Press Releases
President Trump Signs Gillibrand-Grassley Bill Helping Families of Fallen Officers Into Law
Public Safety Officers Benefits Improvement Act Reduces Delays In Processing Survivor Benefits
Gillibrand Leads Letter Demanding Answers From Trump Administration After Multiple Reports of Inhumane Conditions In Immigrant Detention Centers
Under Trump Administration Rules, Detained Immigrants Are Reportedly Not Receiving Adequate Medical Attention When They Need It
Senator Gillibrand Statement on President Trump’s Decision To Withdraw From Paris Accord
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord: “This decision by President Trump to leave the Paris Accord is irresponsibly...
Senator Gillibrand Statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Five-Year Review of PCB Contamination in the Hudson River
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s five-year review of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in the Hudson River: “Clean water should not be...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $720K In Fed Funding For Roswell Park Cancer Institute; Funds Ensure Ground-Breaking Cancer Research Will Continue In Buffalo
Roswell Park Will Receive Thousands In Funding From The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) To Continue Translating Lab Research Into Real-Life Treatments For Patients Funding Will Be Used To Continue Research On Psychological Outcomes of Pediatric Cancer Caregiving Schumer and Gillibrand: HHS Funding Ensures Buffalo Will Remain On Forefront Of Cancer Research
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $1 Million in Federal Funds for Long Island Macarthur Airport in Islip; FAA Grant Will Rehabilitate the Airport’s Longest Runway
Islip’s Long Island MacArthur Airport Serves 2 Million Passengers Each Year, Provides Thousands of Jobs & Generates Hundreds of Millions in Economic Impact. Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $900K in FAA Funds Will Go Towards the Design of a Rehabilitated Runway 6/24 at LI MacArthur Airport
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $17 Million in Department of Transportation Funding To Upgrade Airports Throughout Upstate New York
USDOT Funding Will Be Used For Over 36 Infrastructure Projects At Airports Across Upstate New York. Funding Will Be Used For Renovations and Improvements to Operational Efficiency In The Capital Region, Hudson Valley, Southern Tier, Central & Western New York, Rochester-Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley and The North Country
Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Murphy Urge Appropriators To End Outdated Mandate Threatening Plum Island
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) wrote leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations subcommittee seeking repeal of the misguided and outdated mandate requiring the sale of...
Senator Gillibrand Statement on President Trump’s Expected Decision To Withdraw From Paris Accord
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement regarding multiple new reports on President Donald J. Trump’s expected decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord: “A decision by President...
Senator Gillibrand Visits The Harriet Tubman Home National Historical Park
Visit Follows Successful Passage of Gillibrand’s Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission Act. Senator Gillibrand Also Helped Lead the Fight to Make Harriet Tubman’s Home a National Historical Park.