Press Releases

As New York Celebrates 100 Years Of Women’s Suffrage, Senator Gillibrand Calls On National Park Service To Add Mount Hope Cemetery, Final Resting Place Of Susan B. Anthony And Frederick Douglass, To National Register Of Historic Places

Mount Hope Cemetery Is The Permanent Resting Place For Over 350,000 People, Including Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Letter To NPS Follows Successful Passage Into Law Of Gillibrand’s Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission Act To Commemorate 100th Anniversary Of 19th Amendment And The Passage Of The Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act

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Senators Gillibrand, Cruz, Ernst, Feinstein, Murkowski, Graham, Cornyn, McCaskill, Shaheen, Portman, Blumenthal, Baldwin, Hirono, Warren, Booker, Gardner, Sullivan, Hassan, Harris, Cortez Masto Introduce New Bipartisan Legislation To Combat Sexual Harassment And Discrimination In Congress, Bring Transparency And Accountability To Sexual Harassment Reporting Process

Bipartisan Congressional Harassment Reform Act Would Overhaul Current Reporting Process for Victims of Harassment and Discrimination in Congress, End Required Secrecy, and Require Members of Congress Found Liable for Harassment or Discrimination to Pay Settlements Out of Their Own Pocket

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As Millions Of Americans Gear Up For Holiday Road Travel To Visit Family And Friends, Senator Gillibrand, Representative Cohen Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation To Help Keep Drivers Safe From Fatal Tractor-Trailer Truck Accidents

Underride Accidents Happen When Cars Slide Under Tractor-Trailer Trucks, Often Resulting in Decapitation of Car Passengers, Bipartisan Legislation Introduced by Senators Gillibrand and Rubio and Representatives Cohen and DeSaulnier Would Prevent Deadly Truck Underride Accidents, Which Have Claimed Thousands of Lives Across the Country

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Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Fema To Stand Ready To Quickly Add Cayuga County To Federal Disaster Declaration

Senators Say Disaster Declaration Unlocked Federal Funds for Flood-Impacted Communities, But Cayuga County Was Not Included; FEMA Can Take Up to 90 Days to Act on Appeals, but Senators Say Cayuga Should Not Have to Wait That Long, The Senators To FEMA: Stand Ready For Additional Data & Damage Assessments To Add Cayuga County To The Lake Ontario Flooding Disaster Declaration

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Schumer, Gillibrand, Engel: Mamaroneck Residents Are At Severe Risk Of Their Homes & Businesses Being Flooded Yet Again; As Report Sits On Army Corps’ Desk, Reps Urge Immediate Review And Approval To Reduce Flooding Risk From The Mamaroneck And Sheldrake River Basins

In 2007, A Nor’easter Storm Produced Record Flooding In and Near The Village Of Mamaroneck, Causing Loss of Life, Costing Millions In Damages And Forcing Close To 40% Of Residents To Seek Evacuation Assistance; Reps Say Residents In Mamaroneck And Sheldrake River Basins Remain At Risk To Severe Flooding, Approving Army Corps “Chief’s Report” On The Flood Risk Management Is A Key Step In Addressing Flooding, But Is Being Held Up By Bureaucratic Red Tape; Reps Call On Army Corps To Do Its Part A

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