July 2022
07/01/22
SCHUMER: AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING TO PROTECT FEDERAL CRITICAL ACCESS STATUS FOR RURAL UPSTATE NY HOSPITALS, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FEDS HAVE HEEDED HIS CALL TO CHANGE RULES SO THAT NY HOSPITALS CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE OVER $35M IN REIMBURSEMENTS ANNUALLY & MAINTAIN CRITICAL SERVICES IN UPSTATE’S MOST UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES
June 2022
06/29/22
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MORELLE ANNOUNCE LIFESPAN OF GREATER ROCHESTER WILL RECEIVE $240,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO CONNECT ELDERLY & UNDERSERVED FINGER LAKES RESIDENTS TO TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, HEALTH CARE, OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES
06/28/22
SCHUMER: AFTER LAUNCHING AN ALL OUT PUSH WITH LOCAL VETS TO FIGHT THE CLOSURE OF NYC’S VA HOSPITALS, SENATOR ANNOUNCES VA PLAN IMMEDIATELY HALTED & CRITICAL MANHATTAN & BROOKLYN VA HOSPITALS WILL REMAIN OPEN
06/28/22
SCHUMER: AFTER LAUNCHING AN ALL OUT PUSH WITH HUDSON VALLEY VETS TO FIGHT THE CLOSURE OF DUTCHESS COUNTY’S ONLY VA HOSPITAL, SENATOR ANNOUNCES VA PLAN IMMEDIATELY HALTED & CRITICAL LOCAL VA HOSPITAL WILL REMAIN OPEN–PRESERVING CARE FOR OVER 7,000 HUDSON VALLEY VETS
06/28/22
SCHUMER: WITH OUTRAGEOUS COST OF INSULIN SKYROCKETING AND 1.7M NEW YORKERS—NEARLY 60,000 IN THE SOUTHERN TIER—WITH DIABETES, SCHUMER REVEALS NEW BIPARTISAN PLAN TO CAP INSULIN OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS AT $35 A MONTH; SENATOR SAYS HE WILL PUT THE BILL ON THE FLOOR VERY SOON TO MAKE LIFESAVING DRUG AFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
06/28/22
SCHUMER: WITH OUTRAGEOUS COST OF INSULIN SKYROCKETING AND 1.7M NEW YORKERS—OVER 45,000 IN THE NORTH COUNTRY—WITH DIABETES, SCHUMER REVEALS NEW BIPARTISAN PLAN TO CAP INSULIN OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS AT $35 A MONTH; SENATOR SAYS HE WILL PUT THE BILL ON THE FLOOR VERY SOON TO MAKE LIFESAVING DRUG AFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
06/28/22
SCHUMER: WITH OUTRAGEOUS COST OF INSULIN SKYROCKETING AND 1.7M NEW YORKERS—OVER 45,000 IN THE NORTH COUNTRY—WITH DIABETES, SCHUMER REVEALS NEW BIPARTISAN PLAN TO CAP INSULIN OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS AT $35 A MONTH; SENATOR SAYS HE WILL PUT THE BILL ON THE FLOOR VERY SOON TO MAKE LIFESAVING DRUG AFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
06/28/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT AND NEW FEMA AGREEMENT THAT WILL UNLOCK $250+ MILLION IN PREVIOUSLY REJECTED FED COVID REIMBURSEMENT FOR NEW YORK’S HOSPITALS; FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS WOULD COVER COSTS LIKE TRANSPO, CHILD CARE & HOUSING INCURRED BY HOSPITALS DURING EARLY DAYS OF COVID PANDEMIC
06/27/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CRITICAL EXTENSION OF SCHOOL LUNCH & CHILD NUTRITION WAIVERS HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW KEEPING SCHOOL MEALS FREE FOR OVER 800,000 NEW YORK STUDENTS; WAIVERS WERE SET TO EXPIRE THIS WEEK, BUT NEW BILL WILL HELP SCHOOLS KEEP KIDS FED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
06/25/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN 30 YEARS, HAS NOW BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW
06/21/22
