Kirsten’s New York Minute!

NEW YORK- Following is a weekly newsletter from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand:

Welcome to Kirsten’s New York Minute!

Here’s what she’s been up to this week:

Too many older adults struggle to afford housing, medicine, and other basic needs.  

Kirsten, a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced her comprehensive plan to help older adults age with dignity. Her plan would protect and expand Social Security and Medicare; lower the cost of prescription drugs; ensure access to healthy food; and build communities that are accessible to those with limited mobility or disabilities.

Read more about Kirsten’s plan here.

2. Access to capital

Kirsten joined local business leaders in Harlem to call for more than $400 million in federal funding to help small businesses get off the ground. The money would provide entrepreneurs in underserved communities with the credit, capital, and technical assistance they need to start and run a successful business.

Read more.

3. Meeting with Asian American leaders 

4. Fighting hunger in the military

Nearly one-in-four active duty service members face food insecurity. That’s more than twice the rate among the general population.

Kirsten has a plan to fight military hunger. She announced the Military Family Nutrition Access Act, bipartisan legislation that would make more military families eligible to receive SNAP benefits and help ensure that servicemembers always have food on the table.

Read more.

5. WATCH: Kirsten on Good Day New York 

Kirsten appeared on Good Day New York to talk about her work federally criminalizing gun trafficking, fighting for veterans and servicemembers, and supporting small businesses.

Watch the full interview.

6. Helping New Yorkers become citizens

When a constituent’s citizenship application was delayed without explanation, putting her status in jeopardy, Kirsten’s office contacted U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on her behalf. Now, her naturalization ceremony is scheduled and she is just a few weeks away from becoming an American citizen.

Individual casework is Kirsten’s top priority. If you need help with a federal agency, contact her here. 

7. Celebrating 22 years

Kirsten and her husband Jonnie marked 22 years of marriage this week. Here they are at their wedding in Manhattan in ‘01.

For help with any New York agency, please click here.

To email Senator Gillibrand, please click here.

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