Press Releases
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...
Gillibrand Statement on 9-11 Health Funding Fix Being Left Out of Funding Package
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand expressed deep disappointment that her bipartisan 9-11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act was omitted from the FY2023 omnibus funding package, but recommitted herself to passing the bill. The...
Gillibrand Announces $600,000 for Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program in Rochester; Funding Included in Bipartisan Funding Package
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand revealed that the Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program (M.A.P.P.), Inc. in Rochester will receive $600,000 in funding from the omnibus funding package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The omnibus is expected to pass Congress...
Gillibrand Announces $1 Million In The Bipartisan Funding Package To Improve The Town Of Webb’s Wastewater Treatment Facility
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand revealed a $1,000,000 investment in the wastewater treatment facility for the Town of Webb, located in Old Forge. Gillibrand fought to secure this funding in the end-of-year omnibus funding package for Fiscal Year (FY)...
Amidst Rise In Hate Crimes, Gillibrand, Peters, Rosen Call On Congress To Fund Nonprofit Security Grant Program; Funding Would Help At-Risk Religious Institutions And Other Nonprofits Protect Themselves Against Terror Attacks
Amidst a troubling rise in hate crimes and antisemitism nationwide, today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Gary Peters (D-MI), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) called on Senate leadership to robustly fund the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Nonprofit Security...
Gillibrand Stands In Solidarity With Jewish Community And Addresses Rise In Antisemitism
Gillibrand joined Met Council CEO David Greenfield for a Chanukah Day of Service to package food for homebound Holocaust survivors
Senator Gillibrand Announces Defense Bill Wins; Hails Historic Military Justice Reforms
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Personnel Subcommittee, announced that several of her provisions were included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. As the...
Senator Gillibrand Introduces Legislation To Protect SNAP Recipients From Skimming Scammers & Identity Theft
Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Modernizes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) To Protect Beneficiaries From Having Benefits Stolen Through Skimming Scams
Senators Gillibrand, Cardin And Van Hollen Introduce Legislation To Protect Snap Recipients From Skimming Scammers & Identity Theft
The Legislation Modernizes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) To Protect Beneficiaries From Having Benefits Stolen Through Skimming Scams