Press Releases
FOLLOWING MASSIVE FIRE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT ABANDONED CHARLESTOWN MALL, SCHUMER, BRINDISI SAY PRIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES; REPS CALL FOR EPA TO IMMEDIATELY INSPECT SITE FOR POTENTIAL QUALIFICATION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
For Years, Charlestown Mall Has Been Plagued With Fires & Vandalism; Abandoned, Century-Old Structure Is Barely Standing After Wednesday's Fire Schumer, Brindisi Say Damage To Mall Requires Federal Response; EPA Must Devote All Necessary Resources Until Site Does Not Pose Threat To Environment Or Public Health Schumer, Brindisi To EPA: Prioritize Safety Of Mohawk Valley And Begin Charlestown Mall Site Inspections In the aftermath of Wednesday's fire, the most severe blaze reported at th… Continue Reading
08.28.20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MALONEY, DELGADO ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL $1.8 MILLION IN FEDERAL EMERGENCY TRANSIT FUNDING FOR DUTCHESS COUNTY IN HUDSON VALLEY
During Negotiations For Cares Act, Leader Schumer Prioritized & Secured $$$ For Upstate New York Transit; Gillibrand, Maloney and Delgado Shepherded Legislation to Final Passage Dutchess County Will Receive Additional $1.8M To Support Transit Operations As Counties Respond To & Recover From COVID-19 Pandemic Reps: Federal Funding Will Keep Hudson Valley Moving Forward U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Malon… Continue Reading
08.27.20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $950K IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $965,000 in federal funding awarded through the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) COVID-19 Recovery Assistance. This funding will support programs designed to reinvigorate regional economies that have been impacted by widespread business closures and economic stagnation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. "In these trying and unprecedented times, the federal government … Continue Reading
08.27.20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $977 THOUSAND IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO INVEST IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT UPSTATE NEW YORK
USDA Funding Will Be Used To Invest In Regional Economic Development And Infrastructure In 20 Rural Counties Across Upstate; Create 323 Jobs Lewis, Rensselaer, Putnam, Columbia, Schoharie, Sullivan, Orange, Delaware, Ulster, Suffolk, Dutchess, Essex, St. Lawrence, Washington, Warren, Oneida, Fulton, Montgomery, Herkimer, Hamilton Counties Will Each Receive Thousands Of Dollars To Improve Their Communities Senators: USDA Funding Will Deliver Critical Economic Revitalization For Upstate NY U.S… Continue Reading
08.25.20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MALONEY ANNOUNCE OVER $204 THOUSAND IN FEDERAL EMERGENCY TRANSIT FUNDING FOR PUTNAM COUNTY
During Negotiations For Cares Act, Leader Schumer Prioritized & Secured $$$ For Upstate New York Transit; Gillibrand, Maloney Shepherded Legislation To Final Passage Putnam County Will Receive $204K To Support Transit Operations As County Responds To & Recovers From COVID-19 Pandemic Reps: Federal Funding Will Keep Putnam County Moving Forward U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney today announced $204,195 in CAR… Continue Reading
08.24.20
SCHUMER DEMANDS A FULL REPORT HANDED TO CONGRESS IN 2-WEEKS OUTLINING HOW ELECTION MAIL WILL BE DELIVERED ON TIME; WANTS NEW OVERSIGHT ACTIONS FROM JUST-CREATED—INDEPENDENT—POSTAL UNIT HEADED BY DEM APPOINTEE WITH ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE CHANGES TO PROTECT ELECTION MAIL & HOLD DEJOY ACCOUNTABLE
Amid DeJoy "Promises," Schumer Pushes Oversight Action On USPS & Voting-By-Mail With NEW Requirement For 'Election Mail Report' That He Wants In Two Weeks; DeJoy Has Lost Credibility And Now Requires Eyes On Him Senator Has Spoken With Postal Board Governor He Appointed, Who Is Straight-Shooter & Committed To Getting Report On Senator's Desk, Along With Updates For ALL Senators Schumer: With USPS STILL Enveloped In Crisis, Independent Oversight Will Be Key To Repairing Dama… Continue Reading
08.21.20
AFTER SECURING + $87,000 FOR NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, SCHUMER CALLS FOR MORE NBRC FUNDINGTO FUEL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
A Federal-State Partnership, NBRC Provides Economic Development Funding For Distressed Communities; Previously Approved Projects Support Entrepreneurs, Improve Water, Broadband, And Transportation Infrastructure, And Promote Other Initiatives To Improve The Region's Economy Senator Says Support For NBRC Programs Is More Important Than Ever To Assist Underserved Communities In The North Country Rebuild And Recover From The COVID Economic Crisis Schumer: The Federal Government Needs to Step Up … Continue Reading
08.21.20
