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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

Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false ENUS XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4  U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that Watertown International Airport will receive a grant totaling $3,904,500 from the Department of Transportation. The money will be used to fund a... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the United States Department of Transportation has awarded Long Island's Francis S. Gabreski Airport $3,156,734 in a federal grant. The grant will provide federal funding for phase III to rehabilitate Runway 6/24. The existing runway pavement is in poor condition and requires rehabilitation so the funding will in turn increase safety and reduce delays at the airport, which can often cost New Yorkers time and huge amounts of money.   "This... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis said that a longer fluke season will benefit  Long Island anglers this year. In 2009, due to a low fluke quota, the state implemented a midsummer break in the midst of the fluke season which damaged the recreational fishing industry on Long Island and hurt average fishing enthusiasts. But after Schumer and Grannis fought for a larger federal quota, the 2010 fluke... Read More

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the RochesterGenesee Regional Transportation Authority will receive $ 6,351,718.00 from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to purchase eight new 40ft. lowfloor, heavyduty diesel transit buses and to rehabilitate and renovate the RTS Campus Facility. Paid through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the grant will enhance the transportation center's safety and operational standards.   "This grant will put people to work and  improves... Read More

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that Albany International Airport will receive $2,141,800 from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to purchase a new aircraft rescue vehicle and new snow removal equipment. Paid through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the grant will enhance the airport's emergency response and operational standards.   "This is great news for the Albany region and for travelers who use Albany International," said Schumer. "Safe and dependable airport... Read More

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that Greater Rochester International Airport will receive a grant totaling $2,333,119 from the Department of Transportation to extend the end safety area on Runway 28, the second longest runway at the airport. The funds will increase operational safety by providing a longer graded strip at the end of the runway.   "This is great news for the Rochester area and for travelers who use Greater Rochester International," said Schumer. "Safe and... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that New Hope Fire Department has received federal grants totaling $31,350 as part of Round 5 of the FY09 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The funding will be used for the operations and safety for Cayuga County. "I am proud to announce that the federal government has extended this helping hand to the New Hope Fire Department," said Schumer. "These are fine men and women... Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as Representatives Louise Slaughter, Eric Massa, Chris Lee, and Dan Maffei, have announced that they sent a personal letter to President Barack Obama asking him to assist in bringing GM to the negotiating table in efforts to reverse a decision to refer the pension plans of the Delphi Corporation's salaried retirees to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The members of Congress urged the Administration to insist... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that his bipartisan "Hire Now Tax Cut" proposal to provide businesses that hire unemployed workers with a tax cut has passed the Senate this morning with 70 votes. Schumer has joined with Orrin Hatch (RUtah) to offer a tax cut to businesses that hire a worker that has been without work for at least 60 days prior to employment. The businesses will avoid paying the employer's share of Social Security taxes on that worker for the... Read More