Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $732K In Federal Funding For Six Fire Departments Throughout The Finger Lakes Region And In Rochester
Funding Will Be Used to Purchase New Equipment to Assist in Protecting New Yorkers During Fire and Rescue Emergencies
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $245 Million For Rome Lab Secured In Just-Passed, Bipartisan FY2019 Defense Appropriations Bill
Senators Say The FY19 Funding Level Is $32 Million More Than The Administration’s Budget Request And An Increase From Last Year’s Level; Senators: Rome Lab Is At The Epicenter Of Cyber-Defense And Cutting-Edge Communications And Deserves Significant Federal Investment
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $225K In Federal Funding For Oneonta Municipal Airport In Otsego County
Department Of Transportation Grant Will Fund The Purchase Of New Snow Removal Equipment
Senators Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Fema To Quickly Approve New York State’s Disaster Declaration Request For Southern Tier, Finger Lakes And Capital Region Counties Impacted By Recent Flooding And Severe Weather
Senators Say Disaster Declaration Would Unlock Federal Funds For Impacted Counties Still Recovering From Intense Flooding; Schumer, Gillibrand To FEMA: Swiftly Approve Requested Aid For Rochester-Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, And Capital Region Residents
With Senate Set To Vote On Major Legislation To Address Opioid Crisis, Gillibrand Makes Final Push For Funding To Help New York State Combat Opioid Epidemic, Increase Funding For Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs That Help Prevent Drug Abuse & Prescription Fraud
New York’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Has Helped Reduce Doctor Shopping and Prescription Opioid Abuse by 90 Percent Since 2013, But New York Doesn’t Have the Data It Needs from Half of States Across the Country to Help Prevent Opioid Addiction; Gillibrand Called on Colleagues to Support Funding to Allow Every State Across the Country to Share Critical Data That Is Proven to Cut Down on Opioid Abuse
With Senate Set To Vote On Major Legislation To Address Opioid Crisis, Gillibrand Makes Final Push For Funding To Help New York State Combat Opioid Epidemic, Increase Funding For Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs That Help Prevent Drug Abuse & Prescription Fraud
New York’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Has Helped Reduce Doctor Shopping and Prescription Opioid Abuse by 90 Percent Since 2013, But New York Doesn’t Have the Data It Needs from Half of States Across the Country to Help Prevent Opioid Addiction; Gillibrand Called on Colleagues to Support Funding to Allow Every State Across the Country to Share Critical Data That Is Proven to Cut Down on Opioid Abuse
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Inclusion Of Their Amendment In Final Must-Pass Defense Appropriations Bill Authorizing $20 Million In Federal Funding To Reimburse Local Water Authorities And New York For Clean Up Of Pfoa/Pfos At Newburgh
With Newburgh And New York Still Fighting To Clean Up Toxic Chemical Pollution That Poisoned Drinking Water, Schumer And Gillibrand Successfully Spearheaded The Charge To Include Language In Defense Appropriations Bill To Reimburse States And Water Authorities For Expenses Incurred From PFOS/PFOA Cleanup
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $600K In Federal Funding For Legal Services Of The Hudson Valley
Funding Will Be Used to Provide Legal Services to Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Sexual Assault
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $80 Million In Funding For Rochester Laser Lab In Fiscal Year 2019 Energy And Water Appropriations Bill; $80M In Funding Rejects Administration’s Misguided Budget Proposal To Close Laser Lab And Cut Hundreds Of Rochester Jobs
New Funding Will Keep 340 Workers On The Job At UR Lab To Continue Vital National Nuclear Security And Energy Innovation Work; $80 Million In Funding Is $5 Million More Than Last Year’s $75 Million Funding Level And $12 Million More Than 2016 Funding Level; Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Will Help Keep Rochester’s Laser Lab At The Cusp Of Technological Innovation, Supporting Good-Paying Local Jobs And Launching New High-Tech Companies
Gillibrand Delivers Keynote Speech At High Wage America Summit
**WATCH Senator Gillibrand’s Speech HERE** Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today delivered remarks at the High Wage America Summit, co-hosted by The Century Foundation and the Economic Policy Institute. Below are Senator...