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Press releases from: June 2025

06/03/25

SCHUMER - WITH WESTERN NY RELIGIOUS LEADERS & FOOD BANKS - SOUNDS ALARM THAT UNDER GOP PLAN TO CUT SNAP - AMERICA’S LARGEST ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM - THOUSANDS OF KIDS, SENIORS, & FAMILIES COULD GO WITHOUT FOOD; SENATOR SAYS WE MUST UNITE TO PROTECT SNAP AND DEMANDS NY REPUBLICANS BLOCK LARGEST SNAP CUT IN HISTORY

Press releases from: May 2025

05/12/25

SCHUMER - WITH CAPITAL REGION RELIGIOUS LEADERS, FOOD BANKS & FARMERS - SOUNDS ALARM THAT UNDER GOP PLAN TO CUT SNAP - AMERICA’S LARGEST ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM - THOUSANDS OF KIDS, SENIORS, & FAMILIES COULD GO WITHOUT FOOD; SENATOR SAYS WE MUST UNITE TO PROTECT SNAP AND DEMANDS NY REPUBLICANS BLOCK LARGEST SNAP CUT IN HISTORY

05/08/25

NEW SCHUMER ANALYSIS: TRUMP’S BUDGET PROPOSAL IS ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS UPSTATE NY RELIES ON MOST, RAISING COSTS FOR SENIORS, FAMILIES, & SMALL BUSINESSES AND SLASHING CRITICAL INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES; SENATOR BREAKS DOWN LOCAL IMPACT OF MOST SEVERE, ALARMING CUTS FOR UPSTATE NY FAMILIES AND MAIN STREETS

05/06/25

SCHUMER REVEALS: UNDER-THE-RADAR SECTION OF TRUMP’S BUDGET WOULD DECIMATE 5 NORTH COUNTRY AIRPORTS’ ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE FEDERAL FUNDING, RISKING THEM LOSING CRITICAL FLIGHTS THAT DRIVE THE LOCAL ECONOMY; SENATOR CALLS ON NY HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO STAND UP TO TRUMP & PROTECT NORTH COUNTRY AIRPORTS

05/06/25

SCHUMER WELCOMES CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY OFFICIALS TO WASHINGTON D.C.

05/04/25

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND: TRUMP & RFK JUST FIRED ANOTHER 16 HEALTH PROGRAM DOCS & SCIENTISTS, STUNTING WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM; SENATORS DEMAND NY GOP MEMBERS OF CONGRESS USE THEIR BUDGET VOTE AS LEVERAGE TO END THE CHAOS; POLITICAL GAMES JEOPARDIZING HEALTHCARE OF HEROES

05/04/25

SCHUMER STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF LONGTIME SYRACUSE LEADER AND FORMER COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT VAN ROBINSON

05/01/25

SCHUMER REVEALS: ‘DOGE’ & TRUMP JUST SLASHED $26+ MILLION FOR AMERICORPS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNITY PROJECTS ACROSS NEW YORK, AXING 3,600 AMERICORPS NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS, WITH MORE DEVASTATING CUTS ON HORIZON; SENATOR SHOWS IMPACTS REGION BY REGION, DEMANDS NY HOUSE REPUBLICANS STAND UP AND PROTECT AMERICORPS

Press releases from: April 2025

04/30/25

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MANNION SLAM RUMORED ‘DOGE’ CUTS TO DFAS ROME WORKFORCE, DEMAND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMMEDIATELY REVERSE COURSE & PROTECT THE MOHAWK VALLEY WORKERS VITAL TO AMERICA’S MILITARY SERVICEMEMBERS & NATIONAL DEFENSE

04/30/25

SCHUMER CALLS ON EPA TO CUT RED TAPE AND STOP DELAYING CONTRACT FOR CANANDAIGUA TO PROTECT DRINKING WATER FOR 40,000 IN ONTARIO & WAYNE COUNTIES

