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JFK Has Been A Major Point Of Entry For Fentanyl Smuggling & Also Has An International Mail Processing Center; Drugs That Make It Out Of JFK Go All Over The Northeast; This Tech Can Help Derail Trafficking Across the Region  Once President Signs Bi-Partisan Schumer-Backed Bill Known As The INTERDICT Act, Senator Wants Portable Chemical Detection Technology To Land At JFK ASAP & Intercept Illicit Fentanyl  Schumer: New York Is Just One Signature Away From... Read More

New Data Shows 2016 Rate of Drug Overdose Deaths In The U.S. Increased By An Unprecedented 21%; Westchester And Rockland Counties Have Not Been Spared, With 143 Opioid Overdose Deaths In 2016, A Nearly 200% Increase From 49 Deaths In 2015  Schumer Says Startling New CDC Data Serves As Shot Across the Bow And Reason We Must Secure Additional Federal Funds Here At Home    Schumer: Westchester And Rockland Counties Desperately Need Additional Federal Funding To Beat... Read More

 Schumer Launches Effort To Ensure Local Governments Are Notified When Companies Like Verla International Are Cited For Mishandling Of Flammable Or Hazardous Substances  Senator Says  Emergency Response Agencies Should Always Be Notified Of Serious Health & Environmental Violations So They Can Proactively Prevent Accidents and Prepare To Respond When An Issue Arises  Schumer: Feds Notification System To Local First Responders For Serious OSHA Violations Needs A Complete... Read More

Pfc. Mensah Was Home in the Bronx For Holidays When Apartment Fire Broke Out; Mensah Evacuated a Family of Six & Went Back Into Inferno Four More Times To Save Others When He Was Killed Schumer Says Mensah, an Immigrant from Ghana, Showed Courage, Sacrifice & Utter Selflessness & Deserves To Be Recognized Schumer: Pfc. Mensah Was A Soldier, Immigrant, First Generation American, NY’er, But Above All Else, He Was a Hero U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the U.S.... Read More

Over 4,500 Long Island-Area Teamster Families Are Now Victims Of A Pension System That Could Collapse On Itself; These Teamsters Have Worked For Years Paying Into The System, But Now Have Been Forced to Take a 30 Percent Cut in Benefits & Could Lose Even More Of Their Hard-Earned Pension Without Action, The Plan Could Suffer Further Financial Trouble and Beneficiaries Could See Additional Cuts; But Schumer-Backed “Butch Lewis Act” Would  Help Plans Meet Their... Read More

New Data Shows 2016 Rate of Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Increased by 21 Percent; Staten Island Has Not Been Spared, With Highest Rate of Overdose Deaths in All of NYC  Schumer Says Startling New Data Serves as Shot Across the Bow And Reason We Must Secure Additional Federal Funds Here At Home  Schumer: SI Depends On Upcoming Budget Deal To Beat Back Opioid Scourge  U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today launched a public push to fight the deadly opioid crisis and said he will... Read More

Just This Month, Two NYC Children With Autism Went Wandering, But Were Thankfully Found Safe; Incidents Could Have Been Prevented By Wearable Tracking Devices That Allow Law Enforcement To Locate Vulnerable Children And Adults – Almost Half Of Children With Autism Will Wander At Least Once Schumer’s Legislation, “Kevin & Avonte’s Law,” Which Just Passed the Senate, Would Create A Vital Grant Program To Provide Families With Lifesaving Locator Devices Schumer:... Read More

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined a group of 13 Senate Democrats to call on Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to hold railroads accountable for failing to implement sufficient safety measures. The Senators have requested a status report on railroads’ implementation of positive train control (PTC), a lifesaving technology required by Congressional mandate to be fully implemented by 2018. The Senators’ letter comes four days... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Investment Will Train Workers To Adapt To New World Of High-Tech Manufacturing U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,500,000 in federal funding for Hudson Valley Community College. The funding was allocated through the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and will be used for a new Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) training facility.  Specifically, this investment will... Read More

The Department of Education Awarded Pioneer New Contract to Resume Its Work With Federal Student Loan Borrowers Recovering From Defaults  – With New Contract, Local Wyoming & Chemung County Company will Hire 200 Workers U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that Pioneer Credit Recovery with operations in Wyoming County and Chemung Counties will begin hiring 200 new workers as a result of a new award-term extension... Read More

