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West Kill Post Office Has Served the Local Community Since 1833, But Was Temporarily Closed In January 2025 After Fire Shut Down Small Rural Office – And Postal Services Have Not Yet Returned, Forcing Customers To Travel Over Seven Miles Away To Shandaken To Collect Mail Schumer Urges USPS To Fully Restore Postal Operations So Residents Can Easily Receive Medications, Checks & Bills, Packages, And Other Important Mail Schumer To USPS: West Kill Deserves A Post Office In West Kill A year and... Read More

Schumer Says Tariff Costs, Shifting Consumer Trends, And Distribution Disruptions Threaten Upstate New York’s Craft Beverage Industry Senator Backs New York Wine & Grape Foundation’s $500,000 SBA Proposal To Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience Schumer: Support Upstate New York’s Craft Beverage Industry U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer earlier this week convened leaders from craft breweries, wineries, distilleries, and other industries at the Schuyler County Business Park to discuss the growing... Read More

Schumer Secured Federal Investment To Expand Access To Affordable Healthcare In Yates County, Nursing Care, Occupational Therapy, Social Work Counseling, Athletic Training, Physical Therapy, And Wellness Coaching To Rural Communities New Clinic Will Serve ~1,000 Rural Residents And Create Hands-On Health Care Training Opportunities For 100 College Students Each Year Schumer: New Clinic Is Win-Win For Yates County Families And Keuka College Students After launching his push to deliver federal... Read More

After Previously Helping Deliver $3.9 Million To Establish The Cemetery In 2023, Schumer’s Push Now Includes $3 Million For Critical Gateway, Entrance, Safety & Accessibility Upgrades At New York State Veterans Cemetery – Finger Lakes In Upcoming Budget Bill Schumer Also Announces Push for $2 Million Pending VA Grants To Add 300 New Burial Plots, Fencing & Lighting, Stormwater Infrastructure, And To Maintain & Care For Veteran Headstones Schumer: Honor Our Heroes With The Resting... Read More

Lake Erie Region Is Largest Grape Growing Area East Of Rocky Mountains – Supporting 2,000 Jobs – But Earlier This Year Major NY Grape Processor Abruptly Canceled Contracts With Western NY Farmers Schumer Explains USDA Has Authority To Purchase Excess Grapes For Domestic Food Assistance Programs & Help Keep Upstate Concord Grape Farmers Growing Schumer To USDA: Buy Juice And Boost Growers! As Western New York grape farmers are facing growing uncertainty – after their contracts for this season... Read More

Schumer Says Effort Will Strengthen Regional Healthcare Ecosystem, Meet Growing Demand For Healthcare Workers, And Support Good-Paying Jobs Across Allegany, Steuben & Livingston Counties Alfred State Partners With Jones Memorial, St. James, And Noyes Memorial Hospitals To Provide Hands-On Training And Help More Students Advance In Healthcare Careers Schumer: Federal Funding Will Help Strengthen Rural Healthcare And Expand Access To Skilled Professionals Across Upstate NY U.S. Senator Chuck... Read More

Announcement Includes Fed $$ From FAA’s Airport Improvement Program Which Senators Boosted In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law And FAA Reauthorization Law Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Helping Upstate NY Reach New Heights! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced they are delivering $5,367,282 in new federal funding to upgrade airport facilities and equipment at Upstate New York airports. This federal funding was awarded through the Federal Aviation... Read More

Schumer Called On NPS To Release Congressionally-Approved Funds When Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site Was The Last Site To Receive Annual Operating Budget Following his push, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released a statement announcing that the National Park Service (NPS) has released this year's annual federal funds for Buffalo’s Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. Schumer said this funding is vital so the site can cover its bills, pay staff, and ensure the public can... Read More

Lawmakers Explain That, As We Prepare For Winter, It Is Important To Ensure Our Airports Have Infrastructure Needed To Keep Passengers And Equipment Safe Schumer Has Long History Of Delivering For Ithaca Tompkins International Airport, Providing Critical Fed Funding For Key Infrastructure Upgrades Including New Boarding Bridge, Snow Removal, Emergency Vehicles, High-Tech Baggage Screening System, And More Schumer: The Sky Is The Limit For Ithaca! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten... Read More

Last Year, Fort Drum Was Among Nine Sites Shortlisted For Army’s Next-Generation Nuclear Microreactor Program To Protect Domestic Military Bases From Grid Failures, Critical Energy Deficiencies, And Other Threats Fort Drum’s Strategic Mission Sets, Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield, Skilled Personnel, And Existing Infrastructure Make It The Best-In-Class To Demonstrate Safe And Secure, On-Site Nuclear Power Generation Schumer To Army: Fort Drum Needs Reliable Power To Protect National Security After... Read More

