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Binghamton’s AVRE Has Lost Over $1 Million In Sales As Result of Fed Gov. Changes; Feds Have Priced AVRE Products at 80% Mark-up, Compared to 10-15% for Other Similar Products – Schumer Calls For Investigation Into Markups, Say Playing Field Needs To Be Level; These Jobs Are Critical Lifeline For Some Of Southern Tier’s Most Vulnerable People & We Must Protect Them Schumer Also Receives Prestigious Award For Being Champion of the Blind & Visually Impaired Today, at... Read More

Schumer Says that the FAA & The Office of Management & Budget Must Expedite the Release of New Drone Regulations That Would Draw Clear Lines for Legal & Illegal Drone Usage – The FAA Has Been Developing Drone Privacy & Usage Guidelines for Years; FAA Rule Has Made Some Progress & Is Now Sitting at Office of Management & Budget for Review Schumer: FAA Drone Rules To Protect Buffalo Fliers’ Physical Safety Have Been Stuck in Federal Bureaucracy for Far Too... Read More

United States Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a critical commitment they received from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to take major actions to help homeowners still struggling to rebuild their homes by increasing transparency, fairness and credibility within the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims process. Senators Schumer, Gillibrand, Menendez and Booker met with FEMA Administrator Fugate this week to push for many of... Read More

Schumer Introduced Legislation After Recent AP Investigation Which Revealed that Dozens of Nazi War Criminals Have Received Social Security Benefits Years After Being Forced Out of U.S. Today, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced today that both the Senate and House have passed bipartisan legislation that closes a loophole that has allowed Nazis expelled from the U.S. to collect Social Security benefit. With passage secured in both chambers of Congress, the bill now heads to the... Read More

Over 1,500 NYS Veterans Have Taken Their Own Life In The Last Ten Years & Almost 500 Service Members Take Their Lives Each Year; Suicide Rate Among National Guard & Reserves Is Growing Schumer to Colleagues: Pass National Defense Bill & Help Prevent Future Service Members & Families From Experiencing The Pain of Suicide Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that The Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2014 has been included in the... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $336 Million Award Through New Alternative Procedures Program Which Provides Lump Sum Payments for Sandy Repairs FEMA’s Public Assistance Provides Funding for Permanent Repairs & Mitigation Measures at Sandy-Damaged MTA Tunnels U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand today announced over $336 million in federal funding for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to make permanent repairs on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and... Read More

Schumer Recently Stood With WNY Parents to Call for Passage & Highlight That Stricter Protocols & More Accurate Data Could Decrease The Number of Tragic Deaths in Children & Infants – Would Also Provide Quicker Answers to Parents Who Lack Information About Cause of Death For Months - Even Years U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that both the Senate and House have passed bipartisan legislation that would require significant improvements to research, investigation... Read More

Federal Reps Say: DFAS Workers Are Productive, Efficient and Cost-Effective Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer and Representative Richard Hanna today announced, after their push, a measure that would help provide additional protections for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The language included in FY 2015 NDAA requires an independent review by the Deputy Chief... Read More

“Chameleon Carriers” Have Same Drivers, Same Trucks, Same Accident History As Prior Operators; Creating A New Name Should Not Be Enough To Get Back On The Road – Schumer Pushes Feds To Institute New Practice of Reviewing Individual Driver Safety Records To Help Root Out “Chameleon Carriers” Schumer Says Any Trucking Company With Safety Violations Could Easily Become A Chameleon – In the Capital Region, 87 Trucking Companies Have Received Safety Warnings; In... Read More

Since 2012, Schumer Has Called On FDA to Change Drug Labels to Clearly Warn Pregnant Women of Rx Painkillers Dangers; New FDA Rule Will Provide Consistent Way for Expecting Moms to Learn Risks & Benefits of RX Drugs for Use During Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Schumer: Important FDA Action Will Help Reduce the Alarming Number of Rx Drug-Addicted Infants Today, on a conference call with reporters, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer launched his push to eliminate a federal loophole that enables... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand, Maffei to Colleagues: Pass National Defense Bill & Make Long-Sought Tubman Recognition A Reality U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Dan Maffei today announced that a provision to establish the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn as a National Historical Park, which would also encompass the Tubman Home for the Aged, the Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church and Rectory, is included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was... Read More