Schumer Urges Army Corps To Issue Review And Approve Proposal So Legoland Can Turn Vacant Property In Orange County Into A Family Theme Park Destination That Will Provide Jobs For Residents and Significant Tax Revenue for Localities, Including Goshen; Schumer Says Park Can Boost The Local Economy And Bring Hundreds Of Jobs To Orange County  Project Expected To Employ More Than 500 Permanent Full-Time Jobs, 500 Seasonal Jobs, 300-Part-Time Jobs And An Additional 800 Construction Jobs;... Read More

Amidst New ISIS Threat To NYC & On Heels Of Last Week’s Failed Terror Attack In Subway, Schumer Says Feds Must Rigorously Test Bomb Detection Technology In NYC & Speed-Up Adoption Of Machines That Should Be Placed In Some Of NYC’s Busiest Transit Hubs, Like Subways, Penn Station & Airports TSA Has Been Working On The Technology Since 2004 With Partners Like Amtrak & NJT; Schumer Says, Given Era Of Terror & Lone Wolves, Feds Must Put Device That Can Detect Suicide... Read More

Yesterday’s Vote By The FCC To Repeal Net Neutrality Could Jack Up The Cost Of  Internet Access & Means The Internet Is No Longer Open Or Fair Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Will Now Be Allowed To Deliberately Speed Up Or Slow Down Traffic From Specific Websites, Apps, Or Charge More For Different Content  Schumer: We Must Hit ‘Control, Alt, Delete’ On FCC’s Vote To Kill The Open Internet Standing at WeWork headquarters, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Schumer: Fed Policy That Blocks Shipping Christmas Trees Is Straight Out of The Grinch’s Playbook U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today urged United States Postal Service Postmaster General Megan Brennan to immediately waive any and all procedural changes that are preventing New Yorkers from sending donated Christmas trees to soldiers serving overseas.  According to Schumer, this week dozens of donated Christmas trees in New York were returned to sender by the United... Read More

Despite Months Without Permanent Coverage, Federal Bureau of Prisons Has Yet to Hire A Priest at Metropolitan Detention Center With Christmas Fast Approaching, Schumer Says a Catholic Chaplain Should Be Hired Immediately; Senator Says Priest Could Help Provide a Safer Environment & Offer Spiritual Guidance to Inmates Seeking Support Amidst the Christmas season, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is dragging on hiring a priest for... Read More

Schumer: Fed Policy That Blocks Shipping Christmas Trees Is Straight Out of The Grinch’s Playbook U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today urged United States Postal Service Postmaster General Megan Brennan to immediately waive any and all procedural changes that are preventing New Yorkers from sending donated Christmas trees to soldiers serving overseas.  According to Schumer, this week dozens of donated Christmas trees in New York were returned to sender by the United... Read More

Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act Will Help Holocaust Survivors & Families of Holocaust Victims By Requiring the State Dept. Report on Progress of The Return of or Restitution for Nazi-Confiscated Assets   Schumer: JUST Act is a Drop of Justice in What Was An Ocean of Injustice   U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced Senate passage of the Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act, which will assist Holocaust survivors and the families of... Read More

Schumer: Lack Of Safety "Underride Guards" On Trucks Is A Flashing Red Light   “Requiring trucks be equipped with underride guards is a proven technology that will save lives and make our roads safer. Whether to get to work or to drop their kids off at school or to get home for the holidays, most New Yorkers drive regularly on roads where our truck safety standards are lacking and in need of improvement to fill critical gaps and adapt to new safety technology. The reality is... Read More

Schumer: Northland Corridor Redevelopment Project Is Essential To Help Revitalize Buffalo’s East Side; Historic Northland Avenue Property Is Central To The Project   Northland Corridor Project And Planned Training Center Will Address Buffalo's Skills Gap And Help Prepare Workers For Jobs That Local Companies Need U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today called on the National Park Service (NPS) to approve the Northland Corridor Redevelopment... Read More

USDOT Just Decided-- Out Of Thin Air -- To Scrap A Critical Consumer Protection That Would Have Forced Airlines to Disclose Bag Fees Upfront; Senator Worries, Without Disclosure, Bag Fee Increases Are On The Way Latest Decision Is Made Even Worse By Recent USDOT’s Notices To Axe Other Consumer Protections Including Ones for Missing Or Damaged Wheelchairs; Meanwhile, Airlines Collected $7 Billion In Baggage Fees In 2016 Alone Schumer: USDOTs Last-Minute Christmas Gift To Airlines Hurts... Read More