May 2015
05/22/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES SENATE APPROPRIATIONS BILL INCLUDES $174M IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BROOKHAVEN’S ION COLLIDER & $125M FOR NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE II; BNL’S COLLIDER IS ONLY REMAINING ATOM SMASHER IN THE COUNTRY
05/22/15
SCHUMER: IT’S TIME TO RETIRE FEMA’S ‘WYO’ MODEL FROM THE 80’S; SENATOR URGES FEMA TO DO AWAY WITH ‘WRITE YOUR OWN’ INSURANCE COMPANIES; AS MANY AS 80 PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE SHORT-CHANGING NEW YORK SANDY VICTIMS, CHURNING PROFIT & UNFAIRLY REDUCING PAYMENTS TO HOMEOWNERS
05/21/15
SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO ENSURE CRITICAL SAFETY SYSTEM IS INSTALLED & IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENTED ALONG RAIL ROUTES THROUGHOUT UPSTATE NEW YORK, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE; LESSONS FROM PHILADELPHIA DERAILMENT NEED TO BE APPLIED IN NEW YORK
05/21/15
SCHUMER CALLS ON USDA TO MEET WITH LOCALS REGARDING EXPENSIVE FLOOD REPAIR AND MITIGATION PROJECTS; VILLAGE OF AVON WAS PUMMELED BY RECENT FLOODS & NOW THE VILLIAGE COULD BE STUCK PAYING FOR EXPENSIVE PROJECTS TO UPDATE LOCAL WATER SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE
05/21/15
SCHUMER: NEW YORK STATE’S $52 MILLION GRAPE CROP AT UNDUE RISK DUE TO OUTDATED FACILITY THAT PROVIDES CRITICAL RESEARCH TO LOCAL GRAPE GROWERS; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO REPLACE USDA’S OUTDATED GRAPE RESEARCH LAB IN GENEVA WITH NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY
05/21/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FAA WILL INSTALL CRITICALLY-NEEDED RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEMS AT NEW YORK’S 3 MAJOR AIRPORTS BY END OF YEAR; AFTER PLANE SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY SENATOR DEMANDED FAA GET SYSTEM IN PLACE; WILL HELP PREVENT CRASHES & DANGEROUS COLLISIONS AT NY’S THREE AIRPORTS
05/20/15
SCHUMER URGES FEDERAL DEPT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT FULL, TOP-TO-BOTTOM INSPECTION OF LIVING CONDITIONS & MANAGEMENT OF THE TOWNE GARDEN APARTMENTS IN BUFFALO
05/20/15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $180,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE CLEVELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SCIPIO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY IN CENTRAL NY
05/19/15
FOLLOWING RECENT EVENT IN KINGSTON, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FEMA HAS HEEDED HIS CALL & UPDATED ITS SINKHOLE POLICY, WHICH WILL FINALLY PAVE WAY FOR KINGSTON TO APPLY FOR FED FUNDING TO FIX PREVIOUSLY DENIED DOWNTOWN SINKHOLE – SCHUMER VOWS TO PUSH FOR APPROVAL, OR CITY COULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR MORE THAN $7 MILLION IN REPAIRS
05/18/15
SCHUMER: GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA’S ICONIC JACOB RIIS BATHHOUSE SHOULD BE REFURBISHED INTO A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MODERN VISITOR FACILITY FOR BEACH GOERS; URGES FEDS TO PROVIDE FEDERAL FUNDING TO TRANSFORM HISTORIC, ART DECO BATHHOUSE & MAKE MAJOR ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO JAMAICA BAY’S WEST POND
05/18/15
WITH DANGEROUS FENTANYL-LACED HEROIN SPIKING IN BUFFALO & OVERDOSES DRAMATICALLY RISING, SCHUMER PUSHES TO REVERSE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED CUT TO DRUG TRAFFICKING PROGRAM THAT BUFFALO LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS IS CRITICAL TO BREAKING UP LOCAL DRUG RINGS – LAUNCHES PUSH TO PREVENT CUT & RAISE FUNDING FOR PROGRAM BY $100M
05/18/15
SCHUMER: DISTILLERIES LIKE BLACK BUTTON DISTILLERY IN ROCHESTER ARE FORCED TO WAIT OVER 200 DAYS TO GET BASIC APPROVALS TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS; WHILE DISTILLERIES & CRAFT INDUSTRY ARE GROWING NATIONALLY BY OVER 50%, FEDERAL DISTILLERY INSPECTORS—WHO APPROVE REQUESTS—HAVE BEEN CUT BY 10%; SENATOR CALLS FOR MORE INSPECTORS TO REDUCE BACKLOG THAT IS COSTING DISTILLERIES, INDUSTRY MILLIONS
05/15/15
SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO APPROVE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO’S APPLICATION FOR MAJOR FED FUNDING THAT COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR CANCER RESEARCH IN WNY– FUNDS WOULD ENABLE UB AND ITS PARTNERS TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN NEW CANCER RESEARCH PROJECTS
05/15/15
SCHUMER, BLUMENTHAL LAUNCH MAJOR CAMPAIGN TO GET CONGRESS TO PASS FOUR POINT RAIL SAFETY PLAN IN 2015; DRAMATIC UPTICK IN RAIL DEATHS THIS YEAR & THIS WEEK’S TRAGIC DERAILMENT GIVES OPTIMISM THAT CONGRESS CAN FINALLY ACT; RAILROADS MUST CREATE CULTURE OF SAFETY
05/14/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: AT LONG LAST, SGT. HENRY JOHNSON WILL RECEIVE MEDAL OF HONOR HE RIGHTFULLY DESERVES – PRESIDENT APPROVES LONG-AWAITED REQUEST; WILL PRESENT TO JOHNSON’S INFANTRY REGIMENT THE 369th “HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS” DIVISION, WITH MEDAL AT WHITE HOUSE ON JUNE 2, 2015
05/14/15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES TSA PRE-CHECK ENROLLMENT CENTER IS COMING TO SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; CURRENTLY, LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO ENROLL MUST TRAVEL TO OSWEGO – NEW ENROLLMENT CENTER WILL MEAN SHORTER, MORE CONVENIENT SECURITY LINES FOR TRAVELERS
05/14/15
SCHUMER URGES HARRIS CEO, IN ANTICIPATION OF HARRIS-EXCELIS MERGER, TO GROW IN ROCHESTER AND CREATE JOBS THERE AFTER THE FINAL DEAL HAS BEEN SIGNED – SCHUMER HAS LONG FOUGHT TO KEEP HARRIS CORPORATION JOBS IN ROCHESTER & TO FULLY FUND FED PROGRAMS THEY COMPETE FOR
05/14/15
IN THE MOLD OF LORETTA LYNCH, SCHUMER RECOMMENDS LONGTIME EDNY PROSECUTOR ROBERT L. CAPERS TO BE THE NEXT U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK— IF CONFIRMED, CAPERS, FROM AN NYPD FAMILY, WOULD HOLD NOW-U.S. ATTORNEY LORETTA LYNCH’S FORMER POST
05/13/15
SCHUMER, BLUMENTHAL: SAFETY MUST COME FIRST; WE HAVE TO EXAMINE RAIL SAFETY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
05/13/15
SCHUMER: CHILDREN ARE VULNERABLE TO IDENTITY THIEVES; KIDS UNDER 18 ARE EASY TARGETS BECAUSE THEIR CREDIT REPORTS ARE OFTEN CLEAN AND UNMONITORED; SENATOR TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY FREEZE CREDIT FOR KIDS – UNTIL PARENTS UNFREEZE IT —WILL PROTECT KIDS FROM SEVERAL TYPES OF ID THEFT
