May 2021
05/21/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $21.1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR UPSTATE NY AIRPORT
05/20/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE REVISED FY ’21 FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ACROSS NEW YORK STATE
05/20/21
SCHUMER, IN PERSONAL CALL TO DHS SECRETARY MAYORKAS, URGES FEDS TO WORK WITH CANADIANS TO ADOPT NEW ESSENTIAL TRAVELER RULES & IMPLEMENT HIS PLAN FOR BINATIONAL BORDER REOPENING AGREEMENT ASAP
05/19/21
SCHUMER AND GILLIBRAND STATEMENT ON DOT’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOCAL HIRE PILOT PROGRAM FOR HIGHWAY AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
05/19/21
SCHUMER INTRODUCES LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO INVEST $53 BILLION IN DOMESTIC SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, FUEL AMERICAN INNOVATION & CREATE JOBS IN UPSTATE NY; SCHUMER’S BILL IS THE BLUEPRINT TO MAKING NY A GLOBAL HUB FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING & OTHER TECH INDUSTRIES
05/19/21
AFTER TIRELESSLY ADVOCATING FOR PFAS CLEAN UP AT STEWART, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MALONEY ANNOUNCE STEWART’S GAME-CHANGING SELECTION FOR ACCELERATED AND WELL-FUNDED FEDERAL DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP PROGRAM; STEWART’S SELECTION FAST TRACKS CLEAN-UP – NOW SET TO TAKE MONUMENTAL STEP FORWARD THIS YEAR
05/13/21
SCHUMER STATEMENT ON PENN STATION ACCESS
05/13/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $1+ MILLION IN FED INVESTMENT HEADED TO ADIRONDACK NORTH COUNTRY FOR PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLANNING, ADDING MORE THAN 200 NEW JOBS AND SAVING ALMOST 1,500 EXISTING ONES
05/12/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, BOWMAN ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FED FUNDING TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR HURRICANE SANDY REPAIRS AT GLEN ISLAND PARK IN NEW ROCHELLE
05/11/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES ACT TO REVITALIZE UPSTATE NY COMMUNITIES DIVIDED BY HIGHWAYS, DRAMATICALLY INCREASING ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS
05/10/21
SCHUMER, IN CALL TO CEO, URGES DOOSAN BOBCAT AND BUFFALO-BASED VIRIDI PARENTE TO DEVELOP AND ASSEMBLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MODELS OF COMPACT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT IN WESTERN NEW YORK, POTENTIALLY BRINGING HUNDREDS OF NEW UNION JOBS TO FORMER AMERICAN AXLE PLANT ON EAST SIDE
05/06/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, RE-UP SENATE PLAN TO SET FEDERAL LIMOUSINE-SAFETY REGULATIONS & CLOSE SAFETY LOOPHOLES TO GET DANGEROUS LIMOS OFF THE ROAD & SAVE LIVES
05/05/21
AS NEW YORK PREPARES TO REOPEN FOR BUSINESS, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY WORK WITH CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND DEVELOP CONCRETE PLAN TO REOPEN THE NORTHERN BORDER ASAP; SENATOR SAYS CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR REOPENING MUST BE ESTABLISHED AS THE NORTH COUNTRY’S ECONOMY DEPENDS ON SUMMER SEASON, CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC
05/05/21
WITH HUNDREDS OF ROCHESTER-AREA DAYCARES SHUTTERED BY COVID & RAPID INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR CHILDCARE AS NY OPENS BACK UP, SCHUMER REVEALS: MORE THAN $1.8 BILLION ON-THE-WAY TO NEW YORK TO HELP PROVIDERS MEET NEW NEEDS; NEW FUNDS WILL PROVIDE REAL HELP TO FINGER LAKE FAMILIES
05/05/21
AS NEW YORK PREPARES TO REOPEN FOR BUSINESS, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY WORK WITH CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND DEVELOP CONCRETE PLAN TO REOPEN THE NORTHERN BORDER ASAP; SENATOR SAYS CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR REOPENING MUST BE ESTABLISHED AS WESTERN NEW YORK RISKS LOSING OUT ON $900 MILLION IN CROSS-BORDER REVENUE ON THE HEELS OF SUMMER SEASON
05/04/21
FOLLOWING LAST MONTH’S EVENT IN ROCKLAND COUNTY, SEN. SCHUMER & REP. JONES ANNOUNCE FEDS HEED THEIR CALL – SENDING SENIOR EPA OFFICIAL TO ROCKLAND COUNTY THIS WEDNESDAY FOR PUBLIC MEETING; JUST WEEKS AFTER THEIR PUSH, EPA WILL HEAR DIRECTLY FROM ROCKLAND RESIDENTS & COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THEIR DRINKING WATER
05/04/21
SCHUMER PUSHES GROUNDBREAKING NEW PLAN TO REPLACE 100% OF THE DIRTY DIESEL-SPEWING BUS FLEET WITH ZERO-EMISSION ONES; NYC ALONE HAS ABOUT 6,000 BUSES PUMPING POLLUTANTS INTO AIR—BUT THEY’RE NOT ALONE; SENATOR MAKES CASE TO ‘ELECTRIFY’ BUS TRANSIT ACROSS THE U.S. AS PART OF PRESIDENT’S AMERICAN JOBS PLAN
05/03/21
SCHUMER REVEALS: ‘POUR’ FED DECISIONS PUT ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES REGION, GRAPE AND WINE INDUSTRIES, & LOCAL ECONOMY OVER A BARREL IF NOT REVERSED; AS INVASIVE SPECIES LIKE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY THREATEN YATES’S VINEYARDS, SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS TO RESTART DATA COLLECTION OF ANNUAL GRAPE PRODUCTION & RESUME VINEYARD AND ORCHARD ACREAGE SURVEY IN NEW YORK
05/03/21
WITH 20% OF CHILDREN IN CORNING LIVING IN POVERTY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PLAN TO CUT CHILD POVERTY RATE IN HALF, INCLUDING MASSIVE CHILD TAX CREDIT EXPANSION SECURED IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN; OVER AN ESTIMATED $264 MILLION ENROUTE TO WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS SOUTHERN TIER
05/03/21
WITH COVID-19 GREATLY INCREASING DEMANDS FOR CHILD CARE, SCHUMER REVEALS: MORE THAN $1.8 BILLION ON-THE-WAY TO NEW YORK TO HELP PROVIDERS MEET NEW NEEDS; NEW FUNDS WILL PROVIDE REAL HELP TO CENTRAL NEW YORK FAMILIES
