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Gillibrand, Schumer Secure $1 Billion For 9/11 Health Program In Funding Package

December 23, 2022 Contributor

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.

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Assembly Republicans: Let The Public Determine Legislative Pay Raises

December 23, 2022 Contributor

Assembly Republicans today put forward a proposal to require pay raises for members of the New York state Legislature to be determined by public referendum.Assembly Republicans today put forward a proposal to require pay raises for members of the New York state Legislature to be determined by public referendum.

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Senator Gillibrand Announces Several Of Her Defense Priorities Included In Soon-To-Pass Fy2023 Bipartisan Funding Bill

December 22, 2022 Contributor

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.

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Gillibrand Announces Inclusion Of Her Legislation To Protect Snap Beneficiaries From Fraud In Omnibus Bill

December 22, 2022 Contributor

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the framework of her legislation, the SNAP Theft Protection Act, is included in the end-of-year omnibus funding package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.

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Gillibrand, Schumer, Cardin, Wicker Announce Omnibus Includes Measure To Award Congressional Gold Medal To Benjamin Ferencz, The Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor

December 22, 2022 Contributor

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 funding package.

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Senator John W. Mannion Declares Victory In 50th Senate District Race

December 21, 2022 Contributor

Senator John W. Mannion today declared victory in the race to represent the people of Onondaga and Oswego counties in the redrawn 50th Senate District.

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In Anticipation Of Powerful Winter Storm, Senator Gillibrand To Announce $5 Billion In Federal Home Heating Assistance Included In The Bipartisan Funding Package

December 21, 2022 Contributor

With a blizzard on the horizon and energy bills rising across New York State, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will host a video press conference to reveal the $5 billion in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding she helped fight to include in the recently released bipartisan funding package.

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Gillibrand Statement On 9/11 Health Funding Fix Being Left Out Of Funding Package

December 20, 2022 Contributor

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.

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Barclay: Approved Environmental Roadmap Puts New York State On A Problamatic Path

December 20, 2022 Contributor

Today, as required by the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), the Climate Action Council (CAC) approved a framework for reducing carbon emissions in New York state.

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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

December 19, 2022 Contributor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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 […]