Press Releases
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $100,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR DRUG PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY TO ADDRESS THE SCOURGE OF OPIOIDS
Funding Will Help North Country Drug Initiatives Address Opioid-Related Deaths Through Coordinated Prevention and Treatment Efforts U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $100,000 in federal funding for two opioid prevention programs in the North Country. Specifically, the Alliance for Better Communities in Jefferson County and the Massena Drug-Free Community Coalition in St. Lawrence will each receive $50,000, respectively. The fundi… Continue Reading
06.17.18
SCHUMER URGES FDA TO REMOVE INEFFECTIVE ‘SUNSCREEN PILLS’ FROM THE MARKET AS THEIR SALES HEAT UP; PILLS PROMISE SPF-LIKE PROTECTIONS BUT ARE BASICALLY USELESS AGAINST SUN; FEDS WARN OF DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES WHEN BATHERS FORGO SUNSCREEN THINKING PILLS WILL PROTECT THEM
New & Edible Pill Form 'Sunscreen' Is Anything But; Summer Trend Is Getting More & More Popular While Skin Cancer Rates Rise; Product Isn't Actually Sunscreen At All FDA Just Sent 'Warning’ Letters To A Few Companies But Schumer Wants The Rogue Pills Pulled From The Market Until Companies Clean Up Their Act, Especially On Social Media Schumer: FDA Should Be Burning Mad Over ‘Shady’ Pills That Suggest They’re Akin To SPF Sunscreen On the heels of a new Food and … Continue Reading
06.15.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DELIVER MAJOR VICTORIES FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK IN THE SENATE FARM BILL; SENATORS WENT TO BAT FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK FARMERS – SAY NEW BILL INCLUDES VITAL VICTORIES AND WILL BOOST UPSTATE NEW YORK’S ECONOMY; URGE THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE TO PASS FARM BILL IMMEDIATELY
Senators Successfully Fought For The Inclusion Of Key Benefits For Dairy Producers, Farmers, Consumers, Organic Farmers, And New York Jewels Like Hickey Freeman; Senators Urge Their Colleagues In The Senate To Pass Vital Bill That Includes Hard-Fought Priorities For Upstate New York U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today revealed the details of the newly-released Senate Farm Bill. The senators said the bill could benefit key Upstate New York in… Continue Reading
06.15.18
FOLLOWING A MAJOR PUSH BY SCHUMER, US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INCLUDES $9.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR TONAWANDA LANDFILL REMEDIATION PROJECT IN 2018 WORK PLAN; SCHUMER SAYS WITH FUNDS NOW SECURED WORK CAN FINALLY BEGIN TO CLEAN UP POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS RADIOACTIVE WASTE– SCHUMER SAYS RESIDENTS HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH, AND VOWS TO SEE PROJECT TO COMPLETION
Millions Of Gallons Of Radioactive Waste From The Manhattan Project Were Dumped In Tonawanda, Resulting In Significant Amount Of Contaminated Soil At Tonawanda Landfill; The Landfill Poses A Health Risk To Residents; Studies Show Radioactive Waste Has Potentially Destructive Effects On Human Health For Years Schumer Has Pushed For The Remediation Of The Site And Removal Of The Waste; Today, The Army Corps Announced That The Project Was Included In Their FY2018 Work Plan Schumer: Tonawanda Res… Continue Reading
06.14.18
SCHUMER: FEDERAL WOOL TRUST FUND, SET TO EXPIRE NEXT YEAR, MUST BE RENEWED IN UPCOMING FARM BILL; TRUST FUND VITAL TO FIX UNFAIR TARIFF ‘INVERSION’ THAT WOULD OTHERWISE PENALIZE HICKEY FREEMAN FOR MAKING SUITS IN U.S.A.; SENATOR SAYS WOOL TRUST FUND PROGRAM IS RENEWED IN JUST-RELEASED SENATE FARM BILL AND MUST BE SIGNED INTO LAW BEFORE IT EXPIRES
