December 2015
12/16/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL HAS MORE THAN $91 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR DOD SCIENCE & TECH PROGRAM TO HELP BUFFALO’S CUBRC – PASSAGE IN CONGRESS WOULD SEND LEGISLATION TO PRESIDENT’S DESK
12/16/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER HIS PUSH, JUST-UNVEILED TAX PACKAGE WOULD MAKE COLLEGE TUITION TAX CREDIT PERMANENT; SCHUMER-AUTHORED TAX CREDIT PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF TO MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES NOW PAYING SKY-HIGH COLLEGE TUITION COSTS
12/16/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $660 MILLION IN FED FUNDS FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN OWEGO’S COMBAT RESCUE & MARINE ONE HELICOPTER PROGRAMS IS INCLUDED IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BUDGET BILL
12/16/15
SCHUMER SECURES MAJOR VICTORY FOR UPSTATE NY VETERANS & BUSINESSES; SAYS TAX EXTENDERS PACKAGE WILL INCLUDES INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES TO HIRE UNEMPLOYED VETERANS IN UPSTATE NY – PROVISION IS A PROVEN SUCCESS IN HELPING UPSTATE BUSINESSES HIRE MORE VETERANS
12/16/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PERMANENT EXTENSION OF VITAL TAX BENEFIT FOR MASS TRANSIT COMMUTERS INCLUDED IN JUST-UNVEILED MUST-PASS TAX PACKAGE; LEGISLATION REINSTATES EXPIRED “MASS TRANSIT TAX BENEFIT” THAT CAN SAVE METRO-NORTH AND OTHER WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND AND ORANGE AND LOWER HUDSON VALLEY MASS TRANSIT COMMUTERS OVER $1,000 PER YEAR
12/16/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF VITAL TAX BENEFIT FOR MASS TRANSIT COMMUTERS INCLUDED IN JUST-UNVEILED TAX PACKAGE; LEGISLATION PERMANENTLY EXTENDS MASS TRANSIT BENEFIT WHICH SAVES SUBWAY, BUS AND OTHER MASS TRANSIT COMMUTERS OVER $1,000 PER YEAR
12/16/15
SCHUMER SECURES MAJOR VICTORY FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK APPLE PRODUCERS; JUST UNVEILED EXTENDERS PACKAGE INCLUDES MODERNIZED DEFINITION OF HARD APPLE CIDER – PROVISION WOULD LOWER TAXES ON PRODUCT, IMPROVE ABILITY TO COMPETE IN FOREIGN MARKETS, INCREASE SALES FOR APPLE GROWERS ACROSS NY STATE
12/16/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FULL FUNDING FOR BROOKHAVEN’S ION COLLIDER & MORE THAN $125M FOR NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE II INCLUDED IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL; BNL’S COLLIDER IS ONLY REMAINING ATOM SMASHER IN THE COUNTRY
12/16/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $4.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ROME LABS IN JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS BILL
12/16/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES JUST-UNVEILED TAX PACKAGE WOULD BOOST INCENTIVE FOR SMALL BIZ & FAMILY FARMERS TO PURCHSAE EQUIPMENT; TAX BENEFIT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO RECOVER UP-FRONT COSTS OF EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE MADE PERMANENT
12/16/15
SCHUMER SECURES MAJOR VICTORY FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK AND SOLAR CITY; SAYS TAX EXTENDERS PACKAGE INCLUDES LONG-TERM EXTENSION OF SOLAR TAX CREDIT THAT IS VITAL TO CLEAN ENERGY, JOBS & SOLAR CITY’S SUCCESS IN WNY AND 1366 TECHNOLOGIES IN GENESEE COUNTY
12/16/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OVER $22.7 MILLION IN FED FUNDS FOR MID-TIER NETWORKING VEHICULAR PROGRAM FOR 2016; PROGRAM WILL ALLOW HARRIS RADIO IN ROCHESTER TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DEVICES TO HELP COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION AMONG MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS – PASSAGE IN CONGRESS WOULD SEND LEGISLATION TO PRESIDENT’S DESK
12/15/15
MAYOR BROWN, SENATOR SCHUMER CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO MAIN STREET’S 500 BLOCK
12/14/15
SCHUMER: HERKIMER’S CRUMBLING GLORY DAYS BUILDING HAS FINALLY BEEN DEMOLISHED, BUT VILLAGE LACKS RESOURCES TO REMOVE POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED DEBRIS LEFT SITTING AT DEMO SITE, WHICH COULD POSE THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH – SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY VISIT & INVESTIGATE TO DETERMINE IF SITE QUALFIIES FOR FEDERAL CLEAN-UP DOLLARS
12/14/15
FUNDS FOR CRITICAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT BUYS LI VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS MODERN & ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN CUT; SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH—AS PART OF THIS WEEK’S FINAL BUDGET DEAL—TO INCREASE FUNDING SO FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT LEFT WITHOUT CRITICAL RESOURCES
12/14/15
SCHUMER, CUOMO CALL ON FEDS TO CLOSE TERROR GAP BY CREATING PROTOCOL THAT GIVES STATES ABILITY TO BLOCK GUN SALES TO THOSE ON TERROR WATCH LIST; FEDS MUST FIND WAY TO ALLOW STATES TO ACT IN LIGHT OF FEDERAL PARALYSIS
12/11/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE COMMITMENT FROM CHIEF OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE, LIEUTENANT GENERAL JACKSON, TO VISIT THE NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION; SCHUMER & GILLIBRAND SAY SEEING FIRST-HAND THE WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES & CREWS AT NFARS COULD HELP AIR FORCE WHEN DECIDING WHERE TO MOVE THE KC-135 FLEET
12/10/15
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO SECURE CRITICAL FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW WNY VETERANS’ CEMETERY – WHILE VA HAS FUNDING NEEDED TO COMPLETE DESIGN & PLANNING PHASES OF THE PROJECT THROUGH 2016, SUBSEQUENT CONSTRUCTION PHASE – EXPECTED TO START IN 2017 – HAS NOT YET BEEN FUNDED; SENATOR SAYS VA MUST PRIORITIZE FIRST-EVER VET CEMETERY IN BUFFALO-ROCHESTER AREA
12/10/15
SCHUMER: JETBLUE FLIGHTS FROM ALBANY INTERNATIONAL ARE NOW DEPARTING; NON-STOP SERVICE TO FT. LAUDERDALE & ORLANDO BEGINS TODAY; SENATOR FOUGHT TO BRING JETBLUE AFFORDABLE AIR SERVICE & FLIGHTS TO ALBANY
12/10/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $397,000 IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR WESTERN NEW YORK
