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Stabilizing Crude Would Make Post–Derailment Deadly Explosions Less Likely & Add Essential Layer Of Protection For New Yorkers; Schumer Urges Feds To Develop A High National Standard To Help Prevent Disasters  Promised Study On Oil Volatility Is Chugging Along Slower Than An Uphill Train; Calls on Feds To Speed It Up So We Have The Data Needed to Make Safety Changes ASAP  Schumer To Feds: Publish Study and Create Stabilization Standards for Volatile Crude Oil Before... Read More

Schumer: Beleaguered Rockland County Commuters Deserve Immediate Alternative to Cancelled Express Trains  U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today demanded New Jersey Transit (NJT) and Metro-North to work together to immediately launch a better plan to spare hard-pressed Rockland commuters from the impacts of the recently Pascack Valley Line's two-morning express trains, without further delaying the installation of life-saving technology called Positive Train Control (PTC). “Rockland... Read More

Department of Transportation Funding Will Be Used For New Renovations & Infrastructure Upgrades  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $7,575,000.00 in federal funding for Griffiss International Airport in Oneida County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Specifically, Griffiss International Airport will use the funding to make key... Read More

Schumer & Gillibrand Continue Effort to Secure Funding for RIT-Led REMADE Manufacturing Institute and Support High-Tech Energy Jobs in Rochester Rochester’s REMADE Manufacturing Institute Is One of Four National Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes Working to Reduce Energy and Carbon Emissions in U.S. Manufacturing Industry U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Bill... Read More

Under Pressure To Save Money At All Costs, Internal Revenue Service Has Gone Back-And-Forth With Plan To Entirely Close Suffolk Site; But Schumer Worries, Latest Plan To Consolidate Offices & Operations Into Nassau Site Is Slow-Walk To Closure That Will Deliver Headache For Both Counties  Under Current Plan, Taxpayers Could Be Forced To Travel In Upwards Of 70 Miles To Meet With A Human Being In Nassau; Senator Says IRS Sudden Closure Of Riverhead Site Only Deepens Locals’... Read More

Through A Recent Trade Agreement Between The EU And Mexico, The EU Is Proposing That Mexico Block US Cheese Producers From Exporting Cheese With Common Cheese Names Or Geographic Indicators  Schumer & Gillibrand Join Colleagues To Urge U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer To Defend NY Cheese Producers In Trade Negotiations; EU Is Staking A Regional Claim On Common Cheese Names Like "Asiago," "Parmesan" And "Feta” Senators: Don’t Let Unfair Trade Deals Cut Into The... Read More

Schumer & Gillibrand’s Multi-Year Effort to Secure Funding Continues, New Funding Would Keep 360 Workers on the Job at UR Lab to Continue Vital National Nuclear Security and Energy Innovation Work  Senate Funding Level Rejects Trump’s Budget Proposal to Phase Out Funding to the Laser Lab Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Will Help Keep Rochester’s Laser Lab at the Cusp of Technological Innovation, Supporting Good-Paying Local Jobs and Launching New High-Tech... Read More

As Summer Travel Heats Up, Gas Prices Keep Climbing; Right Now, Price Of Gas Is Up 31% Over Past Year With Little Immediate Relief In Sight; NYC/LI Prices Still Hovering Around Hefty $3 Per Gallon Automakers Were On Track To Produce 50MPG Cars But Admin’s Plan To Roll Back Consumer-Friendly Fuel Economy Standard Means Drivers Will Pay Even More For Gasoline‎ Than They Should Down The Road Schumer: EPA Plan To Weaken Gas Mileage Standard Will Fuel Even Higher Gas Costs For... Read More

Today, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $67,074,447 million in federal funding for public housing agencies throughout Upstate New York. The funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Public Housing Capital Fund and will be used for public housing development and improvement projects.  “Having a roof over your head is one of life’s basic necessities, and we must do... Read More

