August 2019
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
08/07/19
SCHUMER REVEALS: CALLOUS AND SHORTSIGHTED FED PROCESS THREATENS TO EVICT SAIL BUFFALO—A LOCAL SAILING & WATER SAFETY SCHOOL—FROM COAST GUARD-OWNED INNER HARBOR SITE; EVICTION WOULD STRIP WNY CHILDREN & TEENS OF INVALUABLE LAKE ERIE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES; SENATOR URGES COAST GUARD TO REVERSE DECISION, EXTEND LEASE AND BE THE WIND BEHIND SAIL BUFFALO
08/07/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE SENATE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO NAME MIDDLETOWN POST OFFICE IN HONOR OF FORMER CONGRESSMAN BENJAMIN A. GILMAN
08/07/19
SCHUMER REVEALS: UNDER-THE-RADAR FED DECISION AGAINST BEES COULD STING ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES REGION, LOCAL AG, FOOD SUPPLY & LOCAL ECONOMY IF NOT REVERSED; AS HONEY BEE POPULATION SPIRALS, SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS TO STEP-UP DATA COLLECTION OF INSECT TO HELP COMBAT TREND & KEEP LOCAL POPULATIONS, BIZ & JOBS BUZZING
08/07/19
ON THE EVE OF CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE, SCHUMER LAUNCHES EFFORT TO COMMEMORATE THE TRAILBLAZING LEGACY OF UPSTATE NATIVE AND FEMINIST ICON BELVA LOCKWOOD; SENATOR ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO NAME OWEGO POST OFFICE IN HONOR OF FIRST WOMAN TO ARGUE IN FRONT OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, APPEAR ON OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT
08/06/19
SCHUMER, KING RALLY FOR SENATE VOTE TO PASS BIPARTISAN HOUSE-PASSED GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION; BILL KING LED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED IN FEBRUARY & WOULD ENACT UNIVERSAL GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS, BUT REMAINS BLOCKED IN SENATE BY MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, DESPITE VAST PUBLIC SUPPORT
08/05/19
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $781 THOUSAND IN EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE
08/04/19
SCHUMER CALLS ON LEADER MCCONNELL TO BRING THE SENATE BACK FOR EMERGENCY SESSION TO TAKE ACTION ON BIPARTISAN HOUSE-PASSED GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION & ADDRESS VIOLENCE TORTURING EVERY CORNER OF COUNTRY; 250th & 251ST MASS SHOOTINGS OF THE YEAR DEMAND SENATE BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON LEGISLATION HOUSE PASSED IN FEBRUARY TO ENACT UNIVERSAL GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS
08/02/19
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES KICK-OFF OF BRAND NEW AND NATION’S ONLY INDUSTRIAL HEMP SEED BANK LOCATED AT CORNELL; SENATOR FOUGHT TIRELESSLY TO SECURE $500K IN FED FUNDING FOR FACILITY IN 2019 BUDGET, TODAY SAYS SEEDS--AND PROFITS—WILL SOON BE READY TO HARVEST
