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Funding Will Be Used To Purchase New Equipment To Protect Firefighters   U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $194,715 in federal funding for the Chester Fire Department. This funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. Specifically, the Chester Fire Department will use these federal funds to purchase 30 new self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) packs and 10 complete sets of... Read More

In September, Schumer and Gillibrand Introduced Bill to Rename Post Office After Kingston Native Killed in Action During WWII Today, Bill Passed Senate Committee & Now Heads to Floor For Full Senate Vote – Schumer & Gillibrand Vow To Fight Until Bill is Signed By President Schumer, Gillibrand: Dedication of Kingston Post Office in Staff Sergeant Dietz’s Name Will Be Fitting Memorial to His Heroic Service U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced... Read More

In September 2014, Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson Tragically Lost His Life In The Line Of Duty; A Decorated Officer & U.S. Army Veteran, Pierson Embodied The True Spirit of Selflessness & Bravery In February, Schumer Stood With Pierson Family In Rochester & Pushed For Passage of a Bill To Rename Officer Pierson’s Hometown Post Office In His Honor – Today, Bill Passed Senate Committee & Now Heads to Floor For Full Vote – Schumer Vows To Fight Until Bill... Read More

Legislation Would Recognize & Honor 400 Years of Filipino American Contributions Spanning First Recorded Presence in 1587 to Present Day   Schumer: It is Fitting and Just to Recognize the Rich History and Numerous Contributions of the Filipino Americans In The United States U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced his support for legislation to recognize October as “Filipino American History Month.” The legislation recognizes the numerous contributions of Filipino... Read More

Crippling Wait Times At Lewiston-Queenston Bridge Hinders Growth Of The Regional Economy; Canadian Shoppers And Businesses Spend $1.7 Billion Per Year In New York State And Will Do More If Cross-Border Travel Is Safer And Smoother    Schumer Previously Urged GSA To Give CBP The Green Light To Move Forward On $64 Million Modernization And Expansion Of Lewiston Plaza Schumer: Lewiston Bridge Plaza Project Can Finally Move Forward – Will Improve Traffic Flow, Bolster The Regional... Read More

Deliberately False Alerts In Orange County Are Spurring Costly & Unnecessary Deployment Of Armed Swat Teams, Bomb Squads & Other Police Units, Causing The Evacuation Of Buildings, Closure Of Streets, Businesses & Putting Students At Risk Schumer Introduces Legislation To Increase Penalties For Swatting Perpetrators From A Max Of 5 Years In Prison To 8 Years, Make Criminals Pay Restitution To Police – Also Pushes To Closes Loophole To Make It Illegal For Perpetrators To Evade... Read More

Network Service Throughout The Hudson Valley Ranks Last Place Among The Most Populated Metro Areas In The United Sates Major Wireless Carriers Are Displaying Parts Of Westchester & Putnam Counties As Having Good Quality Coverage, When Many of Those Areas Are Actually Dead Zones Schumer To Feds: Westchester & Putnam Cell Phone Consumers Should Know The Truth About Coverage Areas   Standing at the Trailhead Entrance to Camp Smith Trail in... Read More

Many Convicted of Low-Level, Non–Violent Drug Sales Are Held in Prison for Disproportionally Long Periods of Time  Schumer & Booker Are Sponsors of New Comprehensive Justice Reform Legislation—Has Support from Conservatives & Liberals; Under Bill, Many in Prison Will Get Drug Treatment & Job Training So They Can Come Out of Prison & Live Productive Lives U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Cory Booker today called on Congress to pass the Sentencing Reform... Read More

Federal Funds Will Aid Kings County District Attorney's Office , Covenant House New York, Safe Horizon, Inc. & Ali Forney Center, Inc. Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Federal Grants Will Be Used To Fund Task Force to Develop & Implement Strategies to ProsecuteSex- and Labor-Traffickers and Help Human-Trafficking Survivors U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $2,070,022 in federal funding allocated through Department of Justice (DOJ) for four New York... Read More

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellites Orbiting High above Earth Gather 85% Of Crucial Forecast Data To Protect U.S. Cities, Towns, Farms; Aerospace Experts Tell Feds: Unless Action Is Taken, Likelihood Of ‘Catastrophic’ Reduction In Weather & Climate Data Is Imminent  With Climate Change Delivering 100-Year Storms on Almost Regular Basis, Schumer Launches Push To Restore Hundreds Of Millions Needed To Upgrade, Repair & Replace Essential U.S.... Read More

