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USDA Funding Will Connect 928 People, Local Farms And A Business In Cattaraugus, Erie And Chautauqua Counties To High-Speed Internet  Senators Fought For Additional $100M In CARES Act To Fund Grants To Provide Broadband Access For Rural Communities  Schumer, Gillibrand: USDA Funding Will Help Close The Gaping Digital Divide For Seneca Nation U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a $544,000 grant from the U.S. Department of... Read More

New Efficient Solar Panel System Provides Clean Energy  Washington D.C. - U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today announced $302,376 in funding to help rural small businesses and agricultural producers invest in energy efficient and renewable energy systems. The funding was administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s... Read More

Hudson Avenue Grade Crossing Is One Of Busiest Along Metro-North’s Routes DOT Funding Will Provide Improved Grade Crossing Warning Devices And Addition Of Pedestrian Accessible Walkways And Gates, Improving Crossing Safety  Senators: Federal Funding Will Help Hudson Valley Safely Cross The Rails U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $2,000,000 for Peekskill, New York from the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad... Read More

Schumer Led Negotiations For $175B In Relief Funds For Providers To Prepare For And Recover From Pandemic; NY Has Received $10.7B So Far, With More Expected Senator Says Reversal By HHS At His Urging Now Takes Into Account Extenuating Circumstances For Calculating Lost Revenue; Allows NY Providers To Retain Funds To Keep Their Doors Open And Continue Serving Their Communities   Schumer: NY Hospitals Are Heroes In The Fight Against COVID; They Deserve The Funding To Keep Their Doors... Read More

Funding Will Be Used To Provide Legal Aid To Individuals Navigating Legal System Without Resources Or Legal Representation Washington D.C. - U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $192,400 in funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) of Western New York to invest in technology and web design advancements that will help make complex legal platforms more intuitive and accessible to low-income individuals with civil legal... Read More

Under Original Version Of CFAP, Upstate Dairy Farmers Could Receive Federal Relief To Make Up For Losses From Meat Produced From Their Breeding Animals; However – With Arbitrary And Unnecessary Guideline Changes – CFAP 2 Leaves Out Reimbursements For Breeding Animal Losses  Senators Say New, Complicated Qualifications Threaten Livelihood Of Upstate Dairy Farmers, Who Already Took Millions In Losses At The Beginning Of The Pandemic When They Were Forced To Dump Hundreds Of... Read More

Washington D.C. - U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced $180,366 in federal funding for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to protect New York’s wildlife and deer population from the serious threat of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is an infectious, degenerative disease of cervids in deer and moose that causes brain... Read More

The Lakefront Seawall Was Severely Compromised During 2019 Halloween Storms; High Winds Left The Upper Two Layers Of The Seawall In Tatters Earlier This Year, Citing Public Safety, The Senators Called On FEMA For Robust Federal Funding To Rebuild The Seawall  Schumer, Gillibrand: Shore Up Dunkirk’s Seawall, Safety, And Its Economic Future U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $772,604 for the City of Dunkirk to begin construction on the... Read More

NRC Staff Is Expected to Provisionally Approve License Transfer Application To Holtec After Ignoring Petitions by New York State and Local Stakeholders to Hold Public Hearing And Address Community Concerns Before Moving Forward  Lawmakers To NRC: “Your Continued Failure to Act on These Petitions For Public Hearings, Most Notably Your Failure to Act On New York State and the Town of Cortlandt, Village of Buchanan, and the Hendrick Hudson School District’s Petitions, Which... Read More

Schumer Was One Of The Earliest To Call On Admin To Declare Coronavirus A Public Health Emergency & Release Critical Funds For Testing And Tracing; BUT Admin Did Not Listen; Now, With Students Back In School, Schumer Warns Of Making The Same Mistake Twice  Many Upstate Schools Require Rapid Tests To Any Symptomatic Student/Family Member, But More Rapid Tests Are Needed to Stop the Virus; Meanwhile, Feds Sit On As Much As $9 Billion In Testing, Tracing Funds & Will Have To Agree... Read More

