November 2021
11/09/21
SCHUMER REVEALS: OVER $11 BILLION HEADING TO NY TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL; LARGEST-EVER FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN UPSTATE TRANSPORTATION MEANS WHEELS KEEP TURNING AND UPSTATE NY ON TRACK TO A BRIGHT FUTURE
11/09/21
ON HEELS OF PASSAGE OF HISTORIC BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, SCHUMER, TORRES & REYES PUSH TO PARTIALLY CAP – AND MITIGATE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF – CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY; EXPRESSWAY DISPLACED RESIDENTS AND HAS LONG BURDENED ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS WITH AIR POLLUTION, SPIKED DISEASE RATES AND ASTHMA
11/09/21
FOLLOWING HIS DIRECT ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES HOUSE-PASSED BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL INCLUDES MAKE PPE IN AMERICA ACT; BILL WILL ALLOW DOMESTIC TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS, LIKE ROCHESTER’S HICKEY FREEMAN, TO ACCESS CRITICAL FEDERAL CONTRACTS BOOSTING AMERICAN JOBS AND STRENGTHENING THE DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PPE PRODUCTION
11/08/21
FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO MAMARONECK, SCHUMER CALLS TOP BRASS AT ARMY TO DEMAND PRIORITIZATION OF MAMRONECK PROJECT; HOURS AFTER HIS CONFIRMATION, SCHUMER CALLS NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO MAKE MAMARONECK TOP PRIORITY, FULLY FUND PROJECT, AND SAVE LIVES
11/07/21
SCHUMER: PASSAGE OF HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE BILL MEANS BILLIONS ARE ON-THE-WAY TO NEW YORK; AS LEAD-NEGOTIATOR, SCHUMER SECURES LARGEST FEDERAL INVESTMENT EVER FOR UPSTATE NY ROADS, BRIDGES, TRAINS, BROADBAND, WATER, TRANSIT, AIRPORTS & MORE
11/05/21
FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVOCACY, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, JONES SECURE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SAFETY RISKS POSED BY AIM PIPELINE PROJECTS FOR LOWER HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING INDIAN POINT; IN NEW LETTER, REPS REINFORCE COMMUNITY CONCERNS, CALL ON PHMSA TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON ALL EXISTING PIPELINES FOR FULL, COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
11/04/21
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT, NEW YORK ASSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER CRYSTAL PEOPLES-STOKES HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE SMITHSONIAN’S FIRST-EVER ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE NEW SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM; SCHUMER’S APPOINTMENT OF PEOPLES-STOKES ON MUSEUM’S INAUGURAL COUNCIL ENSURES NEW YORK WILL HAVE INTEGRAL ROLE IN SHAPING MUSEUM’S FUTURE
11/01/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY & ROCHESTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AWARDED TOTAL $6 MILLION AND SELECTED FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN’S COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PILOT PROGRAM TO EXPAND OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED & VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN UPSTATE NY AND BEYOND
October 2021
10/29/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $8 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES
10/27/21
SCHUMER STATEMENT ON PHASE II ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR UTICA PROSPERITY INITIATIVE
10/20/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, ANNOUNCE DUTCHESS COUNTY TO RECEIVE CRITICAL FEMA INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE FOR DAMAGE FROM TROPICAL STORM IDA
10/20/21
FOLLOWING TROPICAL STORM FRED, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE AVAILABILITY OF DISASTER LOANS FOR PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
10/19/21
AS UPSTATE NY ORGANIC DAIRY FARMERS CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM PANDEMIC, SCHUMER FIGHTS FOR ANSWERS ON TERMINATED DANONE CONTRACTS; WITH IMPACTED FARMS LEFT SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS, SENATOR CALLS ON DANONE FOR EXPLANATION AND AID FOR IMPACTED NEW YORK ORGANIC DAIRY FARMS
10/18/21
SCHUMER STANDS WITH ROCHESTER’S HICKEY FREEMAN WORKERS TO LAUNCH PUSH TO SECURE ‘MARSHALL PLAN’ IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL – GIVING HICKEY FREEMAN ACCESS TO BRAND NEW GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, MORE JOBS, AND EXPAND ROCHESTER BIZ; SCHUMER ANNOUNCES HICKEY FREEMAN WILL ADD 100 JOBS NOW UNDER NEW BUSINESS
10/18/21
AMID NEW PREDICTIONS WARNING OF HEATING PRICE SPIKE OF 31% ACROSS CAPITAL REGION THIS WINTER, SCHUMER PUSHES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO DEAL WITH CRISIS; 1) QUICKLY RELEASE FED FUNDS THAT HELP SENIORS & OTHERS PAY FOR HEAT & 2) INCREASE FED POT OF LIHEAP BY $100M TO KEEP THE HELP GOING
10/15/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE AGRICULTURE DISASTER DECLARATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY
10/15/21
AFTER SECURING DISASTER DECLARATION & UNLOCKING MILLIONS OF $$ FOR NY IN THE AFTERMATH OF TROPICAL STORM FRED, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL ON FEMA TO RECONSIDER GRANTING INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TO STEUBEN COUNTY
10/12/21
FOLLOWING HIS RELENTLESS ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NORTHERN BORDER TO REOPEN BY EARLY NOVEMBER; FEDS HEED SENATOR’S CALLS FOR REOPENING, PLAN TO REOPEN BORDER FOR FULLY VACCINATED CANADIANS
10/12/21
CITING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, SCHUMER CALLS ON EPA TO REVIEW AIR PERMIT FOR GREENIDGE POWER PLANT CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING FACILITY; SENATOR REVEALS EMISIONS FROM PLANT HAVE RECENTLY INCREASED TENFOLD, AND WITH OWNERSHIP PLANNING TO EXPAND VIRTUAL MINING OPERATION, POLLUTION FROM MINING WILL ONLY INCREASE
10/12/21
SCHUMER REVEALS: OVER 240 BRIDGES ARE DEEMED DEFICIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER; SENATOR SECURES NEARLY $13.5 BILLION TO FINALLY FIX DILAPIDATED & DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS BRIDGES ACROSS NY, CREATING JOBS, SAFER ROADS, AND SAVING LIVES