Schumer: Senate Farm Bill Tariff Fix Gives Hundreds Of Rochester Hickey Freeman Workers Level Playing Field To Compete U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed the just-released Senate Farm Bill includes a fully-funded and extended Wool Trust Fund program, which Rochester icon Hickey Freeman relies on for crucial tariff relief. Schumer, who has long fought for this Wool Trust Fund, said this program, which is set to expire in 2019, is essential to put Hickey Freeman back on a level play… Continue Reading
06.13.18
SCHUMER: WITH GAS PRICES ACROSS NEW YORK STATE AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN YEARS, NEW ADMIN PROPOSAL TO REDUCE MILES PER GALLON CARS WILL HAVE TO GET IS HUGE MISTAKE; SENATOR URGES THEM TO STICK WITH ORIGINAL PLAN AS FUEL COSTS RISE
As Summer Travel Heats Up, Gas Prices Keep Climbing; Price Of Gas In NY Is Up $0.58 Over Past Year With Little Immediate Relief In Sight; New York State Prices Still Hovering Around Hefty $3 Per Gallon Automakers Were On Track To Produce 50 MPG Cars But Admin's Plan To Roll Back Consumer-Friendly Fuel Economy Standard Means Drivers Will Pay Even More For Gasoline Than They Should Down The Road Schumer: EPA Plan To Weaken Gas Mileage Standard Will Fuel Even Higher Costs For Consumers Wit… Continue Reading
06.12.18
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS APPROVED PLANS TO RESTORE HISTORIC SALINA STREET BUILDING’S ORIGINAL WINDOW FACADE & GRANTED CRITICAL FED TAX CREDITS TO DO SO; SENATOR SAYS WORK CAN NOW BEGIN ON PROJECT THAT WILL FURTHER RE-ENERGIZE DOWNTOWN ‘CUSE
321 South Salina Street Is On National Register Of Historic Places, Making It Eligible for Key Fed Tax Credits; But Planned Restoration Project Needed Federal Approval To Uncover Windows & Restore Brick Facade In Order For the Project To Move Forward Schumer Led The Charge On A Two-Pronged Push: First Urging NPS To Approve Plans To Restore Original 1930's Era Façade With Windows & Then Ensuring The Project Received Federal Historic Tax Credits; Schumer: With Approvals & Cr… Continue Reading
06.12.18
IN A DIRECT CALL, SCHUMER URGES FEMA ADMINISTRATOR LONG TO REVIEW AND FUND NEWBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT’S SAFER GRANT APPLICATION; SENATOR SAYS CRITICAL FUNDING WOULD BE USED TO KEEP LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT FULLY STAFFED
Schumer To FEMA: Don't Allow Newburgh Fire Department To Be Underfunded and Undermanned Last week, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer spoke directly with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long to urge him to review and fund the City of Newburgh Fire Department (NFD)'s forthcoming application for funding through the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) Program. Schumer said SAFER Grants have helped low-income municipalities like Ne… Continue Reading
06.11.18
SCHUMER: WITH GAS PRICES ACROSS WESTCHESTER, ROCKLAND, & PUTNAM AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN YEARS, NEW ADMIN PROPOSAL TO REDUCE MILES PER GALLON CARS WILL HAVE TO GET IS HUGE MISTAKE; SENATOR URGES THEM TO STICK WITH ORIGINAL PLAN AS FUEL COSTS RISE
As Summer Travel Heats Up, Gas Prices Keep Climbing; Price Of Gas Is Up 31% Over Past Year With Little Immediate Relief In Sight; Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Prices Still Hovering Around Hefty $3 Per Gallon Automakers Were On Track To Produce 50 MPG Cars But Admin's Plan To Roll Back Consumer-Friendly Fuel Economy Standard Means Drivers Will Pay Even More For Gasoline Than They Should Down The Road Schumer: EPA Plan To Weaken Gas Mileage Standard Will Fuel Even Higher Costs For Cons… Continue Reading
06.11.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE, FOLLOWING THEIR PUSH: $190 MILLION TO COMPLETE LAST PHASE OF CANANDAIGUA VA CAMPUS EXPANSION INCLUDED IN SENATE VA APPROPRIATIONS BILL; SENATORS SAY $190 MILLION WOULD COMPLETE LONG-SOUGHT UPGRADE, BOOST QUALITY CARE FOR VETERANS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO ROCHESTER REGION
