Press Releases
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: FEDS HAVE GREEN-LIT CRITICAL FIRST STEP TO MODERNIZE THE U.S. PLAZA AT THE LEWISTON-QUEENSTON BRIDGE – SCHUMER VOWS TO CONTINUE PUSH TO SECURE FUNDS FOR $64 MILLION PROJECT THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE CRIPPLING DELAYS, IMPROVE SECURITY, ENHANCE FLOW OF COMMERCE & CREATE/SUSTAIN OVER 1,500 CONSTRUCTION JOBS
Crippling Wait Times At Lewiston-Queenston Bridge Hinders Growth Of The Regional Economy; Canadian Shoppers And Businesses Spend $1.7 Billion Per Year In New York State And Will Do More If Cross-Border Travel Is Safer And Smoother Schumer Previously Urged GSA To Give CBP The Green Light To Move Forward On $64 Million Modernization And Expansion Of Lewiston Plaza Schumer: Lewiston Bridge Plaza Project Can Finally Move Forward - Will Improve Traffic Flow, Bolster The Regional Economy, And Cre… Continue Reading
10.05.15
SCHUMER INTRODUCES NEW FEDERAL BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON ‘SWATTING’ & DETER ALARMING NEW CRIME TREND THREATENING RESIDENTS & LAW ENFORCEMENT; ‘SWATTING’ ATTACKS ARE ON DRAMATIC RISE ACROSS HUDSON VALLEY—RECENT ATTACK CAUSED EVACUATION OF OVER 1,300 STUDENTS AT MIDDLETOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL; INCIDENTS ARE TERRIFYING STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, & ARE COSTING POLICE DEPTS. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
Deliberately False Alerts In Orange County Are Spurring Costly & Unnecessary Deployment Of Armed Swat Teams, Bomb Squads & Other Police Units, Causing The Evacuation Of Buildings, Closure Of Streets, Businesses & Putting Students At Risk Schumer Introduces Legislation To Increase Penalties For Swatting Perpetrators From A Max Of 5 Years In Prison To 8 Years, Make Criminals Pay Restitution To Police - Also Pushes To Closes Loophole To Make It Illegal For Perpetrators To Evade Law Enf… Continue Reading
10.05.15
SCHUMER: CELL PHONE WIRELESS CARRIERS ARE WRONGLY CLAIMING QUALITY RECEPTION ON COVERAGE MAPS FOR NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES; IN REALITY, AREAS ARE OFTEN DEAD ZONES; SCHUMER CALLS FOR FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATE DECEPTIVE COVERAGE MAPS
Network Service Throughout The Hudson Valley Ranks Last Place Among The Most Populated Metro Areas In The United Sates Major Wireless Carriers Are Displaying Parts Of Westchester & Putnam Counties As Having Good Quality Coverage, When Many of Those Areas Are Actually Dead Zones Schumer To Feds: Westchester & Putnam Cell Phone Consumers Should Know The Truth About Coverage Areas Standing at the Trailhead Entrance to Camp Smith Trail in Westchester C… Continue Reading
10.05.15
SCHUMER, BOOKER CALL FOR PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN ‘SENTENCING REFORM & CORRECTIONS ACT’; COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION AIMS TO SCALE BACK OVER-INCARCERATION OF NON-VIOLENT FELONS IN NY, NJ & ACROSS AMERICA; BILL WILL HELP PROVIDE PRISONERS WITH JOB-TRAINING & TOOLS THEY NEED TO ENTER SOCIETY AS PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS
Many Convicted of Low-Level, Non-Violent Drug Sales Are Held in Prison for Disproportionally Long Periods of Time Schumer & Booker Are Sponsors of New Comprehensive Justice Reform Legislation-Has Support from Conservatives & Liberals; Under Bill, Many in Prison Will Get Drug Treatment & Job Training So They Can Come Out of Prison & Live Productive Lives U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Cory Booker today called on Congress to pass the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act o… Continue Reading
10.05.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING & SUPPORT SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK CITY
Federal Funds Will Aid Kings County District Attorney's Office , Covenant House New York, Safe Horizon, Inc. & Ali Forney Center, Inc. Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Federal Grants Will Be Used To Fund Task Force to Develop & Implement Strategies to ProsecuteSex- and Labor-Traffickers and Help Human-Trafficking Survivors U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $2,070,022 in federal funding allocated through Department of Justice (DOJ) for four New York Cit… Continue Reading
