Press Releases

Gillibrand Statement On New Investigation Shedding Light On A “Broken” National Flood Insurance Program That Continues To Shortchange Homeowners Nearly Six Years After Superstorm Sandy

Homeowners Who Suffered Through Flooding in 2016 Louisiana Storms Are Falling Victim to the Same Schemes and Underpayments that New York and New Jersey Families Faced After Superstorm Sandy; Gillibrand: “It is Sickening to See the Same Underpayments Happen All Over Again, By Some of the Same People”

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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $174 Million In Federal Funding To Aid Ny State Economic Development & Affordable Housing

The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) And The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) Provide Essential Funds For Transformative Development Initiatives Across New York State; Both Programs Received Significant Increases In The Recently Passed Bipartisan Omnibus Bill, Senators Say These Programs Are A Huge Win For Communities Across Upstate New York; Senators Have Pushed To Ensure Programs Create Good-Paying Jobs By Supporting Local Housing And Development Projects, And By Inv

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After All Four Military Service Chiefs Confirm Transgender Troops Have Not Harmed Unit Cohesion, Discipline, Or Morale, Gillibrand Leads Bipartisan Group Of 50 Senators In Telling Defense Secretary Mattis Transgender Troop Ban Is Harmful To Military

Senators: New “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy For Transgender Service Members Will Harm Our Nation’s Military, Trump Administration’s Ban On Transgender Troops Goes Against The Consensus From Medical Community And Military Leadership That Transgender Troops Are Physically And Mentally Able To Serve

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