| Fostering Entrepreneurship and Growth of Small Businesses While small businesses serve as the economy’s biggest job creator, responsible for half of all private sector jobs, they are struggling to grow in this tough economy. To help kickstart the backbone of our economy, Senator Gillibrand is working to give entrepreneurs access to the capital needed to start more small businesses and create jobs in New York. Her plan focuses on directing more early capital to business start-ups, tax-free savings accounts for entrepreneurs, and tax credits to leverage private investment in new businesses. Read more. Improving Communications Systems For Our First Responders New Yorkers know better than anyone the constant threats that our country faces. Since the 9/11 attacks and recovery, our country, states and communities have taken major steps to increase our security and preparedness. But as a nation, we remain severely limited in our capability to communicate across all levels of government and among different regional first responders in the event of an emergency situation. In fact, any teenager with a smart phone can share more information than our emergency responders can. To help bring first responder technology into the 21st century, Senator Gillibrand is leading a bipartisan effort to pass the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act. Read more.
| | Senators Gillibrand Meets with New York First Responders to Discuss her Efforts to Increase Interoperable Communications Systems |
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