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08.29.18

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: FOLLOWING HIS ALL-OUT PUSH, THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO REMOVE TARIFFS ON CANADIAN GROUNDWOOD PAPER IMPORTS; SENATOR CALLS DECISION A MAJOR VICTORY FOR AMERICAN JOBS AND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS EVERYWHERE

Tags: duties, Jobs, International, saratoga, Schumer, Tariffs, Trade, Upstate New York, Canada, International Trade Commission, More Tags

antidumping, Newspaper

07.25.18

SCHUMER: WITH NY JOBS & LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ON THE LINE, COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MUST REVERSE COURSE ON PENDING AUGUST 1st DECISION; SENATOR DOUBLES DOWN ON COMMERCE SECRETARY NOT TO UNJUSTLY HAMMER NEW YORK’S AT-RISK NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY; IF PERMANENT TARIFF TAKES SHAPE, NEWSPAPERS COULD BE FORCED TO RAISE PRICES, LOSE CUSTOMERS AND SLASH LOCAL STAFF – OR EVEN GO OUT OF BUSINESS

Tags: U.S. Department of Commerce, Newspaper, duties, saratoga

07.05.18

SCHUMER REVEALS: RECENTLY IMPOSED HARMFUL DUTIES ON GROUNDWOOD PAPER COULD COST SARATOGA SPRINGS QUAD GRAPHICS MORE THAN $90 MILLION A YEAR & HURT VULNERABLE UPSTATE NY NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY; SENATOR URGES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO PROTECT AT-RISK PRINTING & NEWSPAPER JOBS WHO DEPEND ON LOW PRICED PAPER FROM CANADA

Tags: duties, Schumer, saratoga, Newspaper, Economy, Canada

09.09.16

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SKIDMORE COLLEGE

Tags: chemicals, Science, Department of Homeland Security, Medicine, SAFER, security, investment, Kirsten Gillibrand, Schumer, community, More Tags

DHS, National, funding, saratoga, Fire Department, Grants, Department of Defense, Toxic, grant, Gillibrand, first responders, FEMA, Fire Departments, research, Emergency, federal funding, Homeland Security, OMB, Technology, firefighters

01.13.16

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $710,000 IN NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FUNDING THROUGHOUT UPSTATE NEW YORK

Tags: children, Dutchess, Hudson Valley, VA, grant, Education, Rochester-Finger Lakes, DEA, National, women, More Tags

saratoga, Resident, investment, community, Mohawk, Albany, Monroe County, Upstate New York, Central New York, St. Lawrence County, Finger Lakes, CNY, Kirsten Gillibrand, war, Ulster, Gillibrand, Dutchess County, tradition, research, RIT, LI, HUD, Onondaga County, art, DOT, st. lawrence, Capital Region, ARC, Oneida County, Rhinebeck, funding, Onondaga, University of Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Westchester County, federal funding, lead, Small business, COlumbia county, North Country, Sullivan, Western New York, Rochester, Westchester, IRS

01.05.16

SCHUMER: RECENTLY PASSED CIDER ACT WILL BE A SWEET SUCCESS FOR CAPITAL REGION & UPSTATE NEW YORK APPLE PRODUCERS; SENATOR, JOINED BY LOCAL HARD CIDER PRODUCERS, REVEALS HOW NEW LEGISLATION MEANS FOR CAPITAL REGION & THE UPSTATE NY REGIONAL ECONOMY

Tags: VA, RIT, King, alcohol, fulton, Agriculture, Fulton County, Upstate New York, saratoga, art, More Tags

apple, LI, Schenectady, Bipartisan, Apple Producers, Consumer, wine, Schoharie County, Taxes, Rice, Congress, COlumbia county, Legislation, dam, Legal, Economy, Washington County, IRS, Credit, Capital Region, National, USDA, carbon, cider act, Tax Credit, New York State, EPA, Albany

11.19.15

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, SENATE PUTS THE BRAKES ON TRACTOR TRAILER PROVISION THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE ALLOWED EXCESSIVELY LONG & DANGEROUS 84-FOOT TRUCKS – THE SIZE OF AN 8-STORY BUILDING ON ITS SIDE – ON UPSTATE ROADS & BRIDGES

Tags: Travel, crash, Infrastructure, Utica, Central New York, EPA, Syracuse, LI, saratoga, HUD, More Tags

Buffalo, Binghamton, Elmira, Rochester-Finger Lakes, Congress, Emergency, accidents, Transportation, Poughkeepsie, National, Kingston, Western New York, Upstate New York, NHTSA, Ithaca, Watertown, TSA, Hudson Valley, Rochester, THUD, DOT, Bridges, RIT, highway, New York State, Southern Tier, Glens Falls, Capital Region, truck, Safety, North Country, FRA, Legislation, Finger Lakes, Albany, Charles Schumer, Water

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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: FOLLOWING HIS ALL-OUT PUSH, THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO REMOVE TARIFFS ON CANADIAN GROUNDWOOD PAPER IMPORTS; SENATOR CALLS DECISION A MAJOR VICTORY FOR AMERICAN JOBS AND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS EVERYWHERE

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SKIDMORE COLLEGE

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $710,000 IN NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS FUNDING THROUGHOUT UPSTATE NEW YORK

SCHUMER: RECENTLY PASSED CIDER ACT WILL BE A SWEET SUCCESS FOR CAPITAL REGION & UPSTATE NEW YORK APPLE PRODUCERS; SENATOR, JOINED BY LOCAL HARD CIDER PRODUCERS, REVEALS HOW NEW LEGISLATION MEANS FOR CAPITAL REGION & THE UPSTATE NY REGIONAL ECONOMY

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, SENATE PUTS THE BRAKES ON TRACTOR TRAILER PROVISION THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE ALLOWED EXCESSIVELY LONG & DANGEROUS 84-FOOT TRUCKS – THE SIZE OF AN 8-STORY BUILDING ON ITS SIDE – ON UPSTATE ROADS & BRIDGES