SCHUMER: AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE NORTH COUNTRY ECONOMY, SMALL BUSINESSES NEED SECOND PPP FORGIVABLE LOAN & MORE EIDL LOANS & GRANTS TO STAY AFLOAT; FLANKED BY PLATTSBURGH BUSINESS OWNERS, SENATOR ANNOUNCES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO GIVE LOCAL SMALL BIZ OWNERS ADDITIONAL FEDERAL RELIEF
Window For Accessing A PPP Loan For Region's Small Biz's Closed 2 Weeks Ago; EIDL Grant Availability Has Run Dry And SBA-Imposed Caps on EIDL Loan And Grant Amounts Has Restricted Assistance, Risking Vital Lifeline For Thousands Of Businesses Across NY Schumer Pushes Vital Two-Pronged Legislation To Provide Economic Relief To Capital Region’s Small Businesses By 1) Extending PPP Program To 2021 & Offering New Second Round of Forgivable PPP Assistance, And 2) Adding $180 Billion To Na… Continue Reading
08.21.20
SCHUMER: USPS STILL IN CHAOS; PUSHES NEW TWO-PRONG PLAN TO REVERSE DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES TO THE POSTAL SERVICE IMPACTING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NORTH COUNTRY; LEGISLATION WOULD IMMEDIATELY UNDO RECENT CRIPPLING CHANGES, CEMENT MAIL-IN BALLOTS AS FIRST CLASS PRIORITY & PROTECT USPS FROM FURTHER DEVASTATION
After Successfully Calling For DeJoy To Appear In Hearings And Immediately Halt USPS Devastating Changes, Schumer Pushes Plan To Cement USPS Reliability And Service, No Matter WHO Is In Charge Senator Has Warned Postmaster's Actions Have Jeopardized North Country Delivery Of Medications, VA Benefits, Paychecks & Sanctity Of The Nov. Election & Now Plans New Fight To Reverse Damage Schumer: Postal Service Pandemonium That Hit North Country Needs To Be Packed Up and Shipped Out S… Continue Reading
08.20.20
AFTER CALL WITH POSTMASTER DEJOY, SCHUMER LAYS OUT SERIES OF KEY QUESTIONS ON USPS PLANS TO SUSPEND HARMFUL OPERATIONAL CHANGES FOLLOWING PRESSURE FROM DEMS AND AMERICAN PUBLIC
Schumer Questions Postmaster General On Removal Of Sorting Machines And USPS Blue Collection Boxes Washington, D.C.-Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, sent as follow up to their Tuesday, August 18th phone conversation regarding DeJoy's decision to halt some operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) until after the November election following pressure from Democrats and the American people. In the letter, Leader S… Continue Reading
08.20.20
SCHUMER: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS & INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FACE HUGE BUDGET SHORTFALLS AMID ONGOING COVID CRISIS; SENATOR PUSHES TO EXPAND SUPPORT IN FUTURE STIMULUS
Building On Successful Funding For Universities Through The CARES Act - Which Netted SUNY CORTLAND $6.2M - Schumer Says New Education Bill Includes $132 Billion In Additional Funding For Higher Education Senator Says Also Pushes For Direct Aid For Local Government As City of Cortland Faces A $1.3 Million Deficit Schumer Meets With Cortland Mayor Brian Tobin & SUNY Cortland President Eric Erik J. Bitterbaum To Discuss Efforts In meeting with Mayor Tobin and President Bitterbaum at SUNY C… Continue Reading
08.20.20
SCHUMER REVEALS: WITH NEGOTIATIONS AT A STANDSTILL, UPSTATE NEW YORK WINERIES MISS OUT ON CRITICAL SMALL BUSINESS LOANS & GRANTS; SENATOR CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL EIDL FUNDING & THE ELIMINATION OF ALL CAPS THAT LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF RELIEF TO WINERIES AND UNCORK POTENTIAL FOR FINGER-LAKES REGION VINEYARDS
EIDL Grants Have Run Dry & SBA-Imposed Caps on Loan & Grants Limits Assistance, Risking Vital Lifeline For Thousands Of Businesses Across NY; Schumer-Backed Bipartisan Small Biz Emergency Grants Act Adds $180 Billion For Grants And Loans & Lift Cap From $150K To $2M For Each Loan Applicant Senator Says Finger Lakes Wineries Have Been Hit Hard By Pandemic With Decreased Tourism & Sharp Declines In Restaurant Demand For Wine, Wineries Face Major Losses Schumer: Don't Let NY's Win… Continue Reading
08.19.20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $300K IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT NURSING WORKFORCE IN THE SOUTHERN TIER
U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $286,263 in federal funding to expand nursing opportunities and combat workforce shortages in the Southern Tier. Specifically, this funding will be used to establish clinical education and training programs in the region. "The COVID-19 crisis has proven to us the importance of nurses in keeping the Southern Tier healthy," said Senator Schumer. "While we have tremendous nurses providing world-cl… Continue Reading
08.19.20
SCHUMER REVEALS: PANDEMIC LEAVES FINGER LAKES HOSPITAL STRAPPED FOR CASH, SADDLED WITH COSTS FOR PPE & TESTING; SENATOR ANNOUNCES THREE-PRONG PLAN TO GET FINANCIALLY-DEVASTATED NY HOSPITALS – LIKE SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL – THEIR FAIR SHARE AND SECURE THEIR SERVICES FOR THE REGION
