Kirsten Gillibrand Archives – Politics NY

aftermath of strike on iran

Brooklyn

Brooklyn pols slam U.S. attacks on Iran as New Yorkers react with anger and joy

By Kirstyn Brendlen & Shea Vance

Brooklyn public library passport services

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Public Library ends passport services after State Department order

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Kirsten Gillibrand

Inside Government

Inside Government con PoliticsNY: Preguntas y respuestas con la senadora de EE. UU. Kirsten Gillibrand

By PoliticsNY Staff

Kirsten Gillibrand

Inside Government

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

By Lea Tomaswick

The 20 living Israeli hostages were returned by Hamas, over two years after the start of the war.

Nassau

20 living Israeli hostages released, but the body of Plainview’s Omer Neutra remains missing

By Casey Fahrer

U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen is calling for funding for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium to be continued after cuts were announced in August.

Nassau

Laura Gillen calls for Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium to receive funding past March 2026

By Casey Fahrer

people at grand army plaza rally for arms embargo in gaza

Brooklyn

Hundreds rally at Grand Army Plaza to call for humanitarian aid in Gaza

By Gabriele Holtermann

California senator accosted by Trump homeland security official

New York lawmakers rage after California senator forced to ground by federal officials at Homeland Security Noem’s press conference

amNewYork and Reuters

firefighter mourns at 9/11 memorial with black and white american flag with red stripe

Health

‘Outrageous betrayal’: NY senators seethe as Trump admin slashes 9/11 health program staffing

By amNewYork

Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand joined with representatives to demand answers regarding the World Trade Center Health Program's future.

Congress members demand Trump administration save World Trade Center Health Program

By Connor Patton

President Trump Swears In Robert F Kennedy Jr. As HHS Secretary

Nassau

Schumer, Gillibrand hit Robert Kennedy Jr. for cuts to CDC, World Trade Center Health Program

By Casey Fahrer

President Trump raising his fist

Business

‘A hot mess’: New York officials fear a devastating impact of Trump’s tariff increases on the things you buy and use every day

By Robert Pozarycki and Dean Moses

This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows a smoke plume rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on January 13, 2025 amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

Nassau

Local leaders react to reported Israel-Hamas cease-fire

By Casey Fahrer

Kamala Harris fan in New York

Politics

VP Harris wins NY over Trump, Gillibrand secures another six years in the US Senate

By Ethan Stark-Miller

People watch election results coverage

Politics

ELECTION RESULTS | Harris wins New York though Trump wins nationally; Gillibrand, Proposition 1 also prevail

By Robert Pozarycki

Voter casts ballot in 2024 election

2024 Election: Early voting starts TODAY! Who’s on the ballot besides Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Manhattan?

By Robert Pozarycki

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference at the Hudson yards rail yard in Manhattan on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. President Joe Biden spoke on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding the Hudson River Project.

Politics

New York Dems see Joe Biden ending reelection bid as selflessly ‘passing the torch’

By Ben Brachfeld

people on stage at a a podium, Kirsten Gillibrand in the middle discussing housing bill

Housing & Homelessness

Affordable housing: Gillibrand touts Congressional bill to change NYC resident qualifications

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Columbia University pro-Palestine protest

Politics

New York Congress members work to combat antisemitism on college campuses amid Columbia University unrest

By Mac Sorensen

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and advocates at a March 3 press conference supporting federal legislation to protect access to in vitro fertilization services for couples amid a restrictive Alabama state court ruling.

Gillibrand pushes for federal law to protect IVF treatments in wake of Alabama court ruling on embryos

By Robert Pozarycki

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Politics

Schedule change: Gillibrand pushes for federal reclassification of marijuana to end negative impacts on communities of color

By Mac Sorensen

Kirsten Gillibrand Banner (1)

Podcast

Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator, New York Senator

by Jill Carvajal

Sen. Kristen Gillibrand.

More than 200 gun traffickers busted through federal legislative efforts, Gillibrand and NYPD say

By Dean Moses

Politics

Pols announce federal funding for e-bike charging stations outside NYCHA buildings

By Dean Moses

More from Around New York

The aftermath of the fire that ravaged building on 660 E. 187th Street in Bronx's Little Italy.

Bronx Little Italy fire fueled by open doors, leaving 2 dead and 11 injured

Gov. Kathy Hochul, seen here at the Stonewall National Monument in February, is facing calls to expand an HIV/AIDS housing assistance program in the state.

Dozens of groups call on Hochul to expand HIV/AIDS housing assistance beyond NYC

A College Point man was extradited back to Queens to face burglary charges of targeting homes in Bayside and other northeast Queens neighborhoods after he fled the country and was apprehended with a codefendant from Flushing in Panama.

College Point fugitive extradited back to city from Panama to face charges of burglarizing Bayside home, others in northeast Queens: DA

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Over 20 volunteers to revitalize Brooklyn studio for Black trans femme artists