Press Releases
In Albany, Gillibrand Announces Legislation To End Food Deserts; Bill Would Provide $50 Million In Funding Annually To Incentivize Grocery Stores To Establish Locations In Underserved Communities
Bill Could Help Bring A Grocery Store To Albany’s South End Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York to announce her Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act, legislation that would help end food...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $6.5 Million In Federal Funding For Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $6,567,304.50 in federal funding for the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Medical Center’s generator replacement project. This funding will support the addition...
Gillibrand Calls For Federal Funding To Help Low-Income Families Afford Their Water Bills
In 2023, The Low Income Household Water Assistance Program Helped Over 20,000 New York Households Funding For The Program Expired Last Year, Ending Critical Assistance That Has Helped Over 1 Million Americans Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video...
Gillibrand, 13 Senators Call On Senate Appropriators To Fight For Rail Funding In FY24 Budget Negotiations
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined 13 of her colleagues in urging Senate Appropriations leadership to support funding for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (IPR) grant program in the fiscal year 2024...
Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FEMA To Stand Ready To Quickly Approve Disaster Declaration If Requested And Support New York Communities Impacted By Major Wind And Rain Storms This Week
Heavy Rain, Snow, And Hurricane Force Winds Began Bombarding New York Early Tuesday Evening –Leading To Hundreds of Thousands of Power Outages And Dangerous Conditions Across The Entire State, And With Another Intense Storm Expected Within Just A Few Days The Senators...
WATCH: Gillibrand Delivers Floor Speech On Innocent Hostages Murdered And Abducted By Hamas
After meeting with hostage families in Israel, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a speech on the Senate floor to tell the stories of innocent victims who were murdered by Hamas and to highlight the hostages who are still being held in Gaza by Hamas. ** WATCH...
Ahead Of Funding Shortfall That Could Leave 2 Million Low-Income Children And Pregnant And Postpartum Women – Including 124,000 New Yorkers – Without Food Assistance, Gillibrand Calls For $1.4 Billion In Additional Funding For WIC Nutrition Program
Ahead of a funding shortfall that could leave nearly 2 million low-income children and pregnant and postpartum women throughout the United States without food assistance, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference to call for $1.4 billion in federal...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1 Million In Federal Funding For City Of Rome To Repair Damage And Help Restore Pinti Field Park From Flooding Damage From Tropical Storm Fred
Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that they secured $1,007,341.99 in federal funding for the City of Rome for repairs to Pinti Field Park, which was damaged by flood waters during Tropical Storm Fred in August of...
Starting Today, Department Of Defense To Implement Senator Gillibrand’s Historic Military Justice Reform And Try Sexual Assault Cases Outside Military Chain Of Command
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement about the Department of Defense’s announcement that, beginning today, it will try sexual assault cases outside the military chain of command. Senator Gillibrand fought for this reform for nearly a...
Gillibrand Joins Colleagues In Bipartisan Push To Lower Prescription Drug Costs
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter urging the Department of Health and Human...