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Federal Officials Working Against Zika Hail From Many Agencies, As Well As Foreign Governments; With So Many In Mix, Senator Says U.S. Needs Single Person To Lead Prevention, Response & Treatment Strategies Installing Zika Czar Before U.S. Mosquito Season Takes Hold Would Strengthen U.S. Response; Whether It’s NYC Residents, Pregnant Women  Or Travelers Abroad, Zika Threat Behooves U.S. To Plan Accordingly Schumer: A Zika Czar Could Help U.S. Inoculate Against Virus Spread U.S.... Read More

In 2013, Excessive Rains Caused The Oneida Creek To Overflow, Flooding Neighborhoods In The City Of Oneida, Located In Madison County, And Forcing Residents From Their Homes – 154 Properties Were Damaged Beyond Repair More Than Two Years Later, Residents Were Still Waiting For Relief – In January, Schumer Urged Feds to Expedite Final Sign-Off Schumer: Oneida Residents Will Finally Get The Relief They Deserve, More Than Two Years After the Devastating Flooding U.S. Senator... Read More

Over 200 Workers Are Now Eligible For Additional Federal Assistance Gillibrand, Schumer, Cuomo Have Continually Fought for Assistance for Alcoa workers U.S. Senators Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer and Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has approved a much-needed Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) certification for laid-off workers at Alcoa in Massena. The approval of the TAA certification means former employees can now apply for critical... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Have Long Fought to Secure Increased Federal Funds for BNL– Funding Helps The U.S. Remain On The Forefront of Physics Research President’s Request Includes $179.7M for Ion Collider & $111.8M for NSLS-II; Last Year, Final Budget Included $172M for Ion Collider & $110M for NSLS-II U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced today that President Obama’s budget request for FY2017 includes an increase in federal funding for... Read More

Schumer Secured Funds to Complete The Estimated $150 Million Long Beach Protection Project—Between East Rockaway Inlet & Jones Inlet—Seven Miles of Shoreline Army Corps Has Officially Approved the “Project Partnership Agreement” for Dune Project & the Bid Will Open This Week; Construction of Long Beach Dune Project Will Ensure Community is Not Left Vulnerable in Event of Future Storm U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Long Beach Island Dune... Read More

Finch Has Lost Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Sales Over Last 2 Years Due to Unfairly Priced Imports – Artificially Cheap Paper Imports From China, Indonesia & Other Countries Have Flooded the U.S. Market, Making It Difficult For NY Paper Companies Like Finch To Compete  Schumer Visited Finch Paper in 2015 & Urged The ITC To Act To Protect Finch and Its 600 Glens Falls Workers Against Unfair Trade Tactics – Says ITC Rightly Acted  To Level Playing Field for... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Fought to Protect & Secure More Funds For Rome Labs, Which is at the Epicenter of Cyber-Defense and Cutting-Edge Communications – Schumer Toured Rome Labs In November 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Secured $215 Million in FY 2016 Omnibus Spending Bill – This Year’s President’s Budget Comes In At $4.4 Million More Than Last Year’s Funding Amount Schumer, Gillibrand: We Will Fight Tooth & Nail To Ensure Highest Level Of Funding For Rome Labs Is... Read More

Funding Will Prioritize Specific Projects To Help Shield Freeport, Long Beach, Island Park, Oceanside, Baldwin, Five Towns—Hundreds Of Thousands of Residents—From Future Storms Army Corps Set Aside Roughly $7M—Nationwide—For Critical Studies Like Back Bays; Schumer Notes, Army Corps Also Sets Aside $300k in 2017 Dollars For Critical Project    Schumer: Wave Of Fed Funds Will Keep Back Bays Flooding Protection Project A Reality  U.S. Senator Charles E.... Read More

In October 2015, Barcelona Harbor West’s Break Wall Was Severely Damaged By Lake Erie Waters Because Sediment From Lake Erie Continues to  Enter The Harbor Through The Damaged Wall, Quick Mitigation Is Necessary – Schumer Says Immediate Repair Was Needed, Or Sediment Build Up Could Result In Needing To Dredge The Harbor Again This Year, Undoing Previous Progress Schumer: Emergency Funds Will Allow Town To Breathe Sigh of Relief U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced... Read More

Schumer Fought to Protect & Secure More Funds to Keep Kesselring Site in West Milton & Knolls Atomic Power Lab in Niskayuna Thriving & Keep Top-Notch Naval Training Program Running – Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory’s (KAPL) Kesselring Site in West Milton Employs 700 & Trains 1,000+ Navy Personnel Schumer Secured $1.3 Billion for Kesselring in FY 2016 Budget – This Year’s President’s Budget Comes In At $45 Million More Than Last Year’s... Read More

