Lockport Council president seeks new term
PRESS RELEASE LOCKPORT — Common Council President David Wohleben will ask voters to return him to City Hall next year, representing the Fourth Ward in Lockport’s administration, he announced this…
Gillibrand issues statement on Comey testimony
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today issued the following statement on former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: “It was…
Collins condemns rising health insurance premiums
PRESS RELEASE Congressman Chris Collins (NY-27) today reacted to news of anticipated steep increases in the price of BlueCross BlueShield plans available to New Yorker’s through the New York State…
Gillibrand introduces flood insurance reauthorization
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — US Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for…
Higgins: Health insurance rate increases reinforce need to expand Medicare
STAFF REPORTS news@allwnynews.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) took to the Floor of the House of Representatives to advocate for common sense changes to expand affordable health care…
Schneiderman leads coalition urging House to reject ‘anti-consumer’ legislation
STAFF REPORTS NEW YORK—As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on the Financial Choice Act of 2017 (H.R. 10), New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman led a…
Gillibrand urges Appropriations Committee to increase funding for Impact Aid Program
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, with 37 Senate colleagues, urged federal appropriators in a bipartisan letter to increase federal funding for the Impact Aid Program in…
Schneiderman challenges EPA over pesticide
STAFF REPORTS NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, leading a coalition of seven state Attorneys General, announced a challenge to President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Schneiderman joins coalition to maintain commitments to Paris Climate Agreement
STAFF REPORTS NEW YORK – Following President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman…
Schneiderman to Betsy Devos: ‘Stop delaying student loan forgiveness’
STAFF REPORTS NEW YORK — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman joined a coalition of states demanding that the U.S. Department of Education stop delaying its program to cancel federal student…