April 2020
04/10/20
AFTER SECURING BILLIONS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN ‘CORONA 3’ EMERGENCY PACKAGE, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND REBUKE FEDS FOR FAILNG TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS BASED ON NEED; WITH NY AS EPICENTER OF PANDEMIC, NY’S 63 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS HAVE BEEN LIFELINES TO BURSTING HOSPITALS & NEED ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES ASAP
04/09/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $200,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PRATTSBURGH BUSINESS DISTRICT WASTEWATER PROJECT
04/07/20
SCHUMER UNVEILS COVID-19 “HEROES FUND” PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE $25,000 PAY INCREASE TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN NY ON THE FRONT-LINE OF NATION’S PANDEMIC RESPONSE; UPSTATE WORKERS WHO ARE LEADING CORONAVIRUS FIGHT WOULD BENEFIT, FROM NURSES TO GROCERY STORE WORKERS
04/06/20
SCHUMER REVEALS: UPSTATE FARMERS FORCED TO WASTE MILK, CROPS, & MONEY IN THE MIDST OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC DUE TO DRAMATIC SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS; SENATOR URGES SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE THE $9.5B SECURED IN RECENT EMERGENCY PACKAGE TO HELP NEW YORK’S +33,000 FARMS
04/03/20
SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY DEMANDS IRS SEND EMERGENCY $$$ TO NY SENIORS & MOST VULNERABLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY WITHOUT REQUIRING BUREAUCRATIC PAPERWORK; FOLLOWING SCHUMER’S CALL, IRS REVERSES COURSE & STREAMLINES MONEY TO NY SENIORS
04/02/20
AFTER SECURING $100 BILLION MARSHALL PLAN FOR HEALTH CARE IN EMERGENCY PACKAGE, SCHUMER, IN DIRECT CALL TO HHS SECRETARY ALEX AZAR, DEMANDS IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE FOR PROGRAM & RELEASE OF DESPERATELY NEEDED FUNDS TO UPSTATE NEW YORK HOSPITALS & COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ON THE FRONTLINES OF COMBATTING CORONAVIRUS
March 2020
03/31/20
FOLLOWING UNANIMOUS PASSAGE OF STIMULUS, BRINGING +$115 BILLION TO NEW YORK IMMEDIATELY, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NY COMMUNITIES WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL $2.4 BILLION IN CDBG FUNDING
03/29/20
WITH “CORONA 3” NOW LAW, SCHUMER PROJECTS LATEST IMPACT TO NEW YORK; BIPARTISAN CARES ACT DELIVERS MORE THAN $112 BILLION TO WORKERS, FAMILIES, HEALTHCARE & NEW YORK
03/25/20
WITH SENATE PASSAGE OF “CORONA 3” EMERGENCY LEGISLATION, SCHUMER DELIVERS $40 BILLION+ TO NEW YORK & ITS CITIZENS; SENATOR SAYS FINAL DEAL PUTS WORKERS & FAMILIES FIRST, WHILE SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS & INSTITUTIONS VITAL TO COMBATING THE VIRUS
03/24/20
SCHUMER, HIGGINS REVEAL: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS, INCLUDING THOSE WORKING IN WNY WORKING ON THE FRONTLINES OF CORONAVIRUS FIGHT, ARE NOT RECEIVING HAZARD PAY; REPS DEMAND DHS SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT PAYSCALE MEANT FOR OFFICIALS WORKING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
03/24/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MORELLE URGE GENERAL MOTORS TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN PRODUCING VENTILATORS AT ROCHESTER PLANT; REPS SAY ROCHESTER WORKFORCE CAN AND SHOULD PLAY A ROLE IN CORONAVIRUS FIGHT
03/20/20
AFTER PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE ADMINISTRATION EARLIER THIS WEEK, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVED NEW YORK’S REQUEST FOR A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION
03/19/20
SCHUMER CALLS ON DHS ACTING SECRETARY WOLF TO IMMEDIATELY CLARIFY ALL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CANADA, ALLOW VITAL CROSS-BORDER MEDICAL PERSONNEL & OTHER INDUSTRIES TO HELP AID PANDEMIC RESPONSE
03/18/20
AFTER SCHUMER’S SUCCESSFUL PUSH TO INCLUDE NY-SPECIFIC MEASURES INTO FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND CORONAVIRUS BILL, SENATE PASSES FMAP LEGISLATION, UNLOCKING OVER $6 BILLION FOR NYS – THE MOST OF ANY STATE –AND MILLIONS FOR COUNTIES, TO SUPPORT NY’S FIGHT TO CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS SPREAD & COVER MOUNTING LOCAL COSTS
03/11/20
WITH 190+ CONFIRMED CASES, NY HAS BECOME NATION’S EPICENTER OF CORONAVIRUS, BUT NY-ERS’ ACCESS TO TESTING CONTINUES TO LAG; SCHUMER DEMANDS ADMIN DO FIVE THINGS RIGHT NOW TO EXPAND, SPEED & AUTOMATE TESTING IN NY; SUSTAINED FOOT-DRAGGING ON TESTING IS NO HELP TO CONTAINING SPREAD & HAS LEFT US ALL WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
03/10/20
SCHUMER URGES ARMY TO REPLACE FORT DRUM FIRE DEPARTMENT’S TWO-DECADE OLD EMERGENCY APPARATUS; SENATOR SAYS WITHOUT OPERATIONAL LADDER TRUCK AND SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF FIRE ENGINES, COURAGEOUS FORT DRUM FIRST RESPONDERS ARE SEVERELY HAMSTRUNG
03/10/20
ON THE HEELS OF +$1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION FOR SOUTHERN TIER NETWORK IN CORNING, SCHUMER CALLS FOR EDA TO IMMEDIATELY AWARD A MATCHING $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL DOLLARS TO GET CRITICAL BROADBAND PROJECT STARTED ASAP
03/05/20
AS CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO SPREAD IN NEW YORK, SCHUMER PUSHES TO MAKE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE FULLY COVERED BY MEDICARE ASAP; UPSTATE SENIORS WHO WILL NEED VACCINE THE MOST SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SHELLING OUT OR GOING WITHOUT
03/02/20
SCHUMER REVEALS: LONG ISLAND COUNTIES, LOCALITIES & HOSPITALS COULD SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO TACKLE CORONAVIRUS; SENATOR UNVEILS FED PLAN TO GET THEM INJECTION OF FUNDING IN UPCOMING EMERGENCY DEAL
03/01/20
SCHUMER PUSHES TO MAKE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE FULLY COVERED BY MEDICARE; SENIORS WHO WILL NEED VACCINE THE MOST SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SHELLING OUT OR GOING WITHOUT
