Press Releases

05.05.15

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES IMPORTANT NEW HEALTHCARE DESIGNATION FOR UPSTATE NY’S COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN ROCHESTER, ALBANY, DUNKIRK & CORNWALL; FEDERAL DESIGNATION MEANS NEARLY $3 MILLION IN INITIAL FUNDING TO HELP INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES WITH VULNERABLE & UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS

Community Health Centers Will Provide Quality Health Care to Patients in Albany, Monroe, Orange, And Chautauqua Counties; Services Include Primary Care, Women's Care, Low Cost Rx, Pediatric Care & More Schumer Announces 'Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike' Designation for These Upstate NY Community Health Centers; Healthcare Designation Means Better Access to Much-Needed Primary Health Care Services U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that Community Health Centers in… Continue Reading


05.05.15

SCHUMER URGES FEMA TO BE READY TO EXPEDITE APPROVAL FOR FIRE-RELATED DISASTER DECLARATION FOR HUDSON VALLEY AREAS IMPACTED BY THE CURRENTLY RAGING & FAST-MOVING FOREST FIRE IN SHAWANGUNK RIDGE STATE FOREST – FIGHTING FLAMES ARE CURRENTLY EXHAUSTING ALL RESOURCES & OVER 25 FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE BATTLING TO PUT OUT FIRES & HELP EVACUATE RESIDENTS FROM HOMES

Schumer Writes to FEMA Urging Fed Agency To Be Ready To Approve Fire Management Assistance Grant To Help Reimburse Hudson Valley Communities As They Fight Back 1,700-Acre Forest Fire Approval Would Make Available FEMA Fire Management Assistance Funds for Hudson Valley to Cover Firefighting & Emergency Protective Costs As Fire Depts. Continuously Work to Fight Back Flames Schumer: We Need All Hands on Deck to Smother These Fires and the Fed Gov Must Do All It Can To Support Ulster and Sul… Continue Reading


05.05.15

SCHUMER: WESTERN NY COMPANY, ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT, INC., COMPLETED NUMEROUS ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROJECTS IN KUWAIT & SAUDI ARABIA, BUT HAS YET TO BE PAID NEARLY $7 MILLION FOR ITS WORK – E&E HAS BEEN WAITING 5 LONG YEARS FOR PAYMENT & IS NOW IN DANGER OF LAYING OFF WNY EMPLOYEES – SCHUMER CALLS ON KUWAIT AMBASSADOR & SAUDI OFFICIALS TO RESOLVE CASES IMMEDIATELY

Lancaster, NY-Based Company, Ecology And Environment, Inc., Completed Many Cleanup Projects in Wealthy Middle-East Countries from Post 1991 Gulf War Environmental Damage - Both Kuwait & Saudi Arabia Still Owe E&E Roughly $6.8 Million Combined & Have Yet to Pay Both Oil-Rich Countries Cite 'Budgetary Constraints' As Reasons For Failing to Pay E&E For Its Work Even Five Years After Completion - Schumer Calls on Ambassadors of Both Countries to Get Involved & Close Cases ASAP … Continue Reading


05.05.15

SCHUMER: LOCAL RESIDENTS IRKED AND FRUSTRATED WHEN TRAINS IDLE FOR HOURS OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES, POLLUTING THE AIR & SPEWING NOXIOUS FUMES INTO HOMES; SENATOR SAYS NORFOLK SOUTHERN MADE THE RIGHT CALL BY CREATING A DIRECT LINE FOR LOCALS TO REPORT COMPLAINTS

After Hearing Pleas From Corning Residents, Schumer Urged Norfolk Southern To Move Its Idling Cars, Which Emit Noxious Smelling Fumes & Smoke That Permeate Homes, To A Non-Residential Area Schumer Successfully Secured A Direct Line To Senior Norfolk Southern Official; Norfolk Southern Railway Says Idling Was Due to Adverse Weather Conditions During Winter Months; But, If Idling, Noise And Emissions Continue To Be A Problem Corning Residents Will Now Be Able To Call & Voice Concerns S… Continue Reading


