Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.1 Million In Federal Funding For Commission On Economic Opportunity For The Greater Capital Region Youthbuild Program
Department Of Labor’s YouthBuild Program Provides Occupational Skills To Young Adults Who Have Been In Juvenile Justice System, Aging Out Of Foster Care, Dropped Out Of High School Or At Risk Of Failing; Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.1M To Help At-Risk Young Adults In The Capital Region Earn Degrees & Build Construction-Related Job Experience For The Real World
Gillibrand Invites Decorated Transgender Navy Lieutenant Commander To State Of The Union Address After Supreme Court Allows President Trump’s Transgender Military Service Ban To Go Into Effect; Senator Ready To Introduce New Legislation To Protect Transgender Troops
Lieutenant Commander Blake Dremann, a Decorated Transgender Service Member Who Has Been Deployed 11 Times and Won the Navy’s Highest Logistics Award, to Attend State of the Union Speech as Gillibrand’s Guest
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $9 Million In Federal Funds For 45 Rochester-Finger Lakes Organizations Working To End Homelessness
Funding Will Be Used To Help Non-Profits, Local Governments Assist Homeless Individuals & Families, Promote Self-Sufficiency Programs
Gillibrand Demands Urgent Action And Answers From Bureau Of Prisons (BOP) Concerning Inhumane Conditions At Metropolitan Detention Center In Brooklyn; Calls For Immediate Action To Restore Full Heat And Power To The Facility
Gillibrand: “These conditions are not only unacceptable, they are inhumane and a violation of the detainees’ basic rights. Worse, with time, the long-term negative impact on inmates and the public trust will compound.”; Gillibrand Pushed for Answers and Accountability in Phone Call with BOP Acting Director Yesterday
Gillibrand Statement On New Pentagon Report Revealing An Increase In Sexual Assault And Harassment At Military Academies
Survey Released by the Pentagon Today Shows Incidents of Unwanted Sexual Contact Spiked by Nearly 50 Percent During the Last School Year
As Reports Indicate EPA On Verge Of Not Setting Drinking Water Standard For Highly Toxic PFOA/PFOS, Schumer & Gillibrand Demand EPA Issue Standard For Maximum Exposure To Protect Public Health; Carcinogenic Chemical Has Contaminated Drinking Water & Endangered Public Health In Newburgh, Suffolk & Rensselaer Counties; Senators Call On EPA To Immediately Reverse Course
In Recent Years, Elevated Levels Of Carcinogenic PFOA & PFOS Have Contaminated The Drinking Water Of Communities In New York, Endangering The Health And Well-Being Of Residents; Recent Reports Indicate The EPA On Verge Of Decision Not To Set A Maximum Contaminant Level For PFOA/PFOS; Schumer & Gillibrand Urge EPA To Reverse Course & Immediately Establish A Drinking Water Standard For PFOA/PFOS; Senators To EPA: Places Like Newburgh, Petersburgh, Hoosick Falls & Suffolk County, Exemplify Just Ho
Gillibrand Statement On Court Ruling Ordering VA To Provide Long Overdue Benefits To Blue Water Navy Veterans
Gillibrand Has Long Championed the Fight in the Senate to Pass the Bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act to Ensure that Thousands of Navy Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange During the Vietnam War Get the Benefits They Earned
After Government Shutdown Stalls Enactment Of Critical Farm Bill Provisions, Gillibrand Calls On USDA To Fast-Track Farm Bill Implementation And Provide Much-Needed Relief To Dairy Farmers And Other Producers Across New York State As Soon As Possible
Gillibrand Successfully Secured Funding for Dairy Farmers in Last Year’s Farm Bill, Urges USDA to Expedite Payments to Put Money Back into the Pockets of New York Dairy Farmers Who Paid into a Failed System
Citing I-81 In Syracuse As Example Of A Highway That Segregated Marginalized Communities, Gillibrand Highlights Need To Address Systemic Racism In Federal Highway Projects While Questioning Nominee For Federal Highway Administrator
Last Year, Gillibrand Announced Her Support for a Community Grid to Replace the Elevated Portion of I-81 in Syracuse and Help Revitalize Communities in the City that have been Marginalized by I-81
As Senate Environment And Public Works Committee Prepares To Set Its Agenda For The New Congress, Gillibrand Calls For Action On Solving The Climate Change Crisis, Eliminate Carbon Emissions, Modernize Our Economy And Create Good, New Jobs For American Workers Throughout New York And All Across The Country
Gillibrand’s Support for a Green New Deal Comes as Scientific Reports Repeatedly Warn that Climate Change Crisis is Real and Getting Worse; Latest Reports from US Government and UN Warn that Inaction Could Lead to a Dramatically Worse Crisis, but Taking Large-Scale Action Now Can Stop This Dangerous Trend; Investing in a Green Economy Could Create Potentially Huge Numbers of New, Good-Paying Jobs all over New York and around the Country; Jobs Could Range from Making Energy Efficiency Retrofits t