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Deliberately False Alerts Across Capital Region Are Spurring Costly & Unnecessary Deployment Of Armed Swat Teams, Bomb Squads & Other Police Units, Causing The Evacuation Of Buildings, Closure Of Streets, Businesses & Putting Communities 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... Read More

Senator Says Impending Expiration Of Highway Funding Bill At The End Of The Month Could Be Devastating For Western New York, Allowing Roads Like Tonawanda Creek And Others Across WNY To Continue To Deteriorate, Leaving Locals To Foot The Bill  Local Residents Have Been Looking At The Eyesore For Over A Month & Neighbors Worry How Emergency Vehicles Will Be Able To Get Through The Road Closure; Last Collapse Took Years And Millions Of County Dollars To Fix  Schumer: Our Roads,... Read More

Oswego County Organization Will Use Funding to Continue to Provide Early Education for Low-Income Children  U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $2,302,042 in federal funding for the Oswego County Opportunities, Inc., a community based organization in Fulton County. Schumer and Gillibrand said this funding will continue to support the organization’s efforts to improve education for low-income children at their earliest age, when major learning... Read More

Watertown Authorities Have Identified Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Counterfeit Money Circulating in The Watertown Area, But This Amount Likely Only Scratches The Surface  Schumer Calls On Secret Service To Enhance Coordination With Local Law Enforcement, Identify Potential Counterfeit Hot Spots & Educate Local Businesses With Ways To Identify Counterfeit Money  Schumer: Local Businesses Need Help Knowing What’s Real & What’s Fake At The Mustard Seed in... Read More

 The Thomas Cole Historic Site In The Village of Catskill, Where The Great American Landscape Artist Lived, Has Discovered Murals That Cole Painted, Previously Hidden Under Layers Of Wall Paint  Schumer Urges Chairman For The National Endowment for the Humanities & Acting Director For The Institute of Museum and Library Services To Expeditiously Approve The Cole Site Grant Requests Of Over $600K So That These Lost American Treasures May Be Restored  Schumer: Wall Mural Is A... Read More

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew Announced The $10 Bill Will Be Redesigned To Feature A Woman By 2020, The 100th Anniversary Of The 19thAmendment, Which Guaranteed Women The Right To Vote  Schumer Says It Is Time We Have An American Woman Represented On Our Paper Currency; The Public Should Have A Say In The Decision As Soon As Possible – And Seneca Falls in NY, As Birthplace of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Should Be The Site For One of Treasury’s Town Hall Meetings... Read More

Schumer Launches Two-Pronged Push – First, City of Poughkeepsie is Currently Seeking Fed Funds to Hire 5 Police Officers; Schumer Pushes To Help Poughkeepsie Get Highest Number Of Cops Allowed to Apply For Under Current Program Guidelines – 5  Second, Schumer Pushes New Attorney General to Change Fed Program to Get More Cops in Poughkeepsie – Schumer Says Poughkeepsie Should Be Able to Get Funds It Needs to Hire New Cops But is Currently Restricted by Arbitrary Limits... Read More

Federal Economic Development Funding Would Enable Ulster Performing Arts Center To Make Major Renovations To Facilities, Including Adding Public Safety Upgrades & Public Restrooms, Improving Building Energy Efficiency, And Installing A New AC System So Theater Can Stay Open During Summer Months  Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. Has Applied For $3 Million In Fed Funds For UPAC Restoration – Schumer Says Economic Benefits Could Mean Major Boost For County & Could Bring New... Read More

‘Project Independence’ Has Just Been Forced To Take On Over 2,000 New Seniors With Closure Of FEGS But Now PI Future Is On The Line, Too; Program Already Serves Nearly A Quarter Of North Hempstead’s Entire Population With Transportation & Home Care Needs; Schumer Secured Initial Grant Creating Nassau Program For Seniors, Allowing Them To Remain In Their Homes As They Grow Older;  Program Coordinates Essential Transportation To Doctor’s Office, Grocery Shopping,... Read More

Senator Says Locals And State Are Working Together To Submit Proposal, So Feds Can Promptly Review Request And Approve Comprehensive Restoration Plan,  River Access Improvement Projects In Orange County  Schumer: Feds Should Get Ready To Review, Approve and Help Fund New Hudson River Access For Boaters, Fishers, And Recreation Use Across The Hudson Valley  Schumer To Feds: Hudson River Project Needs To Make River More Accessible For Boaters, Fishers, Nature Lovers &... Read More

