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Federal Disaster Declaration Would Make Available FEMA Disaster Assistance Funds for Counties Like Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Genesee & Wyoming Schumer: We Need All Hands on Deck to Dig Out From This Epic Snowfall and the Fed Gov Must Do All It Can – ASAP – To Support WNY Communities Devastated By Snow Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called senior White House officials and urged the administration to be ready to immediately approve any request from New York State for... Read More

As House Continues to Consider Medal of Honor Bill, Schumer Tries An Additional Approach to Secure Long-Awaited Recognition for Sgt. Henry Johnson – Senator Pushes to Add Amendment to Annual Defense Bill That Would Clear the Way For Medal of Honor Schumer: We Need to Try Every Approach & Ensure All Bases Are Covered In Effort To Right A Century-Old Wrong & Give Sgt. Johnson The Recognition He Deserves Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is pushing an... Read More

Schumer Launches Push To Re-Instate This Important Benefit for NY Teachers & Make It Retroactive to Cover Last Year in this Month’s Lame Duck Session – Tax Benefit Will Help Teachers Save & Bring More Supplies Into NY Classrooms to Help Our Kids Learn, Including During Upcoming Holiday Lesson Plans; Schumer Will Release Report On Number of Teachers per County & The Amount of Savings Schumer: Fed Government Can Give an Apple to NY Teachers this Year By Making Out-of-... Read More

Schumer Also Pushes for the Now “Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office” to Allow Exterior Signage on Post Office So Entire Community Will Have Reminder of & Tribute to His Bravery Schumer: Renaming Rochester Post Office After Glende is Fitting Tribute to His Bravery and Dedication Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the legislation to rename the Rochester Main Post Office local at 1335 Jefferson Road in the Town of Henrietta after Army Specialist... Read More

Schumer Calls on Army Sec. McHugh to Work With Arsenal & Partnership to Develop Plan that Would Allow it to Use Rental Income to Reinvest in Campus & Keep Watervliet Viable – Schumer Says There Is Precedent for this Type of Arrangement Schumer: The Arsenal Partnership Should Be Able To Keep the Revenue It Generates, Not Send It Back to The Army Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh to enable the local development corporation at the... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) along with Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today announced their support for the New York and New Jersey Army National Guards’ formation of a combined Cyber Protection Team. In a letter to the Army National Guard’s Acting Director, Major General Lyons, the senators urged for  swift approval of a proposal allowing the New York and New Jersey Army National Guards... Read More

Schumer Calls For Senate to Pass Legislation That Has Already Passed the House of Representatives & Will Fill Gaps in Federal Reporting of Young Deaths, Improve Data Collection & Investigations, Enhance Training, Plus Improve Research Schumer Stands With Buffalo Parents to 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... Read More

Schumer Calls For Senate to Pass Legislation That Has Already Passed the House of Representatives & Will Fill Gaps in Federal Reporting of Young Deaths, Improve Data Collection & Investigations, Enhance Training, Plus Improve Research Schumer Stands With Rochester Parents to 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... Read More

Schumer Pushed The Inner Loop Project With Two Different Secretaries of Transportation – Senator Made In-Person Appeals to Secs. LaHood & Foxx; Without Fed Support, Project Would Have Remained On the Drawing Board Schumer: If You Fill It, They Will Come Today, at the Corner of Howell Street and South Union Street at Rochester’s Inner Loop, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer joined with local Rochester officials and developers to celebrate the first “filling in” of the... Read More

Schumer Will Also Call for Creation of ‘Ebola Fund’ Similar to Those For Diseases like Tuberculosis, Available to Reimburse Any City That Handles a Confirmed Ebola Case, Treats a Patient & Conducts Contact Tracing; “Local Governments Should Be Compensated for Fighting Contagion Just Like We Help Localities After Natural Disasters.” Schumer: NYC & Taxpayers Can’t Be Left Holding the Bag for Their Thorough Handling of a Deadly Infectious Disease – Fewer... Read More

