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The Perkins Student Loan Program Expired On September 30th, 2015 – Schumer Fought To Secure Extension Of Program, Citing It Could Jeopardize The Education Of Students Across the Country Who Rely On Perkins Program To Attend College Schumer: With College Costs Skyrocketing, Renewing Perkins Loan Program Will Continue Vital Lifeline For Thousands Of Struggling Students U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Senate has passed a two-year extension of the Federal Perkins Loan... Read More

The “Earned Income Tax Credit” & “Child Tax Credit” Have Lifted 10 Million People, Including More Than 5 Million Children, Out of Poverty While Bringing Parents Back into the Workforce; Critical Provisions in Both Tax Credits Were Scheduled to Expire in 2017 Schumer Successfully Pushed to Include These Tax Credits Permanent in the Tax Extenders Package; Permanent Tax Credits Would Mean That These Families Would Not Have to Worry About Losing Out on Critical... Read More

Currently, Puerto Rico Hospitals Are Paid A Medicare Base Rate That is 14 Percent Lower Than Hospitals in the States; Just-Released Omnibus Changes That By Providing Puerto Rico Hospitals With Same Base Payment Rate as Hospitals in the States; New Law Means That Puerto Rico Hospitals Could Be Provided With An Additional $600M Between 2016-2025 Omnibus Bill Also Provides Puerto Rico Hospitals With Bonus Payments If They Use Electronic Health Records; Bonus Payments Under Medicare Are Already... Read More

Omnibus Spending Bill Secures about $3.5 Million in Federal Aid To Highland Falls School District For FY2016 That Could Have Been Lost For Years, Schumer, Gillibrand & Maloney Have Worked to Boost Funding for Cash-Strapped Highland Falls School District – Because District Land is 93% Tax Exempt, Highland Falls Has Very Small Tax Base, That Has Led to Property Tax Increases and School Closures Over The Years  Schumer, Gillibrand, Maloney: Fed Aid A Big Win For Highland Falls... Read More

Over 300K Commuters Who Take LIRR Daily Were Eligible to Receive Up to $250 in Pre-Tax Savings in 2014 On LIRR Commute Each Month Until the Provision Expired Jan 1st of This Year Dropping Monthly Savings to $130 Schumer Successfully Pushed to Reinstate and Extend Commuter Benefit At Rate of $250 for 2015 and $255 for 2016 in Monthly Pre-Tax Savings Legislation Would Permanently Provide Much-Needed parity Between Commuters Who Drive & Those Who Use Mass... Read More

Schumer Announces That The Bipartisan Budget Bill Is Filled With Dozens Of Important Victories For Upstate New York  Schumer Successfully Pushed For Funding Priorities Including HOME Funding, SAFER Grants for Firefighters, HIDTA Funding to Combat Drug Crime, Water-Sewer Grants & More Schumer: Budget Bill Is A Major Win For Upstate NY U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced, following years of work, major victories that will greatly help Upstate New York were included in the... Read More

Federal Budget Agreement Includes Provision to Fully Fund Renovations to Alexandria Bay Border Crossing – Project Has Been Top Regional Priority for Years Schumer Pushed for Necessary Funding to Upgrade the Alexandria Bay Broder Crossing, Which Handles Hundreds of Thousands of Vehicles and Over 1.5 million Passengers a Year Schumer: Alexandria Bay Border Crossing Project – Lynchpin of the Local Economy – Finally Approved for Entry Today, Senator Schumer announced that the... Read More

Dredging Funding Particularly Important Since New City of Rochester Marina Opens for Business, Boaters Next Year;  Schumer Secured $1.5 Million Federal Grant in 2011 to Help Construct Marina Schumer Pushed to Secure Fed Funding As Part of FY2016 Budget – The Cost of Not Dredging the Rochester Harbor Could Mean a Loss of Commercial and Recreation Revenue & Could Put Local Jobs At Risk Schumer: Fed Funds Can  Now Keep Rochester Harbor Clear For Commerce & Recreation Today,... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Pushed Hard For Funds That Would Help Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing New Yorkers Get Education and Find Jobs U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Omnibus spending bill – a must-pass bill that funds the federal government through the end of the fiscal year – includes $70 million in funding for Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which is a much-needed increase of $3... Read More

The Average NYS Teacher Spends a Whopping $485 Per Year Out-of-Pocket To Help Educate Our Kids – Important Tax Benefit That Helps Make Purchasing School Supplies More Affordable Expired in 2014; In Total Over 65K Teachers in NYC Would Be Able to Deduct Up To $16M Schumer Announces Federal Tax Package Would Make This This Important Benefit for NY Teachers A Permanent Part of The Tax Code – Tax Benefit Will Help Teachers Save & Bring More Supplies Into NY Classrooms to Help Our... Read More

