August 2017
08/14/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $648,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SKY ACRES AIRPORT IN DUTCHESS COUNTY
08/11/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $4 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR CHAUTAUQUA OPPORTUNITIES, INC.
08/11/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $48,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SOUTH WALES FIRE DISTRICT NO. 1
08/11/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $217,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TWO CENTRAL NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENTS
08/11/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $1.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES
08/11/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
08/10/17
SCHUMER URGES JETBLUE TO ESTABLISH MORE ROUTES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK INCLUDING SYRACUSE TO BOSTON; WITH LIMITED OPTIONS FOR CNY TRAVELERS HEADING TO BOSTON, SCHUMER URGES JETBLUE TO BRING MORE AFFORDABLE AIR SERVICE OPTIONS TO SYRACUSE RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES
08/09/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $130K IN FED FUNDS FOR TOWN OF SENNETT FIRE DEPARTMENT
08/09/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
08/09/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $216K IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 2 FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY
08/09/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $2.2 MILLION IN NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION FUNDING FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK
08/08/17
SCHUMER: AS NEW TICK-BORNE DISEASE —POWASSAN — EMERGES & SUMMER TICK SURGE ON STATEN ISLAND UNDERWAY, SCHUMER WILL DOUBLE DOWN ON HIS PUSH TO GET FEDS TO STOP MOVING AT SNAIL’S PACE, AND INSTEAD TO AGGRESSIVELY IMPLEMENT NEW LAW THAT WOULD FAST-TRACK RESEARCH, VACCINES & STRATEGIES TO STAMP OUT DISEASE-CARRYING-TICKS – AND BETTER PROTECT STATEN ISLAND KIDS & FAMILIES
08/08/17
SCHUMER REVEALS: EFFORT TO MAKE SLEEP APNEA TESTING & SCREENING LAW OF THE LAND FOR RAIL WORKERS & COMMERCIAL DRIVERS HAS JUST BEEN ABRUPTLY CANCELLED BY THE FEDS—AND FOR NO GOOD REASON; SENATOR CITES LIRR LESSONS FROM ACCIDENTS LIKE ATLANTIC TERMINAL & SPUYTEN DUYVIL IN DEMANDING FEDS GET NATIONAL SLEEP APNEA TESTING PLAN BACK ON TRACK
08/07/17
SCHUMER: ROCHESTER VIETNAM VET BATTLING TERMINAL CANCER LINKED TO AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE DURING HIS MILITARY SERVICE IS SEEING HIS COMPENSATION CLAIMS DENIED BECAUSE VA DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZE HIS CANCER AS ‘AGENT ORANGE-RELATED’; SENATOR CALLS ON FEDS TO ESTABLISH A PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR GLIOBLASTOMA SO VETERANS CAN GET THE BENEFITS THEY’VE EARNED & DESERVE
08/07/17
SCHUMER: PROPOSED CUTS TO WEATHER SATELLITE PROGRAM COULD LEAD TO MORE DANGEROUSLY DELAYED TORNADO & OTHER STORM WARNINGS; LAST MONTH’S RARE TORNADOS IN BUFFALO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING DEPENDABLE, ACCURATE WEATHER FORECASTS; CALLS ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE REPORTED DELAYED TORNADO MOBILE ALERT?, AND CALLS ON HOUSE OF REPS TO REVERSE MASSIVE CUTS TO WEATHER SATELLITE PROGRAM
08/07/17
SCHUMER REVEALS: PROPOSED $369M CUT TO WEATHER SATELLITE PROGRAM COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY DELAYED STORM WARNINGS IN NYC & LI; THIS WEEK’S STORMS GENERATED WEATHER ALERTS THAT COULD BE INACCURATE IF CUTS ARE NOT REVERSED; SENATOR CALLS ON HOUSE OF REPS TO UNDO MASSIVE CUTS TO WEATHER SATELLITE PROGRAM; CITES LESSONS OF SANDY & NEW WARNINGS ABOUT THIS YEAR’S HURRICANE SEASON
08/04/17
IN ONE-ON-ONE MEETING, SCHUMER URGES FEMA ADMINISTRATOR BROCK LONG TO SWIFTLY APPROVE DISASTER DECLARATION FOR AREAS IMPACTED BY SEVERE FLOODING FROM LAKE ONTARIO
08/04/17
STANDING AT ADIRONDACK REGIONAL AIRPORT, SCHUMER DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS EFFORT TO FIGHT HARMFUL CUTS TO ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM; SENATOR SAYS FED FUNDING IS VITAL TO AIR SERVICE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY AND VOWS TO PREVENT HARMFUL CUTS FROM EVER TAKING-OFF
08/04/17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $787,000 IN CDBG FUNDING FOR POUGHKEEPSIE
08/04/17
SCHUMER CO-SPONSORS BIPARTISAN TAYLOR FORCE ACT, WHICH WILL CUT U.S. FUNDS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY UNLESS PAYMENTS TO ?TERRORISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE HALTED
