Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce over $16,000 In Federal Funding For Brier Hill Fire District
Funding For Brier Hill Fire District Will Be Used To Purchase New Communications Equipment
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $23K in Fed Funds for Western Turnpike Rescue Squad in Albany County
Federal Funding Will Allow For Western Turnpike Rescue Squad To Purchase Protective Gear For Emergency Personnel Handling Motor Vehicle Accidents
Gillibrand Statement on Senate Passage of Iran Nuclear Agreement Act
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Act, which she co-sponsored: “It is in the national security interest of the United States and Israel to...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $5.5 Million in Federal Funding for Cornell University to Study & Improve Crop Sustainability
National Science Foundation Grant Would Allow Cornell to Harness Genome Editing Techniques To Improve Rice Crop, Which is a Staple That Helps Feed Billions of People Worldwide
Gillibrand Releases New Military Sexual Assault Report: New Data Revels high Prevalence of Assault Among Civilian Women & Military Spouses, Widening True Scope of Problem; underreporting and Distrust of Military Justice System Persist
Review of 107 Case Files from Four U.S. Bases Finds 53 Percent of Survivors are Civilian or Military Spouses – Neither Counted in Department of Defense Prevalence Surveys Nearly Half of the Survivors Who Reported a Sexual Assault Declined to Move Forward with the Military Justice Process Just Over 20 Percent of Cases Proceeded to Trial & Only 10 Percent of All Cases Resulted in Sexual Assault Convictions
Gillibrand Statement On Latest DOD Report On Sexual Assault In The Military (2015)
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement on the Department of Defense’s latest report on sexual assault in the military: “This is more of the same. All of the positive rhetoric ignores the reality that...
At Elmira College, Senator Gillibrand Meets Students and Leads Organizing Effort to Combat Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Gillibrand Reintroduces Strengthened Version of Campus Accountability and Safety Act With Added Input from Survivors, Students, Colleges and Universities, Law Enforcement, and Advocates In 2013 There Were 388 Forcible Sex Offenses Reported By Campuses Across New York State According To Data From The U.S. Department of Education
At Union College, Senator Gillibrand Meets with Students and Leads Organizing Effort to Combat Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Gillibrand Reintroduces Strengthened Version of Campus Accountability and Safety Act With Added Input from Survivors, Students, Colleges and Universities, Law Enforcement, and Advocates In 2013 There Were 388 Forcible Sex Offenses Reported By Campuses Across New York State According To Data From The U.S. Department of Education
Senator Gillibrand Announces Legislation to Bolster Manufacturing Education at Universities and Train New York’s Workforce for 21st Century Economy
Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Designate “Manufacturing Universities” to Help Schools Strengthen Engineering Programs and Meet Growing Demands of Modern Manufacturing More Than 30 Percent of New York Manufacturers Report Difficulty Retaining Skilled Workers
Gillibrand Statement on Latest DOD Report on Sexual Assault in the Military
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today released the following statement on the Department of Defense’s latest report on sexual assault in the military: “This is more of the same. All of the positive rhetoric ignores the reality that...