June 2015
06/04/15
SCHUMER CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATION, IN LIGHT OF RECENT REPORTS OF MALFUNCTIONING RAIL GRADE CROSSING GATES & SIGNALS THROUGHOUT ROCHESTER AREA – MULTIPLE REPORTS OF GATES FAILING TO FUNCTION AS DESIGNED, CAUSING DRIVERS TO DISREGARD CROSSINGS & PUT LIVES IN DANGER
06/03/15
SCHUMER REVEALS: DRUNK DRVING-RELATED DEATHS ARE STEADILY INCREASING THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE; SENATOR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO STOP THE ALARMING TREND, BY PROTECTING $7 MILLION IN NY FUNDING FOR THE “STOP-DWI” CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS SET TO EXPIRE IN JULY
06/03/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $140,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE FORT MONTGOMERY FIRE DISTRICT AND PIERMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT IN HUDSON VALLEY
06/03/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $47,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE PILOT KNOB VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER’S ASSOCIATION IN WARREN COUNTY
06/03/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $147,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE CITY OF WATERTOWN FIRE-RESCUE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
06/02/15
SCHUMER: IN LIGHT OF DISTURBING TSA FAILURE TO DETECT EXPLOSIVES & WEAPONS AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SENATOR CALLS FOR TOP-TO-BOTTOM REVIEW OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING & EQUIPMENT TESTING BY DHS INSPECTOR GENERAL; CONTINUATION OF ‘RED TEAM’ TESTS AT ALL MAJOR AIRPORTS
06/02/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FEDS HAVE AGREED TO MEET & WORK WITH LOCALS AND NYS DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION TO AUDIT AND EVALUATE SITE OF DEADLY ITHACA COMMONS TRUCK CRASH; EFFORT COULD HELP PAVE THE WAY FOR FED FUNDING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT THE INTERSECTION TO HELP PREVENT ACCIDENTS LIKE LAST SUMMER’S FROM HAPPENING
06/02/15
SCHUMER, MEEKS, GOLDFEDER: FOLLOWING ARMY CORPS’ PUBLIC MEETING & COMMUNITY INPUT, LAWMAKERS URGE FEDS TO PROVIDE ROCKAWAY COMMUNITIES WITH MOST RESILIENT BEACH PROTECTION PLAN AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ROCK JETTIES AND GROINS; PUSH ARMY CORPS TO CHOOSE ‘ALTERNATIVE III’ PROPOSAL, WHICH WILL INSTALL NEW ROCK GROINS ALONG PENINSULA
06/02/15
SCHUMER: FUNDING FOR NASSAU BACK BAY FEASIBILITY STUDY SECURED IN SENATE APPROPRIATIONS BILL; BILL CONTAINS $1.8 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NASSAU BACK BAY FEASIBILITY STUDY; BACK BAY STUDY IS CRITICAL STEP TO HELP PREVENT FUTURE STORM DAMAGE IN SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITIES OF NASSAU COUNTY
06/01/15
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO SECURE FED FUNDING FOR THE LONG-AWAITED RUNWAY EXTENSION AT OGDENSBURG AIRPORT – LONGER RUNWAY WILL HELP NEW FLIGHTS LAND & ENABLE AIRPORT TO BEGIN LOW-FARE AIRLINE SERVICE WITH ALLEGIANT AIR, A KEY FOR REGIONAL JOB GROWTH AND INCREASED TOURISM
06/01/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE KEY COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION TO THE 107th AIR WING
06/01/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE KEY COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF MORE THAN FOUR MILLION TO THE ARMY RESERVE
06/01/15
SCHUMER: FINALLY OUR COUNTRY WILL PROPERLY HONOR SGT. HENRY JOHNSON WHO WILL RECEIVE MEDAL OF HONOR HE RIGHTFULLY DESERVES ON TUESDAY
06/01/15
SCHUMER: HUNDREDS OF RECENT COPPER THEFTS ON MASS TRANSIT HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DELAYS, PUT NYC PASSENGERS AT RISK & COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS; WITH COPPER THEFT ON RISE, SCHUMER CALLS FOR CRACKDOWN ON METAL THEFT TRAFFICKING NETWORK THROUGH LEGISLATION THAT STOPS LARGE, UNTRACEABLE CASH PAYMENTS TO COPPER THIEVES
06/01/15
SCHUMER: IN WAKE OF MOST RECENT, DANGEROUS GREEN-LASER ATTACK ON FIVE PILOTS FLYING OUT OF AND TO NEW YORK, SENATOR RENEWS PUSH FOR FDA TO BAN THE SALE OF THE MOST HIGH-POWERED, LONG-RANGE GREEN LASER POINTERS; EVIL-DOERS & PRANKSTERS PURPOSELY USE GREEN LASERS TO HARASS PILOTS, BUT SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE BLINDNESS & DISORIENTATION WHILE FLYING PLANE FULL OF PASSENGERS IN THE AIR
May 2015
05/29/15
IN WAKE OF MEMORIAL DAY, SCHUMER BACKS SYRACUSE FATHER’S PUSH TO GET SON’S NAME ON VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL – LARRY REILLY JR. DIED IN VIETNAM WAR TRAINING EXERCISE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA IN 1969, BUT BECAUSE ACCIDENT WAS OUTSIDE COMBAT ZONE, HE & 73 OTHER VETERANS WHO PERISHED WERE LEFT OFF NATIONAL MEMORIAL WALL
05/29/15
SCHUMER: IN THE WAKE OF FED INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED “RAMPANT, DEEP-ROOTED” CORRUPTION AT FIFA, SENATOR DEMANDS FIFA RELEASE FULL INTERNAL INVESTIGATION NEVER BEFORE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC – SENATOR CALLS ON FIFA PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER TO MAKE FIRST ACTION OF NEW TERM THE RELEASE OF THE GARCIA REPORT
05/29/15
SCHUMER: WYOMING COUNTY FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS ARE DELAYED BECAUSE FIRST RESPONDERS CANNOT GAIN ACCESS TO RADIO FREQUENCIES WITHOUT CANADIAN APPROVAL – URGES FEDS TO GO TO BAT FOR WYOMING COUNTY & BREAK THROUGH RED TAPE THAT HAS HELD UP APPROVAL PROCESS
05/28/15
SCHUMER URGES U.S. ARMY TO RECONSIDER PHASING OUT CRITICAL SOLDIER WELLNESS PROGRAM AT RIVER HOSPITAL IN ALEXANDRIA BAY, WHICH TREATS MANY TROOPS FROM FORT DRUM FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS – SCHUMER SAYS NEW PROGRAM MAY NOT OFFER THE FULL LINE OF MENTAL HEALTH & THERAPEUTIC SERVICES
05/28/15
SCHUMER: ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK, OPIOID ABUSE IS UP & CRIMINALS ARE STEALING Rx DRUGS, BUT DEA RECENTLY ENDED HUGELY SUCCESSFUL DRUG TAKE-BACK PROGRAM – SCHUMER URGES DEA TO REVERSE DECISION & REINSTITUTE NATIONAL TAKE-BACK DAYS, WHICH SAFELY COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF Rx DRUGS & HELPED SAVE LIVES
