Press Releases
Gillibrand Pushes For $50 Million In Additional FDA Funding To Support Food Inspector Training And Enhanced Food Safety Research
CDC Estimates 48 Million Americans Contract and 3,000 Americans Die from Foodborne Illnesses Each Year
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1m In Federal Funding For Town Of Hempstead’s Infrastructure Repairs Following Superstorm Sandy
Town of Hempstead’s Street Lamps & Underground Electrical Systems Were Damaged During Superstorm Sandy When South Shore Communities Were Inundated With Floodwaters
At Gillibrand’s Recommendation, White House Formally Nominates Lashann DeArcy Hall For U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District Of New York
DeArcy Hall Appointment Would Add Another Exceptional Female Jurist to Federal Bench
Gillibrand Speaks In Olean About Federal Pedestrian Safety Legislation
Gillibrand Talks About The Importance Of Projects Like “Walkable Olean” And The Benefits Pedestrian Safety Projects And Increased Foot Traffic Bring To Local Businesses
Schumer, Gillibrand, Maffei Announce More Than $4 Million In USDA Funding For Central New York
Funding Will Be Used To Make Improvements to Vital Water and Waste Disposal Infrastructure
Gillibrand: Loretta Lynch Is An “Exceptionally Well-Qualified Candidate For Attorney General, Deserves Swift Confirmation”
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement today as President Obama is set to formally announce U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as his nominee to become the next Attorney General of the United States: "President Obama has...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Approximately $1.5 Million In FEMA Funds For High-Priority Stream Gauges Along Mohawk River, Oswego River & Upper Hudson River Basins; Will Help Mitigate Flood Risk In 23 Counties – Gauges Will Aid Existing Canal Flood Warning System To Protect Upstate Communities
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Approximately $1.5 Million Obligation Coming from Feds to NYS Canal Flood Warning System for Installation of Critical Stream Gauges; Funding Means FEMA Will Cover 100% Of Tab For Project – Devices Provide Crucial Flood Detection, Prevention, and Evacuation Planning for Upstate NY Cities & Towns
Schumer, Gillibrand Call On Fifa To Hold 2015 Women’s World Cup On Grass, Not Artificial Turf, Just Like Men’s World Cup – Senators Urge Fifa To Work With World Cup Game Organizers & Female Athletes To Bring Equality To Tournament
2015 Women’s World Cup Will Be Held On Artificial Turf, Whereas The Men’s Competition Bans Turf and Has Always Been Held On Natural Grass – At the Professional Level, Artificial Turf Fundamentally Impacts The Way Soccer is Played; Senators: “The Same Rules That Apply To Men’s World Cup Should Apply to the Women’s World Cup”
Schumer, Gillibrand Call On Va Secretary To Swiftly Approve Contract That Would Enable Local Veterans To Receive Inpatient Psychiatric Care Right Here In Finger Lakes – Va Currently Sending Vets To Buffalo, Syracuse & Albany
More Than 170 Veterans at the Canandaigua VA in Ontario County Have Been Transferred to Locations Hours Away Due to Lack of Available Inpatient Psychiatric Care for Vets in Finger Lakes Area – Schumer, Gillibrand: “Region’s 70,000 Veterans Deserve Local Treatment Option.”
At Gillibrand’s Urging, $1.5 Million In Rural Development Funds Awarded To Hudson Opera House
Senator Gillibrand Wrote a Letter to USDA in Support of the Application in May