Press Releases

With Farmers Market Season In Full Swing, Gillibrand Visits Poughkeepsie, Demands Investigation Into USDA’s Decision That Would End SNAP Card Payments At Farmers Markets, Hurting Low Income Families Who Rely On Farmers Markets For Healthy And Nutritious Food And Farmers Who Rely On Markets To Sell Their Produce

The USDA Contract with the Company that Processes SNAP Payments at Farmers Markets Ended with No Plan in Place to Continue this Service; New York State Recently Struck a Deal to Address this Issue in the Short-Term, But Without a New Plan from USDA, Low-Income Families Who Rely on SNAP Could Have a Harder Time Purchasing Fresh and Healthy Food at Their Local Farmers Markets in Coming Seasons and Years

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Following Her Push, Gillibrand Announces That Her Bipartisan Provisions To Promote Computer Science And Advanced Manufacturing Training In Schools, Train New York Students For High-Skilled, Good-Paying Jobs Passed The Senate

Gillibrand’s Bipartisan Provisions, Which Passed the Senate Yesterday Evening, Would Help Bring Much-Needed Federal Education Money to Communities Across New York State to Train Students for Good-Paying Jobs; Bipartisan Legislation Is Now One Step Closer to Becoming Law

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