February 2018
02/06/18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $96,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE IRA DAVENPORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN STEUBEN COUNTY
02/06/18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $460,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES
02/06/18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $500,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
02/05/18
SCHUMER REVEALS: TENS-OF-THOUSANDS OF LONG ISLANDERS HAVE PREPAID 2018 PROPERTY TAXES HOPING TO EASE PAIN OF NEW FED TAX LAW; BUT MANY UNSURE IF THEIR EFFORT WAS FOR NAUGHT; SENATOR DEMANDS IRS HONOR PRE-PAYMENTS & IMMEDIATELY ALLOW LI’ERS TO DEDUCT PREPAID TAXES THIS FILING SEASON
02/01/18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $11.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY ACTION ORG OF ERIE COUNTY
January 2018
01/31/18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND PUSH ARMY CORPS FOR PLAN TO PROTECT LAKE ONTARIO, LAKE ERIE & ST. LAWRENCE RIVER SHORELINE FROM FLOOD, EROSION DAMAGE; AFTER SUPERSTORM SANDY, SIMILAR PLAN SUPPORTED MORE RESILIENT EASTERN ATLANTIC COAST BUT NO PLAN EXISTS NOW FOR GREAT LAKES SHORELINE; SENATORS SAY LACK OF GREAT LAKES SHORELINE PLAN IS MAJOR GAP AND PUSH FOR ARMY CORPS TO INCLUDE THE GREAT LAKES COASTAL RESILIENCE STUDY START IN 2019 BUDGET REQUEST
01/30/18
SCHUMER APPOINTS NEW YORK’S RABBI HERSHEL BILLET, OF YOUNG ISRAEL OF WOODMERE, TO U.S. COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD
01/29/18
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THAT NEW YORK MOTHER OF U.S. SOLDIER WHO TRAGICALLY OVERDOSED ON HEROIN - STEPHANIE KEEGAN OF SOMERS - WILL BE HIS GUEST TO THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR WILL CALL ON CONGRESS TO INVEST IN MORE OPIOID TREATMENT & PREVENTION PROGRAMS
01/29/18
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THAT WESTCHESTER COUNTY RESIDENT & MOTHER OF U.S. SOLIDER WHO TRAGICALLY OVERDOSED ON HEROIN - STEPHANIE KEEGAN OF SOMERS - WILL BE HIS GUEST TO THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR WILL CALL ON CONGRESS TO INVEST IN MORE OPIOID TREATMENT & PREVENTION PROGRAMS
01/29/18
SCHUMER PUSHES PLAN TO RESTORE PENSION TO THOUSANDS OF CAPITAL REGION FAMILIES WHO WORKED THEIR WHOLE LIVES & ARE LOSING LONG-PROMISED PENSION PAYMENTS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN; NEW LEGISLATION COULD PULL PENSION PLAN OUT OF FINANCIAL TROUBLE TO AVOID FURTHER BENEFIT CUTS IN YEARS TO COME
01/29/18
SCHUMER: LOCAL SYRACUSE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER COULD BE FORCED TO CLOSE 3 PATIENT CENTERS, LAY OFF 75 HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND REDUCE DESPERATELY NEEDED PATIENT SERVICES IF CONGRESS FAILS TO RENEW CRITICAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER GRANT PROGRAM; SENATOR SAYS CONGRESS MUST ACT FAST TO AVOID PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
01/29/18
IN ORDER TO HELP BEAT BACK NEW YORK FLU EPIDEMIC, SCHUMER DEMANDS FEDS SEND IN SPECIAL CDC ‘DOMESTIC FLU SURVEILLANCE TEAM’; EXPERTS HELP LOCALS TRACK WHICH STRAINS ARE HITTING, WHICH TREATMENT WORKS BEST & MAP OUT A PLAN TO FIGHT FLU ACROSS AREAS & AGE GROUPS
01/26/18
SCHUMER: NY JOBS & UPSTATE/LOCAL PAPERS ARE ON THE LINE; CALLS ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND COMMERCE SECRETARY TO PROTECT NEW YORK’S AT-RISK NEWPAPER INDUSTRY; SENATOR SAYS IF NEW PLAN TAKES SHAPE, NEWSPAPERS COULD BE FORCED TO SLASH LOCAL STAFF – OR EVEN GO OUT OF BUSINESS
01/25/18
SCHUMER URGES THE VA TO OVERCOME REMAINING IMPEDIMENT TO CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WESTERN NEW YORK NATIONAL VETERANS CEMETERY; SENATOR PUSHES VA TO COMPLETE FINAL ACQUISITION OF TWO LAND PARCELS AND COMMIT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR; SCHUMER PREVIOUSLY SECURED FED FUNDING TO BUILD CEMETERY AND IS NOW URGING VA TO START CONSTRUCTION
01/24/18
SCHUMER CALLS ON CSX TO WORK WITH NEW WINDSOR TO DEVELOP A LONG-TERM SOLUTION AT TEMPLE HILL ROAD AND ROUTE 300 RAILROAD CROSSINGS; SENATOR SAYS CROSSINGS ARE DETERIORATING RAPIDLY AND POSE A SAFETY RISKS FOR RESIDENTS & FIRST RESPONDERS; SENATOR SAYS CSX MUST ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND NEW WINDSOR RESIDENTS AND IMPLEMENT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION
01/23/18
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES MAJOR WIN FOR ROCHESTER AREA VETERANS: ROCHESTER’S OWN PIKE CONSTRUCTION SELECTED TO LEAD TEAM FOR OVER $140 MILLION CONTRACT TO FINALLY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE MAJOR CANANDAIGUA VA EXPANSION; PROJECT WILL BOOST ECONOMY AND BRING VETERANS THE CARE THEY DESERVE; SCHUMER LED PUSH TO SECURE OVER $140 MILLION IN FED INVESTMENT FOR CANANDAIGUA VA CAMPUS UPGRADE
01/23/18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $150,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO EXPAND DENTAL SERVICES IN TIOGA COUNTY
01/23/18
AFTER MAJOR SCHUMER PUSH, THE FCC WALKS BACK PROPOSAL TO LOWER THE BAR ON BROADBAND SERVICE IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK; SENATOR SAYS PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD HAVE UNDERMINED ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND ACROSS RURAL AREAS
01/19/18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE FEMA HAS ADDED MONROE AND CAYUGA COUNTIES TO DISASTER DECLARATION; SENATORS SAY NEW YORK STATE NOW HAS SUPPORT TO AID ALL LAKE ONTARIO COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY SEVERE FLOODING
01/18/18
AS MAIL ISSUES PERSIST, SENATOR SCHUMER & REP. ENGEL DOUBLE DOWN ON PUSHING U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO IMMEDIATELY HOLD A PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETING WITH LARCHMONT, NEW ROCHELLE & OTHER IMPACTED WESTCHESTER RESIDENTS TO LAY OUT A PLAN TO IMPROVE MAIL SERVICE
