| | As the month of October comes to a close, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been hard at work on behalf of New York State. The number one issue on everyone’s mind has without question been the economy, and Senator Gillibrand spent the past month fighting to save and create jobs across the state. Senator Gillibrand also renewed her call for enhancing the ways that first responders communicate, and highlighted the importance of the state’s military bases to both New York’s economy and national security. | | News You Need to Know
Women's Economic Empowerment Summit
Senator Gillibrand hosted her office’s first annual “Women’s Economic Empowerment Summit” at New York University. The summit was designed to provide the over 500 attendees with a valuable opportunity to build professional skills, network, and engage in a direct conversation about the many opportunities and challenges women face in gaining equality in the business world. With more than half of all U.S. households today relying on dual incomes, Gillibrand is committed to creating a new generation of “Rosie the Riveters” and ensuring women are empowered to lead the economic recovery and help rebuild the middle class. Gillibrand was joined by the Partnership for New York City and the Council of Urban Professionals to announce a new statewide mentoring program beginning next month aimed at helping young women professionals advance in their careers. Gillibrand was also joined by White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett for a keynote discussion with WABC News Anchor Diana Williams. Click here for more information.
 | | Senator Gillibrand at Her Office's First Women's Economic Empowerment Summit, New York, NY Photo Courtesy of Abdul Smith |
Assistance for Laid Off Workers With more and more jobs being shipped overseas, Senator Gillibrand supported legislation that passed the Senate to extend Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. The program assists those that have lost jobs as a result of trade or offshoring and ensures that hard working Americans who have lost their jobs and financial security through no fault of their own as a result of globalization have the opportunity to find and secure new jobs and transition into emerging sectors of the economy. The program also makes health insurance coverage more affordable to these workers who have lost their jobs. Click here for more information. | |
Gillibrand Jobs Agenda
Creating Jobs through Upgrading Infrastructure, Communities
In an effort to create new jobs upgrading New York’s crumbling infrastructure and rehabilitating outdated homes and office buildings, Senator Gillibrand renewed her call for Congress to create jobs by making immediate investments in infrastructure upgrades that would inject nearly $3 billion for New York and support approximately 38,800 new jobs across the state. Senator Gillibrand is also working to establish a National Infrastructure Bank to leverage more private investment into infrastructure projects, along with jumpstarting renovations to homes and offices across New York, creating new construction jobs in the process. Click here for more information. Job Creation through Tourism
We have yet to tap the full potential of New York’s tourism industry which generates billions in revenues every year for federal, state and local governments. From the Finger Lakes’ world-class vineyards, to Niagara Falls, the beautiful Adirondacks, and the attractions in New York City, our state has so much to offer tourists from around the world. Senator Gillibrand introduced the Travel Regional Investment Partnership (TRIP) Act to sustain domestic tourism and help it flourish. The TRIP Act would promote domestic tourism by joining both public and private funding through a competitive grant match program with the U.S. Department of Commerce, allowing tourism promotion organizations to partner with other regional tourism entities to receive federal funding to market their destinations nationally. The TRIP Act would allow New York organizations and localities the opportunity to compete for more resources and leverage public-private partnerships to attract more visitors. This would ultimately help in retaining and adding to the more than 660,000 jobs statewide that the tourism sector supported last year. Click here for more information. |
The Gillibrand Agenda
Enhancing Communication Tools for First Responders
Senator Gillibrand urged the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to include the “D-Block” for first responders in their proposal for deficit reduction. This legislation would create a nationwide communications system for firefighters, police officers and first responders to ensure they can effectively communicate with each other and share information in real time during a crisis. This proposal would fulfill a critical outstanding recommendation of the 9/11 Commission Report while also providing billions for deficit reduction. Click here for more information.  | | Senator Gillibrand Calling for the Passage of Legislation to Provide First Responders and Public Safety Officials with More Efficient Lines of Communicaion, Washington DC |
Strengthening Our Military Communities
Over the next decade, the Department of Defense will need to cut at least $450 billion from the defense budget. Senator Gillibrand is working to ensure that New York’s military assets are strong and poised to reap the benefits of additional missions, assets, and troops. Facilities including Fort Drum, Hancock Air National Guard Base, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, the Watervliet Arsenal, Stewart Air National Guard Base, Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Fort Hamilton, and the United States Military Academy at West Point are all vital to our national security and state’s economy. Senator Gillibrand knows the unique strengths and value of these military installations and will be working hard to strengthen them as staples in our military communities. Click here for more information.
 | | Senator Gillibrand addressing a Crowd at LeMoyne College Regarding Strengthening Our Military Communities, Syracuse NY |
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