Press Releases
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
06.04.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $80 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR ROCHESTER LASER LAB INCLUDED IN SENATE ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Schumer & Gillibrand's Multi-Year Effort to Secure Funding Continues, New Funding Would Keep 360 Workers on the Job at UR Lab to Continue Vital National Nuclear Security and Energy Innovation Work Senate Funding Level Rejects Trump's Budget Proposal to Phase Out Funding to the Laser Lab Schumer, Gillibrand: Funding Will Help Keep Rochester’s Laser Lab at the Cusp of Technological Innovation, Supporting Good-Paying Local Jobs and Launching New High-Tech Companies Today, U.S. Senate … Continue Reading
06.03.18
SCHUMER: WITH GAS PRICES ACROSS NYC/LI 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; Right Now, Price Of Gas Is Up 31% Over Past Year With Little Immediate Relief In Sight; NYC/LI Prices Still Hovering Around Hefty $3 Per Gallon Automakers Were On Track To Produce 50MPG 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 Gas Costs For Consumers With N… Continue Reading
06.01.18
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $67 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT UPSTATE NEW YORK
Today, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $67,074,447 million in federal funding for public housing agencies throughout Upstate New York. The funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing Capital Fund and will be used for public housing development and improvement projects. "Having a roof over your head is one of life's basic necessities, and we must do everything we can to help provide th… Continue Reading
05.31.18
GILLIBRAND, SCHUMER ANNOUNCE AUTHORITY TO MORE AGGRESSIVELY CLEAN UP PFOA/PFOS AT NEWBURGH, GABRESKI – AND TO COMPENSATE LOCAL GOV/WATER DISTRICTS – INCLUDED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL THAT JUST PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE
With Newburgh and Suffolk County and NY Still Fighting to Clean Up Toxic Chemical Pollution and to Get Compensated for Response Costs and Clean Drinking Water, Gillibrand, Schumer Secure Provision In Must-Pass National Defense Bill to Remove PFOA/PFOS from New York's Contaminated Guard Bases Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that th… Continue Reading
05.30.18
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO SEND RECENTLY INCREASED AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT FUNDS TO NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; FUNDS WILL IMPROVE THE AIRFIELD & BENEFIT NEW TANKER MISSION AT NFARS, WHICH USES NFIA RUNWAYS
Department Of Transportation Funding Through The Airport Improvement Program Allows Airports To Improve Infrastructure; Niagara Falls Airport Proposes Projects To Receive Funding After Securing $1 Billion Increase To Airport Improvement Program In Bipartisan Budget Negotiations, Schumer Launches Major Push To Send Newfound Funds To Niagara Falls International Airport; Senator Says The Projects Will Create A Safer Airfield for both Commercial and Military Planes, Which Will Support Both the Air … Continue Reading
