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As Summer Travel Heats Up, Gas Prices Keep Climbing; Price Of Gas In NY Is Up $0.58 Over Past Year With Little Immediate Relief In Sight; New York State Prices Still Hovering Around Hefty $3 Per Gallon  Automakers Were On Track To Produce 50 MPG 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 Costs For... Read More

321 South Salina Street Is On National Register Of Historic Places, Making It Eligible for Key Fed Tax Credits; But Planned Restoration Project Needed Federal Approval To Uncover Windows & Restore Brick Facade In Order For the Project To Move Forward   Schumer Led The Charge On A Two-Pronged Push: First Urging NPS To Approve Plans To Restore Original 1930’s Era Façade With Windows & Then Ensuring The Project Received Federal Historic Tax Credits; Schumer: With... Read More

Schumer To FEMA: Don’t Allow Newburgh Fire Department To Be Underfunded and Undermanned  Last week, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer spoke directly with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long to urge him to review and fund the City of Newburgh Fire Department (NFD)’s forthcoming application for funding through the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) Program. Schumer said SAFER Grants have helped low-income... Read More

As Summer Travel Heats Up, Gas Prices Keep Climbing; Price Of Gas Is Up 31% Over Past Year With Little Immediate Relief In Sight; Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Prices Still Hovering Around Hefty $3 Per Gallon Automakers Were On Track To Produce 50 MPG 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 Costs For... Read More

After Canandaigua VA Was Targeted For Closure in 2003, Schumer Successfully Led The Charge To Secure Over $161 Million For Phase I, Which Recently Broke Ground  Senators, Who Successfully Secured $190M In FY19 Senate The VA Appropriations Bill For Phase II, Announce Push To Maintain Funding In Final FY 19 Bill; Senators Say $190M Would Be Used To Build New Community Living Center Complex, Improve Domiciliary Facility, And Renovate Building 3, & Bolster Rehab And Physical Therapy... Read More

According To NEW CDC Data, New York Alone Has Seen A 30% Rise In Suicides Since Start Of Millennium, With Numbers Now Rising In Nearly Every State  Despite Jaw-Drop Trend Of Deaths, Feds Have Flatlined Suicide Prevention Funds & Grant Programs That People Turn To In Darkest Of Times; Senator Says If We Ramp This Up, We Can Stem The Tide Of Tragedy  Schumer: Americans Are Calling Out For A Lifeline –The Feds Need To Lead & Extend The Hand, Now    On the... Read More

The House Of Representatives Version Of The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Calls For A 25% Cut To Agencies That Employ Civilian Workers, Such As DFAS, Putting Rome Jobs At Serious Risk Senators Made Sure This Provision Was Not Included in Senate NDAA And Vow To Fight Any Future Threat During Conference Negotiations Schumer, Gillibrand: Any Provision To Hurt Rome DFAS Is DOA In The Senate U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Senate’s National... Read More

Schumer To U.S. Customs:  Welded Tube Products Are Made in the USA; Reconsider Ill-considered and Unfair Decision To Treat Welded’s Product Like A Canadian Product U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today spoke directly with U.S. Customs Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan, to urge him to immediately reverse CBP’S ill-considered and unfair decision to treat Welded Tube product like a Canadian product. Schumer said this decision has resulted in Welded Tube having to pay a... Read More

Department Of Transportation Funding Will Be Used For A New Building And Infrastructure Upgrades U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $7,393,090 in federal funding for the Hudson Valley Regional Airport in Dutchess County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Specifically, Hudson Valley Regional Airport will use the funding to replace a... Read More

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