05.04.15

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO FIX MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS OF RECENT PROMULGATED FED RULE ON OIL-BY-RAIL; CURRENT RULE TAKES 8 YEARS TO FULLY PHASE OUT DANGEROUS OIL CARS & LEAVES OUT CAPITAL REGION FROM MAJOR SPEED PROTECTIONS; NEW LEGISLATION TO FIX THESE & OTHER SHORTCOMINGS

Schumer Legislation Would Require Much Faster Phase-Out of the Most Dangerous Oil Cars, Add Speed Restrictions For Trains Traveling Near Major Population Areas Like The Capital Region, and Would Require First Ever Federal Standard on Oil Volatility Schumer Says Recently Issued DOT Rule Provides Important Certainty and a Tough New Tank Car Standard, But Allows Dangerous Cars to Remain in Service for Far Too Long; Schumer Bill Would Greatly Improve Safety of Oil-By-Rail Shipments & Safety In… Continue Reading


05.04.15

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO FIX MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS OF RECENT PROMULGATED FED RULE ON OIL-BY-RAIL; CURRENT RULE TAKES 8 YEARS TO FULLY PHASE OUT DANGEROUS OIL CARS & LEAVES OUT CENTRAL NEW YORK FROM MAJOR SPEED PROTECTIONS; NEW LEGISLATION TO FIX THESE & OTHER SHORTCOMINGS

Schumer Legislation Would Require Much Faster Phase-Out of the Most Dangerous Oil Cars, Add Speed Restrictions For Trains Traveling Near Major Population Areas Like Central New York, and Would Require First Ever Federal Standard on Oil Volatility Schumer Says Recently Issued DOT Rule Provides Important Certainty and a Tough New Tank Car Standard, But Allows Dangerous Cars to Remain in Service for Far Too Long; Schumer Bill Would Greatly Improve Safety of Oil-By-Rail Shipments & Safety In P… Continue Reading


05.04.15

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $300,000 FOR THE NEW YORK STATE FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY IN MONTOUR FALLS

Federal Funding For Fire Training Academy Will Be Used To Prepare First Responders U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $313,914 in federal funding for the New York State Fire Training Academy in Montour Falls to purchase new equipment to prepare and train for emergency situations more effectively. The money was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) Grant Program. The State Fire Traini… Continue Reading


05.04.15

STANDING WITH NEW YORK NEPALESE FAMILIES WHOSE VISAS WILL EXPIRE & HAVE NOWHERE TO GO BECAUSE HOMES & NEIGHBORHOODS WERE DESTROYED IN EARTHQUAKE, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY GRANT ‘TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS’ TO ALLOW NEPALESE TO STAY IN NEW YORK UNTIL COUNTRY RECOVERS

Temporary Benefit Would Help Nepalese-Who Through No Fault Of Own-May Be in Danger Of Visa Overstays, Even Deportation; TPS Has Been Used In Past For Countries In Wake Of Natural Disaster Schumer: As Their Homeland Struggles From Once-In-A-Lifetime Disaster, Nepalese Across New York City Deserve TPS During Crisis In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Nepal, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to grant Temporary Protected Status (T… Continue Reading


05.01.15

AFTER SCHUMER’S PUSH, SENATOR ANNOUNCES $3.3 MILLION FOR SOUTH FARMINGDALE WATER DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF MAJOR SETTLEMENT REACHED WITH U.S. NAVY; FIRST INSTALLMENT OF FUNDING MEANS LOCAL RATEPAYERS WILL NOT BE ON THE HOOK FOR NEW WATER TREATMENT FACILITY NEEDED TO PURIFY GROUNDWATER IMPACTED BY BETHPAGE PLUME CONTAMINATION, WHICH NAVY CAUSED

South Farmingdale Water District Has Borrowed Almost $5 Million From the Town of Oyster Bay to Construct Sorely Needed Water Treatment Facility; Senator Demanded U.S. Navy & DOJ to Reimburse SFWD Immediately-Years of Foot Dragging Could Have Cost Local Consumers $1.5M Each Year Over the Course of the Loan Schumer Announces Major Settlement With U.S. Navy and South Farmingdale Water District for $3.3 Million-Local Residents Will Not Be on the Hook for Construction Costs of Plant No.3; Next … Continue Reading


