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Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $14 Million For Buffalo & Western NY Projects Secured In The Soon-To-Pass End-Of-Year Spending Bill; Including Funding To Combat Food Insecurity, Complete Community Hub In Niagara Falls, Boost Infrastructure And Transportation Across Western NY
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today revealed that Western New York will receive nearly $14 million in funding from the soon-to-pass omnibus end-of-year spending package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 for critical local...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.5 Million In Funding Package For Albany City Hall Restoration And Renovation
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand revealed that the City of Albany will receive $1.5 million in funding from the omnibus funding package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to be used for the Albany City Hall Restoration &...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $1.87 Million For UAlbany In Bipartisan Funding Package
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand revealed that the State University of New York at Albany will receive $1.87 million in funding from the omnibus funding package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The omnibus is expected to pass...
Senator Gillibrand Announces Several Of Her Defense Priorities Included In Soon-To-Pass FY2023 Bipartisan Funding Bill
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, is announcing that several of her defense priorities were included in the soon-to-pass FY2023 bipartisan funding bill. This includes $7 million for the Department of...
Gillibrand, Schumer Secure $1 Billion For 9-11 Health Program In Funding Package
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer announced that they’d secured $1 billion for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), which provides health benefits to 9-11 first responders and survivors. The WTCHP would...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $4.4 Million In Bipartisan Spending Package For New Greenwich Wastewater Treatment Plant
Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand revealed that the Village of Greenwich will receive $4.4 million in funding from the omnibus funding package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The funding will be used to build a new wastewater...
Gillibrand Announces Inclusion Of Her Legislation To Protect Snap Beneficiaries From Fraud In Omnibus Bill
This Year Alone, Scammers Stole Over $730,000 From New York SNAP Beneficiaries; Legislation Will Help Ensure Victims Of Theft Don’t Go Hungry
In Anticipation Of Powerful Winter Storm, Senator Gillibrand Announces $5 Billion In Federal Home Heating Assistance Included In The Bipartisan Funding Package
With a blizzard on the horizon and energy bills rising across New York State, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand revealed that she successfully fought to include $5 billion in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding in the recently released...
Gillibrand, Schumer, Cardin, Wicker Announce Omnibus Includes Measure To Award Congressional Gold Medal To Benjamin Ferencz, The Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) announced that their bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz was included in the FY2023 omnibus...
Senator Gillibrand Secures $3M In Federal Funding For The Universal Hip Hop Museum In The Bronx
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced she secured $3 million in funding in the year-end omnibus package to go toward construction of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, which broke ground in the South Bronx in May 2021 and is slated to open in 2024. The omnibus...