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Over The Summer, Trump Rushed To Pass Largest Cut To SNAP In History – Nearly $200 BILLION - To Fund Tax Breaks For Billionaires With Those Cuts Beginning Now Just Before Thanksgiving; Food Banks Are Already Seeing Surging Need As Grocery Prices Skyrocket From Tariffs Schumer Says These Cruel SNAP Cuts Hurt Our Families, Farmers & Food Bank And Now Is Announcing New Legislation To Keep Southern Tier Families Fed, Reverse Anti-Hunger Cuts Schumer: Thanksgiving Is A Time For Us To Take Care Of... Read More

Over The Summer, Trump Rushed To Pass Largest Cut To SNAP In History – Nearly $200 BILLION - To Fund Tax Breaks For Billionaires With Those Cuts Beginning Now Just Before Thanksgiving; Food Banks Are Already Seeing Surging Need As Grocery Prices Skyrocket From Tariffs Schumer Says These Cruel SNAP Cuts Hurt Our Families, Farmers & Food Bank And Now Is Announcing New Legislation To Keep Western NY & Rochester Finger-Lakes Families Fed, Reverse Anti-Hunger Cuts Schumer: Thanksgiving Is A... Read More

Congress Has Authorized Millions In Community-Based Grants Through Federal “Continuum Of Care” Program That Currently Helps House Thousands Of New Yorkers, But Trump Now Plans to Slash Fed $$ And Add New Restrictions Without Congressional Approval That Could Kick People Out of Their Homes With Over 1,500 NYers Across WNY And Rochester-Finger Lakes At Risk Of Eviction Starting In January, Schumer Says We Must Protect Vital Funding Source For NY As Rochester-area and Western New York organizations... Read More

WILD Center’s New “Wild Encounters Trail” Will Build & Upgrade 16 Outdoor Habitats, Increasing Visitor Access To Native Animal Species In Franklin County For Major Tourism Driver Schumer In 2023 Toured WILD Center And Pledged To Deliver Fed $$ To Support WILD Center’s World-Class Collection And Now A Promise Made Is Promise Kept! Schumer: New Outdoor Exhibit Will Be Win-Win For WILD Center & North Country Community U.S. Senator Schumer today stood at the WILD Center and celebrated... Read More

New Arts And Early Childhood Education Hub Will Boost Access To Arts & Education For Essex County Residents, Promote Cultural Tourism To North Country & Establish LPCA’s Continued Leadership Schumer In 2023 Toured LPCA And Pledged To Deliver Fed $$ To Create Much-Needed Expansion – Including Classrooms, Art Studios, And Office Workspace – And Bring This Project To Life; Schumer Previously Delivered $1 Million For Project From Northern Border Regional Commission Schumer: New Arts &... Read More

Micro Bird Invested $38 Million To Purchase Former Nova Bus Facility, Which Was Slated For Closure, After Schumer Personally Called Volvo CEO Urging Company To Sell Facility To Another Transportation Manufacturer And Work With Local Leaders Schumer Says Now With The Factory Up & Running We Must Continue To Drive Demand For These Top-Of-The-Line Buses, And Leads Fight To Boost Federal “Low Or No Emission Grant” Which Communities Use To Buy American-Made Buses And Will Help Support Micro... Read More

Over The Summer, Trump Rushed To Pass Largest Cut To SNAP In History – Nearly $200 BILLION – To Fund Tax Breaks For Billionaires With Those Cuts Beginning Now Just Before Thanksgiving; Local Schools & Food Banks Are Already Seeing Surging Need As Grocery Prices Skyrocket From Tariffs Schumer Says These Cruel SNAP Cuts Hurt Our Students, Families, Farmers & Food Banks And Now Is Announcing New Legislation To Keep The North Country Fed, Reverse Anti-Hunger Cuts Schumer: Thanksgiving Is A... Read More

Funding supports new Guilford fire station, Margaretville primary care upgrades, and a new Refuah clinic in South Fallsburg Congressman Josh Riley (NY-19), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand have secured $2,634,000 in federal Community Project Funding (CPF) in the FY2026 Agriculture appropriations bill for three urgently needed projects in Upstate New York. The investments will replace a deteriorating firehouse in Guilford, modernize a rural primary... Read More

Over The Summer, Trump Rushed To Pass Largest Cut To SNAP In History – Nearly $200 BILLION - To Fund Tax Breaks For Billionaires With Those Cuts Beginning Now Just Before Thanksgiving; Food Banks Are Already Seeing Surging Need As Grocery Prices Skyrocket From Tariffs Schumer Says These Cruel SNAP Cuts Hurt Our Families, Farmers, & Food Banks, And Now Is Announcing New Legislation To Keep Southern Tier Families Fed, Reverse Anti-Hunger Cuts Schumer: Thanksgiving Is A Time For Us To Take Care... Read More

