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Washington, D.C. – Following years of advocacy and fighting to secure millions in funding, U.S Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today released the following statement on the completion of the Little Sodus Bay Harbor West Pier Project: "I visited Fair Haven in 2019 – after yet another severe flood that have devastated the community and put homes, businesses and the Little Sodus Bay’s beloved tourism industry at risk – and promised I would not stop fighting until... Read More

Late May Frost And Below Freezing Temperatures Last Week Wreaked Havoc On Orchards & Vineyards Across New York State – 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 With More Frost Forecast This Week, Senators Are Now Urging The USDA To Prepare To Provide Relief – And If Requested, Approve A Crop Disaster... Read More

In 2019, In Lake George, The Remains Of What Are Believed To Be Dozens Of Continental Soldiers Were Uncovered During A Construction Project – Now, After Years Of Work To Unravel This Revolutionary War Era Mystery,  Schumer Is Fighting To Ensure These Soldiers Get The Full Honor And Respectful Burial They Deserve As We Approach the 250th Anniversary Of The American Revolution, Senator Urges The U.S. Army Secretary To Endorse Local Plans And Help Finance Reinternment To Finally Lay... Read More

Schumer Has Fought For Years To Fix The Medicare Wage Index For Capital Region Hospitals, Which Received Only 86 Cents On The Dollar Compared To The Average Hospital – Contributing To Financial Woes And Worsening Doctor And Nurse Shortages In The Region – And Now Feds Have Finally Proposed Fixing This Problem New Proposed Rule Would Have A Game Changing Annual $192+M Impact On Cap Region, And Annual ~$1 Billion Impact Across Upstate NY – But Schumer Says With The Proposed... Read More

“Dairy Margin Coverage Program” Schumer Helped Enact In 2018 Farm Bill Will Expire This September, Meaning Without Fed Action Payments To Dairy Farmers Could Cease, Hitting CNY And Cayuga County: –NY’s #2 Milk Producing County – The Hardest Schumer Says Upstate Dairy Farms and Consumers Will Be First Impacted If We “Go Over The Dairy Cliff” – Reverting Back To 1940's Era Policy, Leading To Severe Supply Chain Disruptions, Doubling The Price Of... Read More

Schumer Has Long Worked To Expand Capital Region’s Wind Industry, Calling On GE’s CEO To Bolster Their Presence With New Turbine Manufacturing GE Has Cited The Schumer-led Inflation Reduction Act As A Catalyst For Adding Over 200 Full-Time, Good-Paying Local Jobs In Schenectady And Plans To Hire Skilled Union Operators, Manufacturing Engineers, And Frontline Leadership Schumer: The Inflation Reduction Act Is The Wind In The Sails That Carried This Investment To The Capital Region... Read More

Regional Technology Hubs Program, First Proposed By Schumer In His Endless Frontier Act And Funded Created Through His CHIPS And Science Bill, Will Use Fed $$$ To Spur Innovation Across The Country To Lead In Research, Manufacturing, And Entrepreneurship In Key Industries $500 Million Represents First Phase Of The $10 Billion To Help Regions, Like Those In Upstate NY, Build The Technology Of The Future And Bring Manufacturing Back To America; Schumer Created Tech Hubs Program With Cities Like... Read More

Schumer Has Campaigned Relentlessly For Sgt. Henry Johnson, An African American WWI Hero, Who Was Denied Recognition Due To Racism and Segregation; Now Schumer Is Launching A New Push To Create A Postage Stamp In Honor Of This True American Hero In 2015, After Years of Schumer’s Advocacy, The White House Posthumously Awarded The Medal Of Honor To Sgt. Henry Johnson – And In 2020, Schumer Successfully Urged The Army To Rename Fort Polk In Honor Of Johnson, Which Will Officially Take... Read More

Schumer Created NSF Regional Innovation Engines Competition In His CHIPS & Science Bill, Specifically With Places Like Rochester And Upstate NY In Mind; Now, After His Direct Advocacy, U of R Has Been Selected As Phase One Awardee And Can Now Compete For Major Fed $$$ To Grow The Finger Lakes Laser Tech Ecosystem U of R Proposal Would Supercharge Finger Lake’s Workforce, Boosting Education And Training for Good-Paying Jobs, Develop New Cutting-Edge Laser Facilities, And Help Attract... Read More

Schumer Created NSF Regional Innovation Engines Competition In His CHIPS & Science Bill, Specifically With Places Like Ithaca And Upstate NY In Mind; Now, After His Direct Advocacy, Cornell Has Been Selected As A Phase One Awardee And Can Now Compete For Major Fed $$$ To Grow Region Into A Climate Research Hub Senators Say That Federal Investment Into Cornell’s Cutting-Edge Research Will Help Transition Upstate New York From Fossil-Fuel To A Sustainable Climate-Smart... Read More

