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RICHMOND HILL
04.16.03
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04.16.03
WHITE PLAINS
04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
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04.16.03
STATEN ISLAND
08.08.00
JAMESTOWN SENIORS PAYING STEEP PRICES FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ACCORDING TO SCHUMER SURVEY
Underscoring the need to expand Medicare to include prescription drug coverage, US Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed that Jamestown area seniors pay steep prices for prescription drugs and that nationally, the average senior without prescription coverage spends $800 out of pocket each year filling critical prescriptions. Schumer showed what a typical Jamestown senior pays for drugs for heart ailments and other common illnesses, including an average of $1424.79 a year for Prilosec… Continue Reading
08.08.00
SCHUMER UNVEILS PLAN TO FIGHT MEDICARE CUTS AT WESTERN NY HOSPITALS
In the wake of the harsh blow dealt to New York hospitals by the 1997 Balanced Budget Act (BBA), US Senator Charles E. Schumer today unveiled a plan that seeks to remedy the financial challenges that hospitals in Western New York are facing. "Our hospitals have been on life support for the last three years. This bill will take them out of intensive care and allow them to begin to recover," Schumer said. Although the BBA made important changes to Medicare payment policy and h… Continue Reading
08.02.00
SCHUMER UNVEILS PLAN TO FIGHT MEDICARE CUTS AT CENTRAL NY HOSPITALS
In the wake of the harsh blow dealt to New York hospitals by the 1997 Balanced Budget Act (BBA), US Senator Charles E. Schumer today unveiled a plan that seeks to remedy the financial challenges that hospitals in Central New York are facing. "Our hospitals have been on life support for the last three years. This bill will take them out of intensive care and allow them to begin to recover," Schumer said. Although the BBA made important changes to Medicare payment policy and help… Continue Reading
08.02.00
SCHUMER EXPECTS FRIARS AND PARK SERVICE TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS OVER DISPUTED LAND
US Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that he expects the National Park Service and the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Atonement at Graymoor to resume talks over the status of an 18 acre parcel of land near the Appalachian Trail later this month. Previous negotiations reached an impasse last Spring, prompting the Park Service to ask the Department of Justice (DOJ) to begin an eminent domain proceeding against the Friars. Schumer and others have asked the Department of Interi… Continue Reading
