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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Is Serving As Federal Lead Agency and Needs to Approve New Shared-Use Path Plan; Schumer Urges Feds To Back Plan That Is Widely Supported In South Nyack Schumer Says The Shared-Use Path Parking Facilities and Bicycle/Pedestrian Connections for Nyack and Tarrytown Needs Final Fed Approval To Move Forward; Urges Feds to Immediately Approve The Plan to Maintain Construction Timeline Schumer To Feds: Immediately Green Light Local Plan To Maintain Project... Read More

Schumer Urges Army Corps To Issue Review Proposal So Project Can Move Forward In Orange County So Amy’s Kitchen Can Turn Vacant Property in Orange County Into A Major Distribution Center  Before Construction Can Begin, U.S. Army Corps Must Issue Wetlands Permit for Site Development At Goshen Property To Create The State of The Art Facility; Schumer Vows To Support Amy’s Kitchen Development & Add New Jobs  Schumer: Federal Wetlands Review Is Important Remaining... Read More

With FERC Authorization Set to Expire In May, Pending Arlington Project Would Expand an Underground Gas Storage Facility Near Seneca Lake Schumer, Gillibrand: Subsequent Events and Information Have Increased Significant Community Concerns & Residents Deserve to Have Their Voices Heard on Major Project That Could Impact the Environment and Their Quality of Life U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to open a new... Read More

Hackers Are Using Bots To Scoop Up Thousands Of Concert Tickets, Which Are Then Sold On Other Ticket Websites At Much Higher Prices - Upwards of $5,000 According to Some Sites  Schumer Introduces New Senate Bill That Finally Cracks Down On Hackers Being Able to Use Bots To Steal Popular Tickets Before True Fans Have A Chance To Even Turn On Their Computer  Schumer: Congress Needs To Pull Plug On Ticket Bots Standing at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial in... Read More

Schumer Secured Funds to Complete Long Beach Protection Project—Between East Rockaway Inlet & Jones Inlet—Seven Miles of Shoreline A Contract for Phase 1 of Project Has Officially Been Awarded; Construction of Long Beach Dune Project Will Ensure Community is Not Left Vulnerable in Event of Future Storm U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice today announced that a contract has been awarded for phase one of the Long Beach Island Dune Project. The... Read More

Scajaquada Creek Has Been Polluted With Raw Sewage & Garbage From Outdated City of Buffalo Sewer System & Surrounding Towns For Years; City Received $1.8 Million In 2015 Through Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Fed Program To Upgrade Sewer System & Mitigate Overflows Into The Creek CWSRF Funding Is Vital To Keeping Buffalo Sewer Improvements On Track, But Proposed $414 Million Cut To CWSRF Could Derail Progress on Project; An Additional $90M Is Needed In The Scajaquada Sewer... Read More

Schumer Pushes USTR & USDA To Ensure Canada Keeps its Dairy Trade Open & Accessible For US Dairy Processors Like O-AT-KA  – Warned That Onerous Trade Restrictions Hinder Competition O-AT-KA, With Customers Like Perry’s Ice Cream and Great Lakes Cheese, Has Plans for Growth Based on Domestic & Foreign Demand for Milk Products; And Many Dairy Farmers Throughout The Region Depend On Dairy Exports – But New Plan For Canadian Limitations on Milk Imports Puts... Read More

Schumer, Slaughter Gather With Harris Workers To Celebrate Army selecting Harris as a supplier for multi-year Next Generation JTRS Rifleman & Manpack Radio Contracts, Each Worth Billions  Schumer, Slaughter: Fed Investment Will Supercharge Rochester To Create New Jobs  Standing at Harris Radio Corp. in Rochester, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Louise Slaughter today gathered with Harris workers to announce a major push to secure new federal investment opportunities.... Read More

Schumer Pushes USTR & USDA To Ensure Canada Keeps its Dairy Trade Open & Accessible For US Dairy Processors Like O-AT-KA  – Warned That Onerous Trade Restrictions Hinder Competition  O-AT-KA, With Customers Like Perry’s Ice Cream and Great Lakes Cheese, Has Plans for Growth Based on Domestic & Foreign Demand for Milk Products; And Many Dairy Farmers Throughout The Region Depend On Dairy Exports – But New Plan For Canadian Limitations on Milk Imports Puts... Read More

Schumer Says Recent Discoveries Of Elevated Levels Of Lead In Schools Around New York State Is A Clear Signal That All NYS Schools Need Access to Fed Grants To Test For Water Contamination  New Schumer Bill Will Provide Federal Grants For NYS Schools that Want to Test Drinking Water; Results Will Protect Student and Teacher Health and Help Experts Determine The Extent Of Lead Contamination in NY Schools, Including on Long Island  Schumer: Protecting Our Children’s Health Must Be... Read More