Current Non-Commissioned Officers Academy Is An Old, Deteriorating Building And Poses Numerous Safety Risks; New Facility Would Reduce Operating Costs, Streamline Training  Schumer: Funding For New State-of-the-Art Facility Means New Jobs & Better Training for Fort Drum Soldiers  U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Omnibus spending bill – a must-pass bill that funds the federal government through the end of the fiscal year –... Read More

Funding Would Keep Radar Production Programs on Track & Help Maintain Salina Jobs – Bill Includes $157.19 Million for Continued Production of High-Tech, Long-Range Surveillance Radars, Produced By Lockheed Martin in Salina Schumer: This Investment Will Allow Lockheed Martin Salina To Stay At The Forefront Of Radar Technology & Protect Troops Overseas With Critical Equipment Systems U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that the Omnibus spending bill – a must-pass... Read More

Despite the Fact that Dredging Is Needed Every 3-4 Years for Oswego Harbor to Maintain a State of Good Repair, The Last Major Dredging Has Not Occurred Since 2008; Schumer Successfully Secured Funding in This Budget To Fully Dredge Harbor for First Time in Nearly 7 Years  Schumer Secures Fed Funding for Oswego As Part of FY2016 Omnibus Budget Bill, Paving Way for Major Harbor Dredging Project  Schumer: Federal Budget Has Early Christmas Gift for Oswego Harbor  Today, U.S. Senator... Read More

The Average NYS Teacher Spends a Whopping $485 Per Year Out-of-Pocket To Help Educate Our Kids – Important Tax Benefit That Helps Make Purchasing School Supplies More Affordable Expired in 2014; In Total, Over 100K Teachers in Upstate NY Would Be Able to Deduct Up To $25M Schumer Announces Federal Tax Package Would Make This This Important Benefit for NY Teachers A Permanent Part of The Tax Code – Tax Benefit Will Help Teachers Save & Bring More Supplies Into NY Classrooms to... Read More

Schumer & Gillibrand Have Long Fought to Keep U of Rochester At The Cutting Edge of High-Tech Energy Research – Rochester Laser Lab Will Now Receive, $68 Million in Funding for Its OMEGA Laser Federal Funds Will Go to Critical Programs That Protect Nation, Maintain Over 300 Jobs in New York  Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Will Help Keep Rochester at the Forefront of Laser Technology and Guarantees It Plays A Role In Solving Critical Problems for Our Nation U.S. Senators Charles E.... Read More

Schumer Fought to Protect & Secure More Funds to Keep Kesselring Site in West Milton & Knolls Atomic Power Lab in Niskayuna Thriving Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory’s (KAPL) Kesselring Site in West Milton Employs 700 & Trains 1,000+ Navy Personnel – Schumer Has Long Fought To Keep Program Funded At Highest Levels Possible In Order To Help Keep Sites Like Kesselring Prosperous  U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Omnibus spending bill – a... Read More

Schumer Bill – The CIDER Act – Included in Must-Pass Extenders Package Would Provide Revised Definition of Hard Cider to Ensure All Products Can Be Labeled & Taxed Like Hard Cider, Not Higher Rate For Wine – Allows Producers that Often Suffer from Frost & Bad Weather to Add New Stable Source of Income NY Has Hundreds of Apple Growers & Increasing Number of Hard Cider Producers – Legislation Would Boost Business for Existing Producers, Help New Growers Add... Read More

CUBRC, A Buffalo-Based Independent Not-For-Profit Research Entity, Depends on DOD’s Science And Technology Program for its Large Energy National Shock Tunnel (LENS) Complex  – But DOD’s Program Budget Has Been Cut 10% Over The Past Few Years  Schumer, Gillibrand Urged Appropriators to Restore Funding to Previous Levels to Help Buffalo’s CUBRC Continue to Innovate & Grow Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Will Continue CUBRC's Cutting-Edge Work & Support 130... Read More

‘American Opportunity Tax Credit’ Provides A Major Boost For Middle-Class Families Across NY, But Was Set to Expire in 2017; Permanent Tax Credit Would Mean That Families Could Rely on Much-Needed Relief for Years to Come With Full Tax Credit, NY Families With Students in College Are Eligible to Collectively Save Over $1B Per Year Schumer: A Permanent American Opportunity Tax Credit Would Provide Needed Relief for Middle-Class Families Now Bearing... Read More

Funding Would Keep Helicopter Programs on Track & Help Maintain Southern Tier Jobs – Bill Includes $507 Million in Funding for New Fleet of Presidential Helicopters & $156 Million in Funding for New Fleet of Combat Search & Rescue Helicopters, Both Are Partly Produced By Lockheed Martin in Owego  Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Is Critical for Lockheed Martin Owego, At The Forefront Of Two of The Most Important Helicopter Programs In World U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and... Read More