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Legroom Was Once About 35 Inches—Now Closer To 31—& Average Airline Seat Width Was Once 18.5 Inches—Now Shrunk To About 17; Schumer Law Would Forge Path To A Standard Schumer Made Addressing Seat Size A Top Legislative Priority & Now Feds Can No Longer Ignore Deep-Seated Problem & Traveling Headache; He Announced Today That His Law Will Pass This Upcoming Week As It Has Been Inserted Into FAA Reauth Bill As Amendment Schumer: FAA Bill Could Finally Stop... Read More

Gillibrand Led Bipartisan Push for YouthBuild Funding to Help At-Risk Youth Develop Skills and Knowledge to Get Jobs Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill that just passed into law today includes $89,534,000 for the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) YouthBuild Program. YouthBuild is a pre-apprenticeship program that... Read More

The Senate FY2019 Health And Human Services Appropriations Bill Includes $3.7 Billion In HHS Funding To Stem The Scourge Of Opioids, A $2.7 Billion Increase Over FY2017; Additionally, SAMHSA Is Releasing $56.45 Million To Programs And Organizations Across New York State  The Bipartisan, Bicameral SUPPORT For Patients And Communities Act Is A Sweeping Package Of Legislation That Makes Critical Changes To Domestic Policy And Establishes New Initiatives To Support First Responders, Law... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,540,243 in federal funding for the Unity House of Troy. Funding was provided through two different grants from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women. The first grant will provide $750,000 from the Consolidated Youth and Engaging Men Program, which will be used to implement a comprehensive project to develop, expand, and strengthen... Read More

GM’s Fuel Rail And Fuel Injector Production Lines, Which Are Both Located At The Company’s Rochester Plant, Account For 600 Local Jobs And 65% Of The Manufacturing Work Completed In Rochester  After GM Announced That They Would Be Moving These Critical Manufacturing Lines, Schumer Called On GM CEO Mary Barra To Provide Assurances That Any Work Stripped From Rochester Would Be Replaced  Schumer To GM: We Supported GM In Their Time Of Need And Rochester’s Productive... Read More

The Nobel Prize-Winning Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) Is One Of Two High Energy Synchrotron X-Ray Sources In The United States; The Lab Has Generated Groundbreaking Scientific Innovation In Numerous Scientific Fields  For Over 10 Years, The U.S. Air Force Has Studied High Performance Materials At CHESS, Which Helps To Lower The Cost Of Manufacturing And Maintenance Of Military Aircraft; Keep U.S. Aircraft At The Pinnacle Of Excellence U.S.... Read More

On The Heels Of The Passage Of Their Amendment Authorizing $20 Million To Reimburse States And Local Water Authorities For PFOA/PFOS Cleanup At National Guard Air Bases, Schumer And Gillibrand Successfully Pushed To Include $179 Million To Address And Prevent Potential PFOA/PFOS Contamination On And Near Federal Military Bases And $10 Million For A CDC Public Health Study Funding Will Be Used To Clean Up PFOA/PFOS, Prevent Potential Future Contamination In Communities Surrounding Federal... Read More

The “Advanced Environmental Service Building” Will Support Electric Charging of New Electric Buses and Will Clean Buses with Reclaimed Water Funding Will Be Provided to the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $2 million in federal U.S. Department of Transportation funding for the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) to help construct a new $10... Read More

Department Of Transportation Grant Will Fund Terminal Building Improvement  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $4 million in federal funding for the Elmira Corning Regional Airport in Chemung County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Specifically, the funding will be used to make improvements to... Read More

Funding Will Be Used To Purchase Clean, Modern And More Environmentally-Friendly Compressed Natural Gas Buses U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $11 million in federal funding for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), which operates in Erie and Niagara Counties. The funding was provided through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and will be used to purchase modern and... Read More

Recently-Passed Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill Includes $1.446 Billion For The Department Of Education Impact Aid Program In Fiscal Year 2019, $32 Million More Than Fiscal Year 2018’s Funding Levels  Department Of Education Impact Aid Program Provides Critical Funding For School Districts Near Fort Drum, West Point, And Native American Lands In Western New York, Especially Salamanca U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Ranking... Read More

Federal Investment Is Critical To Growth Of Rochester & Harris Corp Schumer: Contract Is A Win For Our Troops, Harris, And The Rochester-Finger Lakes Regional Economy U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that Harris Corp., in Rochester, New York, has been selected by the U.S. Army to manufacture 1,540 AN/PRC-163 (Leader Radio) two-channel handheld radios, as well as additional equipment to mount the radios on military vehicles.  This is the first order of radios that Harris... Read More

Schumer Led The Charge to Rebuild Route 5, The Main Artery Between Downtown Buffalo And The Southtowns, Which Carries Over 40,000 Vehicles Each Day And Provides Residents And Visitors Critical Access To Local Businesses And Schools; Road Is Only Protected From Tempestuous Waters By A Crumbling Sea Wall Nearly A Century Old  Today, At Schumer's Urging, The USACE Included Over $4 Million To Construct A New Barrier Wall Through 2018 Supplemental Funds; New Barrier Wall... Read More

Federal Funding Will Be Used To Purchase New Extraction Equipment U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $43,968 in federal funding for the Summitville Fire District in Sullivan County. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) and will be used to replace old and outdated extraction tools. “It is essential that we provide our firefighters with the... Read More

Schumer & Gillibrand Have Delivered Four Years Of Funding Increases For NTID To Help Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing New Yorkers Get Education And Find Jobs U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $77.5 million for the Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) was included in the recently-passed, bipartisan Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Education Appropriations bill, which is expected to be... Read More

Funding Will Keep Radar Production Programs On Track & Maintain Salina Jobs – Bill Includes $324.6 Million For Continued Production Of Key Counterfire Radar, Produced By Lockheed Martin In Salina  Schumer: This Investment Will Keep Lockheed Martin Salina At The Forefront Of Radar Technology, Protect U.S. Military Personnel Overseas & Support Local Jobs  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that the just-passed, bi-partisan Senate Fiscal Year 2019... Read More

Funding Will Be Used to Improve Domestic Violence Response Training and Enhance Support for Domestic Violence Victims to Help Keep Them Safe U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $900,000 in federal funding to help prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in Erie County. The funding was allocated through the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women’s Improving Criminal Justice... Read More

Funding Will Be Used to Hire New Firefighters U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,339,127 in federal funding for two fire districts in Monroe County. The Henrietta Fire District in West Henrietta will receive $669,182 and the Brighton Fire District in Rochester will receive $669,945. Both fire districts will use the funding to hire new firefighters. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security’s... Read More

Funding Will Be Provided to the Legal Assistance of Western New York, Which Works In Western New York and the Finger Lakes to Help Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $600,000 for Legal Assistance of Western New York. The funding is provided by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women’s Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program. Legal Assistance Of Western New York will... Read More

Gillibrand’s Legislation to Commission a Study for Fort Ontario in Oswego County is the First Step to Designate the Site as a National Park Service Site  This Legislation Passed the House Earlier This Year and Now Heads to the President’s Desk for Signature  National Park Designation Would Open Up Federal Resources to Preserve Fort Ontario and Draw Increased Tourism to the Area Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E.... Read More