Press Releases
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE HAS AGREED TO PURCHASE $9.6 MILLION IN SURPLUS CONCORD GRAPE JUICE TO STABILIZE PRICES FOR GRAPE GROWERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
$9.6 Million "Bonus Buy" Will Help Stabilize Prices Farmers Receive for their Grapes After a Large 2014 Crop, Bolster Rural Economies Across New York - Western New York, Finger Lakes & CNY Are Home to Concord Grape Growers and Juice Coops USDA Funding Will Be Used to Purchase Juice for Domestic Food Assistance Programs Schumer, Gillibrand: USDA Surplus Purchase a Win-Win for Upstate New York Growers and Nutrition Assistance Programs Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer an… Continue Reading
03.31.15
SCHUMER: NEW I-95 TOLLS PLACED BY CONNECTICUT ON NY BORDER COULD BACK UP 14,000 TRUCKS AND CARS & DIVERT TRAFFIC INTO RYE & PORT CHESTER, OVERWHELMING LOCAL STREETS AS DRIVERS AVOID TOLL; PLAN SHOULD NOT PROGRESS WITHOUT ADEQUATE COMMUNITY INPUT – SCHUMER CALLS ON CT OFFICIALS TO LISTEN TO AND INCORPORATE NY CONCERNS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD
Local Communities Fear New Toll on I-95 Might Divert Traffic Into Rye & Port Chester That Towns Cannot Handle - 140,000 Cars & Trucks Per Day Travel Along Corridor; If Even A Handful Choose To Use Local Roads, Could Hurt Emergency Response Times & Local Business Activity, Pollute Neighborhoods & Create Traffic Headaches Schumer Says NY Concerns Should Be Taken Into Consideration & Necessary Fed Approval Should Not Be Granted if Rye & Port Chester Are Ignored - Tolls Cou… Continue Reading
03.31.15
FOLLOWING KICK-OFF OF MAPLE TAPPING SEASON, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PUSH FOR FED FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE GROWTH OF THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF NYS MAPLE SYRUP INDUSTRY
Schumer Pushes For $5 Million For Fed Program That Will Help Increase Production, Strengthen Conservation And Drive Efficiency In Maple Sugaring - Would Be Big Win For NYS Maple Producers U.S. Maple Production Has Nearly Doubled In The Last Decade Thanks To Recent Innovations In Vacuum Tubing, Sanitation Practices, & Better Taps - Schumer Push For Fed Funding Could Lead To Even More Growth Here in NY Schumer: We Must Invest In Maple To Continue Growing This Great NYS Industry Toda… Continue Reading
03.30.15
SCHUMER: NEW DISTILLERIES ARE PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN BUFFALO'S TRANSFORMATION & POSITIONING WNY AS CENTER OF DISTILLING BOOM, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE MALT BARLEY THEY NEED DUE TO RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH GROWING THE CROP – SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO ESTABLISH ESSENTIAL CROP INSURANCE FOR WNY MALT BARLEY FARMERS
Insurance Currently Available to Farmers Growing Malt Barley In Other States, But Not NYS; Sec. of Agriculture Could Fix It Unilaterally, No Legislation Required - Schumer Calls on Feds to Prioritize & Fast-Track Vital Malt Barley Crop Insurance for NYS Farmers, Including Many in WNY; Crop Is Risky, But Absolutely Vital For Farm Brewers & Distillers With 4 Distilleries Already Open In WNY & 3 More Set To Open in 2015, Region Is Becoming Major Hub For Farm Distilling - Due To NYS La… Continue Reading
03.30.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $500K IN FED FUNDS AWARDED TO SOUTHERN TIER STARTUP ALLIANCE – SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND PUSHED FOR FUNDS THAT WILL SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS AND IDEAS
S. Tier Startup Alliance Will Now Bring Together Companies Like Corning & Institutions Like Cornell & Binghamton Universities to Grow Entrepreneurship In The Region Schumer & Gillibrand Supported Effort Will Combine The Region's Strengths In Engineering, Materials Science, And Manufacturing With Cutting-Edge Business Incubation, Acceleration And Entrepreneurship Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Investment in the Southern Tier Startup Alliance Will Support Creation, Innovation, Commer… Continue Reading
03.30.15
SCHUMER & SLAUGHTER LEAD CEREMONY TO OFFICIALLY DEDICATE THE ROCHESTER MAIN POST OFFICE IN HONOR OF SPC THEODORE MATTHEW GLENDE, A HOMETOWN HERO WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN COMBAT – SCHUMER & SLAUGHTER JOINED BY SPC GLENDE’S FAMILY, VETERANS & USPS OFFICIALS
Rochester Native Gave His Life During War in Afghanistan; Perished While Aiding Fellow Soldiers During Attack - Schumer and Slaughter Fought to Name Post Office In Spc. Glende's Honor & Successfully Passed Legislation Last Year To Make Dedication A Reality; A Fitting Tribute to His Bravery and Dedication Schumer Successfully Pushed to Secure Spc. Glende the Long-Deserved Posthumous Promotion to 'Specialist' from 'Private First Class’ -And With Slaughter Worked With USPS to Get Them To… Continue Reading
03.30.15
SCHUMER: GROUNDBREAKING & AUTHORITATIVE REPORT SHOWS MALE NURSES EARN $5,100 MORE THAN WOMEN FOR DOING THE SAME JOB; SENATOR SAYS NEW REPORT PROVES NO JOB—OR INDUSTRY—SHIELDS WOMEN FROM MAKING LESS FOR DOING THE SAME WORK; SCHUMER URGES DOUBLING DOWN ON ‘PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT’ TO CLOSE PAY GAP HOLDING BACK WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE
