September 2015
09/21/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $750,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS IN ALBANY & TROY
09/21/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $350,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER IN QUEENS
09/21/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MALONEY ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $600,000 IN FED FUNDS COMING TO THE CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE TO PUT FIVE MORE COPS ON THE BEAT – FUNDS WILL HELP ENSURE SAFER STREETS
09/21/15
SCHUMER: PAUL MCCARTNEY FANS IN BUFFALO ARE FURIOUS AFTER BEING LEFT EMPTY HANDED FOR UPCOMING HISTORIC CONCERT; THOUSANDS OF MCCARTNEY TICKETS VANISHED IN SECONDS AFTER HACKERS USED COMPUTER BOTS TO BUY UP TICKETS, WHICH ARE NOW BEING SOLD FOR OUTRAGEOUS PRICES; SCHUMER INTRODUCES NEW SENATE BILL THAT PUTS AN END TO UNFAIR CYBER SCALPING
09/21/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $800K IN FED FUNDING FOR ELDER AND DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS IN ALBANY COUNTY
09/21/15
SCHUMER: PROPOSED SENATE BUDGET BILL SLASHES CRITICAL FUNDING FOR KEY HOUSING PROGRAM PROVEN TO HELP VETERANS; DEVASTATING CUTS WILL HALT SYRACUSE’S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE VETERANS HOUSING AND REVITALIZE NEIGHBORHOODS; SCHUMER STANDS WITH LOCAL VETERANS WHO BENEFITED FROM HOME PROGRAM & VOWS TO FIGHT TOOTH & NAIL TO PROVIDE SYRACUSE NEIGHBORHOODS & POTENTIAL HOMEOWNERS WITH THE VITAL FUNDING THEY NEED
09/21/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: AMTRAK IS SET TO SELECT HORNELL’S ALSTOM AS PART OF $2.5 BILLION PROGRAM TO BUILD SAFER, NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED TRAINS; SENATOR SAYS PROJECT WILL CREATE 750 JOBS INCLUDING 400 DIRECT MANUFACTURING JOBS AT ALSTOM IN HORNELL
09/21/15
SCHUMER, IN VISIT TO CENTRAL NY, OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES MAJOR FED FUNDING FOR WATERTOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
09/20/15
SCHUMER REVEALS: NYC BODEGAS & SYNTHETIC DRUG RINGS ARE USING THE INTERNET TO STOCK UP ON DANGEROUS DRUGS BUT DEA DOESN’T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SHUT WEBSITES DOWN; THIS WEEK’S SYNTHETIC DRUG BUST PROVES FEDS MUST SHUTDOWN WEBSITES & PREVENT CREDIT CARD SALES TO DEALERS & BODEGAS; SENATOR URGES SPECIAL UNIT BE SET UP IN DEA TO LOCATE & STOP SALES ON THE WEB THAT ARE FUELING ‘CRISIS’
09/18/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE, FOLLOWING THEIR PUSH, THE OGDENSBURG AIRPORT WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN $7.5 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR LONG-AWAITED RUNWAY EXTENSION – 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
09/18/15
FOLLOWING SCHUMER’S PUSH, NTSB AGREES TO INVESTIGATE FUTURE LIMOUSINE ACCIDENTS; IN PERSONAL LETTER TO SENATOR, SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OUTLINES STEPS BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS LIMO SAFETY, COMMITS TO GATHERING DATA ON STRETCH LIMOS LIKE THE ONE INVOLVED IN TRAGIC LI CRASH
09/18/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN OSWEGO COUNTY
09/18/15
SCHUMER: GAME CHANGER RONKONKOMA HUB DEVELOPMENT PROJECT NEEDS FED SUPPORT TO STAY ON TRACK; OVERHAUL OF BUSIEST LIRR REQUIRES LARGE FEDERAL ‘TIGER’ GRANT; SCHUMER MAKING FINAL PUSH FOR OVER $13M IN FUNDING—GRANTS TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONTH
09/18/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $95,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
09/18/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, LOWEY ANNOUNCE NORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL WILL RECEIVE $5.4 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR CRITICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS – HOSPITAL’S 45-YEAR-OLD EMERGENCY SYSTEM FAILED DURING SUPERSTORM SANDY & DESPERATELY NEEDS UPGRADES TO BETTER WITHSTAND FUTURE STORMS; FEMA WILL COVER 75% OF COST
09/17/15
SCHUMER, CORNYN ANNOUNCE ‘JUSTICE AGAINST SPONSORS OF TERRORISM ACT’ – LEGISLATION, LONG SOUGHT BY 9/11 FAMILIES, WILL ALLOW VICTIMS OF 9/11 & OTHER TERRORIST ACTS TO SUE FOREIGN COUNTRIES & OTHERS THAT FUNDED AL QAEDA, ISIS
09/17/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FRA WILL PUSH RAILROAD COMPANIES TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF RAIL BRIDGES ACROSS NY WITH PASSENGERS & COMMUNITIES – SCHUMER SAYS COMMUNITIES DESERVE TO KNOW IF 3,000 PLUS TRAIN BRIDGES IN NYS, SOME OF WHICH ARE NOW CARRYING DANGEROUS CRUDE OIL TRAINS, ARE SAFE AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND
09/17/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: AFTER 4-YEAR LONG STRUGGLE, WYOMING COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS FINALLY CLEAR LAST HURDLE & GET GREEN LIGHT FROM FAA TO USE INTEROPERABLE RADIO SYSTEM FOR RAPID RESPONSE; CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW FIRE, POLICE, EMS, 911, HIGHWAY DEPT RESPONDERS TO COMMUNICATE ON SAME RADIO CHANNEL STARTING OCT. 1ST
09/17/15
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO SECURE CRITICAL FED FUNDING FOR LONG-TERM ECONOMIC PLANNING FOR TONAWANDA; DIMINISHING PRODUCTION AND POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF LOCAL HUNTLEY POWER PLANT HAS FORCED TOWN & SCHOOL DISTRICT – WHICH RELY ON TAX REVENUE FROM THE PLANT – TO LAY OFF TEACHERS, CLOSE SCHOOLS & CUT PUBLIC SERVICES
09/16/15
SCHUMER TO CO-SPONSOR ‘FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT OF 2015’; APPROXIMATELY 300,000 FILIPINO SOLDIERS FOUGHT IN WWII, YET HAVE NEVER BEEN FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S.