10.04.15
SCHUMER: PAST UNDERFUNDING OF HURRICANE TRACKING SYSTEM MAY HAVE LED TO MISCALLS ON JOAQUIN’S TRACK; TO BOOT, FED BUDGET FOR FLEET OF CRUCIAL FORECASTING SATELLITES SLASHED BY PROPOSED $245M—CREATING NEW PROBLEMS AS EARLY AS 2016; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO ENSURE TRACKING IS THE BEST IT CAN BE WHEN IT COMES TO HURRICANES & TORNADOES
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellites Orbiting High above Earth Gather 85% Of Crucial Forecast Data To Protect U.S. Cities, Towns, Farms; Aerospace Experts Tell Feds: Unless Action Is Taken, Likelihood Of 'Catastrophic' Reduction In Weather & Climate Data Is Imminent With Climate Change Delivering 100-Year Storms on Almost Regular Basis, Schumer Launches Push To Restore Hundreds Of Millions Needed To Upgrade, Repair & Replace Essential U.S. Weather Satelli… Continue Reading
10.01.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CONSORTIUM OF COLLEGES, INCLUDING $1.2 MILLION FOR SUNY BROCKPORT IN MONROE COUNTY – SCHOOLS WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH THROUGH GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLAND MONITORING PROGRAM
SUNY Brockport To Receive $1.2 Million For Wetland Initiative In Rochester and Western New York Launched In 2010; Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funds Water Quality Projects Across Great Lakes Region U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1.2 million for SUNY Brockport. This funding was allocated through the Environmental Protection Agency to research and monitor wetlands along the shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. During this five year project, data… Continue Reading
10.01.15
SCHUMER URGES FAA TO CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVEREVIEW OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND ENSURE ALL PASSENGER FLIGHTS CARRY APPROPRIATE PEDIATRIC MEDICINE & EQUIPMENT – AFTER LOCAL BUFFALO DOCTOR ON TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO CREATE A MAKESHIFT MEDICAL DEVICE TO SAVE 2-YEAR-OLD FROM ASTHMA ATTACK; SENATOR CALLS INCIDENT A WAKE UP CALL
FAA Currently Has Requirements for Medicines and Supplies Required on Commercial Flights, But Recent Incident Sheds Light on Lack of Certain Child-Sized Equipment and Doses of Medication on Planes On A Recent Transatlantic Flight, A 2-Year Old Suffered An Asthma Attack And His Medication Was Packed In His Checked Baggage; Local Buffalo Doctor Saved The Child's Life With Innovative, Makeshift Device - But Schumer Says Not Every Child Could Be As Lucky; A Back-Up Plan Is Needed To Prevent Traged… Continue Reading
10.01.15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: HARRIS SET TO COMPETE FOR $12.7 BILLION DOD “MANPACK” RADIO CONTRACT FOLLOWING SCHUMER PUSH TO OPEN CONTRACT PROCESS TO MULTIPLE VENDERS SO COMPANIES LIKE HARRIS COULD BID; FINAL BID PROPOSALS DUE OCT. 2 – SCHUMER’S PUSH GAVE HARRIS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD TO COMPETE FOR $3.9 BILLION “RIFLEMAN” CONTRACT THAT HARRIS WON IN APRIL
DOD Is Set To Close Window For Companies Making Bids To Produce "Manpack" Radios That Help Troops Communicate & Coordinate Overseas On October 2nd; Announcement On Which Companies Will Be Selected Could Come As Soon as This Year Schumer Lauds DOD For Heeding His Call & Opening Up Application Process To Multiple Vendors - This Type of Bid Process Paved Way For Companies Like Harris Radio In Rochester To Apply & Be Selected This Year For 5-Year "Rifleman" Radio Contract, Now Competiti… Continue Reading
10.01.15
SCHUMER: IDLING TRAINS FROM CANADIAN PACIFIC RR BLOCK THE ONLY ENTRANCE & EXIT POINT FOR TOWN OF DICKINSON’S ROGERS MOUNTAIN WAY NEIGHBORHOOD; TRAINS SITTING ON TRACKS FOR HOURS CUT OFF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FROM TOWN & PREVENT EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM REACHING COMMUNITY – SCHUMER URGES COMPANY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBOR BY REMOVING IDLING TRAINS & HELPING FUND CONSTRUCTION OF ALTERNATE ROADWAY
