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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Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) and will be used to replace old and outdated extraction tools.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

Schumer, Gillibrand Fought To Secure Federal Funding Appropriations For Military Construction Projects Ranging From A New Physical Training Center At NFARS, To Increased Perimeter Security At Rome Lab, To An Engineering Center And A Parking Structure At West Point           Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Will Keep Key New York Military Operations At Peak Excellence, Security And Readiness U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten... Read More

Funding Will Be Used to Purchase New Equipment to Assist in Protecting New Yorkers During Fire and Rescue Emergencies U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $732,682 in federal funding for six fire departments in Rochester and in the Finger Lakes region. Specifically, the Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department will receive $287,332; the Lyons Fire District will receive $170,953; the Part Town of Avon Fire District will receive $71,305; the... Read More

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $95,362 in federal funding for the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Department in Oswego County. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) and will be used to replace 15 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) devices, which help firefighters breathe clean air. The department’s current SCBAs are 18 years... Read More

Funding Keeps Helicopter Programs On Track & Sustains Southern Tier Jobs – Bill Includes $894 Million In Funding For Presidential Helicopters & $1.1 Billion In Funding For Combat Search & Rescue Helicopters, Both Are Partly Produced By Lockheed Martin in Owego              Schumer: Funding Is Critical for Lockheed Martin Owego, Who Are At The Forefront Of Two of The Most Important Helicopter Programs In Nation U.S. Senate Minority Leader... Read More

Senators Say The FY19 Funding Level Is $32 Million More Than The Administration’s Budget Request And An Increase From Last Year’s Level  Senators: Rome Lab Is At The Epicenter Of Cyber-Defense And Cutting-Edge Communications And Deserves Significant Federal Investment U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U. S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the just-passed, bipartisan Senate Fiscal Year 2019 Defense Appropriations bill, which is expected to pass... Read More

Department Of Transportation Grant Will Fund The Purchase Of New Snow Removal Equipment U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $225,000 in federal funding for the Oneonta Municipal Airport in Otsego 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 purchase new snow... Read More

Senators Say Disaster Declaration Would Unlock Federal Funds For Impacted Counties Still Recovering From Intense Flooding Schumer, Gillibrand To FEMA: Swiftly Approve Requested Aid For Rochester-Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, And Capital Region Residents U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to quickly approve New York State’s request for a major disaster declaration following the severe... Read More

In Recent Years, Upstate New York Has Seen An Explosion Of Ticks, Lyme Disease, And Other Tick-Borne Illnesses, Making New York The #1 Target For Tick-Borne Disease In The Country Schumer’s Amendment To The Health And Human Services Appropriations Bill Will Increase By Over $1 Million CDC Funding To Thwart Tick-Borne Illnesses; Funding Boost Will Be Used To Study, Identify, And Prevent Exposure To Vector-Borne Pathogens That Cause Lyme Disease And Other Tick-Borne Illnesses Schumer:... Read More

Last Week, Schumer Revealed Northport VA Had 175 Healthcare Job Vacancies & Pushed A Plan To Pass Fed Law Giving VA A Surge In Funds; Demands Funds be Used to Address Hiring Shortages & The Urgent Need For Northport Repairs, Like Creaky and Dangerous HVAC System    Thanks To Push, Schumer’s Funding Plan On Track to Become Law if President Signs & Will Give VA Additional $750M In Funds For Medical Care & Billions For Repairs; Senator Now Wants LI’s Northport... Read More

Today, The Commission On Osteopathic Medicine Approved LECOM’s Application To Establish The Very First Four Year Medical School In The Southern Tier At Elmira College In Recent Years, Schumer Wrote To And Urged Both The Commission On Osteopathic College Accreditation And The Dept. Of Education, And Held A Rally At The Arnot Ogden Medical Center, To Support LECOM’s Proposal, As The Four Year Medical Program Is A Cornerstone Of Elmira’s Ongoing Downtown Revitalization... Read More

Hurricane Florence, Pounding The Carolinas Right Now, Is Not Alone; Also Spinning In The Atlantic Are Helene, Isaac & Joyce; But Fed Agency Overseeing Hurricane Season Could See Torrent Of Cuts National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin (NOAA) Slated For About 20% ($1 Billion) Cut, Jeopardizing National Weather Service & Other Data Gathering Work That Can Save Lives; Senator Makes Bi-Partisan Push To Keep Fed Forecasting Operational Schumer: We Need High Pressure On Congress To Prevent... Read More

With Newburgh And New York Still Fighting To Clean Up Toxic Chemical Pollution That Poisoned Drinking Water, Schumer And Gillibrand Successfully Spearheaded The Charge To Include Language In Defense Appropriations Bill To Reimburse States And Water Authorities For Expenses Incurred From PFOS/PFOA Cleanup U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, today announced that the final FY... Read More