After Canandaigua VA Was Targeted For Closure in 2003, Schumer Successfully Led The Charge To Secure Over $161 Million For Phase I, Which Recently Broke Ground Senators, Who Successfully Secured $190M In FY19 Senate The VA Appropriations Bill For Phase II, Announce Push To Maintain Funding In Final FY 19 Bill; Senators Say $190M Would Be Used To Build New Community Living Center Complex, Improve Domiciliary Facility, And Renovate Building 3, & Bolster Rehab And Physical Therapy Offerings&n… Continue Reading
06.10.18
SCHUMER REVEALS: FEDS HAVE FLAT-FUNDED SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR YEARS JUST AS NEW CDC WARNING SHOWS DEATHS ON DRAMATIC RISE ACROSS U.S. AND IN NEW YORK; SENATOR DEMANDS RAMP-UP IN FED FUNDING TO REACH MORE PEOPLE IN PAIN & POTENTIALLY SAVE PRECIOUS LIVES
According To NEW CDC Data, New York Alone Has Seen A 30% Rise In Suicides Since Start Of Millennium, With Numbers Now Rising In Nearly Every State Despite Jaw-Drop Trend Of Deaths, Feds Have Flatlined Suicide Prevention Funds & Grant Programs That People Turn To In Darkest Of Times; Senator Says If We Ramp This Up, We Can Stem The Tide Of Tragedy Schumer: Americans Are Calling Out For A Lifeline -The Feds Need To Lead & Extend The Hand, Now On the heels of a new fe… Continue Reading
06.07.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND: SENATE DEFENSE BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE PROVISION THAT WOULD CUT FUNDING & JEOPARDIZE JOBS AT DFAS ROME
The House Of Representatives Version Of The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Calls For A 25% Cut To Agencies That Employ Civilian Workers, Such As DFAS, Putting Rome Jobs At Serious Risk Senators Made Sure This Provision Was Not Included in Senate NDAA And Vow To Fight Any Future Threat During Conference Negotiations Schumer, Gillibrand: Any Provision To Hurt Rome DFAS Is DOA In The Senate U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Senate's National De… Continue Reading
06.07.18
IN A DIRECT CALL, SCHUMER URGES U.S. CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATOR TO FIX MISCLASSIFICATION OF WELDED TUBE PRODUCTS AS ‘FOREIGN-MADE’, WHICH SUBJECTS THEM TO DEVASTATING DOUBLE-TARIFF AND PUTS 100 BUFFALO JOBS AT-RISK
Schumer To U.S. Customs: Welded Tube Products Are Made in the USA; Reconsider Ill-considered and Unfair Decision To Treat Welded's Product Like A Canadian Product U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today spoke directly with U.S. Customs Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan, to urge him to immediately reverse CBP'S ill-considered and unfair decision to treat Welded Tube product like a Canadian product. Schumer said this decision has resulted in Welded Tube having to pay a full 25 percent… Continue Reading
06.06.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $7.3 MILLION IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR VITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT IN DUTCHESS COUNTY
Department Of Transportation Funding Will Be Used For A New Building And Infrastructure Upgrades U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $7,393,090 in federal funding for the Hudson Valley Regional Airport in Dutchess County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Specifically, Hudson Valley Regional Airport will use the funding to replace a non-compliant, o… Continue Reading
06.06.18
SCHUMER: NEW DATA SHOWS OIL-BY-RAIL ON THE RISE AGAIN, SAFETY STANDARDS TO SHIP HIGHLY-EXPLOSIVE BAKKEN-CRUDE OIL ARE STILL OFF TRACK; SENATOR WILL URGE FEDS TO REQUIRE COMPANIES TO MAKE CRUDE OIL LESS VOLATILE BEFORE IT IS SHIPPED THROUGH NYS COMMUNITIES
Stabilizing Crude Would Make Post-Derailment Deadly Explosions Less Likely & Add Essential Layer Of Protection For New Yorkers; Schumer Urges Feds To Develop A High National Standard To Help Prevent Disasters Promised Study On Oil Volatility Is Chugging Along Slower Than An Uphill Train; Calls on Feds To Speed It Up So We Have The Data Needed to Make Safety Changes ASAP Schumer To Feds: Publish Study and Create Stabilization Standards for Volatile Crude Oil Before It's Shipped Through Ba… Continue Reading