Schumer Says "Light Up Livingston" Initiative He Fought For 2 Years Ago Will Finally Be Made A Reality, Bringing High-Speed Internet Access To Thousands of Livingston Households, Farms, Businesses And Schools   Schumer: It Is Time To Close The Digital Divide For Livingston County! Following his successful efforts to secure an $11.3 million grant for Livingston County from the USDA’s Broadband ReConnect Program, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced... Read More

For Decades, Rochester Has Suffered From Declining Tree Canopy – With Poorer Neighborhoods And Communities Of Color Having 30+% Fewer Trees – In the Face of Global Warming, This Is Worsening Historic Inequities, Health Disparities, Creating Urban Heat Islands, And More Schumer Bolstered Urban Forest Programs With Historic Funding In The Inflation Reduction Act – The Largest Investment In Fighting Climate Change Ever – To Help Cities Like Rochester Finally Add More Green... Read More

Viridi Parente, A Cutting-Edge Battery Storage System Manufacturer On Buffalo’s East Side, Is Already Getting A Big Power Boost From The Inflation Reduction Act’s Historic New Battery Programs Now Schumer Wants Feds To Help Ignite The Next Phase Of Their Growth – Accelerating The Transformation Of Former American Axle Factory – And Plan To Add Hundreds Of New Jobs With A Game Changing DOE Loan Schumer: It Is Time For The Feds To Spark Innovation, Supercharge Good... Read More

Schumer Has Fought For Years To Fix The Medicare Wage Index For Upstate Hospitals, Which Have Been Denied Hundreds Of Millions In Medicare Payments That They Rightly Deserved – Contributing To Financial Woes And Worsening Doctor And Nurse Shortages Across The State New Proposed Rule Would Have A Game Changing $967+ Million Impact On Upstate NY – Touching Rural And Urban Hospitals In Every Corner Of Upstate NY– The CMS Rule Is Now Under Review And Schumer Says He Is Launching An... Read More

Senators Say NY-NJ Watershed Protection Act Will Address Ongoing Threats To Watershed From Climate Change And Improve Water Quality Of One Of The Nation’s Most Populous Watersheds Schumer, Gillibrand: This Is Our Watershed Moment To Turn The Tide On Restoring The Hudson River And New York’s Scenic Waterways U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today made a splash by reintroducing the bipartisan New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection... Read More

Senator Says Extreme Cuts In McCarthy’s “Default On America (DOA)” Plan Will Hammer Upstate Communities; According to Non-Partisan Analysts, Plan Would Increase Risk Of A Recession, Cut Jobs & Hurt NY Families Schumer Lays Out Cuts That Will Hurt Upstate Families Most — With Millions At Risk Of Losing Lifesaving Benefits Like SNAP, +2 Million NYers On Medicaid, And Investment in American Manufacturing, Small Biz, And Workforce Training On Chopping Block; Upstate... Read More

In New York City Alone, FDNY Reports Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Caused More Than 400 Fires Over Last Four Years, Resulting In More Than 300 Injuries, 12 Deaths & Damage To More Than 320 Structures; Long Island Officials Also Worried About These Dangerous Batteries Standing With Victims, Schumer, Gillibrand, Rep. Torres Announce Major Plan & Legislation Called “Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act”; Law Would FINALLY Set Safety Standards For... Read More

After Large, Multiple Fires Ripped Through Rockland Forcing The Evacuation Of Dozens Of Homes And Businesses, Reps Want Feds To Investigate Incident Along The CSX Rail Tracks U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressman Mike Lawler today called on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to immediately conduct a comprehensive investigation into the multiple, dangerous brush fires that occurred along the CSX train tracks in Rockland County, New... Read More

Schumer-Created Programs—AFG & SAFER—Are Critical Funding Streams To Help Directly Staff And Equip Upstate Departments— But Were Set To Expire This Year; Schumer Led Charge To Save Funding, Throw Cold Water On These Cuts, And Now Has Passed New Legislation To Extend Critical Funding For NY Fire Departments Senator Turns Up Heat On The House To Quickly Take Up Bill, And Get It To The President’s Desk To Be Signed Into Law So Upstate Firefighters Don’t Lose Out On... Read More

Following years of advocacy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has heeded his calls and proposed a substantial increase to Medicare Wage Index (MWI) payments, which would significantly boost funding to Capital Region hospitals. Schumer explained that the FY2024 Hospital Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule would amend the Medicare formula to potentially include tens of millions in increased federal funding for hospital... Read More