Press Releases
Gillibrand Announces Major New Legislation To Create A Postal Bank To Wipe Out Predatory Payday Lending Industry Practices, Ensure All Americans Have Access To Basic Banking Services
Traditional Banks Do Not Serve Millions of Americans, Particularly Low-Income Americans, Communities of Color, and Rural Communities, Forcing Them to Use High-Cost Alternatives Such As Predatory Payday Lending and Trapping Them in a Cycle of Poverty; Gillibrand’s Postal Banking Bill Would Provide Low-Cost, Basic Financial Services to Millions of Americans Who Have Been Denied Access to Bank Services
Schumer, Gillibrand Demand Special DOJ IG Probe Into Scam Targeting September 11th Victims Compensation Fund Recipients; Vcf Is Overseen By Doj & Senators Say Fed Agency Must Swiftly Determine Who Is Going After 9-11 Vics And How
Senators Say DOJ Must Determine Who Is Behind 9-11 VCF Scam In Order To Fully Assess Its Impact, Schumer, Gillibrand: 9-11 Families Have Suffered Enough
As Trump-Era Drug Policies Continue To Target Communities Of Color For Low-Level Marijuana Possession, Senator Gillibrand Demands Attorney General Jeff Sessions Meet With New Yorkers Whose Lives Have Been Upended By Failed War On Drugs, End DOJ Directive That Disproportionately Hurts Black And Latino New Yorkers
Gillibrand, Who Rolled Out Her Support of Bill to Legalize Marijuana in February, Urges Attorney General Sessions to Meet with New Yorkers to Hear From Them Directly About How Failed Marijuana Laws Have Taken Away a Lifetime of Opportunities; Gillibrand Calls on Sessions to End Trump-Era DOJ Directive That Empowers Law Enforcement to Target Low-Level Non-Violent Marijuana Possession Offenses, Which Disproportionately Hurts Communities of Color; Black and Latino New Yorkers are Nearly 10 Times Mo
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $150,000 In Federal Funding For SUNY Broome In Binghamton
Federal Funds Will Be Used to Develop an FAA-Certified Aircraft Maintenance Degree Program at SUNY Broome
As Republicans In Congress Move To Take Away SNAP Food Assistance For Low-Income Families Across The Country, Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation With Sanders, Warren, Booker, And Harris To Expand Food Assistance For Our Most Vulnerable Children
Gillibrand, a Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Will Push to Include Her New Legislation in the Upcoming Farm Bill; Legislation Would Help Ensure the Most Vulnerable Children Have Enough Food to Make It Through the Month
Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins Emphatically Back Roswell Park’s Application For Renewal As National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
Distinction Includes Millions of Dollars in Federal Resources for Cancer Research
To Protect Against Future Flooding Along New York’s Great Lakes Coastline, Senator Gillibrand Pushes For Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study To Be Authorized In Upcoming Water Resources Development Act
Great Lakes Face Numerous Threats, Such as Erosion, Flooding, Nutrient Runoff, and Aging Infrastructure, Which Contribute to Future Flooding and Hurt the Local Economy, Gillibrand’s Provision Would Authorize the Army Corps to Conduct a Study for Developing Projects to Make the Great Lakes Coastline and Surrounding Communities More Resilient
Senator Gillibrand Announces $86 Million Increase In Impact Aid To Provide Critical Funding For School Districts On Federal Land
Gillibrand Led Bipartisan Push Advocating for Continued Support of Impact Aid to Benefit North Country Schools Near Fort Drum, Funding for the Impact Aid Program in Fiscal Year 2018 Totals $1.4 Billion, Representing an Increase of Over $86 Million and the Biggest Funding Increase for the Program in Over a Decade
Senator Gillibrand Speaks On Senate Floor To Oppose Carlos Muniz’s Nomination For General Counsel At The Department Of Education
Gillibrand Urges Senate Colleagues to Oppose Secretary DeVos’s Plan to Roll Back Title IX Protections and to Fight Against Gender Discrimination on College Campuses
As Algal Blooms Continue To Cause Environmental And Economic Damage To Chautauqua Lake, Senator Gillibrand Urges EPW Committee To Take Steps To Improve Lake’s Water Quality In Upcoming Water Resources Development Act
Chautauqua Lake Suffers from Harmful Algal Blooms, Causing Water Quality to be Impaired; Gillibrand’s Provision Would Authorize Army Corps of Engineers Feasibility Study to Develop a Strategy to Restore the Lake’s Watershed