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Schumer Pushes For $5 Million For Fed Program That Will Help Increase Production, Strengthen Conservation And Drive Efficiency In Maple Sugaring – Would Be Big Win For NYS Maple Producers  U.S. Maple Production Has Nearly Doubled In The Last Decade Thanks To Recent Innovations In Vacuum Tubing, Sanitation Practices, & Better Taps – Schumer Push For Fed Funding Could Lead To Even More Growth Here in NY  Schumer: We Must Invest In Maple To Continue Growing This Great NYS... Read More

Insurance Currently Available to Farmers Growing Malt Barley In Other States, But Not NYS; Sec. of Agriculture Could Fix It Unilaterally, No Legislation Required – Schumer Calls on Feds to Prioritize & Fast-Track Vital Malt Barley Crop Insurance for NYS Farmers, Including Many in WNY; Crop Is Risky, But Absolutely Vital For Farm Brewers & Distillers  With 4 Distilleries Already Open In WNY & 3 More Set To Open in 2015, Region Is Becoming Major Hub For Farm Distilling... Read More

S. Tier Startup Alliance Will Now Bring Together Companies Like Corning & Institutions Like Cornell & Binghamton Universities to Grow Entrepreneurship In The Region  Schumer & Gillibrand Supported Effort Will Combine The Region’s Strengths In Engineering, Materials Science, And Manufacturing With Cutting-Edge Business Incubation, Acceleration And Entrepreneurship  Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Investment in the Southern Tier Startup Alliance Will Support Creation,... Read More

Rochester Native Gave His Life During War in Afghanistan; Perished While Aiding Fellow Soldiers During Attack – Schumer and Slaughter Fought to Name Post Office In Spc. Glende’s Honor & Successfully Passed Legislation Last Year To Make Dedication A Reality; A Fitting Tribute to His Bravery and Dedication Schumer Successfully Pushed to Secure Spc. Glende the Long-Deserved Posthumous Promotion to ‘Specialist’ from ‘Private First Class’ –And... Read More

On Average, Women Make 78 Cents For Every Dollar Made By Men—Journal Of American Medical Association Proves Pay Gap Even Exists In Fields Dominated By Women, Like Nursing   Schumer Pay Equity Plan Would Make It More Difficult For Pay Gaps To Occur & Stops Employers From Being Able To Punish Workers For Comparing Wages Schumer: Not Even The Nursing Profession Has Pay Gap Immunity & That Should Make Americans Sick, Especially Here In New York      U.S. Senator... Read More

Deadly Fentanyl-laced Heroin is Now Entering the Rochester Area & Over Half of All Heroin Deaths in Monroe County Are Linked To This New, More Dangerous Form of The Drug; Heroin Overdose Deaths In Rochester Are Up Over 300% Since 2012 & Drug-Related Crime Is Up As Well   Schumer Opposes Administration’s Plan to Cut Funding for the Fed. High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, Which Rochester Law Enforcement Credits With Helping To Fight Drug Trafficking &... Read More

Hurricane Sandy Caused Extensive Damage to the Village Hall, Requiring the Building to be Condemned – Funding from FEMA Will Cover 90 percent of the Costs Incurred by the Village to Replace the Facility and its Contents   GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON, NY – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey today announced $4,888,354 in federal funding for the Village of Grand View-on-Hudson. The funding will be allocated through the... Read More

Schumer Previously Led the Charge to Get the FAA to Choose NUAIR as a Premier National UAS Research and Testing Site – Schumer Fought to Increase the Number of FAA Test Sites from 4 to 6, Paving the Way for NUAIR To Be Selected, Can Become a Center of Innovation and Jobs   Now, Schumer is Pushing Federal Appropriators to Open Up First-Ever Dedicated Federal Funding Stream for UAS Testing Sites Like NUAIR – Program Would Allow These 6 Sites Nationwide to Further Research &... Read More

For First Time, Senators from Six Key States—Led By Schumer—That See High Volume of Dangerous Oil Train Cars Roll Through Their Back Yards Every Day, Sign One Letter to OMB Demanding That The Feds Immediately Finalize New Tank Car Standards – Letter Comes After Reports That Industry Lobbyists are Pushing Administration to Weaken Rules   After Major Schumer Push, Fed Dept. of Transportation Proposed Rules Last Year That Would Phase-Out and Retrofit These Dangerous Tank... Read More

