Kirsten Gillibrand: “We are calling on Graham Platner to immediately suspend his campaign.”

I fought to secure this approval and bring home the federal resources our farmers and growers urgently needed following the loss of their crops in the devastating April frost.

Every justification that we were given for this conflict has proven hollow

Earlier this year, New York State Concord grape farmers were left stranded after having their contracts suddenly canceled. That is why I called on the USDA to step in and purchase surplus Concord grape juice for federal nutrition programs.

This is unacceptable, and disregards the overwhelming opposition from locals to the creation of an immigration detention facility in Newburgh.