Press Releases
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $1.6 BILLION IN FEDERAL SANDY-RELIEF FUNDING FOR LONG ISLAND HAS BEEN OBLIGATED – Funding Was Previously Promised And Is Now Out The Door, Including $878m For LIPA & Over $729m For Nassau County’s Hard-Hit Sewage Treatment Plants Like Bay Park
Superstorm Sandy Downed Power Lines On Long Island, Leaving Close to One Million Long Islanders Without Power—LIPA Infrastructure In-Need of Mitigation Measures to Prevent Future Damage in the Event of a Storm
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $2.9 Million For Orange County Airport
Funding Will Allow the Airport to Make Critical Improvements to its Runway
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES To Receive $100,000 In Federal Funding For Project Aware
Funds Will Be Used For School-Wide Mental Health Training Program
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $200,000 For Science, Technology, Engineering And Math (STEM) Education At Mercy College
Mercy College Will Use Funds to Develop STEM Programs for High School Students
At Gillibrand’s Urging, SUNY Delhi Awarded $200,000 In Federal Funding To Support Wastewater Improvement Project
Gillibrand Hosted ARC At Economic Development Roundtable in 2011 Which Highlighted This Important Project
Gillibrand Announces Final Passage of Bill to Keep Northport VA’s Child Care Program Open
More Than 174 Local Families Take Advantage of Program Each Month While Receiving VA Services
Gillibrand Announces Final Passage of Bill to Keep Buffalo VA’s Child Care Program Open
More Than 100 Local Families Take Advantage of Program Each Month While Receiving VA Services
Gillibrand Statement On Today’s Vote On Arming And Training Syrian Rebels
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement today after the Senate passed a continuing funding resolution that includes authorization for the arming and training of rebels in Syria: “I believe that ISIL today poses a serious threat to U.S....
Schumer, Gillibrand and Owens Announce $8.6M in Funding for Major Expansion at Plattsburgh International Airport
PLATTSBURGH, NY—Today U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Bill Owens announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded Plattsburgh International Airport $8,616,132 to continue the large-scale expansion of...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $300,000 To Combat Human Trafficking In Rochester
Funds will be Used to Support Legal Services and to Better Educate the Public