• 11.23.22 SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING TO PROTECT FEDERAL CRITICAL ACCESS STATUS FOR RURAL DELAWARE COUNTY HOSPITALS, FEDS HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY CHANGED RULES SO IMPACTED RURAL NY HOSPITALS CAN KEEP DESIGNATION TO RECEIVE OVER $35M IN REIMBURSEMENTS & MAINTAIN CRITICAL SERVICES IN UPSTATE’S MOST UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES
• 11.23.22 WITH RESPIRATORY VIRUSES SKYROCKETING IN CENTRAL NY CHILDREN, NEARLY DOUBLE THE RSV CASES AT ONEIDA HEALTH HOSPITAL COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND 1,000+ CASES AT SUNY UPSTATE SINCE START OF NOVEMBER, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE ACTION PLAN TO PROTECT NY CHILDREN, KEEP OUR HOSPITALS PREPARED, AND COMBAT RSV BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
• 11.23.22 FOLLOWING BUFFALO’S RECORD-BREAKING SNOWVEMBER, SLAMMING WNY WITH NEARLY 7 FEET OF SNOW AND LEAVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY GET ALL HANDS ON DECK—AND BOOTS ON GROUND—TO WESTERN NY
• 11.23.22 SCHUMER SECURES OVER $7.6 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART SOUTHERN TIER REGIONAL TRANSIT HUB ON SENECA TERRITORY; SENATOR SAYS TRANSIT AND BUS STORAGE FACILITY WILL STREAMLINE TRANSPORTATION, INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY BETWEEN ALLEGANY AND CATTARAUGUS TERRITORIES, AND BOOST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE REGION
• 11.22.22 SCHUMER REVEALS: ISSUE OF ‘DOUBLE TAXING’ FOR SUFFOLK SEPTIC GRANTS SEES SUCCESS WITH USDA AGREEING LI’ERS SHOULD NOT GET A TAX BILL; SENATOR ANNOUNCES PUSH TO GET IRS TO DO SAME; LI HOMEOWNERS WHO HELP REDUCE NITROGEN POLLUTION SHOULD NOT BE TAXED, THEY SHOULD BE THANKED
• 11.18.22 SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF UPSTATE NEW YORK’S VERY OWN NATALIE MERCHANT, SINGER-SONGWRITER, TO THE AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES