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Press releases from: November 2021

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AFTER SCHUMER, BOWMAN SECURE HISTORIC NEARLY $12 MILLION INVESTMENT TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN NEW ROCHELLE & CONNECT COMMUNITIES DIVIDED BY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, SCHUMER, BOWMAN CALL ON FEDS TO GET $$ OUT & SHOVELS IN GROUND ASAP
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FOLLOWING SCHUMER PUSH, FEDS APPROVE $15M GRANT FOR ELEVATOR PROJECTS AT BROADWAY JUNCTION SUBWAY STATION SO THOSE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE MORE ACCESS TO MASS TRANSIT; SCHUMER, JEFFRIES REVEAL $7.5 BILLION INCLUDED IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL FOR RAISE GRANTS TO SUPPORT MORE PROJECTS LIKE BROADWAY JUNCTION ACROSS NEW YORK
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $1 BILLION HOOKED FOR GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE; SENATOR SUCCESSFULLY LANDS UNPRECEDENTED & HISTORIC FUNDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAM TO SAFEGUARD ONE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK’S GREATEST NATURAL BEAUTIES, DRINKING WATER SOURCES & ECONOMIC DRIVERS
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FOLLOWING A LETTER AND DIRECT MEETING WITH CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CANADA WILL BEGIN PROCESS TO REMOVE BURDENSOME & COSTLY TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR VACCINATED NEW YORKERS
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SCHUMER REVEALS: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS ACT CONTAINS A MASSIVE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE NORTHER BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION, A HUGE BOON FOR UPSTATE; NBRC WILL RECEIVE $150 MILLION TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE FEMA TO REVERSE DECISION DENYING INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TO STEUBEN COUNTY FOR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM FRED IN AUGUST; SENATORS SAY FLOODING COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES, IMPACTING HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS, AND THAT FEMA’S DENIAL IS SHORTSIGHTED
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AFTER LIGHTING A FIRE UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THE ITC HAS HEEDED HIS CALL TO PROTECT AMERICAN CANDLE MAKING BUSINESSES, LIKE SYRACUSE’S CATHEDRAL CANDLE, AND KEEP UNFAIRLY TRADED CANDLES FROM FLOODING THE U.S. MARKET
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FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVOCACY, SCHUMER SECURES NEARLY $12 MILLION TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN NEW ROCHELLE; SENATOR SAYS ‘LINC’ PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM NEW ROCHELLE, BOOSTING JOBS, ECONOMY, AND REVITALIZING CITY
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SCHUMER RECOMMENDS CAPITAL REGION NATIVE ANNE NARDACCI TO SERVE ON THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FEDERAL COURT; IN NARDACCI, SENATOR PICKS PROMINENT ANTITRUST LAWYER KNOWN FOR TAKING ON CORPORATE WRONGDOING & FIGHTING FOR CONSUMER SAFETY
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SCHUMER REVEALS: BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL WILL BRING VITAL FUNDING NEEDED TO ADDRESS ROCHESTER’S 25,000 LEAD PIPES & ACCELERATE LEAD PIPE REMOVAL 3X FASTER; STANDING IN FRONT OF A HIGH LEAD WATER HOME, SCHUMER REVEALS OVER $15 BILLION TO HELP ELIMINATE LEAD PIPES & ENSURE ROCHESTER CHILDREN & FAMILIES GET THE CLEAN DRINKING WATER THEY DESERVE
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FOLLOWING HIS DIRECT ADVOCACY & SECURING VITAL WINS IN THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS DEAL, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PLUG POWER HAS HEEDED HIS CALL TO OPEN NEW $125 MILLION HYDROGEN FUEL CELL INNOVATION CENTER IN MONROE COUNTY; BRINGING 377 NEW GOOD PAYING JOBS TO THE REGION
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SCHUMER, CLARKE, OLORI SISTERHOOD: PREGNANT BLACK MOMS 3X MORE LIKELY TO DIE & OVER TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE COMPLICATED BIRTHS; SCHUMER, CLARKE & OLORI SISTERHOOD PUSH PASSAGE OF MOMNIBUS IN BUILD BACK BETTER ACT TO COMBAT NY’S MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS, TO MAKE NY MOMS & FAMILIES SAFER
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FOLLOWING THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY FOR CENTRAL NY & THE I-81 PROJECT, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL INCLUDES PERMANENT LOCAL HIRE PROVISION & FIRST-EVER PROGRAM TO REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES DIVIDED BY HIGHWAYS
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FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVOCACY, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MALONEY ANNOUNCE THE WEST POINT FOUNDRY PRESERVE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
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THREE YEARS AFTER THE TRAGIC SCHOHARIE LIMO ACCIDENT, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE RECENTLY-PASSED INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WILL CLOSE DEADLY LOOPHOLES, SET HIGHER SAFETY STANDARDS, AND GET DANGEROUS LIMOS OFF ROADS AND SAVE LIVES
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SCHUMER REVEALS: UNDER ‘BIF,’ LIRR & COMMUTER RAIL WILL GET A RECORD $2.6B IN OWN FED ALLOCATION; MANY OTHER LI TRANSPO PROJECTS & PRIORITIES ARE POISED FOR NEW ACTION & FUNDING, INCLUDING HELP TO LI’S DISABLED, NEW SIGNALS & MORE
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SCHUMER REVEALS: UNDER ‘BIF,’ LIRR & COMMUTER RAIL WILL GET A RECORD $2.6B IN OWN FED ALLOCATION; MANY OTHER LI TRANSPO PROJECTS & PRIORITIES ARE POISED FOR NEW ACTION & FUNDING, INCLUDING HELP TO LI’S DISABLED, NEW SIGNALS & MORE
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SCHUMER REVEALS: OVER 1,700 BRIDGES AND OVER 7,292 MILES OF HIGHWAY IN POOR CONDITION IN NY; SENATOR SECURES NEARLY $13.5 BILLION TO FINALLY FIX DILAPIDATED & DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS BRIDGES, CREATING JOBS, SAFER ROADS, AND BOOSTING THE UPSTATE ECONOMY
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SCHUMER REVEALS: OVER $11 BILLION HEADING TO NY TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL; LARGEST-EVER FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN UPSTATE TRANSPORTATION MEANS WHEELS KEEP TURNING AND UPSTATE NY ON TRACK TO A BRIGHT FUTURE
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ON HEELS OF PASSAGE OF HISTORIC BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, SCHUMER, TORRES & REYES PUSH TO PARTIALLY CAP – AND MITIGATE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF – CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY; EXPRESSWAY DISPLACED RESIDENTS AND HAS LONG BURDENED ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS WITH AIR POLLUTION, SPIKED DISEASE RATES AND ASTHMA