With two fire grants awarded to the Ovid Fire Department last year inexplicably locked by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged DHS to immediately release these muchneeded funds to support the fire department's acquisition of a ladder truck and uptodate protective gear. In 2007, the Ovid Fire Department successfully applied for two grants under DHS' Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, to help them upgrade a vehicle fleet that dates back to 1… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Four North Country Fire Departments Will Receive Nearly $500,000 In Federal Fire Grants

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that four North Country fire departments will receive a total of $490,082 in federal fire grants from the 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Plattsburgh Fire Department in Clinton County will receive $111,507 and Long Lake Rescue Squad, Inc. in Hamilton County  will receive $13,325 grants to improve operations and safety.  The Moriah Volunteer F… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces City Of Oswego Fire Department Will Receive Over $10,000 as a Federal Fire Grant

 U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the City of Oswego Fire Department will receive federal grants totaling $10,320 from the 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  The grant is part of the third round of DHS FY08 AFG program awards to several fire departments throughout the country and will be used to improve operations and safety.    "This funding will go a long way in supporti… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $300,000 For The Watervliet Innovation Center

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Financial Services FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $300,000 for the Center for Economic Growth's Watervliet Innovation Center.   The funding would be used to promote job growth and economic development by assisting small businesses in navigating state and federal homeland security markets to get New York's emerging technologies into the hands of endusers. The bill will n… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $215,000 For Oneida County Gang Task Force

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $215,000 for the Oneida County Gang Task Force. The funding will be used to acquire an information sharing database to timely and accurately analyze gang related crime. The bill will now proceed to the Senate Floor as the next step in the appropriations process.  Schumer worked closely with members … Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $500,000 For St. John Fisher College

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $500,000 for Monroe County's St. John Fisher College to construct a campus loop road extension to alleviate traffic congestion. The bill will now proceed to the Senate Floor as the critical next step in the appropriations process.  Schumer worked closely with members of the Appropriations Committee… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $2 Million For Phase II Of Stewart Rail Connection

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the TransportationHUD FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $2 million for the West of Hudson Regional Transit Access Project.  The funding would be used to support the environmental impact study that must be completed upon the conclusion of the alternatives analysis for connecting Metro North to Stewart Airport. Ultimately it will support the growing demand for the MetroNorth Railroad se… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $300,000 For Critical Flood Mitigation Study For Parts Of Flood-Stricken Southern Tier

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Energy and Water FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $300,000 for the Army Corps of Engineers to be used for Upper Delaware River Watershed Management .  The funding would be used to design and construct a comprehensive watershed management study to support flood mitigation efforts across the Southern Tier. The bill will now proceed to the Senate Floor as the next step in the appropri… Continue Reading

Schumer Pushes Energy Tax Breaks to Help Local and Upstate Alternative Energy Businesses and Bring Hundreds of New Green Jobs to CNY- Energy Independence Only Long-Term Way Out From High Gas Prices

With soaring oil prices taking a toll on Central New York's local economy and consumers, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced a tax incentive initiative for local alternative energy businesses that could potentially bring hundreds of green jobs to Central New York. Schumer toured SUNYESF's Center for Sustainable & Renewable Energy, a cuttingedge research facility in Syracuse that develops green technology for use at local alternative energy businesses. The proposed tax credits wou… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $400,000 For The Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Care Center, Inc

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $400,000 for the Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center.   The funding would be used to construct a Federally Qualified Health Center, increasing the healthcare for medically underserved populations in medically underserved areas, and will establish up to 50 new jobs in Newburgh… Continue Reading

Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Approves $300,000 For Rochester's George Eastman House

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies FY09 Appropriations Bill which includes $300,000 for the George Eastman House in Rochester.   The funding would be used to preserve and allow access to museum library collections through new Web applications. The bill will now proceed to the Senate Floor as the next step in the appropriations process.  Schumer worked clos… Continue Reading

Schumer Urges FBI & DOJ To Make Serbian Extradition Case A Top Priority After Man Charged In Binghamton Bar Room Beating Incident Flees The Country

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make a Serbian extradition case a top priority following a bar room beating in Binghamton that left a college student near death. Miladin Kovacevic fled the United States to Germany, and perhaps to Serbia, with an emergency Serbian passport three days after he was bailed out of jail on $100,000 cash bail apparently paid for by the Serbian consulate. Kovacevic was charged … Continue Reading

WITH AGING TAXIWAY AT GREATER BINGHAMTON REGIONAL AIRPORT IN NEED OF CRITICAL REPAIRS, SCHUMER URGES FAA TO FULLY FUND CRUCIAL REHABILTATION PROPOSAL