Press Releases
Gillibrand And King Present Medals To Family Of Fallen World War II Veteran
Sgt. Nicholas Faraone, killed in action over the Pacific during World War II, is posthumously awarded with Purple Heart, Air Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star, World War II Victory Medal
Gillibrand, Schumer Announce Bill To Name Bergen Post Office In Honor Of Bergen Native Barry Miller Has Passed The Senate Unanimously — Key Hurdle Cleared To Make The Barry G. Miller Post Office Official; Now Heads Over To House Of Representatives For Final Passage
In September 2015, Bergen Volunteer Firefighter & EMT Barry Miller Tragically Lost His Life In the Line Of Duty Earlier this year, Gillibrand Introduced Legislation to Rename Bergen Post Office After Fallen Hero
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.5 Million In Federal Funding For Clean-Up At Brownfield Sites Around Upstate New York
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure Funding for Five Brownfield Sites in WNY, Hudson Valley, Rome & North Country
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $170,00 In Federal Funds For Three St. Lawrence Fire Departments
Funding Will Be Used To Purchase New Emergency and Protective Equipment For Firefighters
Senators Gillibrand And Kirk Announce Key Senate Committee Approves $600 Million For Israeli Missile Defense, Measure Now Heads To Senate Floor
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) today announced that $600 million in funding for Israeli missile defense programs has cleared a key hurdle and was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The measure will...
Ahead Of Vote On National Defense Bill, Gillibrand And Grassley Lead Bipartisan Coalition Calling On Senate To Finally Pass Legislation To Address Crisis Of Sexual Assault In The Military
Independent review shows DoD appears to have willfully misled Congress about military sexual assault cases; DoD’s own SAPRO report shows that little progress has been made to fix the problem of military sexual assault in the last six years Senators call for another vote on the Military Justice Improvement Act after learning Senate held its previous votes under the influence of false and misleading information from DoD The Military Justice Improvement Act would remove serious crimes from the
Gillibrand Urges EPA To Add Wappinger Creek To The Superfund National Priorities List-After Contamination From Manufacturing Activity, Gillibrand Calls On EPA To Expedite Designation After 60-Day Public Comment Period Officially Ends
Wappinger Creek found to be contaminated with pollutants including mercury and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Gillibrand: This designation needs to be expedited to help protect public health and mitigate the damage to the environment in Dutchess County
Senator Gillibrand Releases Latest Military Sexual Assault Snapshot Report: New Data Show Despite Recent Congressional Reforms, Dysfunction In Military Justice System Remains
Review of 329 Case Files from Four U.S. Bases Finds that for Second Year in a Row there is a Higher Prevalence of Civilian Victims of Military Sexual Assault than DoD Reports in SAPRO Case Files Show 20 Percent of the Survivors Who Reported a Sexual Assault Eventually Declined to Move Forward with the Military Justice Process Zero Cases of Retaliation Were Prosecuted Despite Congressional Action
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FERC To Suspend Construction On Aim Pipeline Expansion Until Independent Health And Safety Studies Are Conducted
Senators Cite Impacted Communities’ Health, Environmental & Safety Concerns; Say That This Pass-Through Pipeline Burdens NY Communities With All the Risks Without Any Long-Term Benefits
Schumer, Gillibrand & Lowey Announce Over $483,000 In Federal Funds For White Plains Fire Bureau And Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps In Westchester County
Funding Will Allow Fire Dept. to Replace Old Self Contained Breathing Apparatus and EMS to Upgrade Emergency Service Equipment