Victory for 9/11 Heroes, Spurring Private Investment to Create Jobs, Major Food Safety Improvements, Making Washington More Accountable, Strengthening NY's Northern Border

February 8, 2011 WEBSITE | ABOUT | NEWS | ISSUES | AGENDA | SERVICES | CONTACT Too many New Yorkers are still out of work as our economy continues to struggle. Senator Gillibrand is committed to creating jobs and forging solutions to the major problems New Yorkers face. Here is the latest:   News You Need to Know Victory for 9/11 Heroes Nine years after the horror of 9/11, Congress has finally fulfilled its moral obligation to the survivors and heroes of 9/11 by passing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Senator Gillibrand helped lead the way as the legislation's chief Senate sponsor. Click here for more information. Senators Gillibrand and Schumer, Majority Leader Harry Reid, 9/11 Heroes Announce the Passage of 9/11 Health The End of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" After losing more than 13,000 of some of America's best, brightest and bravest under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Senator Gillibrand helped bring an end to the corrosive policy to strengthen America both militarily and morally. Read more.   Major Food Safety Improvements After nearly a century with no major changes to America's food safety laws, Senator Gillibrand helped bring our regulations into the 21st century by helping to pass the FDA Food Modernization Act, legislation that included Senator Gillibrand's Recall Notification Act to provide better alerts for food recalls to keep our families safe. Read more.    Strengthening New York's Northern Border To bring better security for New York's northern border, Senator Gillibrand helped pass the Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act to give law enforcement the resources they need to crack down on illegal drug trafficking and keep the communities of New York's northern border safe. Click here for more information. Banning Drop-Side Cribs to Save Infant Lives Since 2001, more than 30 infant children in America have died tragically from drop-side cribs. Senator Gillibrand helped bring an end to the dangerous cribs by passing legislation that bans the sales, re-sales, manufacturing and distribution of drop-side cribs, and prohibits their use at motels, hotels and child care facilities. Read more.   The Gillibrand Jobs Report Spurring Private Investment in Innovation to Create Jobs Senator Gillibrand's number one priority is creating jobs for New Yorkers. To harness New York's potential in the high-tech economy of the future, Senator Gillibrand is working to make the federal Research and Development tax credit permanent to increase private investment in R&D, and spark new innovation that can create more good-paying, family-supporting jobs right here in New York. Read More. Senator Gillibrand Tours High Tech Rochester to Promote Permanent R&D Tax Credit The Gillibrand Agenda Making Washington More Accountable With a mandate from New Yorkers to get to work on measures that will create jobs and foster economic growth, Senator Gillibrand is planning an aggressive legislative agenda to change the way business is done in Washington to ensure our government is focused on solving problems, not partisan gridlock. Senator Gillibrand is working to reform the abused filibuster, bring new transparency to the earmark process, ban anonymous holds and end automatic Congressional pay raises. Click here for more information on Senator Gillibrand's new reform agenda.   Office Locations Albany/Capital District Office Leo W. O'Brien Federal Office Building 1 Clinton Square, Room 821 Albany, NY 12207 Tel. (518) 431-0120 Fax (518) 431-0128 Rochester Office Kenneth B. Keating Federal Office Building 100 State Street, Room 4195 Rochester, NY 14614 Tel. (585) 263-6250 Fax (585) 263-6247 Syracuse/Central NY James M. Hanley Federal Building 100 South Clinton Street, Room 1470 PO Box 7378 Syracuse, NY 13261 Tel. (315) 448-0470 Fax (315) 448-0476 New York City Office 780 Third Avenue Suite 2601 New York, New York 10017 Tel. (212) 688-6262 Fax (212) 688-7444 Buffalo Office Larkin At Exchange 726 Exchange Street, Suite 511 Buffalo, NY 14210 Tel. (716) 854-9725 Fax (716) 854-9731 Long Island Office 155 Pinelawn Road Suite 250 North Melville, NY 11747 Tel. (631) 249-2825 Fax (631) 249-2847 North Country Office PO Box 273 Lowville, NY 13367 Tel. (315) 376-6118 Westchester Office Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Tel. (914) 725-9294 Fax (914) 472-5073 Hudson Valley Office PO Box 893 Mahopac, NY 10541 Tel. (845) 875-4585 Fax (845) 875-9099 Washington, DC Office 478 Russell | Washington, DC 20510 | Tel. (202) 224-4451 | Fax (202) 228-0282 Privacy Policy