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Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer introduced legislation to make the State University of New York (SUNY) a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), a partnership of several organizations meant to enhance the emergency preparedness of federal, state, local, and nongovernmental emergency responders and counterterrorism teams.  The NDPC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Preparedness... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is introducing new legislation to help small businesses across New York cross what has become known as the "valley of death" - the time between the research and development phase of a product and its commercialization.   Schumer said that New York has hundreds of businesses that, given the chance, could produce successful products and grow into major industries, but because they don't have the means to commercialize a development, they... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC-U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (DN.Y.), Robert Menendez (DN.J.), Ben Cardin (DMD), Frank Lautenberg (DNJ), Blanche Lincoln (DAR), Amy Klobuchar (DMN) and Jeanne Shaheen (DN.H.) announced new legislation Wednesday to confront airlines that are socking travelers with new fees for carryon luggage.   The legislation comes after Spirit Airlines announced last week that it would begin charging customers a whopping $45 for carryon luggage. The policy could spur other airlines to follow... Read More

United States Senator Charles E. Schumer is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to the Fire Department of New York for the Juvenile Fire Setters Intervention Program in the wake of several deadly fires started by children in recent weeks. Joined by FDNY Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano, Schumer made a direct appeal to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to deliver the much needed funding to continue and expand the... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has announced that he has written a personal letter to the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Patrick Corvington, urging him to accept the New York City Coalition Against Hunger's application to the AmeriCorps program. The application, if accepted, would send 9 AmeriCorps members to the Rochester region to work with local residents to address the need for increased food and nutrition programs. The AmeriCorps members would also use... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he has personally called the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to press him to release all the necessary funds that would allow TriCounty Memorial Hospital to relocate and rebuild the hospital that was wiped out in 2009 by severe flooding. Schumer and Fugate had a positive conversation during which Fugate pledged to give serious and full consideration to TriCounty's proposal, and agreed to meet with Schumer in... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called for an immediate federal probe by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspector General into the background checks conducted on new and transferred employees at U.S. nuclear plants and the Commission's procedures for monitoring current employees. Schumer announced his push at Nine Mile Plants, an Oswego based energy facility. Schumer's call followed reports that a man, Sharif Mobley, found to have ties to alQaeda, worked at a number of different... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is pushing new legislation to vigorously address China's currency manipulation that unfairly and negatively impacts U.S. trade. If passed, the legislation would provide less flexibility to the Treasury Department when it comes to citing countries for currency manipulation. It would also impose stiff new penalties on countries that manipulate their currency, including possible tariffs on the countries' exports and a ban on any companies... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is pushing new legislation to vigorously address China's currency manipulation that unfairly and negatively impacts U.S. trade. If passed, the legislation would provide less flexibility to the Treasury Department when it comes to citing countries for currency manipulation. It would also impose stiff new penalties on countries that manipulate their currency, including possible tariffs on the countries' exports and a ban on any companies... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that he is pushing new legislation to vigorously address China's currency manipulation that unfairly and negatively impacts U.S. trade. If passed, the legislation would provide less flexibility to the Treasury Department when it comes to citing countries for currency manipulation. It would also impose stiff new penalties on countries that manipulate their currency, including possible tariffs on the countries' exports and a ban on any companies... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the United States Department of Transportation has awarded Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority $6,000,000 in a federal grant for the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The grant will provide federal funding for the construction of Noise Mitigation Measures for Public... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC-U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (DNY) and Jon Kyl (RAZ)-joined by 15 Senate colleagues-today announced bipartisan legislation that will provide tax relief to victims of Ponzi schemes so that small investors can recoup some of their losses from these scams. The measure will assist victims of frauds such as those run by disgraced financiers Bernie Madoff and Alan Stanford. Many of these victims were retired senior citizens who lack a monthly income to rely on daytoday. The new... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Representatives Louise Slaughter and Brian Higgins and Mayor of Buffalo Byron Brown announced that they have written a personal letter to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), William Craig Fugate, asking the agency to drop its outrageous claim against the... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today, United States Senator Charles E. Schumer made a direct appeal to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to bring a retired space shuttle from NASA to New York's Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum. Last Spring, NASA announced its decision to send three soontobe retired space shuttles to institutions across the country and Schumer quickly jumped on... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department has received federal grants totaling $56,505 as part of Round 7 of the FY09 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The funding will be used improve operations and safety. "These essential grants ensure that the fire departments in the Hudson Valley Region will continue to have the basic resources required to do their jobs, improve safety... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged New York's families to take advantage of his College Tuition Tax Credit that was included in the federal economic stimulus package when they file their tax returns this year. Schumer's law included a provision to more than double the current college tuition tax break to $2,500 per student per year. The credit is a new approach and a major change to the current college tuition tax deduction that will allow many middle class families in New York to... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Responding to the failure of both Republican and Democratic administrations to confront China's currency manipulation, a bipartisan group of 14 U.S. senators announced new legislation Tuesday to vigorously address currency misalignments that unfairly and negatively impact U.S. trade. If passed, the legislation would provide less flexibility to the Treasury Department when it comes to citing countries for currency manipulation. It would also impose stiff new penalties on... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Today U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that, at his urging, Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division, will come to Batavia, New York to meet with upstate New York dairy farmers and consumers to explore potential anticompetitive practices in the dairy industry.  Varney is... Read More

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (DNY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (DNY) and U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY24) announced that the Village of Newport has received an adjusted funding amount from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Rural Development.  The village will receive a federal grant worth $775,000 and a low interest loan for... Read More

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that Elmira/Corning Regional Airport will receive a grant totaling $3,515,000.00 from the Department of Transportation. The grant will fund the rehabilitation of the airport's apron, the area contiguous to the terminal where planes are parked, loaded, and unloaded. The rehabilitation ensures safe aircraft operations.    "This is great news for the Southern Tier Region and for travelers who use Elmira Corning Regional... Read More