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The Bee-Line’s Bus Fleet Is Aging, and Many Buses are Past Their Useful Life; Schumer And Gillibrand Say New Federal Investment Will Improve the System and Ensure it Continues To Operate With Minimal Interruption  Schumer & Gillibrand: New Articulated Vehicles For Westchester County Will Alleviate Pressures On System & Help Local Economy Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a $3,600,000 U.S.... Read More

Federal Funds Will Be Used To Purchase New Hybrid Electric Public Transportation Buses To Replace Diesel Fuel Buses Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $2,040,000 in federal funding for the Broome County Department of Public Transportation (BC Transit). The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This funding will allow BC... Read More

Schumer Secured Billions In Just-Passed Spending Bill To Beat Back Growing Scourge Of Opioid Drug Abuse & Trafficking By Providing More Aggressive Enforcement Measures & Increasing Treatment, Prevention & Education Efforts  Schumer Says, Without Immediate Action, Money To Stop Traffickers, Execute Prevention Campaigns, And Increase Treatment Programs Could Get Mired In Red Tape And Remain In Limbo Doing Nothing For Oswego County And Central New York  Schumer To Feds:... Read More

Schumer Says That NRG Just Benefited From Massive Corporate Tax Cut And Announced A $1 Billion Stock Buyback Plan And Should Be Good Neighbor And Use A Smidgen Of  Its Massive New Windfall To Pay Very Modest Amount To Extend Grey Water Contract Past Its Current End Date To Protect Local Jobs  Huntley Currently Provides Desperately Needed Water Resources To Major Employers Throughout The Region, Accounting For Approximately 4,000 Jobs In Western New York  Schumer To NRG:... Read More

Schumer Secured Billions in Just-Passed Spending Bill to Beat Back Growing Scourge of Opioid Drug Abuse & Trafficking By Providing More Aggressive Enforcement Measures & Increasing Treatment, Prevention & Education Efforts BUT Schumer Warns, Without Immediate Action, Money To Stop Traffickers, Execute Prevention Campaigns, and Increase Treatment Programs Could Get Mired in Red Tape and Remain In Limbo Doing Nothing For Ithaca and NY; Opioid Crisis is National Emergency That Needs to... Read More

After Canandaigua VA Was Targeted For Closure in 2003, Schumer Led the Charge to Secure Over $161 Million in Funding from the VA To Modernize the Canandaigua Campus Senator Says with $161 million Phase I Expansion Breaking Ground Next Month, Now is Time to Secure Final $190 Million To Complete Final Phase Once and For All Schumer: Rochester-Area Veterans Need & Deserve This Increased Access To Care At A State-Of-The-Facility U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today launched... Read More

National Comedy Center Will Be A Cultural Institution: Connecting, Inspiring, And Educating Visitors From All Over The Country About America’s Rich History Of Comedy National Comedy Center Will Also Build on a Tradition of Comedy History in Jamestown, NY, the Brithplace of Legend Lucille Ball Schumer: National Comedy Center Is No Joke!  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced he will introduce a congressional resolution that will... Read More

The Funding Doubles Spending For Security Grants To Protect Synagogues, Churches, Mosques And Community Centers  In 2017, Anti-Semitic Incidents Increased By 57% Over The Previous Year Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the omnibus spending bill that passed last week includes $60 million in funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which more than doubles the $25 million in federal... Read More

Nassau Has Been Working Day & Night To Come Up With A Permanent Plan To Deliver Power To Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant—And Now They Have One; New Partnership With PSEG-LI Will Deliver The Extra Power Needed To Clean More Water And Address Nitrogen, But It Requires FEMA To Give Blessing Without Swift FEMA Approval Facility Could Reach Maximum Load, LI Water Treated By Bay Park Site Would Be Limited & Western Bays Resiliency Plan That Would Tackle Nitrogen Levels Could... Read More

Schumer Secured Billions in Just-Passed Spending Bill to Beat Back Growing Scourge of Opioid Drug Abuse & Trafficking By Providing More Aggressive Enforcement Measures & Increasing Treatment, Prevention & Education Efforts BUT Schumer Warns, Without Immediate Action, Money To Stop Traffickers, Execute Prevention Campaigns, and Increase Treatment Programs Could Get Mired in Red Tape and Remain In Limbo Doing Nothing For Staten Island and NY; Opioid Crisis is National Emergency That... Read More

