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Gillibrand Slams Trump Administration For Making Seniors More Vulnerable To Financial Frauds And Scams

May 1, 2025 Contributor

In 2023, More Than 4,300 Older New Yorkers Were Victims of Fraud; Victims Lost Over $200 Million; Trump Is Firing The Federal Regulators Who Help Older Adults Fight Frauds and Scams WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, […]

Schumer Reveals: ‘DOGE’ & Trump Just Slashed $26+ Million For Americorps Public Service Community Projects Across New York, Axing 3,600 Americorps Members, With More Devastating Cuts On Horizon; Senator Shows Impacts Region By Region, Demands Ny House Republicans Stand Up And Protect Americorps

May 1, 2025 Contributor

Thousands Of AmeriCorps Members Were Just Fired By ‘DOGE’ And NY Community Grants Ripped Away, Cancelling Funds To Help Build Houses, Provide Rural Health Care, Respond To Disasters, Tutor Students, And More Every Year Over […]

Senator Gillibrand Statement On United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Vote To Set Safety Standards On Lithium – Ion Batteries

May 1, 2025 Contributor

New York, N.Y. – Today, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) vote in favor of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) – an official […]

Gillibrand, Schumer, Torres Push The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission To Swiftly Finalize Federal Regulations For Lithium-Ion Batteries; Rule Would Make E-Bikes Safer

April 26, 2025 Contributor

Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Caused 1,000+ Fires And 34 Deaths Since 2019 In New York City Alone Rulemaking Would Protect Innocent Americans From The Dangers Of Cheap And Defective Imported Lithium-Ion Batteries WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, […]

Psc Must Not Let Rapid Act Threaten Local Land Use

April 26, 2025 Site Administrator

Earlier this month, I wrote to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to express my concerns about yet another example of government overreach in New York state. Last year, the Renewable Action through Project Interconnection Deployment […]

Schumer, Gillibrand Demand Answers On Brutal Impacts Of Doge’s Social Security Cuts On New Yorkers; Senators Call On Independent Ig To Immediately Report Shortfalls, Consequences, And Ramifications From Devastating Trump & ‘Doge’ Attacks On Social Security

April 24, 2025 Contributor

In The Wake of Waves Of Aggressive Trump-DOGE Attacks on Social Security, Services Are Breaking Down Across Country For Those Rely On Monthly Checks To Live – With Websites Crashing, Hours-Long Wait Times, ‘DOGE’ Firing […]

Governor Hochul Announces $12 Million Is Now Available To Support Innovative Electric Grid Technologies

April 16, 2025 Contributor

Funding Supports Projects That Enhance Grid Performance, Improve Grid Reliability, and Make It Easier to Integrate Renewable Energy into the Grid Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $12 million is now available to support innovative technologies […]

Barclay, Central Square Community Push For Traffic Safety Mesaures Following Fatal Accident

April 16, 2025 Contributor

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay has written a letter to the state Department of Transportation (DOT) calling for increased traffic safety measures after the tragic death of a young girl on Route 11. On April […]

Gillibrand Joins 178 Colleagues In Introducing Bill To Raise Federal Minimum Wage To $17 By 2030

April 10, 2025 Contributor

Bill Would Increase Wages For 213,000 New Yorkers And Over 22 Million Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Raise the Wage Act alongside 32 of her colleagues in the Senate and 146 […]

Senators Gillibrand, Wyden Lead A Group Of 21 Senators In Demanding That The Trump Administration Stop Their Attacks On Social Security

April 10, 2025 Contributor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Ron Wyden, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a group of 21 senators in […]