On Average, Women Make 78 Cents For Every Dollar Made By Men-Journal Of American Medical Association Proves Pay Gap Even Exists In Fields Dominated By Women, Like Nursing Schumer Pay Equity Plan Would Make It More Difficult For Pay Gaps To Occur & Stops Employers From Being Able To Punish Workers For Comparing Wages Schumer: Not Even The Nursing Profession Has Pay Gap Immunity & That Should Make Americans Sick, Especially Here In New York U.S. Senator Charles E. Sch… Continue Reading
03.30.15
WITH DANGEROUS FENTANYL-LACED HEROIN SPIKING IN ROCHESTER & OVERDOSES DRAMATICALLY RISING, SCHUMER PUSHES TO REVERSE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED CUT TO DRUG TRAFFICKING PROGRAM THAT ROCHESTER LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS IS CRITICAL TO BREAKING UP LOCAL DRUG RINGS – LAUNCHES PUSH TO PREVENT CUT & RAISE FUNDING FOR PROGRAM BY $100M
Deadly Fentanyl-laced Heroin is Now Entering the Rochester Area & Over Half of All Heroin Deaths in Monroe County Are Linked To This New, More Dangerous Form of The Drug; Heroin Overdose Deaths In Rochester Are Up Over 300% Since 2012 & Drug-Related Crime Is Up As Well Schumer Opposes Administration's Plan to Cut Funding for the Fed. High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, Which Rochester Law Enforcement Credits With Helping To Fight Drug Trafficking & Provide The Surveilla… Continue Reading
03.26.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, LOWEY: FEDS COMMIT TO DELIVER $4.4 MILLION TO GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON TO REPLACE VILLAGE HALL, WHICH WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY HURRICANE SANDY
Hurricane Sandy Caused Extensive Damage to the Village Hall, Requiring the Building to be Condemned - Funding from FEMA Will Cover 90 percent of the Costs Incurred by the Village to Replace the Facility and its Contents GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON, NY - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey today announced $4,888,354 in federal funding for the Village of Grand View-on-Hudson. The funding will be allocated through the Federal Emergency Mana… Continue Reading
03.26.15
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO CREATE FIRST-EVER DEDICATED FUNDING STREAM FOR FEDERAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS TESTING SITES LIKE NUAIR IN CENTRAL NEW YORK – FUNDING WOULD ALLOW TEST SITES TO FURTHER DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY & PERFORM CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH
Schumer Previously Led the Charge to Get the FAA to Choose NUAIR as a Premier National UAS Research and Testing Site - Schumer Fought to Increase the Number of FAA Test Sites from 4 to 6, Paving the Way for NUAIR To Be Selected, Can Become a Center of Innovation and Jobs Now, Schumer is Pushing Federal Appropriators to Open Up First-Ever Dedicated Federal Funding Stream for UAS Testing Sites Like NUAIR - Program Would Allow These 6 Sites Nationwide to Further Research & Develop UAS Techn… Continue Reading
03.26.15
SCHUMER LEADS GROUP OF SENATORS FROM SIX KEY STATES IN FULL-COURT PRESS URGING FEDS TO RELEASE STRONGEST RULE POSSIBLE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, TO TOUGHEN TANK CAR STANDARDS FOR CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL
For First Time, Senators from Six Key States-Led By Schumer-That See High Volume of Dangerous Oil Train Cars Roll Through Their Back Yards Every Day, Sign One Letter to OMB Demanding That The Feds Immediately Finalize New Tank Car Standards - Letter Comes After Reports That Industry Lobbyists are Pushing Administration to Weaken Rules After Major Schumer Push, Fed Dept. of Transportation Proposed Rules Last Year That Would Phase-Out and Retrofit These Dangerous Tank Cars, Reduce Train Speeds… Continue Reading
03.26.15
SCHUMER, IN PERSONAL MEETING WITH FED OFFICIAL WHO WILL OVERSEE WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, PUSHES TO RESTORE FULL FUNDING FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE CLEANUP AT THE CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SITE – PROGRAM HAS BEEN SHORTCHANGED FOR YEARS & CONTINUES TO POSE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK TO WNY
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 Personal Meeting With Nominee To Lead Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management, Monica Regalbuto, Schumer Urged Nominee to Support Full $75 Million Funding Level for West Valley Cleanup in Future Years - Senat… Continue Reading
03.25.15
SCHUMER LAUNCHES NEW EFFORT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GRANTS INSTEAD OF JUST LOANS FOR NYS SEWER REPAIR PROJECTS – FED SEWER FUNDS, CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AS LOANS, CAN MAKE UPGRADES DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNITIES TO AFFORD
Schumer Provision Will Make Major Fed Funds Available as Grants for First Time in Years & Help Kickstart Projects Around the State - Large Number of Water & Sewer Main Breaks This Winter Highlight Importance of Getting Projects Moving Forward With A Backlog of 279 Sewer Projects Awaiting Funding Throughout Upstate NY & Hudson Valley, Schumer Pushes NYS EFC To Use Maximum Amount of Fed Funds Recently Made Available as Grants; Would Free Up an Estimated $46M in Fed Funds this Year Th… Continue Reading
