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Standing Alongside North Country Advocates, Schumer Reveals How Insulin Costs Are Rising Rapidly, With Average Increase Of 15 – 17% Per Year Since 2012; With A Horrific 1 In 4 NOW Rationing The Drug Because Of Cost New Bipartisan Plan Will Cap Costs For Insulin At $35 Per Month And Crack Down On Bureaucratic Requirements That Can Force Patients To Jump Through Hoops To Get Insurers To Pay For Medications Schumer: No North Country Family Should Ever Be Forced To Choose Between Insulin And... Read More

Standing Alongside North Country Advocates, Schumer Reveals How Insulin Costs Are Rising Rapidly, With Average Increase Of 15 – 17% Per Year Since 2012; With A Horrific 1 In 4 NOW Rationing The Drug Because Of Cost New Bipartisan Plan Will Cap Costs For Insulin At $35 Per Month And Crack Down On Bureaucratic Requirements That Can Force Patients To Jump Through Hoops To Get Insurers To Pay For Medications Schumer: No North Country Family Should Ever Be Forced To Choose Between Insulin And... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced he has secured a first-ever agreement from FEMA that creates a pathway for reimbursement on previously rejected expenses incurred by hospitals in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, costs like transportation, child care, and housing will now be eligible for reimbursement. It is estimated that this flexibility will unlock approximately $250 million for New York’s hospitals, which otherwise would have been shouldered by the... Read More

During The Pandemic, Congress Authorized USDA To Issue Critical Waivers To Boost School Meal Programs To Feed Children; But Waiver Was Due To Sunset On June 30th, Jeopardizing Summer Meal Programs And Access To Free School Meals Senator Says Bipartisan Bill Will Stave Off Impending Hunger Crisis Giving Schools, Daycares, Nonprofits The Support They Need To Ensure Children’s Access To Healthy Food Amid Economic Recovery and Supply Chain Disruptions Schumer: No Child Should Go Hungry; Now... Read More

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Will Incentivize States To Create Red Flag Laws, Invest In Mental Health And Community-Based Solutions To Gun Violence, Close The ‘Boyfriend Loophole’, Boost Funding For Schools, Enhance Background Checks For Those Under 21, And More Schumer: Now For The First Time In Decades, Congress Has Passed Meaningful Gun Safety Measures That Will Save Thousands Of Lives Following the tragic mass shootings on Buffalo’s East Side and in Uvalde, TX, U.S.... Read More

Schumer Directly Lobbied President Biden For Feds To Select WNY For Up To A $100 Million Grant To Transform The East Side And WNY Landscape By Bringing Major Tech Investment And Workforce Training To Underserved Communities WNY Advanced Manufacturing Cluster Would Scale Up Innovation, Advance Inclusive Workforce Development, And Develop Infrastructure To Rapidly Expand The Growing Advanced Manufacturing Sector Schumer To Biden: EDA Regional Challenge Award Can Transform Buffalo’s East... Read More

New Toxic Exposure Healthcare Bill For Veterans Includes Major $11M Investment To Ramp Up Buffalo VA Research Programs And Open Up Critical Space In Most Modern Building Of WNY VA Medical Center, Giving Local Veterans Improved Direct Patient Care And Reducing Wait Times For Essential Medical Procedures On Top Of Direct WNY Investment, Senator Says “Honoring Our Pact Act” Will Cut Red Tape So Vets Exposed To Environmental Hazards Get The Health Care Benefits They Desperately... Read More

Following Tragic 2009 Plane Crash, The Senators Fought Alongside Families Of Flight 3407 Victims To Create Critical Flight Safety Regulations, Including Requirement That Pilots Log 1,500 Flight Hours In Order To Receive Certificate And Pilot Record Database Since The Rule Was Enacted There Has Not Been A Fatal Crash On A U.S. Airline, But Now Schumer, Gillibrand Say Some Airlines Want To Roll Back Or Eliminate Safety Provisions Needlessly Putting Lives At Risk Schumer, Gillibrand: Air Safety... Read More

Last Week, Schenectady Experienced 4 Deadly Overdoses In A Single Week; City Of Albany Overdose Responses Have Exceeded The 3 Year Avg. Every Month In 2022; Despite Troubling Statistics Schenectady & Rensselaer Counties Are Still Not Designated A ‘High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area,’ Blocking Vital Federal Resources To Beat Back Scourge In Capital Region Schumer Launches Two-Part Plan: (1) Supercharge Community-Based Addiction Treatment With $3.2B Plus-Up To Boost Localities... Read More

Opioid Overdoses – Fueled By Fentanyl – Killed 186 Onondaga County Residents In 2021, An All-Time High Surpassing Record 156 Fatal Overdoses Recorded in 2020; Pandemic Took A Toll That Will Take Years To Overcome Without Right Amount Of Dollars & Action By Feds; Locals Cannot Do This Alone Senator Says A Supercharge Of Fed Funds He’ll Fight For Will Allow National Drug Control Programs To Hone In On More Localities With Specific Needs, Like CNY; Prevention, Treatment &... Read More

