Politics

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand: Bill Modernizes WIC Program, Makes Families First Coronavirus Response Act Waivers Permanent

November 24, 2021 Contributor
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Senator Roger Marshall, introduced the bipartisan More Options to Develop and Enhance Remote Nutrition in WIC Act (MODERN WIC) to make WIC more accessible to low-income families and help ensure more applicants receive needed benefits by allowing them to certify and recertify for WIC services remotely.

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Senator Charles Schumer unveils the NRC’s new security measures. With the senator are, from left, county legislator Mary Flett and Amy Tresidder, and Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman.
US Senator Chuck Schumer

Schumer: Fact That Americans Ration Insulin Is Unacceptable But Now We Can Do Something About It In BBB

November 22, 2021 Contributor
Amid negotiations to pass Build Back Better in the Senate, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer revealed that the GOP is aiming to kill a critical provision in the law that will bring the cost of life-saving insulin down from its current $300-600 per vial to $35.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Barclay: New York Farmers Cannot Withstand Another Round Of Labor Cost Increases

November 20, 2021 Contributor
In the coming weeks, the Farm Laborers Wage Board will make a determination with respect to the state’s overtime rules governing New York farms. Depending on what that board decides, New York farmers could be facing a devastating blow to their ability to operate.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Announces Additional $750 Million In ARP Dollars To Be Provided To New York’s Basic Health Program

November 13, 2021 Contributor
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is announcing that $750 million in additional American Rescue Plan funding, which she voted for, will be provided for New York’s Basic Health Program (BHP) to cover the costs of high-quality health insurance for approximately one million low-to-middle income New Yorkers.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Assembly Republican Conference To Launch ‘No Surrender’ Veteran Initiative

November 11, 2021 Contributor
Today, Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay and Assemblyman Jake Ashby, Ranking Republican Member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and an Army veteran, announced the “No Surrender” Veteran Initiative: Making PTSD a Priority, a series of roundtable events to address the pervasive issue of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) facing veterans, as well as law enforcement, health care and emergency service personnel.

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