Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Reveal: Buffalo And Tonawanda Waiting On Over $15 Million In Critical Hud Community Development Block Grant Funding, Holding Up Essential Development Projects And Hurting Local Service Providers; Senators Demand Hud Immediately Release Much-Needed Federal Funds To Buffalo And Tonawanda
The Community Development Block Grant Program Provides Essential Funds For Transformative Development Projects Across Buffalo, Tonawanda And Upstate NY; Schumer And Gillibrand Fought To Secure $3.3 Billion For Program In Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill; After Learning That HUD Has Yet To Send Previously-Allocated Funding To Buffalo And Tonawanda – Over $13 Million For Buffalo And Over $1.6 Million For Tonawanda – Schumer And Gillibrand Demand HUD Immediately Release Funds
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $401k In Federal Funding For The Town Of Sterling In Cayuga
Funding Will Be Used to Construct a New Water District in the Town of Sterling to Expand Clean Drinking Water for Residents
In A Speech On Senate Floor, Gillibrand Opposes Confirmation Of Thomas Farr Over His Biased Record On Voting Rights
Throughout His Legal Career, Thomas Farr Has Undermined the Voting Rights of Black Americans; Gillibrand: “This nominee represents yet another threat to the basic premise of one person one vote”
With An Increase In Cases Of Polio-Like Disease Causing Paralysis In Children, Gillibrand Calls On Congress To Immediately Provide Emergency Funding For Research, Treatment, And Prevention Efforts For Acute Flaccid Myelitis (Afm)
The CDC Is Investigating Hundreds of Confirmed and Suspected Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a Debilitating, Polio-Like Disease Affecting Children in New York and Across the Country; The Number of Cases of This Rare but Serious Disease Are Growing Year After Year, yet the CDC Has Been Unable to Determine the Cause or Identify a Treatment
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $16 Million In Federal Funding To Be Used For Repairs At The World’s Fair Pavilion In Flushing
Funding Will be Used To Repair and Replace Several Electrical Units in the World’s Fair Pavilion, Which Were Damaged During Hurricane Sandy
With Thanksgiving Around The Corner, Senators Gillibrand And Blumenthal Call On The USDA To Disclose Information Regarding Deadly Strain Of Salmonella Linked To Raw Turkey
164 People from 35 States, Including Twelve People in New York and Three in Connecticut, Have Been Infected with this Strain of Salmonella; Gillibrand, Blumenthal: USDA’s Failure to Provide Identifying Information for Contaminated Turkey to the Public in Advance of the Holiday Season is Simply Unconscionable
As Final Farm Bill Negotiations Continue This Week, Gillibrand Calls On President Trump To Reject Any Farm Bill That Does Not Include Refund For Dairy Farmers Who Paid Into Failed Insurance Program
Gillibrand Successfully Secured $73 million in Senate-Passed Farm Bill to Put Money Back into the Pockets of New York Dairy Farmers
As Families Prepare For Holiday Travel, Senator Gillibrand Announces That Following Her Push, Airlines Must Now Allow Parents Traveling With Children To Check Strollers Of All Sizes At Gates
Some Airlines Had Previously Denied Parents’ Ability to Check Strollers at the Gate Due to Size and Weight Restrictions; Gillibrand’s Provision, Included in FAA Reauthorization Bill, Requires Commercial Airlines to Allow Parents Travelling with Strollers of All Sizes to Check their Strollers at the Gate
Senators Gillibrand And Paul Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Protect Pregnant Women In Federal Prisons
Of the 200,000 Women in Custody Each Year, About 12,000 Were Pregnant at the Time of Incarceration; Over 2,000 Women Nationwide Give Birth While in Custody Each Year; Legislation Would Create a National Standard of Care for Pregnant Women in Federal Prisons and Prohibit the Use of Restraints and Restrictive Housing on Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Custody
Gillibrand Statement On Rocket Attack Against Israel
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement after more than 200 rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip: “The escalation in violence on the Israel-Gaza border is deeply disturbing, and I am relieved...