WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Nearly 600,000 (https://otda.ny.gov/resources/caseload/2025/2025-12-stats.pdf) New Yorkers Rely On Supplemental Security Income Benefits - But Parts Of The Program Haven't Been Updated In Over Five Decades
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined dozens of House and Senate lawmakers in introducing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act, legislation that would strengthen the critical SSI benefits that support over seven million seniors and Americans with disabilities. The bill would make much-needed updates to the benefits program - much of which hasn't been updated since it was first established over five decades ago - and will expand b...