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07.30.18
STANDING AT NEW ROCHELLE TRAIN STATION IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, SCHUMER URGES METRO-NORTH TO IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE CUSTOMERS & RESIDENTS WITH RAILROAD’S TIMELINE TO FULLY INSTALL LIFE-SAVING POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL; SENATOR SAYS METRO-NORTH HAS HAD AMPLE TIME AND MONEY AND MUST PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS TO GET THIS DONE
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04.26.18
IN WAKE OF FRA WARNING LETTER TO METRO-NORTH, SCHUMER RENEWS PUSH TO GET MTA TO FINALLY COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF LIFE-SAVING POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL TECHNOLOGY; SENATOR SAYS HUDSON VALLEY/NYC COMMUTERS DESERVE A SAFE, RELIABLE, & CONVENIENT TRAIN RIDE TO NYC
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11.20.17
STANDING AT BREWSTER TRAIN STATION IN PUTNAM COUNTY, SCHUMER WILL REVEAL MTA MAY NOT MEET CRITICAL SAFETY DEADLINE TO INSTALL POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL THAT PREVENTS DEADLY RAIL CRASHES; NEW DATA SHOWS DESPITE AUTHORITY HAVING A NEAR DECADE TO FINISH JOB, ONLY 50% IS COMPLETE & NOW DEADLINE IS AROUND CORNER; SENATOR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION BECAUSE PTC-INSTALL WILL SAVE LIVES AND CANNOT GET DELAYED ANY LONGER
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10.30.17
SCHUMER REVEALS: MTA MAY NOT MEET CRITICAL SAFETY DEADLINE TO INSTALL POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL THAT PREVENTS DEADLY RAIL CRASHES; NEW DATA SHOWS DESPITE AUTHORITY HAVING A NEAR DECADE TO FINISH JOB, ONLY 50% IS COMPLETE & NOW DEADLINE IS AROUND CORNER; WITH CLOCK TICKING, SENATOR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION BECAUSE PTC-INSTALL WILL SAVE LIVES AND CANNOT GET DELAYED, AGAIN…
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07.10.17
SCHUMER, BOOKER: SUMMER REPAIRS AT PENN DEMONSTRATE DIRE NEED FOR GATEWAY TUNNEL PROJECT TO GET GOING & SOON; SENATORS JOIN TOGETHER AND CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO KEEP FED COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN GATEWAY—FIRST REAL TEST AS TO WHETHER PRESIDENT IS SERIOUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
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05.04.17
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEW BIPARTISAN FEDERAL SPENDING AGREEMENT INCLUDES $328M FOR AMTRAK’S NORTHEAST CORRIDOR & AN OVERALL INCREASE OF OVER $105M FOR AMTRAK
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03.10.17
SCHUMER: YET ANOTHER GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT, THIS TIME IN NEWBURGH, SHOWS RAIL SAFETY STILL OFF TRACK; SENATOR URGES FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT REVIEW OF RAIL-CROSSING GATE-WARNING REQUIREMENTS, ESTABLISH AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES NEAR CROSSINGS & LAUNCHES PUSH FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR RAIL SAFETY GRANT PROGRAMS
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01.08.17
SCHUMER: AMIDST YET ANOTHER DERAILMENT, CRITICAL SAFETY STANDARDS STILL OFF TRACK & STUCK IN BUREAUCRACY; NOT A SINGLE SLEEP APNEA TEST HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY LIRR & INWARD CAMS NOT INSTALLED ACROSS-THE-BOARD; MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS DEMAND SWIFT FED ACTION THAT ONCE & FOR ALL USHERS IN CULTURE OF SAFETY ON THE RAILS
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10.19.16
SCHUMER BRINGS FRA ADMINISTRATOR FEINBERG TO SCHENECTADY, MAKES PERSONAL CASE FOR $33 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO INSTALL LIFE SAVING PTC TECHNOLOGY ON TRACKS FROM POUGHKEEPSIE TO SCHENECTADY; SENATOR SAYS GRANT COULD SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT DANGEROUS ACCIDENTS
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10.09.16
SCHUMER URGES INSTALLATION OF INWARD FACING CAMERAS ON NJT TRAINS; SENATOR LED SUCCESSFUL CHARGE TO INSTALL INWARD CAMS ON METRO NORTH & AMTRAK; SAYS INWARD CAMS NEEDED ON ALL METRO-AREA TRAINS; ALSO TELLS NJT ‘CULTURE OF SAFETY’ MUST BE TOP PRIORITY WHEN PRECIOUS LIVES ON BOARD