Over The Summer, Trump Rushed To Pass Largest Cut To SNAP In History – Nearly $200 BILLION - To Fund Tax Breaks For Billionaires With Those Cuts Beginning Now Just Before Thanksgiving; Food Banks Are Already Seeing Surging Need As Grocery Prices Skyrocket From Tariffs Schumer Says These Cruel SNAP Cuts Hurt Our Families, Farmers, & Food Banks, And Now Is Announcing New Legislation To Keep Western NY Families Fed, Reverse Anti-Hunger Cuts Schumer: Thanksgiving Is A Time For Us To Take Care Of... Read More

Bipartisan Bill Will Allow Unflavored & Flavored, Whole & Reduced Fat Milk To Be Offered To Students In School Cafeterias Across New York State Schumer Says This Is Win-Win To Support Upstate NY Dairy Farmers And Bring Nutritious New Milk Options To School Cafeterias Schumer: Got (Whole) Milk? More Milk Options Coming To Students Across New York Today, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced the Senate passage of the bipartisan, bicameral Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act he supported, which... Read More

Without Warning, County Clerks Were Notified That Ceremonies For Hundreds of Families That Have Gone Through The Lengthy Citizenship Process Have Been Canceled In Westchester, Rockland, Schenectady, Washington, Broome, Tompkins, And Onondaga Schumer: These New Yorkers Were Days Away From Becoming Citizens, Ripping That Away Is Just Plain Cruel Amid reports that the Trump administration has indefinitely canceled naturalization ceremonies across New York, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer... Read More

The funding was secured and distributed under the FY25-26 Low or No Emission Grant Program and the FY25 Buses & Bus Facilities Program Minority Leader Charles Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), today announced $100,812,140 in federal funding to modernize bus fleets and expand low- and no-emission transit across New York State. The grants, made... Read More

President Trump Admitted This Past Week Grocery Bills Are Surging Because Of His Tariff War, And Local North Country Businesses & Watertown Families Are On The Frontlines After Summer Tourism Plummeted And Costs Skyrocketed Schumer Says It’s Time For NY House Republicans To Stand Up For NY Families & Take Up His Just-Passed Bipartisan Senate Bill To End Trump’s Canadian Trade War Once And For All & Return Tariff Powers Where They Belong: In Congress Schumer: Trump’s Terrible Tariffs... Read More

Battles Of Saratoga Marked America’s First Decisive Victory And Saratoga National Historic Park Is Heart Of NY’s Revolutionary War History – And For Years Benefited From Fed $$ To Enhance The Site As Key Economic Driver For Capital Region As We Approach The 250th Anniversary Of Our Country, Schumer Says We Cannot Let This Fund Expire And Announces “America the Beautiful Act” To Bolster Historic Sites Like Saratoga Battlefield And Increase Funding To Preserve Our National Parks In Preparation For... Read More

Today, Minority Leader Charles Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that they secured $104 million for critical local projects in New York State in the FY2026 Agriculture-Rural Development and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs funding bills. The senators personally delivered funding for these projects as congressionally directed spending items. “I am proud to have secured more than $100 million in funding for essential... Read More

As New York Families, Seniors, And Small Biz Owners Find Out They May Lose Healthcare Or Face Astronomical Premiums, House Republicans Have Been On Vacation For Over A Month And Trump Is Bailing Out Argentina And Building New Ballroom While Refusing To Negotiate With Dems To Fix The Healthcare Crisis Schumer: Republicans Must Act To Address ACA Premium Crisis They Created With open enrollment for health insurance starting today for New Yorkers and millions of Americans, U.S. Senate Minority... Read More

Nearly 3 Million New Yorkers Rely On SNAP To Put Food On The Table, But Trump Is Now Denying Funding, Despite His Own USDA Saying They Could Keep Funds Flowing Schumer and Gillibrand are pushing for legislation that would make sure SNAP & WIC continue uninterrupted during the Republican government shutdown Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to demand the Trump administration stop cruelly withholding... Read More

In Less Than 10 Days, New Yorkers Begin Picking Health Insurance For Next Year, But For Many Their Only Option Is To Pay Thousands $$ More Per Month Because Republicans Refuse To Extend The Tax Credits Over 20 Million Americans Rely On 80% of Americans Want To Extend The ACA Tax Credits, But House Republicans Have Been On Vacation For Over A Month, And Trump Refuses To Even Sit Down With Democrats – Meanwhile, New Yorkers In Every Region Are Getting Letters & Seeing Skyrocketing New... Read More

“Window Shopping” Period for 2026 Health Insurance Just Opened For New Yorkers And Many Getting Walloped With Sticker Shock From Skyrocketing Premiums Caused By GOP Not Extending The ACA Tax Credit – Look Here For Examples Region By Region Of New Bills NY Families Face, Up To $1,000+ More Every Single Month For Healthcare Nearly 80% of Americans, Including 60% Of Republicans, Want Congress To Extend ACA Tax Credits To Lower Healthcare Costs For 24 Million Families – Meanwhile, Republicans Refuse... Read More