Schumer Has Long Fought For Funds That Would Help Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing New Yorkers Get Education and Find Jobs – Schumer Secured $70 Million For NTID in Final FY 2016 Budget Schumer: I Will Fight Tooth & Nail To Include Highest Level Of Funding In Final Appropriations Bill To Keep NTID Thriving U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the just-released President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 includes $70.016 million in funding for the Rochester Institute... Read More

VA Ambulatory Outpatient Surgery Services Are Currently Only Provided At VA Facilities In Buffalo, Syracuse, And Albany, But Not In The Rochester-Finger Lakes Area, Which Is Home To 68,936 Veterans Schumer Previously Pushed VA to Move Forward With Plans To Provide Funding For 2nd Phase of Construction For New, Upcoming 84,000 Sq Ft VA Outpatient Surgery Clinic in Rochester Schumer: Rochester-Area Veterans Need & Deserve This Increased Access To Care   U.S. Senator Charles E.... Read More

In December 2015, Schumer Launched Push To Secure Critical Funding – While VA Has Funding Needed To Complete Design & Planning Phases Of The Project Through 2016, Subsequent Construction Phase – Expected To Start In 2017 – Has Not Yet Been Funded Since 2009, Schumer Has Worked With Local Veteran Leaders To Bring Much-Needed Veterans’ Cemetery To Western New York – Cemetery Site Is Currently In Planning & Design Stages, Which Are Set To Be Completed In 2016,... Read More

IRS Impersonation Scam Attempts Against NYC & LI Residents Is Escalating At Alarming Rate; Constituent Calls Related To Scam Have Skyrocketed In Schumer’s Office & Have Already Cost U.S. Taxpayers Millions Of Hard-Earned Dollars; Schumer Urges Fed Action Stop The Calls and Clamp Down on Scammers Scammers Tell New Yorkers They Will ‘Go To Jail’ Unless They Immediately Use A Money Transfer Company To Send Them Upwards Of Thousands Of Dollars; Scammers Falsely Claim To... Read More

Schumer Urges NRC To Work Hand-In-Hand With State & Local Officials To Contain & Prevent Future Radioactive Water Leakage  Schumer To NRC: This Leak Appears Contained But What About Next Time?  U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Stephen G. Burns to immediately order an investigation to determine the extent of possible ground water contamination and prevent future water contamination. According to the NRC, the... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand & Engel Secure Funding to Replace Damaged Power Switches and Transformers at Waterfront Park U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Eliot L. Engel today announced $5,466,331 in federal funding to repair the Yonkers Waterfront Park for damages suffered as a direct result of Superstorm Sandy. The funding was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and will be used to cover administrative costs and replace damaged... Read More

Senators’ Success Culminates A Long Push To Bring Aircraft Back To NFARS; KC-135 Tankers Will Help Protect Jobs at NFARS & Play a Strategic Role in Our Nation's Security  Schumer, Gillibrand: Eagles Have Landed for Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station! U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand today announced the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will transfer eight KC-135 tankers from the current fleet to Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (NFARS) in Western New... Read More

Artificially Cheap Steel Rebar Imports From Turkey Are Flooding the U.S. Market, Making It Difficult For NY Steel Manufacturers Like Nucor To Compete; Recent Dept. of Commerce Findings Have Hurt U.S. Steel Companies Like Nucor – Schumer Leads Bipartisan Letter Signed by 24 Senators, Including Gillibrand, to Urge Commerce to Take Action Schumer, Gillibrand Urged Commerce in 2014 to Carefully Consider U.S. Industry’s Evidence of Predatory Practices by Foreign Countries – Commerce... Read More

The Economic Development Administration that Funds Critical Job Creation Projects Throughout New York has Not Had a Significant Funding Increase in Nearly a Decade – Lack of Funds Leaves Applications Unfunded Each Year Schumer Presses to Significantly Expand EDA Funding for First Time in Nearly a Decade to Help Spur Economic Activity throughout Upstate New York; EDA Funds Are Critical to Projects like: Sewer Upgrades, Business Incubators, Industrial Parks, and Regional Innovation... Read More

Following Tragic 2009 Plane Crash That Claimed Lives of 50 People, Including Many WNYers, Families of Flight 3407 Fought to Create Tough Flight Safety Regulations, Including Requirement That Pilots Log 1,500 Flight Hours In Order To Receive Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Congress Must Re-Authorize FAA Charter This Year & Some May Use Opportunity To Weaken Provisions That Make Air Travel Safer – WNY Delegation Members Will Say Some in The Industry Want to Water Down Or Eliminate... Read More