Schumer Says Cuts In Federal Alcohol Inspectors Put Cooperstown & Other NY Distilleries Directly At Risk; Delays Cause Losses To Producers Trying To Get Off The Ground Or Expand; Inspector Is Responsible For Auditing And Reviewing All Requests Like Bond Approvals, New Product Labels, Recipes And Operating Licenses; It Is Very Common For Some Approvals To Be Delayed Up To Hundreds Of Days  Schumer Says Increasing The Amount Of Federal Alcohol... Read More

 Rockaway’s Beach Channel Rail Bridge Frequently Gives Right-Of-Way To Passing Water Crafts, As Bridge Must Lift to Allow Boats Through; While Train Traffic Has Right of Way Between 6:45am-8:20 am & 5pm-6:45pm, Many Commuters Have Said This Does Not Satisfy Their Needs & Train Traffic Right-of-Ways Should Be Further Extended During Rush Hours  Schumer, Goldfeder, Richards Urge MTA And Coast Guard To Consider Extending Right-Of-Way Hours for Train Traffic... Read More

Already-Struggling Family Farms In Orleans County Do Not Have Enough Workers To Harvest Their Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Cucumbers and More This Season – If Legal Temp Ag-Worker Backlog Isn’t Fixed, Apple Farms Could Be Hit Next; Farms Could Be Left Stranded While Crops Are Rotting In The Fields and Consumers Face Higher Prices  Schumer Says A State Department Computer Failure Has Prevented The U.S. From Issuing Thousands Of Temporary Working Visas For Workers to Pick the... Read More

Deliberately False Alerts In Central New York Are Spurring Costly & Unnecessary Deployment Of Armed Swat Teams, Bomb Squads & Other Police Units, Causing The Evacuation Of Buildings, Closure Of Streets, Businesses & Putting Communities 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... Read More

Federal Approval Needed to Allow Small Businesses, Including NY-Based VMR Electronics Corp. in Binghamton, to Compete for Major Defense Contract; Defense Officials Are Currently Reviewing Contract to Decide Eligibility of Small Businesses to Compete  Schumer Says Small, Local Companies Like VMR Are Often Squeezed Out of Bidding Process Because of Size, But Can Compete in The Big Leagues If Afforded The Opportunity – Schumer Makes Personal Call to DISA Director & Urges DOD to Give... Read More

Schumer, Author Of Brady Law & Crime Bill, Says Better Background Checks Would Help Stop Dangerous People Who Now Get Guns With Ease  Schumer Vows To Revive Stalled Efforts To Expand Background Checks—Current Federal Law Allows For Felons & Abusers & Even Those on Terror Watch List To Buy Guns On The Internet, At Gun Shows, & Other Places With No Questions Asked  Schumer to Congress: It Was Tough To Pass The Brady Law in ’93, We Should Muster The Same... Read More

Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant Was Badly Damaged Following Extensive Floods in June 2006; FEMA Analyzed Cost of Repairs, But Administrative Error Led to Incorrect Deduction of $563K  Joint Sewage then Appealed Decision, Citing Additional Costs of Repairs and Requesting FEMA Approve Additional Funds to Bring Total Cost of Project to $1.6M  Schumer: Successful Appeal Means Financial Burden of Vital Project Will Not Fall On the Backs of Broome County... Read More

In July 2014, Schumer Announced RIT Would Receive Up To $2.1 Million for Work Rehabbing & Upgrading Navy Equipment – Grant Kept 10-Year Public-Private Partnership Between RIT & DOD  Now, RIT Will Receive More Than $1 Million in 2015 Additional Funding to Continue Equipment Modernizing Program – Schumer Led the Effort to Partner RIT, a Leading Global Research Facility, With Navy to Upgrade Military Equipment for Troops  Schumer: Grant Ensures RIT Can Continue... Read More

Rep. Serrano, Sen. Schumer Advocated for this Extension in a Letter sent to the Secretary of Homeland Jeh Johnson Congressman José E. Serrano applauded today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) registration deadline for eligible individuals from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone – the three ebola-affected nations.  In a letter sent in May this year, Congressman Serrano and Senator Schumer, along with 9 other... Read More

Town Of East Hampton, Which Operates Local Airport, Recently Established Aircraft Noise Restrictions to Improve Quality Of Life For Tens Of Thousands Of Residents—To Alleviate Community Concerns Caused By Incessant Aircraft Noise During Summer Months Senator Urges FAA to Stop Intervening in Lawsuit And Honor Prior Commitment, As East Hampton Airport No Longer Receives FAA Funding         Schumer: The East End Already Has Enough Aircraft Noise; It... Read More