September 2015
09/30/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $150,000 FOR WARRENSBURG FIRE DISTRICT IN WARREN COUNTY
09/30/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $880,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM ON LONG ISLAND
09/29/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION IN FED FUNDS TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ERIE COUNTY
09/29/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TONKO ANNOUNCE $3 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS AT SCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE & ACROSS THE CAPITAL REGION
09/29/15
SCHUMER: IN MIDST OF DIRE FISCAL CRISIS, PUERTO RICO NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO BANKRUPTCY PROTECTIONS; SENATOR CALLS FOR SWIFT FEDERAL ACTION ON ‘PUERTO RICO CHAPTER 9 UNIFORMITY ACT,’ WHICH WILL GIVE PUERTO RICO—A U.S. TERRITORY— SAME CHAPTER 9 AUTHORITY AS U.S. STATES
09/29/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE AIR FORCE BRASS TO SELECT NEW DIRECTOR OF ROME LABS WHO WILL ENSURE IT CONTINUES TO BE A LEADING FORCE AGAINST CYBER THREATS AND DRIVER OF THE CENTRAL NEW YORK ECONOMY
09/29/15
SENATOR SCHUMER & CONGRESSMAN HIGGINS CALL FOR RE-USE OF DILLON COURTHOUSE; URGE GSA TO GUARD AGAINST LAND SPECULATION AND WAREHOUSING – AND FACTOR-IN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC IMPACT IN DIVESTIURE OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS
09/29/15
SCHUMER, HELLER, KLOBUCHAR, LEE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO MODERNIZE & STREAMLINE VISA PROGRAM TO GROW INTERNATIONAL TOURISM IN THE UNITED STATES
09/28/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $440,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM IN HUDSON VALLEY
09/28/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $4.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR UALBANY TO ADVANCE EARLY WARNING WEATHER DETECTION
09/28/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE BILL TO NAME KINGSTON POST OFFICE IN HONOR OF WORLD WAR II SOLDIER
09/28/15
SCHUMER APPLAUDS JETBLUE FOR RESUMING NEW FLORIDA ROUTES TO SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; WITH HIGH DEMAND FOR FLORDIA FLIGHTS, SCHUMER PREVIOUSLY URGED JETBLUE TO FILL THAT VOID AND BRING MORE AFFORDABLE AIR SERVICE OPTIONS TO SYRACUSE RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES
09/28/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, RICE ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMPLETE SANDY-RELATED REPAIR WORK AT LONG BEACH’S MAGNOLIA SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER & RECREATION CENTER
09/27/15
SCHUMER REVEALS: AVG. PRICE OF EYEGLASSES NOW AT MORE THAN $300 & GOING UP—CONSUMERS ARE DEPRIVED OF COMPLETE PRESCRIPTION INFO WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SHOP AROUND AT STORES & ONLINE FOR BEST DEAL; SENATOR URGES FTC TO ESTABLISH NEW RULES THAT WOULD PROMOTE COMPETITION & DRAMATICALLY LOWER EYEGLASS PRICES
09/25/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANOUNCE OVER $60,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SUNY COBLESKILL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
09/25/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $210,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO PORT CRANE FIRE COMPANY IN BROOME COUNTY
09/25/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $182,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR JAMESPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT & CUTCHOGUE FIRE DEPARTMENT
09/25/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: THE DEA WILL RESTART SUCCESSFUL DRUG TAKE-BACK PROGRAM TODAY; PROGRAM ALLOWS NEW YORKERS TO DISPOSE OF HIGHLY-ADDICTIVE DRUGS; SCHUMER URGED DEA TO REVERSE PREVIOUS DECISION TO END NATIONAL DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY PROGRAM AMID RISING OPIOID ABUSE ACROSS UPSTATE NY
09/25/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: HARRIS RADIO AWARDED CONTRACT WORTH UP TO $390 MILLION TO BUILD TACTICAL RADIOS FOR ELITE U.S. FORCES
09/25/15
AFTER PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NORTH HEMPSTEAD’S ‘PROJECT INDEPENDENCE,’ WHICH THOUSANDS OF TOWN SENIORS RELY ON; PROGRAM WAS IN DANGER OF EXPIRING UNTIL SENATOR STEPPED IN; NEWLY SECURED FUNDING MEANS TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL VISITS AND FOOD SHOPPING WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THREE MORE YEARS