In 2016, Newburgh’s Drinking Water Source, Washington Lake, Was Found To Be Contaminated By PFAS—Due To Use Of Harmful Firefighting Foam At Stewart Air National Guard Base; City Immediately Switched Its Water Source to Protect Health & Safety Of Residents Despite Gargantuan Cost  Senator Says, After Four Years of Waiting for USAF To Clean-up Newburgh’s Drinking Water Source, USAF Bureaucratic Guidelines May Delay and Derail Clean-up of Newburgh Water—And Absurdly... Read More

After Horrific Fire Senator & Congressman Work To Bring Critical Federal Dollars To Assist With Cleanup Of Dangerous Chemicals Congressman Anthony Brindisi and Senator Charles E. Schumer announced federal funding to clean up the site of August’s CharlesTown Mall fire. Brindisi and Schumer announced $800,000 will be coming from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist in cleanup and improve public safety at the site. The funds will be used to clean up the site, build a... Read More

Southern Tier West In Allegany County To Receive $426,304 For Broadband Project, Tompkins County Area Development To Receive $404,170 For Fiber Broadband Trunk Senators Say Funding Will Increase Broadband Capacity In The Southern Tier To Position The Region For New Opportunities And Jobs Schumer, Gillibrand: ARC Funding Is Investment Sparking Southern Tier’s Broadband Future U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $830,474 in federal funding... Read More

Schumer Led Negotiations For $175B In Relief Funds For Providers To Prepare And Recover From Pandemic; NY Has Received $10.7B So Far, With More Expected  Senator Says New Guidance From HHS Does Not Take Into Account Extenuating Circumstances For Calculating Lost Revenue, And Could Require NY Providers To Return Funds They Need To Keep Their Doors Open And Continue Serving Their Communities  Schumer To HHS: NY Hospitals Already Fought The Hard Battle To Beat Back COVID; Don’t Make... Read More

Crippling Wait Times At Lewiston-Queenston Bridge Hindered Growth Of The Regional Economy Pre-COVID; Canadian Shoppers And Businesses Spent $1.7 Billion Annually In New York State, Pre-COVID Senator Spent Years Pushing CBP & GSA To Approve Desperately-Needed Plaza Expansion To Improve Traffic Flow, Bolster The Regional Economy, & Protect Jobs In WNY  Schumer: Lewiston Plaza Expansion Will Boost Post-COVID Economic Recovery For Western New York U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today... Read More

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Who Could Soon Sit On The Supreme Court, Has Actually Criticized Ruling To Uphold Affordable Care Act, Claiming That If Justices Read Law, They Would “Have Had To Invalidate” In Entirety; Decision Is Due In A Month  Schumer Says This Stance Could Have Devastating Consequences For Healthcare Costs, Coverage & Federal Protections Now In Jeopardy As He Makes The Case For Upholding Those Protections Across All Of LI  Schumer: More Than A Million... Read More

Funding Will Help Reduce Wastewater Treatment Costs And Catalyze Commercial Development  Village Of Heuvelton Will Receive $376K To Decommission Existing Wastewater Treatment Plant And Construct 8.6 Miles Of Sewer Main Senators: NBRC Funding Will Keep Village Of Heuvelton Flowing U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $376,190 in federal funding for the Village of Heuvelton to decommission its existing wastewater treatment plant, and construct... Read More

Empire Justice Center Serves Poor, Disabled, And Disenfranchised People In Rochester And Across New York State By Helping Them Achieve Social And Economic Advancement Senators Secure Federal Funding To Help Rochester Working Families By Promoting Greater Economic Security And Household Stability Senators: Investing In Rochester’s Most Vulnerable Children And Families Builds A Better Future Continuing their long history of advocacy for at-risk and low-income children and families,... Read More

This Year, CFPB Found 8 Mortgage Lenders Participated In Deceptive Practices, Scamming Vets & Servicemembers Seeking Home Loans; Feds Collected $2.8M, But Failed To Require Payback For Targeted Vets and Active Duty Servicemembers  Senator Says Bureau’s Inaction And Failure To Protect New York’s Brave Veterans and Servicemembers Leaves Hundreds High & Dry While Deceptive Lenders Profited  Schumer: Our American Heroes Were Scammed Out Of Their American Dream –... Read More

Washington D.C. - U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $35,767,672.72 in funding to support emergency repairs to federal roads across New York State. The funding was allocated through the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration’s Emergency Relief for Federally Owned Roads program, and will be used to restore roads and highway infrastructure damaged as a result of the World Trade Center... Read More