Senators’ Call Comes in Light of Federal Judge Brown’s Recent Order Which Suggested That Reports Were Doctored To Withhold Payments for Family In Long Beach – In addition, Senators Noted Inexcusable Delays As a Result of Legal Stall Tactics Used to Make Millions of Dollars on Backs of Federal Taxpayers Schumer, Gillibrand: FEMA Must Protect Sandy Victims & Ensure They are Fairly Compensated For Devastating Losses U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand... Read More

Provision Institutes Additional Protections for DFAS Federal Reps Say: DFAS Workers Are Productive, Efficient and Cost- Effective Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Richard Hanna called on both the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee to preserve language from the already-passed House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would help provide... Read More

Schumer Calls on Congressional Colleagues to Act on Bipartisan Plan That Gives All Law Enforcement Greater Access to National Missing Children Files & Also Says That Missing Children Records Should Be Updated With Photos, Medical Records & More, Within 30 Days – Law Enforcement Still Trying To Solve Thousands of Missing Children Cases, Including Jaliek Rainwalker in Capital Region, Sara Anne Wood in CNY & Brittanee Drexel in Rochester In the Capital Region, 2,081 Children Went... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1M in FEMA Funding to Reimburse Town of Hempstead for Street Lighting Equipment, Including Poles, Lamps, Wiring & More U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Town of Hempstead will receive over $1 million in federal funding for the repair and replacement of street lights and underground electrical wiring throughout the Town that were damaged as a result of Superstorm Sandy. The reimbursement is being provided by... Read More

After Significant Pressure from Schumer & Others, Feds & Guardrail Manufacturer Agreed to A Plan To Re-Evaluate Product & Identify Potential Safety Issues – This Plan, However, Would Employ Old Standards to Measure Effectiveness & Safety of Guardrail Component Even Though New, More Robust Safety Standards Were Developed for Guardrails in 2009 and Implemented in 2011; Schumer Urges Feds to Test Product With New Standards Schumer: Driver Safety Shouldn’t Be Stuck in... Read More

Greco, a First Responder on 9/11, Currently Serves as Lieutenant of the NYS Police & Has 32 Years of Law Enforcement U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced, upon his recommendation, Michael Greco has been nominated by President Obama to be the next United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York. Schumer, who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that has jurisdiction of U.S. Marshal confirmations, had previously recommended Greco to President Obama. Schumer... Read More

Schumer Calls on U.S. Forest Service to Prioiritize Funding to Better Control Spread of the Pest – Schumer Says Communities & Residents Need Resources & Best Practices To Help Slow Progress of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Pest Is Currently in 25 Counties Across NYS – Has Been Found In Following Counties In Past: Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Sullivan, Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Albany, Schoharie, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Delaware, Otsego, Broome, Tioga, Chemung,... Read More

Schumer’s Senate Bill Would Make It More Difficult for FERC to Implement Capacity Zone, Preventing Them From Using Federal Funding On Any Effort That Hikes Rates – Schumer Bill Takes Bi-Partisan Effort By Reps. Maloney & Gibson In House, Brings It To Senate Floor; Schumer Will Push For Passage By The End Of This Year Schumer: If FERC Will Not Listen To The Residents of Hudson Valley, Legislation Will Help Tie Their Hands Today, at Festival Square Park adjacent to Middletown City... Read More

Schumer Said Commuter Benefit Would Go Into Effect For 2015 & Cover 2014 Costs Retroactively – Benefit Needs To Be Passed By Jan 1st, Otherwise Local Residents Could Be Stuck With Lower Savings For Entire Year Schumer: Commuters Who Take Metro-North To Work Should Get Same Benefit As Those Who Drive Today, at the White Plains Train Station, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer brought together local commuters and transportation advocates for a rally to urge Congress to reinstate the... Read More

Schumer Said Commuter Benefit Would Go Into Effect For 2015 & In Some Cases Cover 2014 Costs Retroactively – Benefit Needs To Be Passed By Jan 1st, Otherwise Local Residents Could Be Stuck With Lower Savings For Entire Year Schumer: More Than 300,000 Riders Per Day Who Take LIRR To Work Should Get Same Benefit As Those Who Drive Today, at the Mineola LIRR Station, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer brought together local commuters and transportation advocates to rally for Congress to... Read More