04/24/25

SENATOR: TRUMP TARIFFS ARE COSTING LI-ERS $5,000 MORE A YEAR; SENATOR REVEALS ICONIC LONG ISLAND FASHION BUSINESS COSTS HAVE JUMPED 30%—WITH NO END IN SIGHT; SENATOR STANDS WITH OWNER—WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP—TO ANNOUNCE HE WILL FORCE VOTE NEXT WEEK TO END TRUMP TRADE WAR; SAYS HOUSE MUST ALSO ACT; LI REPS HAVE REAL SWAY TO PRESSURE GOP

04/24/25

SCHUMER: SUNY SCHENECTADY CAN HELP ADDRESS NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SHORTAGE, BUT NEEDS FINAL FED APPROVAL FOR TRAINING PROGRAM; SENATOR CALLS ON FAA TO APPROVE SCHENECTADY AVIATION SCHOOL FOR FEDERAL AIR TRAFFIC-COLLEGIATE TRAINING INITIATIVE

04/23/25

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DEMAND ANSWERS ON BRUTAL IMPACTS OF DOGE’S SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS ON NEW YORKERS; SENATORS CALL ON INDEPENDENT IG TO IMMEDIATELY REPORT SHORTFALLS, CONSEQUENCES, AND RAMIFICATIONS FROM DEVASTATING TRUMP & ‘DOGE’ ATTACKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY

04/22/25

SCHUMER CELEBRATES CHOBANI INVESTING WHOPPING $1 BILLION IN MOHAWK VALLEY FOR NEW YOGURT FACTORY, CREATING 1,000 NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS - LARGEST INVESTMENT IN NATURAL FOOD MAKING IN AMERICAN HISTORY

04/21/25

SCHUMER: GOP PLAN TO CRIPPLE MEDICAID WOULD SLASH ADDICTION TREATMENT IN ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES AND WORSEN OPIOID EPIDEMIC ACROSS UPSTATE NY; STANDING WITH DOCTORS & PEOPLE IN RECOVERY THANKS TO MEDICAID, SENATOR REVEALS DEVASTATING IMPACTS TO LOCAL HEALTHCARE, DEMANDS GOP BLOCK BIGGEST MEDICAID CUT IN HISTORY

04/21/25

SCHUMER: SAVE OUR RESTAURANTS & SMALL BUSINESSES FROM TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR, STANDING WITH CENTRAL NY BUSINESSES SEEING MAJOR PRICE INCREASES HURTING FAMILIES & LOCAL JOBS, SENATOR ANNOUNCES SENATE DEMS WILL FORCE VOTE TO END TRUMP TARIFFS

04/21/25

SCHUMER CALLS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY TO MEET WITH FLIGHT 3407 FAMILIES AND COMMIT TO THEM PERSONALLY TO PROTECTING 1,500 HOUR RULE AND AIR SAFETY REGULATION SENATOR & FAMILIES FOUGHT TOGETHER TO ENACT INTO LAW

04/21/25

SCHUMER: SAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FROM TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR; STANDING AT ALBANY’S YONO’S RESTAURANT WITH CAPITAL REGION BUSINESSES THAT ARE SEEING MAJOR PRICE INCREASES HURTING FAMILIES & LOCAL JOBS, SENATOR ANNOUNCES SENATE DEMS WILL FORCE VOTE TO END TRUMP TARIFFS

04/17/25

SCHUMER: UNDER GOP PLAN TO CRIPPLE MEDICAID, ROCKLAND COUNTY WOULD BE AMONG HARDEST HIT IN THE COUNTRY, RIPPING AWAY HEALTHCARE, SENIORS COULD BE KICKED OUT OF NURSING HOMES, & LAYOFFS AT LARGEST EMPLOYERS; STANDING WITH HUDSON VALLEY PATIENTS & NURSES, SENATOR DEMANDS NY HOUSE REPUBLICANS BLOCK PLAN FOR BIGGEST MEDICAID CUT IN HISTORY

04/16/25

SCHUMER: CHEMUNG COUNTY IS ON FRONTLINES OF TARIFF WAR, RAISING PRICES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES & FAMILIES ACROSS UPSTATE NY; STANDING AT WARD APPARATUS, SENATOR REVEALS HOW TARIFFS ARE HURTING LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, CALLS FOR BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO END COSTLY TRADE WAR

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