SUNY Brockport To Receive $1.2 Million For Wetland Initiative In Rochester and Western New York Launched In 2010; Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funds Water Quality Projects Across Great Lakes Region U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1.2 million for SUNY Brockport. This funding was allocated through the Environmental Protection Agency to research and monitor wetlands along the shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. During this five year project, data... Read More

FAA Currently Has Requirements for Medicines and Supplies Required on Commercial Flights, But Recent Incident Sheds Light on Lack of Certain Child-Sized Equipment and Doses of Medication on Planes  On A Recent Transatlantic Flight, A 2-Year Old Suffered An Asthma Attack And His Medication Was Packed In His Checked Baggage; Local Buffalo Doctor Saved The Child’s Life With Innovative, Makeshift Device – But Schumer Says Not Every Child Could Be As Lucky; A Back-Up Plan Is Needed... Read More

DOD Is Set To Close Window For Companies Making Bids To Produce “Manpack” Radios That Help Troops Communicate & Coordinate Overseas On October 2nd; Announcement On Which Companies Will Be Selected Could Come As Soon as This Year Schumer Lauds DOD For Heeding His Call & Opening Up Application Process To Multiple Vendors – This Type of Bid Process Paved Way For Companies Like Harris Radio In Rochester To Apply & Be Selected This Year For 5-Year “Rifleman”... Read More

Rogers Mountain Way Neighborhood Only Has One Entrance & Exit Point And It Is Regularly Blocked By Trains Passing Through Broome County; Idling Trains Sit on RR Crossing Track & Leave Residents Trapped In Their Neighborhood For Hours On End, Cutting Residents & Businesses Off From Surrounding Town, Emergency Responders, Snow Removal Services, Road Repair Crews And More Town Of Dickenson Has Secured Permits To Create Alternate Road For Residents When Idling Trains Are Blocking Off... Read More

Schumer Urged NY National Guard In July To Bring Hometown Hero’s Medal of Honor To Albany  U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that the New York National Guard will bring Sgt. Henry Johnson’s medal of Honor to his hometown of Albany for temporary display in the near future. “We have had dozens of Capital Region citizens call and ask if the medal could visit Henry Johnson’s hometown,” said Schumer. “Finally, Albanians and New Yorkers from... Read More

Grant Will Be Used To Advance Analytics In Educational Development U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Richard Hanna today announced $2,226,635 in federal funding over five years for Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) in Oneida County. This funding was allocated through the Department of Education’s Strengthening Institutions Program. The Mohawk Valley Community College will use this grant to support the Pathway to Graduation Project to introduce new... Read More

After An Israeli Citizen Was Not Permitted to Fly From NYC to London via Kuwait Airways, Schumer Urged DOT to Intervene; Senator Said Kuwait Airways Has Been Violating American Law & Discriminating Against Israeli Citizens Schumer Announces Federal Department of Transportation Finds Discrimination By Kuwait Airways; DOT Says Kuwait Airways Must Comply With U.S. Laws, As It Operates a Route Out of the U.S. Schumer: Those, Like Kuwait Airways, Who Choose to Run a Business in America Must Play... Read More

Dangerous Toxin Has Been Detected In 14 Bodies Of Water Across CNY, 5 Bodies Of Water Across WNY, 11 Bodies Of Water Across The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region, 8 Bodies Of Water Across The Capital Region, 10 Bodies Of Water Across The Southern Tier, 26 Bodies Of Water Across The Hudson Valley, 13 Bodies Of Water Across North Country NY is Approaching Record Levels Of Toxic Algal Blooms, With 126 Outbreaks Across 87 Upstate Water Bodies In 2015 –... Read More

Warrensburg Fire District Will Use Federal Funds to Purchase New Breathing Apparatus To Protect Firefighters   U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $150,627 in federal funding for the Warrensburg Fire District in Warren County. This funding was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. This funding will be used to purchase 26 new self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). “It is... Read More

Grant Will Be Used To Enhance Survivor Safety Programs and Increase Offender Accountability U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $887,198 in federal funding for Suffolk County’s Domestic Violence Enforcement (DoVE) project. The funding was allocated through the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women. Funding to the Domestic Violence Enforcement project will be used to enhance survivor safety and offender accountability in... Read More