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Insurance Currently Available to Farmers Growing Malt Barley In Four NYS Counties; Schumer Calls on Feds To Immediately Expand Vital Malt Barley Crop Insurance For More NYS Farmers Due To NYS Law, Over Next Decade Most NYS Craft Brewers Will Be Required To Source 90% Of Ingredients From Local Farms & Malt Houses; Southern Tier Distillery Will Be Ready To Meet Ingredient Demand, But Their Growing Partners Need Security Schumer: USDA Needs To Hops on... Read More

NYCHA Provides Housing, Vouchers & Other Assistance to 400K+ New Yorkers; Recently Proposed Cuts in Trump Budget Will Exacerbate NYCHA Repair Backlog & Impact Quality and Services for Countless Working Families & Seniors Schumer & Affordable Housing Advocates Demand Reversal; Pledge to Fight Back Against Any Efforts to Cut Critical Housing Funds That NYCHA Relies On   Standing in Chelsea at NYCHA apartments, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer local housing advocates from the... Read More

Easier Access Expected To Triple Canadian Boaters For Marina’s 2017 Summer Season Announcement Follows Millions In Fed Funding Secured By Schumer For New Marina Schumer: Boating is Big Business for Rochester; This New Video Phone Is Crucial for Strengthening Waterfront Attractions, Economic Activity, Job Creation And Economic Growth U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that he has successfully pushed federal officials to install a new video phone at the Port of Rochester Marina... Read More

Senator Says U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Should Avoid Any Delays In Approving Proposal To Begin Dock Construction; Urges Feds To Review Request And Immediately Approve Plan To Help Poughkeepsie Enhance Quiet Cove Riverfront Park Schumer: Approving Plan Will Be A Welcome Improvement For ?Tourists, Residents And Other Recreation Users Across The Hudson Valley Schumer To Feds: Don’t Let Bureaucratic Snafus And Red Tape Delay The Process Any Longer  U.S. Senate Minority Leader... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand, Menendez & Booker Secure FEMA Funds to Cover Repairs to 22 Damaged Sites on the Holland Tunnel  FEMA Funds to Cover 90 Percent of the $255M Price Tag for Repairs and Renovations   New York, NY – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced $229,627,041.30 of new federal funding to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The funding was allocated through the Federal Emergency... Read More

After Hearing Pleas From Ulster Residents, Schumer Urges CSX To Move Its Idling Cars, Which Are Blocking Off A Major Road, Preventing Residents From Traveling, Hurting Local Businesses & Severing  Closest Fire Department From Town   Schumer To CSX: Old Neighborhood Rd Isn’t The Neighborhood Rest Stop For Your Trains   U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today joined residents, small business owners and local officials to call on CSX to immediately find... Read More

On Wednesday Evening, A CSX Freight Train Traveling In Rockland, On a Track That Is No Stranger To Trains Carrying Flammable Crude, Derailed After Slamming Into A Truck In Haverstraw At The New Main Street Crossing Many Lives Could Have Been Put At Risk If Train Carried Crude; Schumer Urges Feds To Prioritize Effort To Stabilize Highly Volatile Crude, Making Oil-By-Rail Safer In the wake of last week’s freight train derailment in Haverstraw, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Senator Says The LECOM-Elmira Proposal Is A Win-Win For The Southern Tier Region: Will Provide A Major Economic Boost To Chemung County And Boost The Health Of The Region  New Medical College Is A Cornerstone Of Efforts To Revitalize Downtown Elmira And The Surrounding Area;  Influx Of Primary Care Physicians Will Remedy A Medically Underserved Area Of The State And Improve Health Outcomes Of Its Residents  Schumer: Med School Expansion Could Be A Booster Shot For The... Read More

Newly Released Admin Budget Seeks to Eliminate Funds that are Critical to Air Service in Watertown, Massena, Ogdensburg and Many Other Airports Schumer: Cuts To North Country’s Airports and Air Service Should Not Clear Senate Runway U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today launched a major push to protect important air service in Upstate New York, especially at Watertown, Massena and Ogdensburg International Airports from proposed cuts by the administration. The recently... Read More

