July 2014
07/07/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $40,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR VILLAGE OF SPECULATOR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN HAMILTON COUNTY
07/07/14
SCHUMER, JOINED BY FORMER RIVAL DAMATO, CALLS ON FEMA TO APPROVE $40 MILLION IN FED SANDY RELIEF FOR ISLAND PARK TO BUILD CRITICAL STORM MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS; SANDY DAMAGED 95% OF HOMES, TWO SCHOOLS & STORES - PLAN FOR NEW SEAWALL & DRAINAGE PIPE WILL BETTER PROTECT FROM FUTURE STORMS
07/02/14
SCHUMER: BUFFALO VA HOSPITAL SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR YEARS TO RECEIVE CRITICAL LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT SENATOR CALLS ON NEW VA SECRETARY TO CLEAR UP DANGEROUS BACKLOG & GET MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OUR WNY VETERANS NEED
07/01/14
SCHUMER: BURGLARS POSING AS NATIONAL GRID UTILITY WORKERS ARE ROBBING ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS IN NASSAU COUNTY; URGES NATIONAL GRID TO IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE 24-HOUR ADVANCED PHONE NOTIFICATION BEFORE IN-HOME METER READINGS & OTHER VISITS, WITH NAME OF TECHNICIAN & APPOINTMENT TIME
07/01/14
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO GET NEW COPS FOR CITY OF NEWBURGH FED PROGRAM TO HIRE COPS UNFAIRLY RESTRICTS SMALL CITIES WITH HIGH CRIME RATES LIKE NEWBURGH FROM GETTING COPS THEY NEED AND DESERVE
June 2014
06/29/14
SCHUMER: E-CIGARETTE RELATED POISONINGS, PARTICULARLY AMONG CHILDREN, HAVE SKYROCKETED IN NY THIS YEAR LIQUID NICOTINE LOOKS & SMELLS LIKE CANDY, BUT CAN BE LETHAL IF INGESTED; URGES FEDS TO REQUIRE CHILD-SAFE CAPS & PROMINENT WARNING LABELS ON VIALS
06/26/14
SCHUMER: FED PROPOSAL COULD SHIFT CRITICAL LABOR RELATIONS RESOURCES FROM BUFFALO TO PITTSBURGH, LEADING TO DELAYS IN LABOR ELECTIONS & INVESTIGATIONS SENATOR PUSHES TO ENSURE UPSTATE NEW YORK WORKERS & BUSINESSES DO NOT LOSE IMPORTANT ACCESS TO CENTRALLY-LOCATED WNY REGIONAL NLRB OFFICE
06/24/14
VISUALLY IMPAIRED SOUTHERN TIER RESIDENTS, OF WHICH 60% ARE LEGALLY BLIND, WHO MAKE PAPER GOODS AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR FED. GOVERNMENT FEDS MUST COMPLY WITH 1971 LAW REQUIRING CERTAIN SUPPLIES BE PURCHASED FROM NON-PROFITS EMPLOYING THE BLIND
06/24/14
SCHUMER URGES FTC TO CRACK DOWN ON USED-CAR DEALERS WHO CAN SELL CARS UNDER SAFETY RECALL TO UNWITTING CUSTOMERS
06/23/14
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT POTENTIAL ELIMINATION OF ONE OF TROYS MOST IMPORTANT FEDERAL PROGRAMS RULE CHANGE WOULD CUT CITY OFF FROM THE CDBG FUNDS THAT ARE SO VITAL TO REVITALIZING THE CITY SIMPLY BECAUSE TROYS POPULATION HAS DIPPED BELOW 50K IT IS 54 RESIDENTS SHORT!
06/20/14
SCHUMER, BISHOP: FAA HAS AGREED TO RENEW SUCCESSFUL AND GROUNDBREAKING OVER-THE-WATER NORTH SHORE HELICOPTER ROUTE FOR TWO YEARS - RULE WAS DUE TO EXPIRE IN EARLY AUGUST
06/18/14
SCHUMER: MORE THAN 2,200 UPSTATE NY BRIDGES IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIRS ARE AT RISK OF BEING SHORT-CHANGED FOR REPAIR PROJECTS DUE TO OUTDATED FUNDING FORMULA SENATOR PUSHES TO INCLUDE MORE FUNDS FOR LOCAL BRIDGE REPAIRS IN TRANSPORTATION BILL CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH CONGRESS
06/17/14
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OVER $620,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CRITICAL FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT FOR THE AUSABLE WATERSHED PROJECT WILL REDUCE FLOOD RISK, LOWER COMMUNITIES MAINTENANCE COSTS & RESTORE ECO-SYSTEM IN CLINTON AND ESSEX COUNTIES
06/16/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND PUSH TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO & SPUR REDEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED FORMER GLENWOOD POWER PLANT IN YONKERS BETTER TRANSPORTATION IS KEY TO TURNING PLANT INTO WORLD-CLASS CULTURAL CENTER & REDEVELOPING WATERFRONT AREA FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESS, TOURISM
06/06/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TONKO ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1.6 MILLION IN DOT FUNDING FOR ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
06/06/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE FINGER LAKES AIRPORTS TO RECEIVE OVER $1.8 MILLION IN DOT FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
06/06/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE DUTCHESS COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN DOT FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
06/04/14
SCHUMER: MAJORITY OF UPSTATE NY HOSPITALS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS & PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE, PUTTING PATIENT ACCESS TO CARE AT RISK SCHUMER PUSHES BILL TO ADDRESS HEAD ON NYs STATEWIDE DOCTOR SHORTAGE
06/02/14
SCHUMER URGES US FISH & WILDLIFE TO AWARD $160K IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMBAT AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE FINGER LAKES AND LAKE ONTARIO INVASIVE SPECIES WREAK HAVOCK ON LAKES AND WATERWAYS IN FINGER LAKES
May 2014
05/30/14
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $115,000 FOR LAKE GEORGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