Rogers Mountain Way Neighborhood Only Has One Entrance & Exit Point And It Is Regularly Blocked By Trains Passing Through Broome County; Idling Trains Sit on RR Crossing Track & Leave Residents Trapped In Their Neighborhood For Hours On End, Cutting Residents & Businesses Off From Surrounding Town, Emergency Responders, Snow Removal Services, Road Repair Crews And More Town Of Dickenson Has Secured Permits To Create Alternate Road For Residents When Idling Trains Are Blocking Off Ne… Continue Reading
10.01.15
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: NY NATIONAL GUARD AGREES TO BRING SGT. HENRY JOHNSON’S MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALBANY
Schumer Urged NY National Guard In July To Bring Hometown Hero's Medal of Honor To Albany U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that the New York National Guard will bring Sgt. Henry Johnson's medal of Honor to his hometown of Albany for temporary display in the near future. "We have had dozens of Capital Region citizens call and ask if the medal could visit Henry Johnson’s hometown," said Schumer. "Finally, Albanians and New Yorkers from all over the Capital Region will soon … Continue Reading
10.01.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND & HANNA ANNOUNCE OVER $2.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION INITIATIVE
Grant Will Be Used To Advance Analytics In Educational Development U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Richard Hanna today announced $2,226,635 in federal funding over five years for Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) in Oneida County. This funding was allocated through the Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions Program. The Mohawk Valley Community College will use this grant to support the Pathway to Graduation Project to introduce new init… Continue Reading
09.30.15
SCHUMER: FOLLOWING SENATOR’S CALL FOR INVESTIGATION, FEDERAL DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION CONCLUDES KUWAIT AIRWAYS IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ISRAELI CITIZENS, EVEN WHEN FLYING TO COUNTRIES THEY CAN LEGALLY ENTER; SENATOR URGED FEDS TO INTERVENE AFTER AN ISRAELI CITIZEN HAD BEEN DENIED TICKETS TO BOARD A KUWAIT AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM NYC TO LONDON
After An Israeli Citizen Was Not Permitted to Fly From NYC to London via Kuwait Airways, Schumer Urged DOT to Intervene; Senator Said Kuwait Airways Has Been Violating American Law & Discriminating Against Israeli Citizens Schumer Announces Federal Department of Transportation Finds Discrimination By Kuwait Airways; DOT Says Kuwait Airways Must Comply With U.S. Laws, As It Operates a Route Out of the U.S. Schumer: Those, Like Kuwait Airways, Who Choose to Run a Business in America Must Pla… Continue Reading
09.30.15
SCHUMER REVEALS: DANGEROUS TOXIC ALGAE IS DRAMATICALLY SPREADING ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YOK; SENATOR SAYS ALGAE FOUND IN MORE THAN 80 UPSTATE NY WATERWAYS COULD CONTAMINATE DRINKING WATER AND DAMAGE UPSTATE FISHING INDUSTRY – URGES USDA TO DEDICATE MORE FED RESOURCES TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF TOXIC ALGAE TO HELP PROTECT NY RESIDENTS AND WATER BODIES
Dangerous Toxin Has Been Detected In 14 Bodies Of Water Across CNY, 5 Bodies Of Water Across WNY, 11 Bodies Of Water Across The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region, 8 Bodies Of Water Across The Capital Region, 10 Bodies Of Water Across The Southern Tier, 26 Bodies Of Water Across The Hudson Valley, 13 Bodies Of Water Across North Country NY is Approaching Record Levels Of Toxic Algal Blooms, With 126 Outbreaks Across 87 Upstate Water Bodies In 2015 - Blooms Could Contami… Continue Reading
09.30.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $150,000 FOR WARRENSBURG FIRE DISTRICT IN WARREN COUNTY
