January 2021
01/14/21
DURING FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN’S DOT NOMINEE, PETE BUTTIGIEG, SCHUMER PUSHES FOR EXPANSION OF ROUTE 17; FOLLOWING DECADES OF ADVOCACY, SENATOR MAKES ROADWAY SAFETY, ALLEVIATING CONGESTION, AND HV ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION TOP PRIORITIES FOR NEW ADMINISTRATION & INCOMING TRANSPORTATION CHIEF
01/14/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $16 MILLION INCREASE IN CDC LYME DISEASE AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE FUNDING IN FY21 BIPARTISAN APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE
01/13/21
SCHUMER, DURING FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN’S DOT NOMINEE, PETE BUTTIGIEG, CALLS FOR FAA TO FINALLY IMPLEMENT OVERDUE AIRLINE SAFETY REFORM AND ESTABLISH ELECTRONIC PILOT TRAINING DATABASE; SENATOR MAKES SAFER SKIES A TOP PRIORITY FOR NEW ADMINISTRATION & INCOMING TRANSPORTATION CHIEF, EVEN BEFORE PRESIDENT-ELECT TAKES OFFICE
01/12/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND RE-UP FIGHT FOR DIRECT FEDERAL AID TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RESPONDING TO AND RECOVERING FROM CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
01/12/21
LAST WEEK, IN PERSONAL CALL TO GENERAL ELECTRIC CEO, SCHUMER PUSHES FOR GE TO MANUFACTURE NEXT-GENERATION WIND TURBINE IN NEW YORK AND CREATE HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS; SENATOR SAYS GE COULD HELP NEW YORK STATE ACHIEVE COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP 9,000 MEGAWATTS OF OFFSHORE WIND POWER BY 2035 & BRING GREEN-ECONOMY JOBS TO UPSTATE NY
01/07/21
SCHUMER STATEMENT CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM OFFICE
01/05/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE BIPARTISAN END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION INCLUDES $8 MILLION FOR CORNELL CHESS LAB; FUNDING WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE LAB’S 40-YEAR HISTORY OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
01/05/21
FOLLOWING PUSH, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $81.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF (NTID) IN FY 2021 BIPARTISAN APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE
01/04/21
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $14 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR COVID-19 VACCINE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES
01/04/21
SCHUMER: BIPARTISAN END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION URGES AIR FORCE SECRETARY TO PRIORITIZE TAXIWAY EXPANSION OF NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION; INSUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE HAS HURT AIR FORCE RESERVE MISSION READINESS; REPAIRS WOULD BOOST WNY ECONOMY & NATIONAL DEFENSE
01/04/21
AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY TO EXPAND HEALTH ACCESS IN UPSTATE NY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES RECENTLY-SIGNED END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION CREATES 1,000 NEW GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION SLOTS NATIONWIDE; SENATOR SAYS NEW SLOTS WILL INCREASE NUMBERS OF DOCTORS TRAINED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
01/03/21
FOLLOWING NATIONAL PUSH LAUNCHED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $8 BILLION IN NEW CRITICAL HEALTH BENEFITS FOR VETS SUFFERING FROM AGENT ORANGE-LINKED ILLNESSES - INCLUDING ALMOST 240,000 NY VIETNAM VETS- PASSES IN NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL
December 2020
12/31/20
SCHUMER STATEMENT ON ROCHESTER BECOMING THE HOME TO PLUG POWER’S NEW +375 WORKER ‘GIGAFACTORY’ FOLLOWING HIS ADVOCACY
12/29/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $82 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR ROCHESTER LASER LAB IN THE FY 2021 BIPARTISAN APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE
12/29/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, BRINDISI: JUST-SIGNED, BIPARTISAN END-OF-YEAR OMNIBUS LEGISLATION INCLUDES $278 MILLION FOR ROME LAB; FEDERAL FUNDING WILL BE USED TO FURTHER REVOLUTIONIZE UAS & QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
12/29/20
FOLLOWING UPSTATE CALLS ON FEDS LAST YEAR, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: JUST IN TIME FOR NEW YEAR’S, TTB APPROVES CANNED WINE SALES IN POPULAR 12OZ & 8.4OZ SIZES; SENATOR SAYS LIFTED RESTRICTIONS WILL ALLOW NEW YORK’S WINERIES TO CRACK OPEN TABS OF PROFITS & UNLEASH WINE PRODUCTION IN 2021
12/28/20
SCHUMER, STANDING WITH PUBLIC ADVOCATE JUMAANE WILLIAMS & ENVIRO JUSTICE ORGS, PUSHES MAJOR INVESTMENT IN WIND TURBINE ASSEMBLY CENTER AT SOUTH BROOKLYN MARINE TERMINAL; NEW HUB WOULD BE HUGE WIN FOR COMMUNITY, LOCAL JOBS, ENVIRONMENT & NYS MANUFACTURING
12/28/20
FOLLOWING NATIONAL PUSH LAUNCHED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, SCHUMER DELIVERS $15 BILLION NATIONALLY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVE VENUES, INDIE MOVIE THEATERS, & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AS PART OF COVID RELIEF PACKAGE; SENATOR SAYS NY POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FUNDS, KEEPING VENUES ALIVE THROUGH SECOND WAVE OF PANDEMIC
12/22/20
SCHUMER: FREE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO NY’ERS; JUST-PASSED COVID RELIEF DEAL MEANS BILLIONS FOR UNIVERSAL & FREE COVID VAX; SENATOR DETAILS HUNDREDS-OF-MILLIONS FOR UPSTATE & NYS THAT’S NOW ON THE WAY TO SUPPORT VAX DISTRIBUTION, TESTING & TRACING
12/21/20
SCHUMER DETAILS IMPACT OF JUST-PASSED COVID RELIEF DEAL TO UPSTATE NEW YORK; BIPARTISAN SPENDING PACKAGE DELIVERS MORE THAN $54+ BILLION TO NY WORKERS, FAMILIES, RENTERS & SMALL BUSINESSES; INCLUDES DIRECT FUNDING TO STATE GOVERNMENT & NY VACCINE FUNDS