03.25.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, NADLER ANNOUNCE OVER $343 MILLION IN FEDERAL SANDY-RELIEF FUNDING FOR MTA’S SOUTH FERRY TERMINAL STATION
Mayor Bill de Blasio Highlighted the Importance of the Federal Funding & Repairing This Key Transit Hub Floodwaters From Superstorm Sandy Caused Extensive Damage to South Ferry Terminal Station; MTA Station Was Closed for Years After Storm First Hit Schumer, Gillibrand, Nadler Announce Emergency Relief Funding to Rehabilitate MTA's South Ferry Station & Protect Against Future Flooding; Work Includes Leak Remediation & Repairs to Station, Rail Tracks, Power Equipment & More … Continue Reading
03.24.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE, AFTER THEIR PUSH, FEMA HAS OBLIGATED FIRST PART OF FUNDING FOR THE OWEGO APALACHIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BUILD NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING DAMAGED BY TROPICAL STORM LEE
In December, FEMA Announced It Had Agreed To Provide Fed Funding to Rebuild the School District's Administration Building and Storage and Maintenance Facility Outside of the Floodplain - Now, More Than $5 Million in Funding Is On Its Way; Will Enable the School to Get First Part of Project Underway Schumer, Gillibrand Vow to Continue to Push Feds to Get the Remaining Portion of the $23 Million Award Out the Door For Second Phase of Project Schumer: Owego Apalachin School District Will Fi… Continue Reading
03.24.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $4 MILLION IN HEAD START FUNDS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY ORGANIZATION
Washington County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. Will Use Funding to Continue to Provide Early Education for Low-Income Children U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,931,223 in federal funding for the Washington County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., a community based organization in Hudson Falls. Schumer and Gillibrand said this funding will continue to support the organization's efforts to improve education for low-income children at their earl… Continue Reading
03.24.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $3.3 MILLION IN HEAD START FUNDS FOR OTSEGO COUNTY ORGANIZATION
Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. in Oneonta Will Use Funding to Continue to Provide Early Education for Low-Income Children U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,317,564 in federal funding for Opportunities for Otsego, Inc., a community based organization in Otsego County. Schumer and Gillibrand said this funding will continue to support the organization's efforts to improve education for low-income children at their earliest age, when major learning stride… Continue Reading
03.24.15
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION IN HEAD START FUNDS FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY ORGANIZATION
Western New York's Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. Will Use Funding to Continue to Provide Early Education Programs for Low-Income Children U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,319,314.00 in federal funding for the Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc., a community based agency in Western New York. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand said that the funding support a new Early Head Start - Child Care Partnership program and expand the organization's ability to provide ed… Continue Reading
03.24.15
SCHUMER URGES FEMA TO SWIFTLY REVIEW & APPROVE ADDITIONAL FED FUNDING FOR THE CITY OF TROY TO COVER COST OF MAJOR REPAIRS TO CAMPBELL AVENUE & ADJOINING SEWER, WHICH WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE IRENE – FED REIMBURSEMENT WILL HELP PREVENT LOCAL TAXPAYERS FROM SHOULDERING COSTS
In 2011, Hurricane Irene's Wrath Collapsed Sewers, Damaged Two Manholes & Caused Road Instability, Slope Failure on Campbell Avenue; Storm Damage Forced The City Of Troy To Close The Road For Several Months FEMA Originally Approved Project Cost of $400,000 to Rebuild & Rehab, But it Was Not Enough Due To The Complexity of Repairs; The Total Cost of Repairs for the City Was Well Over $1 Million, A Necessary Expense to Keep Residents Safe & Adjoining Sewer Infrastructure Intac… Continue Reading
03.23.15
SCHUMER CALLS FOR TSA PRE-CHECK ENROLLMENT CENTER AT SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; CURRENTLY, LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO ENROLL MUST TRAVEL TO OSWEGO – NEW ENROLLMENT CENTER WOULD MEAN SHORTER, MORE CONVENIENT SECURITY LINES FOR SYRACUSE TRAVELERS
TSA Pre-Check Has Been Successfully Installed at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, But In Order To Register For The Program Residents Must Travel All The Way to Oswego - Program Enables Travelers Deemed Safe To Enter Terminal With Expedited Screening Schumer Urges TSA To Bring A Pre-Check Enrollment Center To Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Make Air Travel Easier For Syracuse Residents - Rochester & Albany Have Enrollment Centers, Syracuse Should Too Schumer: Syracuse Resid… Continue Reading
