In an effort to create new jobs upgrading New York’s crumbling infrastructure and rehabilitating outdated homes and office buildings, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is renewing her call for Congress to create jobs by making immediate investments in infrastructure upgrades, as included in the American Jobs Act.

Gillibrand says that would inject nearly $3 billion for New York and support approximately 38,800 New York jobs.

Across New York State, more than 2,200 Transportation Improvement Projects are planned for FY2012, including 113 Transportation Improvement Projects in the North Country.

Gillibrand says she wants 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.

“I know New Yorkers are ready to get back to work,” Senator Gillibrand said. “And there’s no shortage of projects waiting to get started that can revitalize our communities and attract new businesses – from rebuilding roadways, railways and runways, to renovating empty homes and outdated office buildings. Each day we wait to start these projects and create the jobs to do them, we delay our full economic recovery. It’s time for all in Congress to heed the call of the American people, come together, and set the right policies that can put people back to work rebuilding this country.”