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Schumer Says Funding Will Allow Port To Expand Operations and Purchase New Equipment – Leading To 19 New Jobs, Increased Export Capacity, And Better Access To Global Markets For Local Businesses $4 Million EDA Grant Will Now Allow The Harbor Will Have Increased Export Capacity, Enhancing Its Ability To Serve Local Farmers, Food Producers, And Businesses Who Depend On The Port Schumer: With EDA Investment, Port Of Oswego Can Now Go Full Steam Ahead On Upgrades – Leading To More Jobs And... Read More

Schumer Helped Create The AFG & SAFER Grant Which Delivered Today’s Funding – And Says Boosts Like This Are Why He Fought To Pass The Fire Grants And Safety Act In The Senate To Save The Program From Being Eliminated This Year Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Will Help Protect The Brave Firefighters That Keep New Yorkers Safe U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,638,904.22 in federal funding for several fire departments across... Read More

Late May Frost Wreaked Havoc On Orchards & Vineyards From The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region To The Hudson Valley, Southern Tier and Capital Region Destroying Grapes, Apples, Strawberries, Blueberries, And Other Crops Key To Upstate Agriculture Economy Schumer Personally Called USDA Secretary Vilsack To Advocate For Upstate NY, And Working With Gillibrand Fought Non-Stop To Deliver Fed Disaster Funding For Farmers In 31 Upstate Counties, And 24 Contiguous Counties Who Experienced Major... Read More

Last Week, Schumer Met With Capital Region Dairy Farmers At Dharma Lea Farm To See Up Close How EQIP, The USDA Program Supporting Producers Interested In Conserving And Improving Natural Resources on Their Farms, Is Helping Farms Across Upstate Schumer Delivered Major Fed $$$ For Conservation Program In Inflation Reduction Act, Which He Led To Passage As Majority Leader – Senator Now Says Protecting This Program Is A Top Priority In Upcoming Farm Bill Schumer: We Cannot Crop This... Read More

Utica Has Many Homes And Structures Built Before 1978 When Lead Paint Was Banned, Increasing Risk Of Exposure For Utica Children - With Oneida Among Counties With The Highest Levels Of Childhood Lead Poisoning In NYS Senators Have Long Fought To Get The Lead Out Of Utica – Securing Another $3.5 Million To Remove Lead Hazards From Homes In Utica In 2018- And Latest Investment Will Boost Efforts Even Further To Rid Utica Homes Of Toxic Lead Paint Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Funding Is A... Read More

Binghamton & Broome County Have Many Homes And Structures Built Before 1978 When Lead Paint Was Banned, Increasing Risk Of Exposure For Southern Tier Children & Families – New Fed Funding Will Help Remove Lead Hazards From Binghamton, Town of Union, Johnson City, and Village of Endicott Senators Have Long Fought To Get The Lead Out Of Broome, Securing An Additional $3.5 Million To Remove Lead Hazards From Homes In Broome County In 2018 Schumer: Federal Funding Is A Shot In The Arm... Read More

U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development’s Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program Provides Federal Funding To Rid Homes And Communities Of Lead Hazards Reps Have Long Fought To Get The Lead Out Of Western NY – Securing Over $8 Million To Remove Lead Hazards From Homes In Erie & Niagara County In 2019 – And Latest Investment Will Boost Efforts Even Further To Rid Aging Niagara County Homes Of Toxic Lead Paint Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins: Federal Funding Is A Shot... Read More

Late May Frost Wreaked Havoc On Orchards & Vineyards From The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region To The Hudson Valley, Southern Tier and Capital Region; Freeze Happened When Fruit Was Already Set – Resulting In As Much As 95% Crop Loss In Most Heavily Impacted Regions – Destroying Grapes, Apples, Strawberries, Blueberries, And More With USDA Application Now Submitted for 31 Upstate Counties, Senators Are Calling On The USDA To Approve Federal Agriculture Disaster Declaration To Unlock... Read More

Schumer Led The American Rescue Plan To Passage As First Major Bill As Majority Leader, Providing Critical, Flexible State & Local Aid For Municipalities Like Wayne County To Recover From The Pandemic And Make Long-Term Investment To Improve Infrastructure, Including Broadband Because Of Funding Schumer Secured, Wayne County Was Able To Invest $8 Million In ARPA Funds To Finally Realize Multi-Year Goal Of Having 100% Broadband Coverage Across The Entire County Schumer: With This Vital ARPA... Read More

Schumer Says Critical Cancer Drugs & Common Generics For Asthma, Antibiotics and More Are In Short Supply And Feds Need To Act Fast To Protect Central NY Patients And Help Doctors Across Upstate NY With Drug Shortages Rapidly Increasing by 30%, Schumer Reveals New 4-Prong Push To Repair Upstate NY’s Drug Supply Chains And Thwart Future Crises; Says Legislation Is Coming To Once And For All Fix Urgent Problem   Schumer: Dire Drug Shortage Could Soon Delay Treatments... Read More

