NIAGARA-GAZETTE: Northern border security concerns emerge as agents shifted to southern posts
April 15, 2021 by Joe Mahoney ALBANY — Scores of U.S. Border Patrol patrol agents are being reassigned from the nation’s northern border to help their agency respond to a surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. In New York, the moves are having impacts at Border Patrol stations from the Lake Champlain region to […]
POLITICO: Stefanik raises 7 figures again as she mulls governor run
By Ally Mutnick, April 14, 2021 WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) raised a seven-figure sum for the sixth consecutive quarter, cementing her status as a small-dollar fundraising juggernaut as she weighs a run for governor or a leadership bid in the House. The fourth-term incumbent brought in $1.1 million in the first three months […]
NNY360: Stefanik co-sponsors bill to address military uniform cost inequality
April 14th, 2021 by Alex Gault A recent Government Accountability Office report found that women in the military have to spend much more of their own money on their uniforms than men do, and Rep. Elise M. Stefanik wants to do something about it. According to a GAO report released in February, both enlisted women […]
THE DAILY GAZETTE: Stefanik considering bid to challenge Gov. Cuomo’s re-election
April 12, 2021 by Stephen Williams Since last fall, when controversy first began to grow around Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Elise Stefanik has regularly posted on social media calling the three-term incumbent “the WORST governor in America.” Could the Republican congresswoman want the job? It’s quite possible, […]
INFORM NNY: New York lawmakers urge USDA to change cover crop conservation standards for farmers
April 12, 2021 by Isabella Colello WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWTI) — Several U.S. Congress members representing New York State are urging the United States Department of Agriculture to change conservation standards for farmers in the North Country and across the nation. Five members of the New York State Congressional Delegation sent a letter to the USDA’ […]
PRESS-REPUBLICAN: Reps in Action: April 12, 2021
April 12, 2021 By Staff Stefanik asks for conservation standards change for farmers WASHINGTON, D.C.— This week, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Schuylerville) and fellow members of New York’s Congressional Delegation co-signed a letter toTerry Cosby, acting chief of theU.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), requesting that farmers be allowed to mechanically harvest […]
FOX NEWS: Stefanik receives ‘encouragement’ on mounting New York gubernatorial bid: ‘Not ruling anything out’
April 8th, 2021 by Brooke Singman EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Elise Stefanik is receiving “encouragement” from supporters across the state as she considers whether to mount a gubernatorial bid in New York in 2022, with advisers saying she is “not ruling anything out,” Fox News has learned. Stefanik, whose congressional district represents Watertown, Plattsburgh and Glenn Falls, is getting support […]
THE SUN: $250K heading to Plattsburgh Housing Authority
April 01, 2021 by Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. | Surveillance cameras will soon be installed at Plattsburgh Housing Authority properties thanks to a $250,000 federal grant. The Department of Housing and Urban Development grant will be devoted to the installation of surveillance cameras at the agency’s various properties. U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, who announced the […]
PRESS-REPUBLICAN: Reps in Action: March 31, 2021
March 31st, 2021 by Staff Stefanik receives Farm Bureau award WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, the New York Farm Bureau presented U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Schuylerville) with the American Farm Bureau Circle of Friends Award, which is given to select lawmakers who have strong voting records in support of New York agriculture. Stefanik also received […]
THE SUN: Nearly $800K awarded to Plattsburgh International Airport
March 30th, 2021 by Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. | As Plattsburgh International Airport gears up for massive repairs to its runway, it has been awarded nearly $800,000 for further rehabilitation and restoration work. The runway repairs have progressed in planning for several months and are now slated to begin April 13. Those repairs will run […]
