Press Releases
Senators Urge Federal Action to Save Bee Populations
Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency to better protect bee populations....
As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand & Congresswoman Slaughter Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic
Opioid Related Deaths At All Time High; Deaths In the Rochester-Finger Lakes Region Increased Over 550 Percent Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids New Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain
As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand Urges Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic
Opioid Related Deaths At All Time High; Deaths In the Hudson Valley Increased Nearly 1,000 Percent Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain Gillibrand: “When someone gets a tooth out and only needs medication for three days – why are they sent home from the doctor’s office with 30 Percocet?”
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Senate Appropriations Committee To Provide Robust Federal Funding To Brookhaven National Lab
Schumer, Gillibrand Have Long Fought to Secure Increased Federal Funds for BNL– Funding Helps the U.S. Remain On The Forefront of Scientific Research
Schumer, Gillibrand Launch Push To Secure $78 Million In Fed Funding For Rochester Laser Lab In 2017 Budget-Funding Will Keep University Of Rochester At The Cutting Edge Of High-Tech Energy Research & Develop New Pulsed-Power Facility
In FY 2016, Schumer & Gillibrand Secured Rochester Laser Lab $68 Million in Funding for Its OMEGA Laser – Fed Funds Helped U of R Continue Critical Programs That Protect The Nation and Maintain Over 300 Jobs in New York An Additional $10 Million Would Help U of R Partner With Sandia National Labs to Conduct Advanced Research & Develop Next Generation Pulsed-Power System Schumer, Gillibrand: This Fed Funding Next Year Will Help Keep Rochester at the Forefront of Laser Technology
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FERC to Reject Proposed Permit Application for Northeast Energy Pipeline (NED) Project; Proposal Seeks to Install Gas Pipeline & Compressor Stations through Several NYS Counties – Senators Say New Yorkers Bear the Environmental & Health Risks and Reap None of the Benefits
NED Pipeline Would Cut Through Five Counties Broome, Delaware, Schoharie, Albany, and Rensselaer & The Hudson River in New York – And Three Additional States, Including Pennsylvania, Massachusetts & New Hampshire Schumer, Gillibrand: The potential long-lasting and negative environmental, quality-of-life and health impacts are clear; New Yorkers would bear all the environmental and health risks while receiving no benefit from the pipeline once it is built Schumer, Gillibrand: Ensuring the saf
Gillibrand, Murphy Introduce Legislation to Promote Economic Growth and Protect Natural Resources in the Highlands Region
Highlands Region include 3.5 million acres stretching from Connecticut through New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Legislation would support thousands of local jobs, preserve historic natural resources, protect clean water supply for 20 million people
Gillibrand Announces B&B Carousell Placed on the National Register of Historic Places
B&B Carousell Has 84 Year History in NYC; Holds the Distinction of Being the Last Operating Carousel on Coney Island
Gillibrand Introduces Legislation to Begin Process of Creating National Park in Central New York
Designation Would Provide Significant Resources to Central New York, Including Federal Funding and Increased Tourism to the Area
As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths in New York Continue to Climb, Senator Gillibrand Urges Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Opioid Epidemic
Opioid Related Deaths At All Time High; Deaths In New York State Nearly Quadrupled Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids. Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain Gillibrand: “When someone gets a tooth out and only needs medication for three days – why are they sent home from the doctor’s office with 30 Percocet?”