Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $19,000 In Federal Funding For The Athens Volunteer Fire Department In Greene County
Federal Funding For Athens Volunteer Fire Dept. Will Be Used To Purchase New Safety Equipment
Schumer, Gillibrand, Israel, Zeldin, Meeks, Rice & King Announce Over $21 Million In Federal Sandy Funding For Repairs To Long Island Power Authority
Funding for Sandy-Related Repairs Towards Emergency and Protective Repairs To Utility Distribution System
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $270,000 For Mineola Fire Dept To Purchase New Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
Mineola Fire Dept. is Comprised of Two Engine Companies, One Truck Company & Two Support Companies; Totals More than 200 Members Serving the Village Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $271,143 in Federal Funding for Mineola FD to Purchase New Breathing Apparatus; Will Protect Firefighters from Heat, Smoke, Flame & Super-Heated Gases During Fires Funding is Being Provided Through DHS’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG)
Schumer, Gillibrand: Sandy Victims In New York Are Yet Again Facing Possibility Of Being Forced To Return Federal Aid Received In Aftermath Of Superstorm Sandy; Senators Urge Feds To Waive ‘Duplication Of Benefits’ Policy & Allow Federal CDBG-NY Rising Grant Recipients To Keep Additional National Flood Insurance Settlement Funds
HUD’s Current ‘Duplication of Benefits’ Policy Would Requires Homeowners to Use Their Additional FEMA NFIP Insurance Money to Repay Federally-Financed CDBG Funds They Received Via NY Rising; Many of these Sandy Victims Have Already Endured Hardship, Denial of Claims & Payment Delays Due to Potentially Fraudulent Schemes Involving Flood Insurance Companies & Engineering Firms Schumer, Gillibrand Urge HUD & FEMA to Forgo Efforts to Claw-Back NFIP Insurance Money Victims Receive After Reevaluatio
Gillibrand, Rangel & Velazquez Nominate Arturo Alfonso Schomburg For The Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representatives Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) today announced the nomination of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian...
Schumer, Gillibrand & Jeffries Announce $100K In FEMAA Funding For Sea Gate Bulkhead Project, Providing Protection Between Beach 48th St. To Beach 50th St.; Hazard Mitigation Funding Covers Full Cost of Phase 1 Of Project, Which Will Protect Against Storm Damage To Sea Gate & Coney Island Community In The Future
Superstorm Sandy Damaged Sea Gate’s Bulkhead & Sea Wall, Leaving Community Vulnerable to Future Storms; Schumer Called on FEMA to Approve Phase 1 of Sea Gate’s Proposed Bulkhead Project Schumer, Gillibrand, Jeffries Announce FEMA Has Approved Funding for Phase 1 of Sea Gate’s Protection Project, Including Engineering Design & Permit Fees; Funding Will Make Sure Project Gets Off the Ground
Senator Gillibrand Announces New Push To Ban Plastic Microbeads In Personal Care Products
Plastic Microbeads Pose Severe Risks To Ecosystem When Washed Down The Drain Microbeads Present In 74 Percent Of Samples Taken From Wastewater Treatment Plants Across New York State According to April 2015 Report
Gillibrand & Schneiderman Announce New Push To Ban Plastic Microbeads In Personal Care Products
Plastic Microbeads Pose Severe Risks To Ecosystem When Washed Down The Drain Microbeads Present In 74 Percent Of Samples Taken From Wastewater Treatment Plants Across New York State According to April 2015 Report
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge The Small Business Administration To Be Ready To Swiftly Approve Disaster Declaration For Southern Tier And Finger Lakes Counties That Were Severely Impacted By Last Month’s Flooding
Following SBA Officials Tour Of Tompkins County, Schumer and Gillibrand Write To SBA In Support Of Low-Interest Disaster Loans To Renters, Homeowners, Businesses For Communities In The Southern Tier And Finger Lakes Regions That Experienced Significant Rainfall And Flooding Last Month In Event NYS Hits Threshold And Applies, SBA Disaster Declaration Would Make Available Disaster Assistance Loans For Counties Like Tompkins And Others Throughout The Southern Tier And Finger Lakes Schumer, Gilli
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $45,000 In Fed Funding For Wellsville Municipal Airport In Allegany County
Federal Transportation Funding Will Allow Airport to Improve Runway Safety