Last Month, The EPA Announced Plans To Cut Of Rural Air Quality Monitoring Sites In Oswego, Franklin, And Essex Counties, Which Would Severely Limit Local Monitoring of Pollutants; Senator Says He Is Committed To Fighting For More Funding To Keep These Sites Open Schumer Says These Stations Provide Essential Data For Protecting The North Country & Adirondack’s Ecosystems, Tracking Airborne Pollution, And Have Played A Critical Role In Curbing Acid Rain And Promoting Major Environmental... Read More

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger, and Dr. Stan Whittingham, distinguished professor at BU and 2019 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, today released the following column on their joint effort to secure tens of millions in federal investment to transform the Southern Tier into America’s next major battery manufacturing research hub.   Following Schumer’s direct advocacy,  Binghamton’s project was... Read More

Senator Was A Lead Champion Of The Vital ‘Save Our Stages’ Federal Grant Program That Gave Rochester Jazz Fest The $1.3M In Pandemic Relief It Needed To Keep The Music Flowing And To Ensure The Show Would Go On Now Jazz Fest Is Bigger Than Ever With Its Headline Shows Free For All To Enjoy; Driving Millions In Economic Activity To The Downtown And Thousands To Rochester’s Restaurants & Businesses  Schumer: Let The Music And Economic Activity Flow Through Downtown... Read More

Toxins In Burn Pit Smoke Can Have Long-Term Health Effects – From Cancers To Respiratory Illnesses – But Veterans Struggled To Receive Coverage & Had Claims Repeatedly Denied For These Conditions Senator Says “Honoring Our PACT Act” Will Cut Red Tape So Vets Exposed To Environmental Hazards Get The Health Care Benefits They Desperately Deserve; Bill Now Heads To The House, Schumer Calls For Swift Passage To Send To The President’s Desk To Be Signed Into... Read More

After Horrific, Racist Mass Shooting At East Side’s Sole Supermarket Highlighted Lack Of Affordable Food For Buffalo’s Largest African American Neighborhood, Senators Immediately Began Work To Bring Fed Funding To Bolster Resources For Community-Led Food Groups Schumer Originally Fought Alongside Community Leaders To Open Tops Market Grocery in 2003; Now Delivers New Fed Investment To Create Additional Sustainable Food Options For East Side Residents   Schumer, Gillibrand:... Read More

After Schumer Visited In March 2021 To Push For Revolutionary System, Sullivan Receives Critical Award To Bring Fast & Affordable Internet To Underserved Communities Schumer Says An Estimated Over 4,000 Sullivan County Households Lack Sufficient Access To High-Speed Internet; But Now With New Award Plus Historic Investments From ARP And Infrastructure Law Sullivan Will Boost Access To 65% Of Underserved Residents And Businesses Schumer: Closing The Digital Divide Will Fully Connect Sullivan... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) yesterday stood with family members of the victims of the Buffalo mass shooting following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on domestic terrorism. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:  Thank you Senator Durbin, and let me thank you was chair of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Blumenthal and all the other members of the Judiciary Committee who were here. But most... Read More

Following The Horrific Mass Shooting At The East Side’s Lone Supermarket, The Immense Lack of Access to Fresh & Affordable Food Facing Buffalo’s Largest African American Neighborhood Was Highlighted Schumer, Who Fought Alongside Community Leaders To Open This Store in 2003, Is Calling On USDA To Increase Fed Investment To Combat Low-Access Food Areas Schumer To USDA: As Buffalo Continues To Mourn, We Must Do More To Provide Fresh, Affordable Food Options U.S. Senate Majority... Read More

Schumer Has Campaigned Relentlessly For Sgt. Henry Johnson, An African American WWI Hero, Who Was Denied Recognition Due To Racism and Segregation; Now Securing His Name On Louisiana Base Currently Named After A Confederate Soldier General In 2015, At Schumer’s Request, The White House Posthumously Awarded The Medal Of Honor To Sgt. Henry Johnson For His Heroics In Singlehandedly Fighting Off Dozens Of German Soldiers Schumer: An American Hero, NY Legend, Sgt. Johnson Now Slated To Receive... Read More

Schumer Personally Wrote To Commerce Secretary Raimondo To Advocate For The Award To Build Essential Infrastructure At The Former Griffiss Air Force Base To Attract New Businesses Schumer Created EDA Grant In American Rescue Plan With Projects Like Griffiss’s In Mind; Funding Will Replace Aging Infrastructure To Strengthen Rome As A Hub For Economic Development In The Mohawk Valley Schumer: EDA Investment In Griffiss Business & Technology Park Is A Win-Win-Win, Attracting And... Read More