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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $744,951 in federal funding for Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, in Westchester. The grant was awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and will be used to continue to provide education and training programs for new farmers and ranchers. The program provides technical training, business skills, online connectivity... Read More

Schumer-Grassley Bill Would Permanently Extend These Programs Rather Than Let Them Be Subject To Whim of Congress Each Year – Would Help Give Hospitals Certainty Critical Lifeline Will Always Be Available; Without These Programs, Some Hospitals Face Cuts of Over $1 Million   Schumer: Rural Hospitals Deserve Permanent Fed Funding Stream To Continue Providing Quality Health Care   U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced he is introducing a bill today with Senator Chuck... Read More

Senators Have Long Fought to Enhance Linkages to Agriculture Sector for Vets, New Farmers – Schumer Voted to Pass 2014 Farm Bill That Filled USDA Funding Gap to Continue Delivering Farm Training Programs to Thousands of NYS Vets & Farmers   Schumer, Gillibrand: Two Ithaca Organizations Will Use $1.4M in Fed Funds to Bring More Farmers, Vets Into NYS Ag Careers Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)... Read More

Schumer Pushes USPS To Rename Officer Pierson’s Hometown Post Office, East Rochester Post Office, In His Honor – Joined By Family Members & Fellow Police Officers, Dedication Would Be Fitting Memorial to His Heroic Service   Schumer: Dedication of East Rochester Post Office in Officer Pierson’s Name Will Be A Lasting Tribute to a Local Hero Today, at the East Rochester Post Office, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer joined with Amy Pierson, the wife of fallen Rochester... Read More

Following Tragic 2009 Plane Crash That Claimed Lives of 50 People, Including Many WNYers, Schumer & 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   Schumer: Families of Flight 3407 Fought Too Hard For Efforts to Be... Read More

Schumer Says Effort Would Help 1 Million NYS Veterans Get Access To Better Care – Bill Has Already Passed The House of Representatives; Senate is Last Remaining Hurdle   Schumer: We Must Do All We Can To Bring The Number of Veteran Suicides Way Down U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged his Senate colleagues to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at improving mental health care and suicide prevention resources for America’s veterans, including approximately one million... Read More

For More Than a Decade, National Transportation Safety Board Has Made Recommendations About Testing & Treating Transit Operators for Sleep Apnea—Sleep Disorders Among Engineers Can Put Countless of Passengers At-Risk to Deadly Accidents   Schumer: It Shouldn’t Take a LIRR Crash for the MTA to Heed NTSB Recommendations on Testing Engineers for Sleep Apnea U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) still does not... Read More

Schumer Announces Designation for: Renaissance Health Care Network Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Gouverneur Health, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Morrisiania Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Cumberland Diagnostic & Treatment Center, East New York  Diagnostic & Treatment Center   Schumer: This is a Huge Win for New York City Because Our Underserved Communities Will Now Have Better Access to Much-Needed Primary Health Care Services   U.S.... Read More

In July, Schumer Announced That, Following His Push, RIT Would Receive More Than $350K For Military Equipment Modernization Research in 2014 & That RIT Had Received Three-Year Contract With Ceiling of $2.1 Million, But Navy Has Not Allocated Funding For Lab In 2015 or 2016 Budget – Schumer Calls on Navy to Find Funding to Continue Program in 2015 & 2016   Schumer: RIT Deserves Funding To Create Jobs, Invest in New Technology & Continue Keeping Our Troops Safe   Today,... Read More

The Senators Noted That Metro-North has Been Working to Improve Safety Across Its System After Several Recent Failings & Deadly Accidents – Derailment Shows More Must Be Done   Senators: This Time We Were Lucky to Report No Injuries, But There is No Time to Rest in Improving Our Rail Safety   Following last night’s derailment of a Metro-North train outside of Grand Central Station, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Richard Blumenthal called on the head of Metro-North... Read More

In 2011, Schumer Urged Postmaster General Donahoe to Keep Pitcher Street Location Doors Open, Preserving 100 Local Jobs & Overnight Mail in the Mohawk Valley; Closing Would Delay Mail For Small Businesses, The Elderly, Those Living Paycheck to Paycheck   Schumer: Keep Pitcher Street Post Office Open for Business Today, during a one-on-one meeting, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the incoming Postmaster General, Megan Brennan, to keep the City of Utica’s Pitcher Street Post... Read More

In 2012, Schumer Received Personal Commitment from Postmaster General Donahoe that the William St. Processing Center Would Remain Open For Three Years, Preserving 700 Facility Jobs & Overnight Mail in Western NY – In 2014, Schumer Secured Additional Commitment From Postmaster That Facility Would Remain Open Through End of 2015   Schumer: The Buffalo Processing Facility’s Doors Should Remain Open At Least Through End of 2015 As Promised   Today, during a one-on-one... Read More

Landfills are Consistent Deal-Breaker For Possible Buyers & SEDC Has Proposed Decoupling Them from Site in Order to Open it Up to Business Development, Job Creation, Capital Investment – Schumer Calls on Int’l Paper to Come to the Table & Find Mutually Beneficial Solution   Schumer: Landfills Should Not Hold Back Site of Potential Major Economic Growth   Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the International Paper Company to work with local officials in the... Read More

Photonics Hub Has Potential to Boost Manufacturing Innovation, Develop Companies And Commercial Products & Create Hundreds of Jobs – Last Year, Schumer And Gillibrand Pushed Legislation to Establish Manufacturing Hubs & Urged Administration to Establish Programs Focused on High-Tech Manufacturing, Create High-Tech Hubs Throughout The Country to Allow Areas Like Rochester to Thrive   Schumer, Gillibrand to DOD: Select Rochester For New Photonics Hub   Today, U.S. Senators... Read More

Washington, D.C. – More than twenty years ago, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed to protect consumers from unsolicited and intrusive telephone calls from telemarketers while families were eating meals together or parents were helping children with homework. With efforts underway by various industries to weaken TCPA and allow auto-dialers to call consumers’ mobile devices, Senators Schumer, Gillibrand and 11 Senate Democrats today joined in a letter calling on... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $5 Million in FEMA Funding for Permanent Repairs to Asphalt of North Hempstead Beach Park’s Parking Lot – Funding Will Also Make Site More Resilient for Future Storms   Funding Will Help Ensure that Local Taxpayers Are Not Responsible for Cost of Repairs U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced over $5 million in federal funding to the Town of North Hempstead for permanent repairs of the asphalt substructure of a... Read More

Schumer: Now is the Time for Iran to Make a Deal & If They Don’t, the Hammer of New Sanctions Will Come Down Quickly   U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced he is supporting new legislation that would impose economic pressure on Iran if international negotiations do not yield a final nuclear deal by the P5+1 June 30th deadline. The legislation, the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015 (S.269), was introduced by  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert... Read More

Schumer Pushes Bipartisan Legislation That Will Make Easy Fix to CHAMPVA Rules & Make Adult Children Eligible for Coverage Until Age 26 – Would Bring CHAMPVA In Line With Private Insurance Policies & Give Vets’ Kids Same Protections as Other Adult Children; Similar Fix Was Recently Made To TRICARE   Schumer: The Children Of Vets Who Made The Greatest Sacrifice Should Receive At Least the Same Health Care Benefits as Everyone Else   Today, on a conference call with... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer introduced Attorney General Nominee Loretta Lynch to the Senate Judiciary Committee, on the first day of her nomination hearing. Senator Schumer previously nominated Ms. Loretta Lynch twice for her current position as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.  “If there is an American dream story, Ms. Lynch is it,” Senator Schumer said. “...[As the Eastern District prosecutor] she found her calling handling some of the... Read More