October 2021
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
10/11/21
SCHUMER: NEARLY 20K HOMES & BUSINESSES LACK MODERN INTERNET ACCESS IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY; SENATOR SAYS BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL WOULD DELIVER HISTORIC FUNDING TO HELP CLOSE MOHAWK VALLEY’S DIGITAL DIVIDE
10/11/21
AS SIEMENS ENERGY LOOKS TO SELL OLEAN PLANT, SCHUMER URGES SIEMENS TO SELL TO A COMPANY THAT WILL COMMIT TO PROTECTING NEARLY 1,000 JOBS; SENATOR GOES TO BAT TO KEEP UNION STEELWORKER JOBS IN OLEAN
10/11/21
AFTER SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE FEMA HAS APPROVED THEIR REQUEST FOR A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR UPSTATE COMMUNITIES RAVAGED BY TROPICAL STORM FRED EARLIER THIS YEAR
10/11/21
SCHUMER REVEALS: WITH OVER 23% OF RESIDENTS LACKING BROADBAND, ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS THE WORST BROADBAND AVAILABILITY IN NY; STANDING IN ALLEGANY— THE EPICENTER OF NY’S DIGITAL DIVIDE— SCHUMER SAYS BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL WOULD DELIVER HISTORIC FUNDING TO HELP CLOSE ST’S DIGITAL DIVIDE
10/06/21
FOLLOWING LAST MONTH’S VISIT TO MAMARONECK AND PERSONAL CALL TO OMB DIRECTOR, SCHUMER SECURES $1.5 BILLION FOR IDA-IMPACTED ARMY CORPS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL; SENATOR SAYS NEW FUNDING CAN MOVE MAMARONECK PROJECT TO CONSTRUCTION PHASE ASAP
10/01/21
FOLLOWING SCHUMER’S NOMINATION, SENATOR ANNOUCES CONFIRMATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK NATIVE TRINI ROSS AS U.S. ATTORNEY FOR WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
10/01/21
SCHUMER SOUNDS ALARM ON POTENTIALLY RISKY RAIL BRIDGE ON HUDSON RIVER IN ULSTER COUNTY; WITH COUNTLESS SURROUNDING BUSINESSES & HOMES ENDANGERED AND OVER 100,000 HUDSON VALLEY RESIDENTS RELYING ON THE HUDSON FOR DRINKING WATER, SCHUMER DEMANDS AN IMMEDIATE AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE BLUE POINT RAIL BRIDGE
September 2021
09/29/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DELIVER OVER $12 MILLION IN FEDERAL ECONOMIC RELIEF FOR BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT & WATERTOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR OPERATIONAL AND MAINTANENCE COSTS
09/29/21
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OVER $1.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR SUNY ALFRED STATE TO HELP TRAIN SOUTHERN TIER & WESTERN NY WORKERS IN HIGH DEMAND MANUFACTURING SKILLS; POISED TO SUPPORT NEARLY 200 NEW JOBS WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS
09/27/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $36 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND RESEARCH CENTERS ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK
09/27/21
AS MAMARONECK CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM IDA’S DEVESTATING WRATH, SCHUMER MAKES PERSONAL CALL TO OMB ACTING DIRECTOR DEMANDING PRIORITIZATION OF MAMARONECK PROJECT BEFORE ANOTHER DEADLY STORM HITS; DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS VISIT LAST MONTH, SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO IMMEDATELY GREENLIGHT FUNDING FOR PROJECT, PROTECT MAMARONECK AND SAVE LIVES
09/24/21
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $61 MILLION FOR CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO EXPAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM
09/24/21
SCHUMER: L3HARRIS TO MAKE RADIOS UNDER $345 MILLION U.S. ARMY PURCHASE ORDER AS PART OF MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACTS; SCHUMER FOUGHT SO L3HARRIS COULD COMPETE FOR MULTI-BILLION CONTRACTS & SAYS WITH AWARD NOW ARMY RECOGNIZES ROCHESTER COMPANY PROVIDES THE MOST DURABLE, DEPENDABLE AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
09/23/21
FOLLOWING NEWS THAT HORIZON ORGANIC WILL LEAVE ALMOST 100 FARMS IN THE NORTHEAST, SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES IN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO SAVE NEW YORK’S ORGANIC DAIRY FARMS; SCHUMER CALLS ON USDA SECRETARY VILSACK TO PROVIDE NY’S ORGANIC DAIRY FARMERS WITH MUCH NEEDED CHEDDAR
09/22/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND PUSH PRESIDENT BIDEN TO SWIFTLY APPROVE DISASTER DECLARATION FOLLOWING SEVERE FLOODING FROM TROPICAL STORM FRED IN UPSTATE NY
09/21/21
SCHUMER STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF CONGRESSMAN SHERWOOD BOEHLERT
09/21/21
SCHUMER REVEALS: NEW YORKERS BEING BIT BY ‘RECORD’ NUMBER OF MOSQUITOS AS MORE & MORE WEST NILE VIRUS POOLS –OVER 1K-- CONFIRMED; WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, MOSQUITO SEASON COULD LAST EVEN LONGER; SENATOR ANNOUNCES NEW FED PUSH TO BOOST FUNDS LOCALITIES NEED TO BEAT BACK THE BUG & DISEASES BEFORE SPREAD
09/15/21
SCHUMER REVEALS: 10% OF STEUBEN COUNTY RESIDENTS LACK HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS; SCHUMER CALLS ON SECRETARY RAIMONDO TO IMMEDIATELY APPROVE OVER $22 MILLION IN FEDERAL DOLLARS TO GET CRITICAL BROADBAND PROJECTS STARTED ASAP
09/14/21
SCHUMER REVEALS: $3 MILLION FED INVESTMENT FOR UALBANY WOULD SUPERCHARGE SEVERE WEATHER DATA SYSTEMS AND FORECAST STORMS; AS CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES TRACKING WEATHER PATTERNS HARDER & HARDER, SENATOR ANNOUNCES PUSH TO UPGRADE HYPERLOCAL, REAL-TIME WEATHER FORECASTS IN NY & NATION VIA UPCOMING FED BUDGET
