January 2020
01/29/20
AMIDST PERSISTENT AND GROWING SPATE OF HATE CRIMES IN NEW YORK CITY, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE FEMA & DHS-LED WEBINARS ON NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR NYC NONPROFITS LIKE SCHOOLS, SHULS, CONGREGATIONS AND MORE; SENATORS CALL ON FEMA & NYS DHSES TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM IN BROOKLYN TO ASSIST APPLICANTS
01/29/20
AMIDST PERSISTENT AND GROWING SPATE OF HATE CRIMES ACROSS NEW YORK, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE FEMA & DHS-LED WEBINARS ON NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR LI NONPROFITS LIKE SCHOOLS, SHULS, CONGREGATIONS AND MORE; SENATORS CALL ON FEMA & NYS DHSES TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM IN FIVE TOWNS COMMUNITY TO ASSIST APPLICANTS
01/29/20
SCHUMER URGES AIRLINES TO CONSIDER BRAND NEW ROUTE FROM BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO SAN FRANCISCO; SENATOR SAYS NEW JETBLUE OR UNITED ROUTE WOULD LINK BUFFALO’S EXPANDING TECH SECTOR WITH SILICON VALLEY, PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH & CREATE GOOD-PAYING JOBS
01/29/20
SCHUMER CALLS ON AER LINGUS TO CONSIDER STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR NEW FLIGHTS, SPECIFICALLY TO IRELAND AND GREAT BRITAIN; SENATOR SAYS NEW ROUTES FROM STEWART WOULD HELP BOOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM ECONOMY IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
01/26/20
SCHUMER REVEALS: CDC CANNOT ACCESS ‘RAPID RESPONSE DOLLARS’ THAT CAN HELP STOP POTENTIALLY DEADLY CORONAVIRUS UNTIL FEDS DECLARE OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; SENATOR URGES FEDS TO MAKE THE DECLARATION NOW SO CDC CAN UNLOCK TENS-OF-MILLIONS IN THE PROACTIVE WAR TO BEAT BACK SPREAD
01/23/20
SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO PREVENT BRIDGE STRIKES THAT HAVE PLAGUED WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR DECADES; SENATOR CALLS ON LEADING GPS DEVELOPERS TO INTEGRATE DATA WARNING COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DRIVERS OF ROAD RESTRICTIONS, PROMOTE DRIVER SAFETY & DECREASE TRAFFIC
01/23/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE ARMY TO SELECT FORT DRUM FOR NEW CORPS HEADQUARTERS; SENATORS SAY FORT DRUM’S WORLD-CLASS PERSONNEL, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEPLOYABLE READINESS CAPABILITIES MAKE IT THE PERFECT HOME FOR CRITICAL CAPACITY
01/22/20
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, FEDS APPROVE PERMIT ALLOWING AMTRAK TO MOVE NEXT GEN HIGH-SPEED TRAIN & KEEP AMTRAK GROWTH IN HORNELL ON TRACK; SENATOR SAYS REVOLUTIONARY TRAINS SUPPORT 400 SOUTHERN TIER JOBS & IMPROVE RAIL SAFETY, COMFORT & SPEED
01/22/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, LOWEY CALL ON FEDS TO EXTEND COMMENT PERIOD FOR INDIAN POINT TRANSFER; REPS SAY 30 DAYS ISN’T NEARLY ENOUGH TO ENSURE THOUSANDS OF NY’ERS IMPACTED BY INDIAN POINT’S CLOSURE HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD
01/21/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL ON ARMY CORPS TO ADVANCE FIRST-OF-ITS KIND RESILIENCY BLUEPRINT TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES SHORELINES; SENATORS SAY WITH UPSTATE NY BEING RAVAGED BY FLOODS IN RECENT YEARS, THERE IS A PARAMOUNT NEED TO IDENTIFY AND FIX SHORELINE VULNERABILITIES
01/17/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND REVEAL: FEDS PLOTTING TO EXCLUDE NEW YORK FROM VITAL $20 BILLION POT OF FUNDS TO EXPAND RURAL BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY; SENATORS SAY RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO THRIVE IN THE MODERN ECONOMY, CALL ON FCC TO REVERSE COURSE AT ONCE
01/17/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, BRINDISI, STEFANIK CALL ON ADMINISTRATION TO ACCEPT NEW YORK STATE’S APPEAL FOR DISASTER DECLARATION
01/17/20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND AND BRINDISI ANNOUNCE CONSTRUCTION WILL FINALLY START ON LONG-AWAITED AND ONCE THREATENED ROME LAB PERIMETER SECURITY; REPS SAY $13.15M ARMY CORPS CONTRACT MARKS MAJOR PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO SHIELD ROME LAB FROM POTENTIAL HARM
01/16/20
AS CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM TOXIC ALGAL BLOOMS, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL ON ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING TO PROTECT LAKE’S WATER QUALITY
01/13/20
STANDING WITH ROCHESTER ‘AGENT ORANGE’-AFFLICTED VIETNAM VETERANS, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY END YEARS-LONG DELAY, FINALLY APPROVE VA CARE & COMPENSATION FOR LOCAL VETS SUFFERING; SENATOR SAYS NY’s +240,000 VIETNAM VETS FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY & SHOULDN’T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR AGENT ORANGE BENEFITS, TOO
01/13/20
SCHUMER URGES CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT PRE-CLEARANCE FOR WNY RAIL PASSENGERS AT NEW NIAGARA FALLS TRAIN STATION; SENATOR SAYS EASIER, FASTER CROSSING IS KEY TO ESTABLISH A REVOLUTIONARY BI-NATIONAL COMMUTER RAIL BETWEEN WNY AND ONTARIO & SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH
01/10/20
SCHUMER SOUNDS ALARM ON GPS COMPANIES DRAGGING FEET ON IMPLEMENTING DATA VITAL TO MILLIONS OF NY DRIVERS & THE +5,000 NY RAIL CROSSINGS; WITH MANY DEATHS IN NY SINCE 2017, SENATOR SAYS COMPANIES MUST INCORPORATE DATA TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF ROADS & SAVE LIVES ASAP
01/08/20
SCHUMER FIGHTS FOR ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FUNDING TO BATTLE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; SENATOR URGES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO USE BOOSTED FED RESOURCES TO LAUNCH NEW YORK STATEWIDE EFFORT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS PLAGUING UPSTATE NY LAKES
01/08/20
SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO PROMPTLY APPROVE CRITICAL PERMIT ALLOWING AMTRAK TO MOVE NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED TRAIN TO COLORADO TEST TRACK; SENATOR SAYS STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINS, WHICH SUPPORT 400 JOBS IN HORNELL, WILL BE A MAJOR BOON TO ACELA SERVICE ON AMTRAK’S NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
01/06/20
SCHUMER MEETS WITH MLB COMMISSIONER MANFRED TO URGE PRESERVATION OF UPSTATE NY MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS; SENATOR PUSHES TO SAVE THE FUTURE OF BASEBALL IN NEW YORK