Children’s Health Insurance Program Provides Critical, Low-cost Health Care For 330K Kids In NY State, Nearly 20K In Capital Region, & 8K Children In Glens Falls Hospital’s Service Area  In 2015, Schumer Successfully Pushed Congress To Extend CHIP Finding And Preserved Health Care Plans That Low- To Moderate- Income Families Depend On   Schumer: Ensuring Our Kids Can Get Treatment They Need Should Not Be A Partisan Issue  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E.... Read More

Cost-Effective Technology To Remove Chemical From Products Already Exists, Known as “Vacuum Stripping,” But Mandating It Requires Feds To Act Many of Consumer & Children’s Bath Products Contain Toxic Chemical; Toxin Gets Into Water Supply When Consumers Wash Hands, Hair Or When Kids Take Baths, Chemical Mixes With Water Going Down Your Drain & EPA Has Said It Spells Real Trouble Schumer: It’s Time To Drain 1,4 Dioxane From Everyday Products & Make LI, NY Water... Read More

Schumer: Bipartisan Bill Will Provide Feds With More Resources: Including Additional Border Agents And Scientists, Drug Labs, Training & New Portable Devices To Detect & Intercept Illicit Fentanyl And Other Synthetic Opioids  Senator Says Staten Island Has Experienced An Explosion Of Drug Use Including Fentanyl-Laced Heroin; At Least 48 People This Year Have Been Charged With Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin And Other Drugs Throughout SI & At Least 20 Suspected... Read More

Funding will be used to purchase new safety equipment for first responders Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Nita Lowey today announced $95,239 in federal funding for the Stony Point Ambulance Corps. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. Specifically, the Stony Point Ambulance Corps will use the federal funding to purchase new Stryker Power-Load... Read More

Senator Says Once Again Hydrilla Weeds Have Begun Showing Up In Finger Lakes Region – Plant Could Put A Stranglehold On Finger Lakes, Turning Away Fishing, Boating, Other Lake-Based Recreation In Region Worth Millions To Upstate Economy  In Letters to EPA & US Fish and Wildlife Service, Schumer Calls for $850,000 in Federal Funding and the Support for Long-Term Plan To Eradicate Weed & Keep It From Coming Back  Schumer: We Can’t Allow Hydrilla To Take Root In Seneca... Read More

In 2013, Flooding Rains Submerged The Streets Of Herkimer, Which Caused Extensive Damage At Their North Bellinger Street & Marginal Road Storm Drains Herkimer Remains Vulnerable To Future Flooding Until Drainage System Is Repaired, But Cannot Move Forward Without FEMA Sign-Off; Village Has Sought Approval As Far Back As 2014 Schumer: Herkimer Cannot Wait Any Longer; FEMA Needs To Cut Through Red Tape & Approve Project ASAP U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer joined residents... Read More

Funds Will Be Used To Enhance Response Capabilities And Acquire Safety & Operations Supplies   U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $65,239 in federal funding for the Randolph Regional EMS Corporation in Cattaraugus County. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. Specifically, the federal funding will be used to improve their ability to protect the health and... Read More

Funds Will Be Used To Improve Ability to Protect Health and Safety of the Growing Communities of Ontario County   U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $22,691 in federal funding for the Victor-Farmington Volunteer Ambulance Corp. in Ontario County. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The Victor-Farmington Ambulance Corp. will use federal funding to enhance... Read More

Grant Funds Will Be Used To Enhance Response Capabilities And Acquire Safety & Operations Supplies  U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $14,903 in federal funding for Sidney EMS in Delaware County. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). Specifically, the funding will be used to improve their ability to protect the health and safety of the public and allow them to... Read More

Funding will be used to purchase new communications equipment to coordinate with 911 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $7,554 in federal funding for the Town of Newburgh Emergency Medical Services. The funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. Specifically, the Town of Newburgh Emergency Medical Services will use the federal funding to upgrade their... Read More

Schumer: Bipartisan Bill Will Provide Feds With More Resources: Including Additional Border Agents And Scientists, Drug Labs, Training & New Portable Devices To Detect & Intercept Illicit Fentanyl And Other Synthetic Opioids Senator Says Binghamton And The Southern Tier Has Experienced An Explosion Of Drug Use Including Fentanyl-Laced Heroin & Meth, As Well As Drug-Related Crime Schumer: Feds Need More Resources To Shutdown Stream Of Fentanyl From Ever Reaching... Read More