Press Releases
Following Faa Recommendation To Relocate Binghamton And Elmira-Corning Air Traffic Control Operations Away From Local Airports, Gillibrand Calls On FAA To Keep Air Control Operations In Southern Tier
Recent Report Recommends FAA Relocate Air Traffic Control TRACON Operations Away from Greater Binghamton Airport and Elmira Corning Regional Airport to the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Airport in Pennsylvania; This Recommendation Puts Half of the Air Controllers Jobs in Binghamton and Elmira-Corning At Risk; Would Result in the Loss of Local Airspace Expertise
Gillibrand Announces Her Push To Secure Millions In Funding For Federal Employment And Training Program To Help At-Risk Young Adults Get Jobs
Funding Would Be Used To Support At-Risk Young Adults In New York and Across the Country By Providing Them Education and Job Training
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $26 Million In Federal Funding To Aid Long Island Economic Development And Smart Growth
The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) And The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Provide Essential Funds For Local Development Projects Across Long Island; Senators Say These Programs Are A Huge Win For Communities Across Long Island; Senators Have Pushed To Ensure Programs Create Good-Paying Jobs By Supporting Local Smart Growth Projects And Neighborhood Revitalization Efforts; Senators: We Pledge To Protect This Funding Because CDBG and HOME Provide An Irreplaceable Sou
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $86 Million In Federal Funding For Columbia University To Work With Hard Hit Ny Counties To Combat Spiking Opioid Epidemic Deaths
Columbia Will Work With 15 NYS Counties Heavily Impacted By The Opioid Crisis To Help Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths; Counties Include: Lewis, Broome, Yates, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Columbia, Cortland, Dutchess, Erie, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Suffolk, Sullivan, and Ulster
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $172 Million In Federal Funding To Aid NY State Economic Development & Affordable Housing
The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) And The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Provide Essential Funds For Transformative Development Initiatives Across New York State; Senators Say These Programs Are A Huge Win For Communities Across Upstate New York; Senators Have Pushed To Ensure Programs Create Good-Paying Jobs By Supporting Local Housing And Development Projects, And By Investing In Neighborhood Revitalization Efforts; Senators: We Pledge To Protect This Funding Be
Gillibrand, Daines Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation To Create Permanent Legislative Fix To Protect Vietnam Veterans Who Were Exposed To Agent Orange During Their Service In Vietnam
US Appeals Court Recently Overturned VA Policy that Denied Benefits to Thousands of Vets, but There is No Guarantee that VA will Honor the Ruling; Congress Must Act Now to Create a Permanent Legislative Solution to Ensure Blue Water Navy Vets Get the Benefits they Earned; Gillibrand Has Long Championed the Fight in Senate to Pass the Bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, Which Passed the House Unanimously Last Congress but Was Blocked in the Senate
Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation To Eliminate Pesticide From Food In School Meals
Chlorpyrifos Is A Widely Used Pesticide, Sprayed on Fruits like Apples and Oranges, and Has Been Linked to Developmental Disabilities in Children
Senators Gillibrand, Grassley Introduce Bill To Improve Access For First Responders And Their Families To The Benefits They Earned
Bipartisan Bill Would Allow 9-11 First Responders and their Families Receive the Full Benefits They Deserve
Senator Gillibrand Statement On EPA “Certification Of Completion” For GE’s Unfinished Hudson River PCB Cleanup Job
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Certification of Completion for the General Electric Company’s (GE) unfinished work to remove the toxic...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $800,000 In Federal Funds To Four Upstate New York Organizations Working To Stop Housing Discrimination
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $800,000 in federal funding for four organizations across Upstate New York that work to mitigate housing discrimination through compliance...