06.05.18
SCHUMER SLAMS CANCELLATION OF EXPRESS TRAINS FOR ROCKLAND COMMUTERS; URGES NJT & METRO NORTH TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO HELP COMMUTERS HURT BY PASCACK VALLEY EXPRESS TRAIN CUTS
Schumer: Beleaguered Rockland County Commuters Deserve Immediate Alternative to Cancelled Express Trains U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today demanded New Jersey Transit (NJT) and Metro-North to work together to immediately launch a better plan to spare hard-pressed Rockland commuters from the impacts of the recently Pascack Valley Line's two-morning express trains, without further delaying the installation of life-saving technology called Positive Train Control (PTC). "Rockland County commu… Continue Reading
06.05.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $7.5 MILLION IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR VITAL RUNWAY IMPROVEMENTS AT GRIFFISS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ONEIDA COUNTY
Department of Transportation Funding Will Be Used For New Renovations & Infrastructure Upgrades U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $7,575,000.00 in federal funding for Griffiss International Airport in Oneida County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Specifically, Griffiss International Airport will use the funding to make key infrastructure i… Continue Reading
06.05.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $14 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR RIT-LED REMADE MANUFACTURING LAB INCLUDED IN SENATE ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Schumer & Gillibrand Continue Effort to Secure Funding for RIT-Led REMADE Manufacturing Institute and Support High-Tech Energy Jobs in Rochester Rochester's REMADE Manufacturing Institute Is One of Four National Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes Working to Reduce Energy and Carbon Emissions in U.S. Manufacturing Industry U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Bill prov… Continue Reading
06.04.18
SCHUMER REVEALS: NEW IRS PLAN FOR LI COULD CLOSE SUFFOLK OFFICE, WHILE UPENDING NASSAU WITH LONG LINES; PLAN SET TO BEGIN IN JUST MONTHS WITH LOSS OF 40 JOBS IN HAUPPAUGE; IRS ALREADY CLOSED RIVERHEAD OFFICE, NOW SENATOR DEMANDS FIRM COMMITMENT TO KEEP SUFFOLK SITE FULLY OPERATING & IN PLACE
Under Pressure To Save Money At All Costs, Internal Revenue Service Has Gone Back-And-Forth With Plan To Entirely Close Suffolk Site; But Schumer Worries, Latest Plan To Consolidate Offices & Operations Into Nassau Site Is Slow-Walk To Closure That Will Deliver Headache For Both Counties Under Current Plan, Taxpayers Could Be Forced To Travel In Upwards Of 70 Miles To Meet With A Human Being In Nassau; Senator Says IRS Sudden Closure Of Riverhead Site Only Deepens Locals' Concerns Who Depe… Continue Reading
06.04.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND REVEAL: NEW TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND MEXICO COULD BAN NEW YORK CHEESE MAKERS FROM SELLING CHEESE LABELED MUENSTER, FETA, PARMESAN, & OTHERS IN MEXICO; SENATOR URGES U.S. TRADE REP TO INTERVENE ASAP TO ENSURE MEXICO HONORS EXISTING TRADE COMMITMENTS BEFORE NY DAIRY PRODUCERS ARE HARMED
Through A Recent Trade Agreement Between The EU And Mexico, The EU Is Proposing That Mexico Block US Cheese Producers From Exporting Cheese With Common Cheese Names Or Geographic Indicators Schumer & Gillibrand Join Colleagues To Urge U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer To Defend NY Cheese Producers In Trade Negotiations; EU Is Staking A Regional Claim On Common Cheese Names Like "Asiago," "Parmesan" And "Feta" Senators: Don't Let Unfair Trade Deals Cut Into The Future Of New York's Chee… Continue Reading