Lead Testing Drinking Water At Daycare Centers Is Essential Because The Youngest Are the Most Vulnerable to Lead’s Pernicious and Permanent Damages; Early Poisoning In Children Can Go Unnoticed Until Damage Is Irreversible New Schumer Bill Will Provide Federal Grants For Daycare Centers & NYS Schools That Want to Test Drinking Water; Results Will Protect Students, Teachers, & Caregivers’ Health While Arming Experts With Key Info Needed To Address Potential Danger Schumer:... Read More

Funds Will Be Used To Support Housing Programs For Those in Need U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $193,164 in federal funds to the Akwesasne Housing Authority in Hogansburg, located in Franklin County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (ROSS) program and will be used to advance local programs designed to help those most in need... Read More

Right Now, Individuals With Disabilities Who Might Need Help With Everyday Tasks Such as Eating, Dressing, Bathing, Maintaining Meds & More Are Not Given the Option to Live In the Setting of Their Choosing; Schumer Says This Denies People With Disabilities the Freedom to Live Independently Schumer’s Bill, the Disability Integration Act of 2015, Rights This Wrong By Ensuring Services Are Provided to Any Individual Who is Found Eligible for Institutional Care to Receive Critical... Read More

Right Now, Individuals With Disabilities Who Might Need Help With Everyday Tasks Such as Eating, Dressing, Bathing, Maintaining Meds & More Are Not Given the Option to Live In the Setting of Their Choosing; Schumer Says This Denies People With Disabilities the Freedom to Live Independently Schumer’s Bill, the Disability Integration Act of 2015, Rights This Wrong By Ensuring Services Are Provided to Any Individual Who is Found Eligible for Institutional Care to Receive Critical... Read More

Right Now, Individuals With Disabilities Who Might Need Help With Everyday Tasks Such as Eating, Dressing, Bathing, Maintaining Meds & More Are Not Given the Option to Live In the Setting of Their Choosing; Schumer Says This Denies People With Disabilities the Freedom to Live Independently Schumer’s Bill, the Disability Integration Act of 2015, Rights This Wrong By Ensuring Services Are Provided to Any Individual Who is Found Eligible for Institutional Care to Receive Critical... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Push to Undo Existing Law That Prevents A Federal Agency—Like NPS or U.S. Fish & Wildlife—To  Obtain A Resource Like Plum Island; Senators Say Land Should Be Obtained By An Agency That Commits To Preserving The Land  Current Law Requires Plum Island To Be Sold To Highest Bidder; Senator Says Development of the Land Would Threaten Irreplaceable Habitat for Endangered Species & Destroy Environmental Resources on Long Island   Schumer,... Read More

Schumer Says Fed Office Of National Drug Control Policy Has Hosted Community Forums In The Past, Schumer Says Crouse Hospital In Syracuse Should Be Site Of Newest Forum Aimed At Treating & Preventing Rx Drug & Heroin Crisis Crouse Hospital Is At Center Of Efforts To Combat Growing Epidemic In Central NY – Crouse Serves 17-County Area & Has Seen 700% Increase In Number Of Admitted Heroin Addicts In Last 15 Years; Onondaga County Also Has 3rd Highest Rate of Newborns... Read More

In October 2015, 2-Year Old Suffered An Asthma Attack On A Transatlantic Flight, And His Medication Was Packed In His Checked Baggage; Local Buffalo Doctor Thankfully Saved The Child’s Life With Innovative, Makeshift Device Schumer Said Jarring Incident Shed Light On The Lack Of Certain Child-Sized Equipment And Doses Of Medication On Planes & Called On FAA To Conduct Review Of Kid’s Medical Equipment – Schumer Said FAA Would Be Required To Conduct This Review In Recently... Read More

While East Harlem Was Not the Hardest Hit During Sandy, the Community Remains Vulnerable in the Event of a Future Storm Following Superstorm Sandy, Schumer & Rangel Secured Federal Funding in Sandy-Relief Bill for a 2-Year Comprehensive Study to Identify Areas of Flood Risks Along North Atlantic Coast; Feasibility Study for Protection Projects in New York  Will Soon Be Started by Army Corps and Should Include East Harlem Lawmakers Urge Army Corps to Make Sure the Study Focuses on... Read More

The West Valley Demonstration Project Needs at Least $75 Million Per Year to Completely Clean Up the Out-of-Use Former Nuclear Site; Feds Previously Agreed This Funding Was Needed for 10 Years Beginning in 2008, But Program Has Not Been Funded At Necessary Levels Since  In March 2015, Schumer Met With Nominee To Lead Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, Monica Regalbuto, And Urged Her to Support Full $75 Million Funding Level for West Valley Cleanup in Future... Read More