With Newburgh and Suffolk County and NY Still Fighting to Clean Up Toxic Chemical Pollution and to Get Compensated for Response Costs and Clean Drinking Water, Gillibrand, Schumer Secure Provision In Must-Pass National Defense Bill to Remove PFOA/PFOS from New York’s Contaminated Guard Bases Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Department Of Transportation Funding Through The Airport Improvement Program Allows Airports To Improve Infrastructure; Niagara Falls Airport Proposes Projects To Receive Funding After Securing $1 Billion Increase To Airport Improvement Program In Bipartisan Budget Negotiations, Schumer Launches Major Push To Send Newfound Funds To Niagara Falls International Airport; Senator Says The Projects Will Create A Safer Airfield for both Commercial and Military Planes, Which Will Support Both the Air... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Fought to Include a Provision in the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to Authorize an Army Corps of Engineers Feasibility Study to Restore the Lake’s Watershed Chautauqua Lake Suffers from Harmful Algal Blooms, Causing Water Quality to be Impaired U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced that S. 2800, America’s Water... Read More

Senators, Representative Say Disaster Declaration Would Unlock Federal Funds for Impacted Counties Still Recovering From Fatal Storm  Schumer, Gillibrand, Maloney To FEMA: Stand Ready To Approve Any Requested Aid for Hudson Valley Residents U.S. Senate Minority Leader  Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Sean Patrick Maloney today urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stand ready to quickly approve any request from New York State... Read More

After A Major Push From Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, The Senate Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) Includes An Increase in Authorized Funding For The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; Funding Totals For The Initiative Set To Increase Over Each Of Next 3 Years GLRI Funds Have Brought Millions Of Dollars In Environmental Research, Clean-Up And Restoration Across Upstate NY & Great Lakes Region Since First Established In 2010 Schumer, Gillibrand: Protecting Our Waterways Must... Read More

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Shoreline Is Susceptible To Erosion, Flooding, Nutrient Runoff, And Aging Infrastructure; Senate Water Resources Development Act Contains Schumer, Gillibrand-Backed Study To Prevent Future Great Lakes Erosion    Senators Say Study Is Essential To Preserve And Protect The Great Lakes And Nearby Communities Schumer, Gillibrand: This Study Can Help Provide A Long-Term Solution To Protect Lakefront Communities From Flooding U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles... Read More

Inclusion Of Project In The Senate Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) Is Next Big Step Forward; Reps Say More Must Be Done To Address Flooding  Schumer, Gillibrand, Engel: Village Of Mamaroneck Residents Must Be Protected From Future Flooding U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Representative Eliot Engel today announced they were successful in securing an... Read More

The  Proposed Location Is Located Less Than Four Miles From Both The Seneca Lake And Cayuga Lake Shorelines And Just Miles From The Nearby Ontario County Landfill And The Seneca Meadows Landfill; Schumer Says New Incinerator Is Not Needed And Is Wrong For The Finger Lakes  Schumer Warns The Proposed Incinerator Would Ship In Solid Waste Into The Heart Of The Finger Lakes And Burn Up To 2,640 Tons Of Garbage Per Day; Schumer Says The Project Is Incongruous With Finger Lakes Area Which... Read More

Just-Out Warning Letter From Coalition Of Nation’s Most Credible Health Orgs, Including American Academy Of Pediatrics, Cites Jaw-Dropping Stats That Warn E-Cig Use & Popularity Of Devices Like ‘Juul’ Continue To Advance; With Monroe County Schools & Parents Now Seeing Kids Struggle With Powerful Nicotine Addiction, Senator Says FDA Should Further Regulate Kid And Teen Friendly Marketing, Design and Flavors  Incremental FDA Action On Companies Marketing E-Cig... Read More

Senator To USPS: Let Veterans Distribute Memorial Day Poppies At Post Offices  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today publically demanded the U.S. Postal Service, specifically Postmaster General of the United States Megan Brennan, immediately reverse the Jefferson Road Post Office in Rochester from blocking veterans from distributing and accepting donations for poppies on post office property. Schumer said every year around Memorial Day, veterans far and wide distribute and... Read More

Station Sites Have Been Eyesores In Lackawanna, Amherst, Tonawanda, The City Of Buffalo, And All Around WNY; Schumer Will Demand Companies Cooperate With Local Officials, & Agree To Redevelopment  Schumer Will Call On Owners Of Abandoned Gas Station Sites To Work With WNY Municipalities To Develop Long-Term Redevelopment Plans,  Schumer To Gas Station Site Owners: Work Will Local Officials To Pump In Long-Awaited Development Standing at the “zombie” Sunoco gas station... Read More