Press Releases
Gillibrand Hails Queens Non-Profits As Environmental Champions
After Gillibrand Nomination, Queens Eco-Groups Win Prestigious Environmental Award
Gillibrand Hails Lumi Solair As Environmental Champion
After Gillibrand Nomination, NYC Manufacturer of Clean Tech Streetlights Wins Prestigious Environmental Award
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge Feds To Extend Deadline For City Of Binghamton To Repay Federal Loan – Forcing City To Pay Too Soon Could Jeopardize Local Redevelopment & Cost Jobs
Schumer, Gillibrand Call on HUD to Grant an Extension for Binghamton to Pay Back Section 108 Loan
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million In Federal Funding For Cleanup After Superstorm Sandy In White Plains
Superstorm Sandy Caused Extensive Damage, Resulting in Downed Trees & Fallen Branches in White Plains; Debris Was Strewn Throughout Busy Roadways
Key Senate Panel Passes Gillibrand Measure Giving Army Corps Permanent Authority To Prevent Asian Carp From Invading Great Lakes, NYS Waterways
Senator’s Harbor Maintenance Act Also Included In Bill – Would Help Small Harbors That Have Not Been Dredged Recently, Including Great Lakes Ports Like Rochester And Oswego
Key Senate Committee Passes Gillibrand Measures To Strengthen Army Corp’s Disaster Response
Gillibrand Amendment Requires Army Corps to Recommend Specific Construction Projects to Reduce Flood Risks in Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy
Schumer, Gillibrand Lead Successful Effort To Defeat Attempt On Senate Floor To Limit Use Of NYC Anti-Terror Money
Schumer and Gillibrand Took to the Senate Floor Before Vote, at Approximately 2:15, In Opposition to Republican Amendment That Would Prevent Urban Areas Security Initiative Funds from Being Used to Pay Local Public Safety Officials Overtime And to Pay For Vital Equipment
With Nearly 1.8 Million New Yorkers Earning Minimum Wage or Just Above, Gillibrand Announces New Push to Increase Federal Minimum Wage
Purchasing Power of the Minimum Wage Hits Historic Low – Lagging Behind the Pace of Inflation – Currently Falls $3,000 Short of Annual Poverty Line for Hundreds of Thousands Working Poor Families Across New York State
Schumer Launches Effort to Restore Hotel Syracuse as Anchor for Downtown Development, Bring $10 Million in Tax Credits to Historic Landmark – Recently Extended New Market Tax Credits Could Help Revamp Hotel, Boost Other Business Downtown
Revitalization of Hotel Syracuse Will Revamp Historic Anchor to Downtown Syracuse, Boost Tourism & Economic Activity at Businesses & Convention Center – Funding Would Pave Way for Hundreds of Jobs
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce that Dozens of Life-Saving River Gauges in Susquehanna River Basin will Remain Up-and-Running this Year – Feds Have Heeded Call & Will Provide $215,000 in Disaster Relief Funding to Keep Gauges Online in Southern Tier
Senators Reveal that NOAA Has Agreed to Keep Early Warning Flood Systems Online In Flood-Prone Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Steuben & Chemung Counties; Worked With Appropriations Chair Mikulski to Deliver Vital Support