Press Releases
With New York Ranked Least-Affordable State For Child Care, Gillibrand Announces New Bipartisan Legislation To Ease Burden Of Sky-High Child Care Costs For Working Families
New Data Shows Average Central New York Family Spends Up to $10,000 Per Year in Day Care For An Infant
Schumer, Gillibrand Renew Call For 2015 Women’s World Cup To Be Held On Grass, Not Artificial Turf; Urge FIFA To Reach Agreement With Players In Advance Of 2015 Women’s World Cup
Following Meeting in Zurich This Week, Senators Reaffirm Support for Players, Urge World Cup Organizers to Negotiate With Players, Treat Women Equally
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.5 Million In Usda Funding For Greater Adirondack Conservation Projects
Funding Will Support Projects to Improve Water Quality and Soil Health for the Upper Hudson River, St. Lawrence River, Black River, and Lake Champlain Watershed
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $10 Million In USDA Funding For Long Island Sound Watershed Conservation
Senators Have Led Fight to Improve Long Island Sound Watershed, A Key New York Economic Anchor
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Fed Dept. Of Defense To Select Rochester-Suny Proposal For Final Round Of Competition For $110 Million To Create New National Institute Of Photonics – Senators Say Rochester Is Well-Positioned To Compete, As Home Of World’s Greatest Concentration Of Expertise In Optics, Photonics, Imaging
DOD Now Evaluating Proposals to Compete for Fed Funds That Will Establish New “Institute for Manufacturing Innovation” with Focus on Photonics; Schumer & Gillibrand Say NYS Proposal Backed by UR, RIT, SUNY Poly, Others Would Create New Photonic Assembly & Packing Facility in Rochester
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $2 Million In Funding For Repairs At Hudson River Park Pier 40
Funding Will Pay for Ongoing Repairs Made to the Electrical System
Gillibrand Statement On Passing Of Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo
New York, NY – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement today on the passing of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo: "I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing of former Governor Mario Cuomo. His outstanding service to...
Gillibrand Statement on Unilateral Palestinian Efforts at UN
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement today after Palestinian leadership presented its latest proposal in an attempt to achieve statehood through unilateral actions at the United Nations: "I am...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $300,000 In Funding To Provide College Courses For Students In Rural Northern Catskills School Districts
Funding Will Be Used To Support Courses for Students in 17 Rural School Districts
Senate Confirms Gillibrand Recommended Judge Joan Azrack To Sit On Federal Bench For U.S. District Court, Eastern District Of New York
Joan Azrack Confirmation Adds Another Exceptional Female Jurist to Federal Bench