Warrensburg Fire District Will Use Federal Funds to Purchase New Breathing Apparatus To Protect Firefighters U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $150,627 in federal funding for the Warrensburg Fire District in Warren County. This funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. This funding will be used to purchase 26 new self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). "It is critical that we pr… Continue Reading
09.30.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $880,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM ON LONG ISLAND
Grant Will Be Used To Enhance Survivor Safety Programs and Increase Offender Accountability U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $887,198 in federal funding for Suffolk County's Domestic Violence Enforcement (DoVE) project. The funding was allocated through the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women. Funding to the Domestic Violence Enforcement project will be used to enhance survivor safety and offender accountability in cases of sexua… Continue Reading
09.29.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION IN FED FUNDS TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ERIE COUNTY
Federal Grants Will Be Used To Fund Task Force to Develop & Implement Strategies to Prosecute Sex and Labor Traffickers and Help Human-Trafficking Survivors U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand today announced $1,250,000 in federal funding for the International Institute of Buffalo and the Erie County Sheriff's Office. Specifically, the International Institute of Buffalo will receive $750,000 and the Erie County Sheriff's Office will receive $500,000 to combat … Continue Reading
09.29.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TONKO ANNOUNCE $3 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS AT SCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE & ACROSS THE CAPITAL REGION
Initial $3 Million in Federal Funds Will Be Used To Train Students For Future Careers in The Healthcare Field - Funds Have Potential to Reach $15 Million Over Next 5 Years Grant Will Enable SCCC to Form Partnership of Colleges, Including Fulton-Montgomery Community College and SUNY Adirondack, To Train 2,200 Students Over The Next Five Years U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Paul Tonko today announced $3,000,000 in federal funding for the Schenectady C… Continue Reading
09.29.15
SCHUMER: IN MIDST OF DIRE FISCAL CRISIS, PUERTO RICO NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO BANKRUPTCY PROTECTIONS; SENATOR CALLS FOR SWIFT FEDERAL ACTION ON ‘PUERTO RICO CHAPTER 9 UNIFORMITY ACT,’ WHICH WILL GIVE PUERTO RICO—A U.S. TERRITORY— SAME CHAPTER 9 AUTHORITY AS U.S. STATES
With Over 1M Puerto Ricans Living in New York, Schumer Has Been Strong, Outspoken Leader On Providing Puerto Rico & Its Residents With Equitable Treatment; Schumer is Sponsor of Legislation That Would Give Puerto Rico Authority to Access Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Protections & Schumer is Sponsor of Legislation That Would Finally Treat PR Fairly in Federal Health Programs - Medicare & Medicaid Schumer Calls for Immediate Action, Including a Hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, On … Continue Reading
09.29.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE AIR FORCE BRASS TO SELECT NEW DIRECTOR OF ROME LABS WHO WILL ENSURE IT CONTINUES TO BE A LEADING FORCE AGAINST CYBER THREATS AND DRIVER OF THE CENTRAL NEW YORK ECONOMY
George Duchak, Former Director of Rome Labs, Left After 2 Years of Successfully Leading The Facility - Under Duchak, Rome Labs Continued As National Leader of Air Force Cybersecurity Research & Development And Provided Shot in the Arm to CNY Economy Senators Urge Top Air Force Officials To Pick A New Director Who Will Maintain Rome Labs' Reputation As A Premier Research Facility For The Air Force - Schumer, Gillibrand Call On USAF Secretary James to Urge Swift Action Schumer, Gillibrand To… Continue Reading
