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Lake Ontario Floods Have Cost Millions Of Dollars Of Damage To Wayne County Homes, Businesses, & Beaches; Even 3 years After The Flood The Community Is Still Struggling To Recover And Make The Repairs It Needs Schumer Says $500M STORM Act He CoSponsored and Funded In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Can Give Sodus Point And Other Communities The Funding They Need To Carry Out Long Overdue Fixes To Prevent Future Flooding; But FEMA Still Needs To Stand Up The Program For Communities To Access... Read More

On Heels Of Fulton Mayor’s YouTube Video, Schumer Urges Fed EPA To Work With DEC To Ensure Routine Air Testing Senator Also Pledges Support To Help Untangle Boondoggle Created From Attis’s Abrupt Exit   Schumer: It’s Time For Feds To Stick Their Nose Into Noxious Ethanol Plant In Oswego  Standing with neighbors and local officials, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer pledged to help address the noxious,... Read More

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Status Provides Rural Hospitals Enhanced Reimbursement Rates To Keep Healthcare Services In Underserved Communities Like Those In The North Country & Southern Tier; BUT A Rules Change Risked Arbitrarily Making Many Rural Upstate Hospitals Ineligible Putting Healthcare Providers At Risk Schumer Immediately Began Leading The Charge To Protect Rural Upstate Hospitals, Writing Multiple Letters, Calling HHS Sec Personally To Fight The More Restrictive Definitions;... Read More

Transportation, Particularly For Rural & Underserved Communities, Can Be One Of The Greatest Barriers For Seniors And People With Disabilities Getting The Medical Care They Need Schumer, Gillibrand, Morelle Fought For Increased Funding To Federal Transit Pilot Program To Bolster Partnerships Between Healthcare And Transportation Options Reps: New Program Will Make It So Getting To The Doctor For Greater Rochester Senior Citizen And Residents Is Only One Click Away! U.S. Senate Majority... Read More

In March 2022, VA Proposed Closing Manhattan & Brooklyn VA Medical Centers Without Consulting Local Vet Leaders—Jeopardizing Healthcare For Local Veterans  Schumer Immediately Called on VA Sec To Drop The Plan; Now, Key Senate Members Have Officially Announced The Independent AIR Commission, Which Called On VA To Create This Closure Plan, Will Not Move Forward  Schumer: Manhattan & Brooklyn Hospitals Are Staying Open, Preserving Local Care For Vets   After... Read More

In March 2022, VA Proposed Closing Proposal Castle Point VA Medical Center In Dutchess County – Without Consulting Local Vet Leaders – Jeopardizing Healthcare For Thousands Of Mid-Hudson Veterans Schumer Immediately Called on VA Sec Lambasting To Drop The Plan; Now, Key Senate Members Have Officially Announced The Independent AIR Commission, Which Called On VA To Create This Closure Plan Will Not Move Forward Schumer: The Castle Point VA Hospital Is Staying Right Where It Is,... Read More

Standing Alongside Southern Tier Advocates, Schumer Reveals How Insulin Costs Are Rising Rapidly, With Average Increase Of 15 – 17% Per Year Since 2012; With A Horrific 1 In 4 NOW Rationing The Drug Because Of Cost New Bipartisan Plan Will Cap Costs For Insulin At $35 Per Month And Crack Down On Bureaucratic Requirements That Can Force Patients To Jump Through Hoops To Get Insurers To Pay For Medications Schumer: No Southern Tier Family Should Ever Be Forced To Choose Between Insulin And... Read More

Standing Alongside North Country Advocates, Schumer Reveals How Insulin Costs Are Rising Rapidly, With Average Increase Of 15 – 17% Per Year Since 2012; With A Horrific 1 In 4 NOW Rationing The Drug Because Of Cost New Bipartisan Plan Will Cap Costs For Insulin At $35 Per Month And Crack Down On Bureaucratic Requirements That Can Force Patients To Jump Through Hoops To Get Insurers To Pay For Medications Schumer: No North Country Family Should Ever Be Forced To Choose Between Insulin And... Read More

Standing Alongside North Country Advocates, Schumer Reveals How Insulin Costs Are Rising Rapidly, With Average Increase Of 15 – 17% Per Year Since 2012; With A Horrific 1 In 4 NOW Rationing The Drug Because Of Cost New Bipartisan Plan Will Cap Costs For Insulin At $35 Per Month And Crack Down On Bureaucratic Requirements That Can Force Patients To Jump Through Hoops To Get Insurers To Pay For Medications Schumer: No North Country Family Should Ever Be Forced To Choose Between Insulin And... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced he has secured a first-ever agreement from FEMA that creates a pathway for reimbursement on previously rejected expenses incurred by hospitals in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, costs like transportation, child care, and housing will now be eligible for reimbursement. It is estimated that this flexibility will unlock approximately $250 million for New York’s hospitals, which otherwise would have been shouldered by the... Read More