05.01.15

SCHUMER, BOXER, MCCASKILL RE-INTRODUCE SAFE RENTAL CAR ACT TO KEEP RENTAL CARS UNDER RECALL OFF THE ROADS AND BAN RENTAL CAR COMPANIES FROM RENTING OR SELLING RECALLED VEHICLES

The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2015 Would Close Dangerous Loophole that Currently Allows Rental Car Companies to Rent or Sell Recalled Vehicles Legislation Has Support of Both Industry and Auto Safety Groups and Was Recently Endorsed by General Motors and DOT Secretary Foxx Schumer: This Common Sense Legislation Would Save Lives and Make Our Roads Much Safer                   &… Continue Reading


05.01.15

SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS TO CUT RED TAPE AND APPROVE FED FUNDING TO REBUILD BROOME COUNTY’S GLEN AUBREY FIRE DEPARTMENT OUTSIDE OF FLOOD ZONE FEDS HAVE PREVIOUSLY DENIED FUNDING FOR RELOCATION, DEPRIVING COMMUNITY OF ESSENTIAL FIRE & PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES

Glen Aubrey Fire Department Was Destroyed In 2011 By Tropical Storm Lee And Needs to Relocate Facilities Outside Flood Zone to Avoid Future Flood Damage, But FEMA Has Unwisely Rejected Application For Funding FEMA Previously Denied Glen Aubrey's Request For Fed Funds For Relocation And Fire Department Has Been Under Appeal Since Fall 2013; New "428 Alternative Procedure" Process Would Expedite Funding, But FEMA is Still Dragging Its Feet, Incorrectly Claiming Substantial Repairs Have Been Comp… Continue Reading


05.01.15

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND RACHET UP PRESSURE ON CBP TO DELIVER MILLIONS IN OVERDUE PAYMENTS OWED TO CNY FIRMS FROM TRADE RULINGS TO COMPANIES LIKE STICKLEY AND HARDEN FURNITURE – SENATORS DEMAND ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY COLLECTION FROM WOODEN FURNITURE DUMPING BY CHINA & URGE SWIFT PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION TO PROTECT CNY JOBS FROM UNFAIR COMPETITION

Schumer, Gillibrand Reveal CNY's Stickley Furniture is Owed $8 Million & Harden Furniture is Owed $1.2 Million In Uncollected Duties On Wooden Bedroom Furniture From China That Was Dumped on Market From 2005-2012 - Customs & Border Protection Has Failed to Collect Duties That Would Allow Domestic Manufacturers Like Stickley & Harden To Compete on Level Playing Field Senators Also Push Customs & Border Protection For Answers On Losses From 2013-2014, Which Have Yet to Be Reporte… Continue Reading


04.30.15

SCHUMER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO INCENTIVIZE RAIL COMPANIES TO PHASE OUT DANGEROUS CRUDE OIL-CARRYING TANKER CARS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER – BILL WOULD PLACE A FEE ON OLD & DANGEROUS RAIL CARS CARRYING VOLATILE CRUDE, AND GIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO THOSE WHO PHASE OUT WITHIN 3 YEARS

Schumer Says Bill Would Help Protect All New York Communities - Which See Tanker Cars Barrel Through Backyards Across NY State Every Day - By Providing Incentive to Phase Out Dangerous Cars like DOT-111s and CPC-1232s Within 3-Year Time Period Legislation Would Require Companies Pay a Fee to Use Dangerous Cars; Would Provide Financial Incentive to Companies That Phase Out ASAP Schumer: We Need an All-of-the-Above Approach to Protecting Our Communities from the Dangers of Oil-by-Rail   … Continue Reading


04.30.15

SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO GET FULL FUNDING FOR ARMY TACTICAL RADIO PROGRAM FOR 2016 – SCHUMER SAYS COMPANIES LIKE HARRIS RADIO IN ROCHESTER WOULD HAVE OPPORUNITY TO PRODUCE DEVICES TO HELP COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION AMONG MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS

Schumer Urges Fed Appropriators To Fully Fund Program Aimed at Producing & Modernizing Tactical Radio Units for U.S. Military; Advancements In Troop Communication Makes Radio Units a Necessary Resource On Battlefield & On Base Harris Radio in Rochester Has Already Been Selected to Undergo Developmental Tests to Produce Radio Units - Meaning Support for Local Jobs & Expanded Production - But Schumer Says Entire Effort Rests on a Fully Funded Federal Program Schumer: Cutting-Edge Rad… Continue Reading


04.30.15

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $800,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CLINTON COUNTY

Federal Funding Will Be Used To Upgrade Waste and Water Disposal Systems U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $632,000 in federal grant funding and a $222,000 federal loan for the Town of Saranac in Clinton County to help finance improvements to Standish Water District. Funding was allocated through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. "This federal funding is great news for Town of Saranac an… Continue Reading


04.30.15

SCHUMER:NEW YORK STATE’S $65 MILLION POTATO INDUSTRY AT SEVERE RISK FROM INVASIVE SPECIES; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO REPLACE CORNELL UNIVERSITY’S OUTDATED NEMATODE LAB WITH NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY

Golden Nematode And Pale Cyst Nematode Invasive Species Are Threatening The Long-Term Viability of New York State's $65 Million Potato Industry - Cornell's Outdated 78-Year-Old Nematode Lab in Ithaca Conducts Pest Prevention Research, But Needs Modernization  Without Upgrades to Lab to Better Guard Against Invasive Species, Potato Farmers Could See Their Crops Destroyed in the Near Future - Schumer Calls on USDA to Prioritize the Replacement of This Lab, Which is Critical to Farmers & … Continue Reading


04.30.15

SCHUMER, IN PERSONAL CALL WITH EDA REGIONAL ADMIN, URGES FEDS TO APPROVE $617,000 FOR LAUNCH NY IN BUFFALO, WHICH IS ALREADY POSITIVELY IMPACTING UPSTATE JOB GROWTH – FED FUNDS, COUPLED WITH MATCHING GRANTS, WOULD PROVIDE $1.3M IN FUNDING FOR RESOURCES FOR START-UPS & ENTREPRENEURS TO GROW, EXPAND, & CREATE JOBS

Thanks to Initial Funds Secured by Schumer Launch New York Businesses have Already Created Approximately 1,000 Jobs in Upstate New York Businesses; Additional Funds Would Provide More Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs Across 27 Counties in WNY, CNY, Rochester-Finger Lakes & S. Tier Regions With Resources Needed To Create More Jobs Schumer Previously Secured $637,000 in Fed Funds to Help Start Launch NY - New EDA Funds Would Allow it to Create a Mechanism to Invest in Entrepreneurs in the M… Continue Reading


04.30.15

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $100K IN FED FUNDS FOR MERCY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN GENESEE COUNTY

Federal Funding For Mercy EMS Will Be Used to Equip Ambulances With Electronic Lifting Stretchers and Stair-Chairs U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $103,637 for Mercy Emergency Medical Services in Genesee County. The money was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The federal funds will allow Mercy EMS to equip their ambulances with power lift stretchers and tracked stair-chairs. The powe… Continue Reading


04.29.15

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $270K IN FED FUNDS FOR GREENBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Federal Funding For Greenburgh Police Department Will Be Used to Replace Outdated Life-Saving Equipment U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $277,273 for the Greenburgh Police Department Paramedic Unit, located in Westchester County. The money was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). These federal funds will allow the Greenburgh Police Department Paramedic Unit to purchase seven new, state-o… Continue Reading


04.29.15

SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY APPROVE SIDNEY’S INNOVATIVE, LONG-TERM FLOOD PROTECTION PROPOSAL– PROJECT WOULD REDUCE FUTURE FLOOD DAMAGE & AVOID COSTLY BATTLE AGAINST FLOOD WATERS YEAR AFTER YEAR

Schumer Previously Pushed FEMA to Be Ready to Approve Village's Expected Request for $22 Million to Fund Second Phase of Project to Mitigate Flooding and Protect Neighborhoods & Business from Future Damage - Now That The Project Has Been Submitted to FEMA, Schumer Urges Feds to Quickly Approve it Village of Sidney's History of Devastating Flooding, Most Recently in 2011, Left 420 Buildings Damaged; Lower River Street Neighborhood’s Proximity to Susquehanna River & Weir Creek… Continue Reading

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