Legislation First Introduced By Schumer Will Unlock Database For Summer Camps & Other Organizations To Access Fed Background Check On New Employees and Volunteers  Schumer Says Day Camps, Afterschool Programs Will Now Have The Ability To Conduct Sex Offender Background Checks On Prospective Employees To Protect Children  Schumer: Camps and Child Care Org Access To The FBI Database Will Help Keep Our Children Safe  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today... Read More

The NASA Space Act Agreement Will Allow Thales To Work With NASA, FAA And Other Partners To Advance Goals Of The Test Site  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced Thales, a global leader in air traffic management solutions, has reached a formal agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a Space Act Agreement to support national and regional efforts to establish UAS traffic management (UTM) in the United States. Schumer worked with... Read More

Just-Passed Federal Spending Agreement Provides Over $800 Million More in Funds for Office of Science Than Last Year  Schumer, Gillibrand: This Is A Win For Science, For BNL & For Long Island’s Economy  U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the just-passed federal spending agreement provides $6.259 billion for the Office of Science, which helps fund universities and national laboratories like Long Island’s Brookhaven National Lab... Read More

Recent Changes to the Department of Education’s Guidance Prohibited FAFSA Data From Being Released To Private Scholarship Providers Like Buffalo/Syracuse ‘Say Yes’ Chapters  Senator Says ‘Say Yes’ Provides Millions Of Dollars In Scholarships For Upstate New York’s Students Every Year, Including Thousands of Students in Buffalo and Syracuse U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced the reversal of a harmful U.S. Department of... Read More

Schumer & Gillibrand’s Continue Multi-Year Effort To Secure Funding; New Funding Will Keep RIT-Led Manufacturing Institute in Business, Deeply Enriching the Regional Economy And Opening New National Clean Manufacturing HQ in Rochester   Schumer, Gillibrand: With This New Funding RIT Can Continue To Revolutionize The US Manufacturing Industry And Bring Good-Paying Jobs to Rochester Today, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand... Read More

Schumer & Gillibrand Have Long Fought For Funds 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 more than $73 million was included in the omnibus bill for the Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).  Schumer and Gillibrand said the new bill included an additional $3 million above Fiscal Year (FY)... Read More

Schumer To Feds: Take Your Buzz Words Off of New York’s Hard Cider Today, at Rogers Cideryard in Fulton County, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called on the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Administrator John J. Manfreda to immediately reverse a provision in a proposed rule which would mandate the use of the terms ‘sparkling’ or ‘carbonated’ for all of New York’s hard ciders products. Schumer said requiring cideries to label their cider as... Read More

Federal Funding Bill Fully Funds Several Joint Defense Programs Including the Iron Dome; Massive Investment is $105 Million More Than Last Year  Gillibrand Led Bipartisan Letter Push with 40 Senators Calling for full U.S.-Israel Cooperative Missile Defense Funding for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow 3 Programs Schumer and Gillibrand Say Funding Will Tremendously Benefit Both Countries And Lead To Improved Security And Safety For One of Our Closest Allies, The State Of Israel U.S.... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $132 in federal funding for the Alexandria Bay Port of Entry Project. Funding was provided through the recently announced omnibus bill and will support the second phase of renovations for the project. Schumer and Gillibrand secured funding for phase one of the project in 2015 after nearly a decade of advocating the federal government to improve the border... Read More

Senator Says U.S. Could Have Physician Shortage of More Than 100,000 by 2030; Physician Shortage Crisis is Only Getting Worse and CNY Communities Will Pay the Price for Generations to Come Congress Should Be Doing Everything Possible To Address Severe Doctor Shortage That Is Already Putting Patient Care At Risk, Must Act Now To Reverse Course Before It’s Too Late; Urges Senate to Pass Doctor Shortage Bill Schumer: Congress Must Help Alleviate Central New York’s Doctor Shortage Joined... Read More