During The Pandemic, Congress Authorized USDA To Issue Critical Waivers To Boost School Meal Programs To Feed Children; But Waiver Was Due To Sunset On June 30th, Jeopardizing Summer Meal Programs And Access To Free School Meals Senator Says Bipartisan Bill Will Stave Off Impending Hunger Crisis Giving Schools, Daycares, Nonprofits The Support They Need To Ensure Children’s Access To Healthy Food Amid Economic Recovery and Supply Chain Disruptions Schumer: No Child Should Go Hungry; Now... Read More

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Will Incentivize States To Create Red Flag Laws, Invest In Mental Health And Community-Based Solutions To Gun Violence, Close The ‘Boyfriend Loophole’, Boost Funding For Schools, Enhance Background Checks For Those Under 21, And More Schumer: Now For The First Time In Decades, Congress Has Passed Meaningful Gun Safety Measures That Will Save Thousands Of Lives Following the tragic mass shootings on Buffalo’s East Side and in Uvalde, TX, U.S.... Read More

Schumer Directly Lobbied President Biden For Feds To Select WNY For Up To A $100 Million Grant To Transform The East Side And WNY Landscape By Bringing Major Tech Investment And Workforce Training To Underserved Communities WNY Advanced Manufacturing Cluster Would Scale Up Innovation, Advance Inclusive Workforce Development, And Develop Infrastructure To Rapidly Expand The Growing Advanced Manufacturing Sector Schumer To Biden: EDA Regional Challenge Award Can Transform Buffalo’s East... Read More

New Toxic Exposure Healthcare Bill For Veterans Includes Major $11M Investment To Ramp Up Buffalo VA Research Programs And Open Up Critical Space In Most Modern Building Of WNY VA Medical Center, Giving Local Veterans Improved Direct Patient Care And Reducing Wait Times For Essential Medical Procedures On Top Of Direct WNY Investment, Senator Says “Honoring Our Pact Act” Will Cut Red Tape So Vets Exposed To Environmental Hazards Get The Health Care Benefits They Desperately... Read More

Following Tragic 2009 Plane Crash, The Senators Fought Alongside Families Of Flight 3407 Victims To Create Critical Flight Safety Regulations, Including Requirement That Pilots Log 1,500 Flight Hours In Order To Receive Certificate And Pilot Record Database Since The Rule Was Enacted There Has Not Been A Fatal Crash On A U.S. Airline, But Now Schumer, Gillibrand Say Some Airlines Want To Roll Back Or Eliminate Safety Provisions Needlessly Putting Lives At Risk Schumer, Gillibrand: Air Safety... Read More

Last Week, Schenectady Experienced 4 Deadly Overdoses In A Single Week; City Of Albany Overdose Responses Have Exceeded The 3 Year Avg. Every Month In 2022; Despite Troubling Statistics Schenectady & Rensselaer Counties Are Still Not Designated A ‘High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area,’ Blocking Vital Federal Resources To Beat Back Scourge In Capital Region Schumer Launches Two-Part Plan: (1) Supercharge Community-Based Addiction Treatment With $3.2B Plus-Up To Boost Localities... Read More

Opioid Overdoses – Fueled By Fentanyl – Killed 186 Onondaga County Residents In 2021, An All-Time High Surpassing Record 156 Fatal Overdoses Recorded in 2020; Pandemic Took A Toll That Will Take Years To Overcome Without Right Amount Of Dollars & Action By Feds; Locals Cannot Do This Alone Senator Says A Supercharge Of Fed Funds He’ll Fight For Will Allow National Drug Control Programs To Hone In On More Localities With Specific Needs, Like CNY; Prevention, Treatment &... Read More

Last Month, The EPA Announced Plans To Cut Of Rural Air Quality Monitoring Sites In Oswego, Franklin, And Essex Counties, Which Would Severely Limit Local Monitoring of Pollutants; Senator Says He Is Committed To Fighting For More Funding To Keep These Sites Open Schumer Says These Stations Provide Essential Data For Protecting The North Country & Adirondack’s Ecosystems, Tracking Airborne Pollution, And Have Played A Critical Role In Curbing Acid Rain And Promoting Major Environmental... Read More

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger, and Dr. Stan Whittingham, distinguished professor at BU and 2019 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, today released the following column on their joint effort to secure tens of millions in federal investment to transform the Southern Tier into America’s next major battery manufacturing research hub.   Following Schumer’s direct advocacy,  Binghamton’s project was... Read More

Senator Was A Lead Champion Of The Vital ‘Save Our Stages’ Federal Grant Program That Gave Rochester Jazz Fest The $1.3M In Pandemic Relief It Needed To Keep The Music Flowing And To Ensure The Show Would Go On Now Jazz Fest Is Bigger Than Ever With Its Headline Shows Free For All To Enjoy; Driving Millions In Economic Activity To The Downtown And Thousands To Rochester’s Restaurants & Businesses  Schumer: Let The Music And Economic Activity Flow Through Downtown... Read More