Schumer to Colleagues: Pass National Defense Bill & Right Century-Old Wrong Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that a provision he authored, which would secure the Medal of Honor for the late World War I hero and Albany resident, Sergeant Henry Johnson, is included in the just-unveiled National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Schumer said that the House could vote on the NDAA as early as this Thursday and the Senate will then vote on the same bill next week. If the... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $ $72,263,840.00 to update and replace 29 bridges throughout Upstate New York. The funding was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and will fund the necessary improvements for bridges in high-risk flood areas throughout the Capital Region, Central New York, Southern Tier, Hudson Valley and North Country. This... Read More

Schumer: Long-Awaited Funds Will Enable Village of Nyack To Recover Hurricane Sandy Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Representative Nita Lowey announced that the Village of Nyack will receive $1,762,175.82 in federal funds to cover costs for repairs made to Memorial Park and the local marina, which were damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The funding is being allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) public assistance grant program.... Read More

With Certification, SureScan Is Now Actively Introducing The Product To Domestic And International Airports Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that SureScan Corporation, located in Endicott, has received Transportation Security Administration (TSA) certification for its new, innovative checked baggage screening solution, called the x1000. SureScan, developer and manufacturer of the x1000, is actively introducing the product to domestic and international airports. Schumer... Read More

Schumer: The Time Is Now To Launch Push To Upgrade The Bay Outlet Bridge for Year-Round Access Today, on the Irondequoit side of the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer launched his push to secure federal funding to provide year-round access across the Bay Outlet Bridge connecting Irondequoit and Webster. Schumer said that this bridge in its current form is a lose-lose for local residents. In the spring and summer months, the bridge closes to vehicular traffic in... Read More

Russian Website, Now Shut Down, Demonstrated That Thousands of NYers Can Easily Be Hacked Through Personal TVs & Other Devices, By Remotely Turning On Cameras and Microphones, Spying On Families’ Living Rooms & More – This Exposes NYers to Blackmail, Robbery When Homes Are Empty Schumer Calls For TV, Camera, Baby Monitor Manufacturers To Adopt Improved Standards Of Security To Be Used In All New Devices, Like Forcing Individualized Passwords Rather than Using Default... Read More

Schumer Calls for an Emergency Surge Of $100M for Fed-Designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Like Albany County; Senator Is Pushing for Funding As Part of Upcoming Appropriations Process – Schumer Also Announces Push To Unlock $6 Million in Funding Set To Help Albany Combat Heroin That Is Currently Being Held Up At DOJ Schumer: We All Saw the Horrors Caused By the Crack Epidemic When Left Unchecked by Feds & Other Law Enforcement – Can’t Let Capital Region Become... Read More

With Design of New Trains Underway, Schumer Presses Long Island Rail Road to Incorporate Community Input To The Design Process; Schumer Urges LIRR to Hold Public Meetings, Create an Online Suggestion Box or Conduct a Passenger Survey So that Commuters Are Aware of the Redesign & Included in the Process Schumer: LIRR Should Consult the Experts – Its Riders – To Improve Both Train Design & Rider Satisfaction U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Long Island Rail Road... Read More

In May, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory’s (KAPL) Kesselring Site in West Milton, Which Employs 700 & Trains 1,000+ Navy Personnel, Was At Risk of Having to Shut Down One of Its Training Reactors Due To Major Funding Gap – Schumer, After Personal Calls with DOE Secretary Moniz & Navy Secretary Mabus, Secured An Additional $16 Million in FY14 Funds to Keep The Facility Open Schumer: Highest Level of Funding Will Help Keep Kesselring Reactor Off Chopping Block Today, U.S.... Read More