Press Releases

Metro-North Hudson Line, Which Serves An Average of 26K People Each Weekday, Was Damaged By Superstorm Sandy When Salt Water Destroyed Electric Components & Third Rail Was Crushed; MTA Applied to Competitive Hurricane Sandy Resiliency Competition for Federal Grant to Construct More Resilient Power & Signal Equipment Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $20.7 Million Obligation of Federal Transit Administration Grant Funding; Will Support Design & Construction of 92 Elevated Steel Equipment Platforms

Zadroga Bill Passed in 2010 After Almost Decade Long Fight Is Set to Expire This Year – Participants in 9-11 Health Program Living in All 50 States and 429 of 435 Congressional Districts Gillibrand: “We Have a Moral Obligation to Continue to Provide the Critically Needed Care and Compensation That Our 9-11 Heroes, Survivors and Their Families Deserve”

Metro-North Hudson Line, Which Serves An Average of 26K People Each Weekday, Was Damaged By Superstorm Sandy When Salt Water Destroyed Electric Components & Third Rail Was Crushed; MTA Applied to Competitive Hurricane Sandy Resiliency Competition for Federal Grant to Construct More Resilient Power & Signal Equipment Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $20.7 Million Obligation of Federal Transit Administration Grant Funding; Will Support Design & Construction of 92 Elevated Steel Equipment Platforms A

An Estimated 9,320 Bronx Children Hospitalized for Asthma Attacks Between 2011-2013- Borough Struggles With One of the Highest Asthma Rates in U.S. Gillibrand’s New Measures Would Provide New Grants for Schools to Purchase Medication, Equipment & Training to Respond to Students’ Asthma Attacks

Gillibrand Joins Children at Sunset Park Recreation Center Summer Meals Program to Highlight Need for Healthy Meal Standards & Provide More Children with Quality, Nutritious Food throughout the Summer Landmark Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Set to Expire & Some Are Trying to Water Down Nutrition Programs & Standards

Zadroga Bill Passed in 2010 After Almost Decade Long Fight Is Set to Expire This Year – Participants in 9-11 Health Program Living in All 50 States and 429 of 435 Congressional Districts Gillibrand: “We Have a Moral Obligation to Continue to Provide the Critically Needed Care and Compensation That Our 9-11 Heroes, Survivors and Their Families Deserve”

Officials Join Students at I.S. 5 Walter Crowley Intermediate School Summer Meals Program to Highlight Need for Healthy Meal Standards & Provide More Children with Quality, Nutritious Food throughout the Summer Landmark Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Set to Expire & Some Are Trying to Water Down Nutrition Programs & Standards

Projects Include Longer Runway Safety Zones and High-Speed Taxiways to Cut Time Planes Spend on Runways

NYS Application For State-Of-The-Art Advanced Manufacturing Performance (AMP) Center Currently Being Led By SUNY Poly Includes Consortium Of Companies That Would Help Create High-Tech Manufacturing Testbed Site At Quad-C In Utica AMP Center In Utica Would Further Establish New York As Global Leader In Nanotech Manufacturing Research & Development – Schumer & Gillibrand Say $1.25 Million in Fed Funding Would Lay Foundation For AMP Center To Bring High-Tech Companies To Central New York Schume

Gillibrand Discusses Decision to Support the P5+1 Agreement in Medium Post “Goal has been and remains to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon… far more ability to achieve that outcome if we approve this deal”