COVID-19 Costs and Cancellation Of Elective Procedures Left Hospitals Strapped For Cash; Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital Has Already Eliminated 50 Positions And Risk Needing To Eliminate 20 More In The Fall Schumer Pushes Three-Pronged Plan To Get Hospitals More Federal Support, 1) Pushing For More Funding From Schumer-Created $175 Billion Provider Relief Fund, 2) Calling For Improvements To Medicare Loans Program, & 3) Demanding More Support For COVID-19 Testing Schumer: Finger La… Continue Reading
08.19.20
SCHUMER: USPS STILL IN CHAOS; PUSHES NEW TWO-PRONG PLAN TO REVERSE DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES TO THE POSTAL SERVICE IMPACTING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN TIER; LEGISLATION WOULD IMMEDIATELY UNDO RECENT CRIPPLING CHANGES, CEMENT MAIL-IN BALLOTS AS FIRST CLASS PRIORITY & PROTECT USPS FROM FURTHER DEVASTATION
After Successfully Calling For DeJoy To Appear In Hearings This Week And Immediately Halt USPS Devastating Changes, Schumer Pushes Plan To Cement USPS Reliability And Service, No Matter WHO Is In Charge Senator Has Warned Postmaster's Actions Have Jeopardized Southern Tier Delivery Of Medications, VA Benefits, Paychecks & Sanctity Of The Nov. Election & Now Plans New Fight To Reverse Damage Schumer: Postal Service Pandemonium That Hit Southern Tier Needs To Be Packed Up and Ship… Continue Reading
08.19.20
SCHUMER: USPS STILL IN CHAOS; PUSHES NEW TWO-PRONG PLAN TO REVERSE DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES TO THE POSTAL SERVICE IMPACTING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT HUDSON VALLEY; LEGISLATION WOULD IMMEDIATELY UNDO RECENT CRIPPLING CHANGES, CEMENT MAIL-IN BALLOTS AS FIRST CLASS PRIORITY & PROTECT USPS FROM FURTHER DEVASTATION
After Successfully Calling For DeJoy To Appear In Hearings This Week And Immediately Halt USPS Devastating Changes, Schumer Pushes Plan To Cement USPS Reliability And Service, No Matter WHO Is In Charge Senator Has Warned Postmaster's Actions Have Jeopardized Hudson Valley Delivery Of Medications, VA Benefits, Paychecks & Sanctity Of The Nov. Election & Now Plans New Fight To Reverse Damage Schumer: Postal Service Pandemonium That Hit Hudson Valley Needs To Be Packed Up and Ship… Continue Reading
08.19.20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $4.4 MILLION IN NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION FUNDING FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK
Senators Secure Funding For Eight Northern Border Regional Commission Projects In City of Troy, Warren, Washington, Sullivan, St. Lawrence, And Herkimer Counties, Tupper Lake, Town Of Essex, & North Country Community College Funding Will Jumpstart Projects That Will Revitalize Upstate New York Economy Schumer, Gillibrand: Jobs & Support For Communities On The Way U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $4,499,626 in federal … Continue Reading
08.18.20
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $1 MILLION IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FUNDING FOR CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND THE NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced $1,379,996 million in federal funding for food and agriculture research at Cornell University and the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. This funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Specifically, this funding was awarded through NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research … Continue Reading
08.18.20
SCHUMER: LI VETS ARE PARTICULARLY HURT BY POSTAL DYSFUNCTION; REVEALS ABOUT 50,000 ON ISLAND HAVE VA MAIL-ORDER PHARMACY ACCESS FOR CRITICAL MEDS & RX; SENATOR PRESSURES PRESIDENT TRUMP, ON BEHALF OF VETS, TO GET DEJOY TO STOP THE MADNESS
VA Fills About 80% Of Veteran Prescriptions Using USPS Because Of High Accuracy & Lower Processing Costs; About 50,000 Vets Across LI Depend On This Service Functioning For Day-To-Day Meds To Treat Various Health Conditions LI Vets Join Schumer At Local Clinic In Push To Get POTUS To Force DeJoy To Stop The Undermining Before Further Damage Is Done Schumer: Local Vets Should Not Have To Go To War Over Getting Their Rx In a national push, standing with some of Long Island's 100,000 veter… Continue Reading
08.17.20
SCHUMER PUSHES NEW ACTIONS TO STOP DESTRUCTIVE CHANGES IN THE POSTAL SERVICE IMPACTING SOUTHERN TIER & DEMAND SENATE CALL DEJOY FOR HEARINGS THIS WEEK; DRIVES LEGISLATION TO FORCE DEJOY TO ‘BACK OFF’; PLAN WOULD UNDO CHANGES NOW SLOWING DOWN THE MAIL & WOULD ALSO ENSURE OUR MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE TREATED AS FIRST CLASS PRIORITY
Senator Has Warned Postmaster About Actions That Will Jeopardize Southern Tier Delivery Of Medications, VA Benefits, SS & Of Course Hobble The Nov. Election & Now Plans New Fight Schumer, Who Just Grilled DeJoy 1:1, Wants Him In Hearings THIS WEEK Schumer: The Southern Tier Will Not Stand For Continued, Blatant Destruction Of Postal Service Warning that destructive changes to the U.S. postal service continue without reprieve, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, who has been le… Continue Reading
