities in New York and Across the Country
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce National Defense Bill Expected To Pass Next Week Authorizes $40m+ In Funding For New Top-Priority Railhead And Uav Hangar At Fort Drum; Senators Say Projects Would Modernize Base Infrastructure, Enhance Readiness
Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA, Which Is Set To Pass Congress Next Week, Authorizes $21M To Fully Fund Construction Of Updated Fort Drum Railhead To Ensure Installation’s Ability To Enhance Deployable Readiness National Defense Bill Also Includes Authorization To Fully...
Gillibrand Provision To Ensure Military Installations Receive Local Dairy, Fruits, And Vegetables Included In Final NDAA
Federal Proposal to Consolidate Military’s Dairy Suppliers Would Have Forced Local Farms to Ship Their Products To A Central Location Before Coming Back to New York Military Sites, Rather Than Selling Directly to Bases; Gillibrand’s Provision Secured in Conferenced NDAA, Which Soon Heads to a Final Vote in Congress, Ensures that Distribution Model Stays the Same
Following Release Of Afghanistan Papers, Gillibrand Calls For Senate To Hold Hearings For Complete Review Of Afghanistan Strategy
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, today called for a Senate hearing to investigate U.S. strategy and obstacles to success in Afghanistan....
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $167K In Federal Funding For Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, Inc. In Monroe County
Funding Will Be Used to Help Rehabilitate Homes in the Finger Lakes Region