Like Many Communities Syracuse Has Been Impacted By EMT Shortages, But Now Senators Have Delivered Critical Fed Funding To Help Syracuse Fire Department Train All Incoming Fire Fighters To The EMT Level And Several Current Fire Fighters To The Paramedic Level To Bolster Emergency Response Schumer Helped Create The AFG & SAFER Grants Which Delivered Today’s Funding – And Says Boosts Like This Are Why He Fought To Pass The Fire Grants And Safety Act In The Senate To Save The... Read More

Schumer Helped Keep The Bills In Buffalo When Their Future Was At Risk, And Says Now The Team Is Stronger Than Ever For The Upcoming Season Schumer: GO BILLS! Rochester, N.Y. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today attended the Buffalo Bills’ 2023 training camp at St. John Fisher in Rochester and gave his thoughts on the Bills’ upcoming season: “I am thrilled to see the Buffalo Bills back in action on the field, and on behalf of all of Bills Mafia,... Read More

Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Act Has Spurred A New Wave Of American Semiconductor Production – Bringing Back This Vital Industry From Overseas, Manufacturing Microchips Integral To Everyday Life And Vital To National Security, Strengthening American Supply Chains, Lowering Costs & Boosting U.S. Competitiveness Upstate NY Is Already Seeing Historic New Investment And A Manufacturing Boom From Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Act – Like Micron’s Landmark $100... Read More

Delaware County Electric Cooperative Provides Electricity To Thousands Of Rural Families & Small Businesses, And Now Schumer Wants To Help Them And Other Rural Electric Co-Ops In The Southern Tier & Mohawk Valley Expand Efforts To Provide Affordable Utilities To Underserved Communities Schumer Secured Major Fed $$$ In The Inflation Reduction Act That Rural Electric Co-Ops Like Delaware County, Otsego, Steuben, And Oneida-Madison Can Potentially Tap; Senator Reveals New Push To Expand... Read More

Schumer & Gillibrand Delivered Critical Funding To Build Rome Air Force Research Lab’s New Extreme Computing Facility For Vital National Defense Research Using The Most Cutting-Edge Quantum Computing Technology Working In Partnership With The Griffiss Institute Now Senators Reveal They Have Secured $44M In New Funding For Rome In Senate Defense Appropriations Bill To Grow Quantum Computing Programs Even Further – Helping Supercharge AFRL As America’s Leader In Global... Read More

After Several Recent Drug Busts In Plattsburgh, Where Law Enforcement Seized $24K Worth Of Illegal Drugs, And Over 2,500 Bags Of Fentanyl, Schumer Reveals A Bipartisan Push To Use National Defense Bill To Address Fentanyl & Opioid Crisis By Attacking Its Source Overseas, Far Before The Deadly Drug Reaches The North Country Schumer Says FEND Off Fentanyl Act, Which He included In Senate Passed Defense Bill, Would Place New Sanctions On China For Its Growing Role In America’s Fentanyl... Read More

Reps Say STEMcyclists Summer Camp Has Sparked A Complete Transformation In STEM Learning – Providing Underserved 9th and 10th Grade Students With Opportunity To Explore The Intersections Of Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics Through Bicycles And Bicycle Riding UB Will Help Underrepresented Students Learn Science, Engineering, And Biomechanics – Laying The Ground Work To Get Kids Interested In STEM Careers Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins: With A Boost From The Feds, UB Is... Read More

UFCW Local One, Which Represents Thousands Of Food and Commercial Workers At Major Upstate Employers Like Tops Supermarket, Were Victims Of A Pension System That Collapsed After 2008 Crash; Without Action, After a Lifetime of Hard Work, Many Could Not Retire Or Would Have Paltry or Zero Pension Benefits Remaining As Schumer’s First Major Act As Majority Leader, He Secured Pension Fix So Union Members, Who Worked Their Whole Lives But Risked Losing Payments Through No Fault Of Their Own,... Read More

Schumer Has Fought For Years To Fix The Medicare Wage Index, Which For Decades Has Denied Hundreds Of Millions In Medicare Payments For Upstate NY Hospitals That They Rightly Deserved, Contributing To Financial Woes And Worsening Doctor And Nurse Shortages Across The State After Launching An All Out Push Earlier This Year, Schumer Says Finalized CMS Rule Will Have Game Changing $967+ Million Estimated Impact On Upstate NY Every Single Year– Touching Rural And Urban Hospitals In Every... Read More

After Several Recent Drug Busts In Orleans, Where Law Enforcement Seized $9 Million Worth Of Illegal Drugs, And 114 Fentanyl Pills Disguised As Other Drugs, Schumer Reveals Bipartisan Push To Use National Defense Bill To Address Fentanyl & Opioid Crisis By Attacking Its Source Overseas, Far Before The Deadly Drug Reaches Western NY  Schumer Also Provides Update On New Federal Efforts To Combat Dangerous, Skin-Rotting Drug Xylazine, Also Known As ‘Tranq,’ That Is Spreading In... Read More