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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

Schumer Pushed To Include A Tax Credit to Boost Veteran Employment in Must-Pass Legislation; Urged Colleagues To Reauthorize And Extend Through 2019 The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), Which Incentivizes Employers to Hire Unemployed Veterans Schumer Says Boosting Job Market for Unemployed Veterans Is The Right Thing To Do To Honor The Sacrifices Made By Our Heroes In Uniform U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that a number of vital tax benefits for New Yorkers were included... Read More

170,000 Westchester, Rockland & Putnam Commuters Who Take Metro-North Each Day Were Eligible to Receive Up to $250 in Pre-Tax Savings in 2014 On Metro-North Commute Every Month Until the Provision Expired Jan 1st of This Year, Dropping Monthly Savings to $130 Schumer Successfully Pushed to ?Include Permanent Extension of Mass Transit Benefit At Same Rate as Parking In Must-Pass Bill; Would be $250 for 2015 and $255 for 2016 in Monthly Pre-Tax Savings... Read More

Over 700K Commuters in Greater NY Metro Area Take Advantage of Federal Benefit; Commuters Received Up to $250 in Pre-Tax Savings in 2014 On Mass Transit 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... 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

Schumer Has Long Fought to Secure Increased Federal Funds for BNL– Funding Helps The U.S. Remain On The Forefront of Nuclear Research Last Year, Budget Included $166M for Ion Collider & $105M for NSLS-II; This Year’s Bill Provides An Increase in Federal Funds U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY2016 includes an increase in federal funding for Brookhaven National Lab’s (BNL) Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider... Read More

Schumer: Rome Labs is at the Epicenter of Cyber-Defense and Cutting-Edge Communications and Deserves Significant Federal Investment  U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Omnibus spending bill – a must-pass bill that funds the federal government through the end of the fiscal year – includes an increase of more than $4.5 million in funding for Rome Labs. Schumer was successful in securing $169 million for the budget line in the 2015 Senate appropriations bill... Read More

Federal Restriction Greatly Constricted Small Businesses’ & Family Farmers’ Ability To Purchase Expensive Equipment; Are Forced To Use Old & Inefficient Equipment Until It Breaks Down, Stagnating Growth, Constricting Already-Tight Profit Margins and Sometimes Delaying Growth Schumer Secured Incentives For Small Business & Family Farmers in Must Pass Legislation; Tax Benefits Will Allow Farmers and Small Businesses To Recover Up to $2 Million in... Read More

During SolarCity Visit In August, Schumer Said Tax Incentive Allows Savings on Investment in Solar Projects, However Tax Credit Was Scheduled To Phase Down After 2016 and Companies Only Receive Benefits Upon Completion Of A Project  Schumer Not Only Pushed to Include Long-Term Extension of Tax Benefit, Also Revised Provision That Prevented Businesses, Residents And The Solar Power Industry From Reaping Full Financial Benefits, If Passed, Bill Would Help Expand Clean Energy & Create Even... Read More

Schumer Previously Urged Fed Appropriators To Fully Fund Program Aimed at Revolutionizing Radio Units for Troops Overseas; Advancements In Military Communication Makes Radio Units a Necessary Resource On Battlefield & On Base  Schumer Said Companies Like Harris Radio – Which Has Already Been Selected to Undergo Developmental Tests to Produce Radio Units – Must Continue to Produce these Radios which are on the Cutting Edge of Technology for our Troops U.S. Senator Charles E.... Read More