Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Push To Secure Over $11.3 Million In Federal Funds To Make City Of Kingston A Regional Rail Trail Hub – Project Would Connect 4 Major Regional Rail Trails, Make Key Throughfares More Pedestrian- & Bike-Friendly
Kingston ‘Greenline’ Connectivity Project Would Link Wallkill Valley, O&W Rondout, Kingston Point, & Catskill Mountain Rail Trails To Broadway Corridor, Creating Seamless Rail Trail Connections for Pedestrians & Bikes
Schumer, Gillibrand Push to Secure Federal Funding That Will Improve Access To & Spur Redevelopment of Isolated Former Glenwood Power Plant in Yonkers – Better Transportation Is Key to Turning Plant into World-Class Cultural Center & Redeveloping Waterfront Area for Residents, Business, Tourism
Schumer, Gillibrand Push for $14M TIGER Grant to Construct, Develop Glenwood Area Road Network – Network Would Spur Glenwood Power Plant Revitalization & Encourage Growth Along Waterfront
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Push To Secure Over $10 Million In Federal Funds To Transform City Of Ithaca’s Bus System, Make Key Throughfares More Pedestrian- & Bike- Friendly & Promote Connectivity To Massive Ithaca Commons Overhaul
Over 42% of Ithaca’s Population Commutes To Work by Walking & 10% Depend on Bus Transit, Both Well Above National Average – Grant Would Transform Bus System & Improve Downtown By Adding Wider Sidewalks, Improved Bus Facilities, Bike Lanes, Green Infrastructure
Schumer, Gillibrand Push to Secure $2 Million to Make Critical Repairs to Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge
Federal Funds Would Be Used to Rehabilitate the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, Help Stop Deterioration of 50 Year-Old Aging Superstructure
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $60,000 for Goshen Fire District
Federal Funding Will Be Used to Purchase New Breathing Apparatus Fill Station
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $66,000 For Wilton Emergency Squad
Funding Will be Used to Train First Responders
Gillibrand & Higgins Announce 5-Year, $1.4M Award For Summer Cancer Research Programs At Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Federal Funding Supports Clinical Internships to Provide Hands-on Cancer Research and Oncology Experiences to College and Medical Students
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $700,000 for Rochester-Finger Lakes Fire Departments
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced over $700,000 in federal grant money for three Rochester-Finger Lakes are fire departments. Specifically, the Canandaigua Emergency Squad in Ontario County will receive...
Gillibrand, Slaughter Announce Brockport Post Office to Be Named After Fallen Army Staff Sergeant
Brockport Native, Decorated Staff Sergeant Nicholas Reid Died At Age 26 from Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan
Gillibrand Statement on Filibuster of Student Loan Bill
Banks on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act Included Proposal By Gillibrand Allowing Graduates to Refinance Student Loans – New York Grads Currently Saddled By Over $60 Billion in Federal Student Loan Debt