Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.3 Million In Federal Funding To Help Remove Lead Hazards From Homes In Rensselaer County
Funding Will Be Provided to the Rensselaer County Department of Health to Address and Remove Lead Hazards from Homes and to Protect Health and Safety of Low-Income Families
Following Trump Administration Move To Roll Back Methane Pollution Requirements For Oil And Gas Companies, Senators Gillibrand, Whitehouse, Van Hollen, And Senate Democrats Determine That Scott Pruitt’s Conflicts Of Interest Renders Proposed Methane Rule Invalid
Roll Back of Methane Pollution Requirements for Oil and Gas Companies Would Result in Substantially Higher Emissions of the Potent Heat-Trapping Gas from Oil and Gas Facilities
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $4.6 Million In Federal Funding For Towns Across The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region To Address Water Infrastructure
Funding Will Be Used For Six Projects To Construct And Make Improvements To Municipal Water Systems In Rochester-Finger Lakes Towns
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $300k In Federal Funds For Excell Partners, Inc. In Rochester
EDA Funding Will Enable Excell Partners To Provide Funding For Startup Ventures Upstate
With Congress Set To Finally Take Action On Criminal Justice Reform On Monday, Gillibrand Says There’s Much More Work To Be Done, Stands With Rev. Sharpton And Other Community Leaders To Call On Congress To Take Up Legislation Early Next Year To End Cash Bail System
Gillibrand Announces Push for Legislation that Would Eliminate the Current Cash Bail System that Punishes People Based on Wealth and Disproportionally Results in Low-Income People of Color Being Incarcerated Even If They Are Not Yet Convicted; The Cash Bail System Keeps Thousands of New Yorkers Locked up Simply Because They Cannot Afford Their Bail
Following Reports That Trump Administration Is Threatening To Shut Down Vital Organizations That Help Refugees Arriving In Buffalo, Gillibrand Calls On State Department To Reject Any Reduction Or Closures Of Resettlement Agencies In New York
Buffalo’s Refugee Resettlement Agencies Have Helped the Thousands of New Refugees Arriving in Buffalo to Find Jobs and Job Training, Grow New Businesses, and Enroll in School
Following President Trump’s Alarming Decision To Develop New Nuclear Weapons While Also Moving To Unilaterally Abandon The Bipartisan Nuclear Treaties That Have Helped Keep The World Safe From Nuclear War For Decades, Senators Gillibrand, Merkley, Warren, Markey, Feinstein, Klobuchar Lead Group Of 26 Senators In Calling On President Trump To Work To Preserve These Vitally Important Treaties, Avoid Dragging Our Country Into A Dangerous New Nuclear Arms Race With Russia
Senators: “Your Administration’s Efforts to Double Down on New, Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons While Scrapping Mutually Beneficial Treaties Risks the United States Sliding Into Another Arms Race with Russia and Erodes U.S. Nonproliferation Efforts Around the World”
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $300k In Federal Funding For Launch Ny In Buffalo
Federal Investment Will Support Entrepreneurs, Promote New Businesses, and Encourage Job Creation Throughout Upstate New York
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $3.5 Million In Federal Funding To Help Remove Lead Hazards From Homes In The City Of Utica
Schumer and Gillibrand Fought for this Funding to Help Protect Low-Income Families from Lead Throughout Utica
As New York’s Barley Industry Continues To Grow And With Brewers Around The State And The Country Relying On High-Quality New York Barley To Produce Their Beer, Gillibrand Announces That Her Amendment To Support New York’s Barley Growers Has Passed The House And Senate In Final Version Of The Farm Bill
New York Barley Supports Breweries around the State and the Country, but Growers Lack Information They Need to Get Better Insurance and Uniform Contracts; Gillibrand’s Amendment Would Direct USDA to Collect these Essential Data & Allow New York’s Barley Industry to Continue to Thrive; Final Version of the Farm Bill, which Includes Gillibrand’s Barley Legislation, Now Heads to the President’s Desk for Final Signature, One Step Closer to Becoming Law