FOLLOWING EAST SIDE’S TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING, SCHUMER MAKES DIRECT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR WESTERN NEW YORK TO BE SELECTED FOR TENS OF MILLIONS IN FED INVESTMENT IN EDA REGIONAL CHALLENGE AWARD; SCHUMER SAYS FEDERAL $$$ WOULD REVITALIZE BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE BY TRAINING OVER 1,600 WORKERS FOR GOOD-PAYING MANUFACTURING JOBS, CLEANING UP INDUSTRIAL SITES, ATTRACTING NEW EMPLOYERS, & MAKING WNY AMERICA’S NEXT MAJOR MANUFACTURING & TECH HUB
06/21/22
SCHUMER REVEALS: BUFFALO SET TO GET BRAND NEW $11 MILLION VA MEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITY AS A PART OF THE JUST-PASSED VETERAN HEALTHCARE BILL; SCHUMER SAYS NEW FACILITY WILL BOLSTER BUFFALO VA RESEARCH EFFORTS, EXPAND EXISTING VA HOSPITAL’S SURGICAL CAPACITY, & GIVE WNY VETS THE MODERN MEDICAL FACILITY THEY DESPERATELY NEED
06/20/22
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SOUND ALARM TO FAA ON AIRLINES’ REQUESTS TO CIRCUMVENT PILOT TRAINING REGULATIONS ENACTED FROM THE HARD-FOUGHT ADVOCACY OF THE COLGAN FLIGHT 3407 FAMILIES; SENATORS SAY LIFESAVING RULES MUST BE PROTECTED FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS ATTEMPTING TO ROLLBACK PROVISIONS MEANT TO KEEP SKIES SAFE
06/20/22
SCHUMER: WITH THE CAPITAL REGION FACING NEW WAVE OF FATAL OVERDOSES, AFTER BACK TO BACK RECORD YEARS OF OPIOID DEATHS; SENATOR LAUNCHES TWO-PRONG PLAN TO BOLSTER ADDICTION SERVICES & COMBAT THE FLOW OF OPIOIDS TO THE CAPITAL REGION
06/20/22
SCHUMER: ONONDAGA COUNTY FACING BACK-TO-BACK RECORD YEARS OF OPIOID DEATHS – A 100% INCREASE OVER LAST SIX YEARS; SENATOR WANTS FEDS TO SUPERCHARGE FUNDS THAT HELP COMBAT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF OPIOIDS, WHICH PANDEMIC HAS MADE MUCH WORSE; PLEDGES $3.2 BILLION PUSH TO INCREASE CRITICAL PREVENTION, TREATMENT & RECOVERY EFFORTS—BECAUSE IT WILL SAVE CNY LIVES
06/17/22
CITING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO REVERSE COURSE AND REOPEN ADIRONDACK & NORTH COUNTRY AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS; SENATOR SAYS KEEPING SITES OPEN IS CRITICAL TO PRESERVING UPSTATE NEW YORK’S NATURAL LANDSCAPE, PROTECTING WILDLIFE, AND TRACKING POLLUTION
06/17/22
ICYMI: BINGHAMTON PRESS & SUN - SCHUMER, STENGER, WHITTINGHAM: BATTERIES CAN POWER BINGHAMTON’S FUTURE — AND AMERICA’S
06/16/22
AFTER DELIVERING OVER $27 MILLION IN PANDEMIC RELIEF TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AT VENUES ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES, SCHUMER KICKS OFF THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, DRIVING MILLIONS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO THE DOWNTOWN AND PROVIDING FREE WORLD-CLASS MUSIC FOR THE ROCHESTER COMMUNITY
06/16/22
SCHUMER, AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING ALONGSIDE VETERANS ACROSS NEW YORK, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THE SENATE PASSAGE OF HONORING OUR PACT ACT TO FINALLY EXTEND VA CARE TO VETERANS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS & OTHER TOXINS; DELIVERING DESPERATELY NEEDED MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS EXPOSED NY VETS
06/09/22
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DELIVER FUNDING TO BUFFALO’S AFRICAN HERITAGE FOOD COOPERATIVE TO INCREASE FOOD ACCESSIBILITY & BRING DESPERATELY NEEDED FRESH, AFFORDABLE HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS TO BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN NEW YORK