West Park Post Office Has Served Ulster County Community For More Than 130 Years Until USPS Abruptly Announced Its Closure, Forcing Customers To Travel Five Miles Away To Highland To Collect Mail Instead Schumer Urges USPS To Restore Postal Operations So Residents And Small Businesses Can Easily Receive Medications, Checks & Bills, Packages, And Other Important Mail Schumer To USPS: West Park Deserves A Post Office In West Park After the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced its plan to close... Read More

In 2024, Tropical Storm Debby Devastated Communities Across The Southern Tier & Upstate New York, Schumer Says Federal Funding Will Help Town Address Debby’s Damage To Roads & Critical Infrastructure Schumer Previously Advocated For Federal Disaster Declarations To Help Delaware County And Protect Local Taxpayers In Communities Like Hamden From The Crushing Costs of Storm Recovery Schumer To FEMA: Help Hamden Rebuild And Weather The Storms Ahead Today, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer called... Read More

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site – Where Then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt Took The Oath Of Office To Become America’s 26th President – Needs Annual Congressionally-Approved Funds to Pay Bills And Staff Schumer Says: As We Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday, We Must Ensure This Treasured Buffalo Historical Site Remains Accessible To The Public Schumer To NPS: Release Annual Funds For Vital Site For This Jewel Of American History Here In Western NY U.S. Senator Chuck... Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand called on Congress to quickly pass legislation renaming a Buffalo, New York post office in honor of Buffalo native William J. Donovan, known as the “Father of American Intelligence.” The bill, H.R. 1706, would designate the U.S. Postal Service facility at 1200 William Street as the William J. Donovan Post Office Building. Donovan was a World War I and World War II hero, a Medal of Honor recipient, and a longtime public servant who... Read More

Schumer Leads Bipartisan Push To Apple CEO Tim Cook Urging Company Not To Use Chinese Memory Chips, Which Would Undermine American Workers And The Nation’s Growing Domestic Memory Chip Industry – Including In Central NY Schumer Warns Apple Purchasing Chinese-Made Memory Chips Would Hurt America’s National Security And Shape Memory Chip Market By Setting Dangerous Example For Other Companies To Follow Schumer To Apple: Don’t Undermine American Workers, Manufacturing, And National Security By... Read More

Average New York Household Has Spent Over $4,500 More Under Trump—Including $310 More On Groceries, $983 More On Housing & $241 More On Electricity, While Health Insurance Deductibles Have Jumped By Over $1,000 Schumer: Trump Promised Lower Costs—Then Stuck Families With The Bill U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today unveiled a new report from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee showing that New York families have paid more than $4,500 extra for everyday essentials—including groceries,... Read More

Schumer Previously Delivered Whopping $1.5B+ Award From His CHIPS & Science Law For GlobalFoundries To Spur A $16B Expansion Of Current Fab & Build New, State-Of-The-Art Second Manufacturing Facility And Advanced Packaging In Malta, And $375 CHIPS R&D Award To Launch New Quantum Technology GlobalFoundries Business Schumer Explains Silicon Photonics Research And Development Is Critical To Move Data More Quickly To Power AI And High-Performance Computing Schumer: More Fed $$ For... Read More

Last Year Trump And Republicans Made The Largest Cut To SNAP In History – NEARLY $200 BILLION – Meaning Now Southern Tier Counties Will Need To Find A Whopping $4.5+ MILLION To Keep Nutrition Assistance Flowing To Food-Needy Families, Seniors, and Veterans, Including $806,000 For Broome County, $780,000 For Chemung County, And Nearly $500,000 For Tompkins County Schumer Calls On NY House Republicans To Work With Democrats To Write A Farm Bill That Restores SNAP & Helps 85,000 New Yorkers In... Read More

In April, Upstate New York Farms Suffered Crop Loss After Frost Damaged Early Growth Of Fruits And Vegetables – With Farmers Losing Anywhere From 15 To 100 Percent Of Their Crops Following Sustained Advocacy, Schumer, Gillibrand, And Ryan Deliver The Federal Resources Upstate New York Farmers Need To Recover And Get Ready For The Next Growing Season Schumer, Gillibrand, Ryan: Fed Relief On The Way To Help Upstate NY’s Farmers! After calling on the USDA to provide relief for New York farmers... Read More

As ICE Refuses To Be Transparent On Its Plans For Orange County, Senators Say Enough Is Enough, Stop The Secrecy, Work With Local Leaders, And Give Assurances There Will Be No ICE Facility In Orange County Earlier This Year, After Community-Wide And Bipartisan Opposition, ICE Backed Off Plans To Convert Another Orange County Warehouse – In Chester – Into An ICE Mass Detention Facility – After Schumer Sounded The Alarm With Local Leaders And Community Members Schumer, Gillibrand: No ICE Facility... Read More