August 2019
08/16/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $160K IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP IDENTIFY AND REMOVE LEAD HAZARDS FROM HOMES IN SYRACUSE
08/16/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO IDENTIFY AND HELP REMOVE LEAD HAZARDS FROM HOMES IN WHITE PLAINS
08/16/19
FOLLOWING SCHUMER’S AGGRESSIVE ADVOCACY, TRIGGERED BY NEWS OF DELAY, VA AWARDS +$23 MILLION CONTRACT TO GLOBAL URBAN ENTERPRISE IN ONTARIO COUNTY TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON WESTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL VETERANS CEMETERY
08/15/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, AND MENG CALL ON FAA TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OF PUBLIC MEETINGS ON NEXTGEN
08/15/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO TO ADVANCE GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF MOSQUITO AND FRUIT FLY GENETICS
08/15/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER TO ADVANCE GROUNDBREAKING STUDY OF QUANTUM COMPUTING
08/15/19
WITH FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ERIE CANALWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR AT RISK, GILLIBRAND, SCHUMER, TONKO, HIGGINS, MORELLE, DELGADO PUSH TO EXTEND CANALWAY’S FUNDING CAP IN MUST-PASS NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL
08/14/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $16.1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO EXPAND RURAL BROADBAND IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
08/13/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $7 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR BROOKLYN
08/13/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $14 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR MANHATTAN
08/13/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $9.3 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR FIVE HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS IN THE BRONX
08/13/19
STANDING IN THE NATION’S HIGHEST TAXED COUNTY, SCHUMER LAUNCHES NEW EFFORT TO RESTORE NYS’S ABILITY TO ‘WORKAROUND’ PART OF FED TAX LAW TAKING AIM AT WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND & PUTNAM COUNTIES BY ELIMINATING HOMEOWNERS’ SALT TAX DEDUCTION, COSTING THEM THOUSANDS; SENATOR DEPLOYS SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE POWER TO OVERTURN IRS RULE & MAKE NY’ERS ELIGIBLE FOR FULL SALT DEDUCTION
08/12/19
AT THE CENTER FOR INTERNET SECURITY, THE NATION’S FRONTLINE OF CYBER-DEFENSE, SCHUMER LAUNCHES A MAJOR PUSH TO SECURE AMERICAN ELECTIONS FROM FOREIGN INTERFERENCE; SENATOR SAYS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY NEEDS TO BE MORE SECURE THAN EVER, URGES CONGRESS TO GET SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO STATE & LOCAL ELECTION BOARDS UPSTATE ASAP
08/12/19
SCHUMER: GROWTH OF FLOURISHING CNY INDUSTRIAL HEMP INDUSTRY BEING HINDERED BY LACK OF ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES ON RECENTLY-LEGALIZED CROP; SENATOR URGES FEDS TO ISSUE NEW GUIDANCE TO ASSURE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF HEMP LEGALITY ASAP, TO BETTER HARVEST POTENTIAL OF VERSATILE CROP FOR CNY FARMERS
08/11/19
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES BILL TO REQUIRE FBI PERMISSION BEFORE CIVILIANS CAN GET SOPHISTICATED BODY ARMOR; SHOCKING EASE BY WHICH THOSE INTENT ON DOING EVIL ARE ABLE TO ACQUIRE ADVANCED ARMOR MUST BE CHANGED
08/09/19
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS MAJOR PUSH & VISIT TO ATHOL SPRINGS, $8.2 MILLION CONTRACT AWARDED TO COMPLETE LONG-SOUGHT RENOVATION OF RTE. 5 SEAWALL; SENATOR SAYS CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND IMPROVE SAFETY FOR COMMUTERS AND RESIDENTS, EVEN IN THE WORST OF CONDITIONS
08/09/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START FUNDING FOR GLEN COVE CHILD DAY CARE CENTER, INC.
08/08/19
SCHUMER DEMANDS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMMEDIATELY RELEASE ITS LEGALLY-MANDATED, YET OVERDUE, REPORT ON CUSTOMS STAFFING AT NORTHERN PORTS OF ENTRY; SENATOR SAYS A FULLY STAFFED NORTHERN BORDER CUSTOMS PERSONNEL IS PARAMOUNT TO ECONOMY-BOOSTING CROSS-BORDER TOURISM, TRADE & SECURITY
08/08/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $5.8 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR RENSSELAER AND SCHENECTADY COUNTIES
08/07/19
SCHUMER STATEMENT ON GENERAL MOTORS BRINGING NEW WORK TO LOCKPORT, PROVIDING A SHOT IN THE ARM TO THE WESTERN NEW YORK ECONOMY