The West Valley Demonstration Project Needs at Least $75 Million Per Year to Completely Clean Up the Out-of-Use Former Nuclear Site; Feds Previously Agreed This Funding Was Needed for 10 Years Beginning in 2008, But Program Has Not Been Funded At Necessary Levels Since In Personal Meeting With Nominee To Lead Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, Monica Regalbuto, Schumer Urged Nominee to Support Full $75 Million Funding Level for West Valley Cleanup in Future Years... Read More

Schumer Provision Will Make Major Fed Funds Available as Grants for First Time in Years & Help Kickstart Projects Around the State – Large Number of Water & Sewer Main Breaks This Winter Highlight Importance of Getting Projects Moving Forward  With A Backlog of 279 Sewer Projects Awaiting Funding Throughout Upstate NY & Hudson Valley, Schumer Pushes NYS EFC To Use Maximum Amount of Fed Funds Recently Made Available as Grants; Would Free Up an Estimated $46M in Fed Funds... Read More

Mayor Bill de Blasio Highlighted the Importance of the Federal Funding & Repairing This Key Transit Hub  Floodwaters From Superstorm Sandy Caused Extensive Damage to South Ferry Terminal Station; MTA Station Was Closed for Years After Storm First Hit Schumer, Gillibrand, Nadler Announce Emergency Relief Funding to Rehabilitate MTA’s South Ferry Station & Protect Against Future Flooding; Work Includes Leak Remediation & Repairs to Station, Rail Tracks, Power Equipment &... Read More

In December, FEMA Announced It Had Agreed To Provide Fed Funding to Rebuild the School District’s Administration Building and Storage and Maintenance Facility Outside of the Floodplain – Now, More Than $5 Million in Funding Is On Its Way; Will Enable the School to Get First Part of Project Underway   Schumer, Gillibrand Vow to Continue to Push Feds to Get the Remaining Portion of the $23 Million Award Out the Door For Second Phase of Project   Schumer: Owego Apalachin... Read More

Washington County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. Will Use Funding to Continue to Provide Early Education for Low-Income Children   U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,931,223 in federal funding for the Washington County Economic Opportunity Council, Inc., a community based organization in Hudson Falls. Schumer and Gillibrand said this funding will continue to support the organization’s efforts to improve education for low-income children at... Read More

Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. in Oneonta Will Use Funding to Continue to Provide Early Education for Low-Income Children   U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,317,564 in federal funding for Opportunities for Otsego, Inc., a community based organization in Otsego 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... Read More

Western New York’s Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. Will Use Funding to Continue to Provide Early Education Programs for Low-Income Children U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,319,314.00 in federal funding for the Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc., a community based agency in Western New York. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand said that the funding support a new Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership program and expand the organization’s... Read More

In 2011, Hurricane Irene’s Wrath Collapsed Sewers, Damaged Two Manholes & Caused Road Instability, Slope Failure on Campbell Avenue; Storm Damage Forced The City Of Troy To Close The Road For Several Months   FEMA Originally Approved Project Cost of $400,000 to Rebuild & Rehab, But it Was Not Enough Due To The Complexity of Repairs; The Total Cost of Repairs for the City Was Well Over $1 Million, A Necessary Expense to Keep Residents Safe & Adjoining Sewer... Read More

TSA Pre-Check Has Been Successfully Installed at Syracuse Hancock International Airport, But In Order To Register For The Program Residents Must Travel All The Way to Oswego – Program Enables Travelers Deemed Safe To Enter Terminal With Expedited Screening Schumer Urges TSA To Bring A Pre-Check Enrollment Center To Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Make Air Travel Easier For Syracuse Residents – Rochester & Albany Have Enrollment Centers, Syracuse Should Too Schumer:... Read More

Schumer Urges the FAA to Finally Approve the MacArthur Airport Master Plan & Airport Layout Plan to Extend a Second Runway to Approx 7,000 Feet - MacArthur-Submitted Plan Has Languished on FAA's Desk for More Than a Year.  Schumer Cites February FAA Report Outlining Concerns That JFK, LGA & Newark Will Be Over-Capacity in 5 to 15 Years Due to Demand for Air Travel - Major Airlines Will Turn to Other Nearby Airports To Alleviate Delays, & Two 7000+ Ft. Runways Will Make MacArthur... Read More

Schumer, Following Personal Call to Alcoa CEO, Say He is Optimistic There Are No Reductions In Workforce Levels Or Smelting Capacity At Massena Planned Despite Current Down Market For Aluminum & Alcoa’s Global Reduction Of Smelting Capacity Schumer-Led Effort To Provide The Plant With A Steady Supply Of Clean And Affordable Power Has It Well Positioned For The Future  Schumer: I Will Watch This Situation Like A Hawk & Continue to Do Whatever I Can To Help Alcoa Thrive In The... Read More