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Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, United States Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee, passed his legislation to protect the New York and United States fashion industry from copycat knock offs. The legislation provides a very limited intellectual property protection to the most original fashion designs - those that are extremely unique and... Read More

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today renewed his call on the EPA to reimburse Nassau County for over $20 million in federal sewer construction funds so that Nassau County can use the funding to permanently fix the sludge leaking from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Facility into the Reynolds Channel. In October, the DEC discovered that several critical components of the facility were defective, resulting in brown plumes in the Reynolds Channel. In light of this leak, Schumer today wrote a letter... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he has personally called Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior David Hayes, urging the rejection of the Cayuga Indian Nation's plan to take 125 acres of land intro trust in Seneca and Cayuga counties. During the call, Schumer said that the FEIS made only minor changes from the draft, released... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he has personally called Daniel M. Ashe, Director of Policy for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), urging him to expedite review of the locations 'site plan' that would clear the way for a $150 million distribution center in Orange County that has the potential to create up to 2,000 jobs. A site plan, which details the layout of buildings, overall architecture of the project and the impact that the project may have on the... Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Bill Owens announced that the Adirondack Region Medical Home, run by Adirondack Health Institute (a collaboration of over 120 physicians and 96 physician assistants and nurse practitioners), five hospitals, seven commercial health plans, the New York State Department of Health, the Medical Society of the State of New York, and the New York State Association of Counties has been awarded  a prestigious federal... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Washington, D.C . - U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressman Maurice Hinchey (DNY) and John Hall (DNY) today announced that the Air Force has named Stewart Air National Guard Base as... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed to expand soybean crop insurance to 14 New York counties after a public push by Schumer which included a personal call to USDA Secretary Vilsack in June. Today's announcement by USDA will expand this essential insurance program to Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Tioga and Washington counties, and will... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that food products produced in China that are fraudulently labeled 'organic' threaten to undermine a lucrative and growing industry in Sullivan County - the organic farming industry. Schumer said that reports have shown that some Chinese growers are mislabeling their products as "organic" and he today called on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to more aggressively act to halt the practice. If it continues, consumers' confidence in... Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter announced that $16,500,000 in federal grant funding would be coming to Niagara Falls to revitalize the Niagara Falls Customhouse which will soon be known as the Niagara Falls International Railway Station. The funding comes from the Department of Transportation's competitive TIGER grant program which was enacted as part of the stimulus bill. "Over two decades ago this community set its mind to turning... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released a letter to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt urging him to reject a formal advisory group's recommendation to scale back the 1,500 hour training requirement... Read More

United States Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that New York State has been made eligible for $55 million in funding to support lending programs for small businesses throughout the state. Part of the recently passed Small Business Lending Bill, the funding is designed to unfreeze credit, spur lending to small businesses, and help entrepreneurs get access to capital to create jobs. In order to access the dollars, New York State must demonstrate that for every one dollar of investment an... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed an audit conducted at his urging, and will beef up security at nuclear power plants around the country, as Schumer asked them to do in March.  Schumer requested the audit after it was revealed that suspected AlQaeda member Sharif Mobley was allowed to work at nuclear facilities in New Jersey for six years, before he moved to Yemen and was arrested for having ties with AlQaeda.   In the... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer formally requested the federal watchdog agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the long wait times that New Yorkers must battle through in order to cross the border. A timely border crossing is essential to New York's economy which depends on the commerce and tourists that come through the international border. Current wait times of up three hours slow down economic activity and discourage the type of commerce that New York's... Read More

New York, NY - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Representative Michael McMahon today announced $2,880,000 in federal funding for Richmond University Medical Center's (RUMC) residency slots program, which has been under threat of losing millions of dollars in funding. Funding comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services new Primary Care Residency Expansion Grant Program, a program authorized under the Affordable Care Act. This program funds 82... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is introducing the Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act (S. 3816) to provide tax cuts to companies that bring back outsourced jobs to the United States.  Schumer's legislation would provide 24 months of payroll tax relief to employers for each job brought from overseas to the United States.  To be eligible, businesses must certify that the U.S. employee is replacing an employee who had been performing similar duties overseas. ... Read More

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer  and Kirsten E. Gillibrand today announced that Stony Brook and Farmingdale State College are set to receive a federal funding totaling $3,400,000 as part of Fiscal Year 2011 Defense appropriations bill. The funding will be used to fund an innovative research program to engineer next generation advanced battery materials that would allow power to be beamed wirelessly. By eliminating wires and portable batteries and freeing up these electronic devices, this... Read More

New York, NY - U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced $63,000 in federal grants that will go towards the purchasing of vans for the Disabled American Veterans Transportation program for Suffolk County. The County of Suffolk applied for the grant to replace two existing vans. This transportation program was created in wake of travel benefit cuts for veterans. All van drivers are volunteers and do not receive any payment for their work.   "Our heroes deserve the best possible care when... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is pushing legislation that will extend a program that has delivered over $1 billion in loans to New York small businesses in the last 18 months.  The program, which ran out of funds in July of this year, has increased the size of loan guarantees provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA) from... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Department of Defense appropriations bill includes $3 million for the Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) to perform research alongside the U.S. Air Force which will develop new and better strategies to combat the growing threat of cybersecurity.   "The threat of cyber... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Department of Defense appropriations bill includes $4 million for the Binghamton University in order to upgrade current military data systems to ensure they are secure from outside threats and operating in an energy efficient manner.   "Our topflight military intelligence... Read More