Press Releases
Schumer And Gillibrand Announce $150K In Rural Economic Development Funding For Wells College Water Plant Improvements
Funding Will Be Used By Wells College To Modify Water Plant, Address Critical Vulnerability In Filtration System Caused By Exposure To Blue-Green Algae
Senators Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FEMA To Stand Ready To Quickly Approve Potential Disaster Declaration For Southern Tier And Finger Lakes 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: Stand Ready To Approve Any Requested Aid For Rochester-Finger Lakes And Southern Tier Residents
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $47K In Federal Funding For The Whitesboro Fire Department In Oneida County
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $47,620 in federal funding for the Whitesboro Fire Department in Oneida County. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $61K In Federal Funding For The Richville Volunteer Fire Department In St. Lawrence County
Funding Will Be Used to Replace Old And Outdated Breathing Equipment for Firefighters
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $44K In Federal Funding For The Westons Mills Fire District In Cattaraugus County
Funding Will Be Used to Replace Outdated Equipment
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $46K In Federal Funding For The City Of Watertown Fire Department In Jefferson County
Funding Will Be Used to Purchase Three Gear Washer-Extractors and Three Gear Dryers – One for Each of Watertown’s Three Fire Stations
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $16K In Federal Funding For The Endicott Fire Department In Broome County
Funding Will Be Used to Purchase New Equipment
Following Troubling Reports That Federally Contracted, Privately Run Detention Centers Are Withholding Basic Necessities From Immigrant Detainees Unless They “Volunteer” To Work, Gillibrand Leads Group Of Six Senators In Calling On Department Of Homeland Security To Immediately End These Illegal Practices, Create More Accountability And Oversight At These Facilities
According to Multiple Reports, Immigrant Detainees are Denied Basic Necessities if They Do Not “Volunteer” to Perform Tasks such as Mopping, Scrubbing Toilets, and Waxing Floors; Those Who Object to “Volunteering” are Subject to Punishments Such As Segregation, Solitary Confinement, Threat of Physical Harm, and Referral for Criminal Prosecution
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $59K In Federal Funding For The Greenfield Fire District
Funding Will Be Used to Purchase New Breathing Equipment for Firefighters, Replace 30-Year-Old, Outdated Equipment
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Major Federal Investment To Expand High-Speed Internet Access And Battle Opioid Crisis In Rural Communities Across Upstate New York
Spending Bill That Just Passed The Senate Provides $425 Million For USDA Broadband Pilot Program To Install High-Speed Internet Projects In Rural Communities – And $53 Million For Telemedicine Grants, $20 Million Of Which Is Dedicated To Helping Communities Address The Opioid Crisis; Schumer, Gillibrand Pushed To Include This Funding In The New Grant-Loan Broadband Program Modeled After Gillibrand’s Bipartisan B-CROP Legislation; This Newly-Passed Funding For The Broadband Pilot Program, Combine