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In July 2018, The Schumer-Backed National Firefighter Cancer Registry Was Signed Into Law, Which Aims To Inform Efforts To Protect The Lives Of Courageous First Responders Upstate; Today, Schumer, Gillibrand Secure $2.5 Million For Crucial Registry, A $1.5 Million Increase Over Last Year Schumer, Gillibrand Also Secure $5M Increases For Essential FEMA Assistance To Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program And Staffing For Adequate Fire And Emergency Response (SAFER) Program Senators: The... Read More
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December 19, 2019
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TONKO ANNOUNCE THAT SOON-TO-PASS APPROPRIATIONS BILL INCREASES FUNDING CAP FOR ERIE CANALWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR TO $14 MILLION
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) today announced that their amendment to raise and extend the federal funding cap for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to $14 million has been included in the soon-to-pass end of the year budget package. This is an increased funding cap of $2 million, without which, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor would have no... Read More -
Admin’s Original Budget Proposal Would Eliminate Impact Aid Programs Kids & Communities Need; Nails On The Chalkboard Cuts Would Remove Dozens of Teachers, Pre-K Program, Extra Curriculars & More Soon-to Pass Bipartisan Budget Package Includes $1.486B for the Dept. Of Education Impact Aid Program In FY 2010, $40M More Than Last Year Senators: It’s Not A Hard Equation To Solve – All New York Students Deserve A+ Schools U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and... Read More
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December 18, 2019
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND AND MALONEY URGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD TO SELECT STEWART AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE AS SITE OF NEW AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION SQUADRON
Washington, D.C. – This week, Sens. Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) urged Barbara Barrett, Secretary of the Air Force and General Joseph Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to select Stewart Air National Guard Base (ANG) in Newburgh, NY for the installation of a new Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES). The new AES squadron will bring state-of-the-art in-flight emergency medical care and new job opportunities to the Hudson... Read More -
HIDTA Program Provides Special Resources & Critical Coordination To Choke Off Drugs & Drug Trafficking In 26 New York Counties In The Recently-Unveiled Bipartisan Appropriations Bill, Schumer, Gillibrand Successfully Rebuffed Admin Proposal That Would Move HIDTA Program Away From The Office Of National Drug Control Policy, Where It Works Well; Senators Also Secured $5M Boost For Critical Program Senators: HIDTA Ain’t Broke, So Don’t “Fix” It With Unwarranted, New... Read More
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In Recent Months, A Serious Teacher Shortage Hit Upstate New York; Over The Last Decade, NY Has Lost 21,000 Teachers Schumer, Gillibrand Reject Administration’s Plan To Eliminate Title II Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant Program, Which Provides Funding For Teacher Recruitment & Retention; Instead Secure $76 Million Increase For Program Senators: Title II Funding Will Help Expel NY’s Teacher Shortage Trend U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator... Read More
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Fiscal Year 2020 Omnibus Budget Package, Which Is Set To Pass The Full Congress This Week, Includes Split-Tolling On Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge; Will Decrease Traffic Congestion and Support Transit Funding For Staten Island and South Brooklyn Rose, Schumer: Traffic Woes Of Staten Islanders and Brooklynites Will Finally Be Alleviated With Split-Tolling On Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Congressman Max Rose and U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced, following their push, the repeal of the... Read More
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More Than 23 Million People Live Within 50 Miles of Sound, Which Is Source of Beauty, Recreation, Commerce and Home to More Than 120 Species of Fish Senator Has Led Fight to Improve LI Sound, Which is a Vital Part of Long Island Economy, Recreation & Fishing Industries U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer today announced that the soon-to-pass federal spending bill will include $21 million to fund the Environmental Protection Agency’s Long Island Sound program, an increase of $7 million... Read More
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December 17, 2019
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $665 MILLION IN JUST-REACHED FED BUDGET DEAL FOR ANTI-TERRORISM FUNDING NYPD NEEDS TO KEEP US SAFE IN & AROUND NYC
Department of Homeland Security UASI Program Provides Funding to Address Needs of High-Threat Urban Areas, & NYC Gets Lion Share Of Fed Pot To Protect Against & Train For Against Acts of Terrorism President’s Budget Funded The Anti-Terror Program At Just $426M; Deal Represents A 56% Increase U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the New York City area is set to receive a lion’s share of a $665 million dollar... Read More -
The West Valley Reprocessing Plant—An Operational Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility Between 1966-72—Left Millions Of Gallons Of Radioactive Waste In WNY’s Backyard Schumer, Gillibrand Announce 2020 Spending Package Set To Pass Congress Imminently, Includes $75.2 Million In Federal Funding To Further Clean-Up Out-Of-Use Former Nuclear Site Senators: Spending Package Will Provide West Valley With Resources Necessary To Keep Cleanup On Track For 2020, But More Work Still... Read More
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The WFIRST Telescope Sought By NASA – Partially Produced By L3Harris In Rochester—Is Designed To View An Area Of Space 100x Larger Than The Hubble Telescope Schumer Announces $510.7 Million For NASA To Maintain WFIRST Project In Upcoming Bipartisan Omnibus Spending Package Schumer: One Step Closer To Blastoff For NASA And L3Harris U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced, following his push, the just-unveiled bipartisan omnibus spending package—which is set to pass... Read More
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Fiscal Year 2020 Omnibus Budget Package, Which Is Set To Pass Congress This Week, Includes $21M To Fully Fund Construction Of Fort Drum Railhead To Enhance Deployable Readiness New Spending Bill Also Includes Full Funding For Construction Of A New $23M UAV Hangar At Fort Drum, To Properly Service And House Additional Tactical UAVs Year-Round Senators: Railhead Improvement And New UAV Hangar At Fort Drum Will Keep World-Class Installation Ahead Of The Curve U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles... Read More
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The Air Force Research Laboratory In Rome Will Receive Over $272M In Funding For Fiscal Year 2020 – More Than $34M Above The President’s Budget Request & $27M More Than Fiscal Year 2019 Representatives Directly Secured Funding For Rome Lab To Advance Groundbreaking Study Of Quantum Information Science & To Boost DOD’s Artificial Intelligence Programs Schumer, Gillibrand, Brindisi: Funding Will Keep Rome Lab At The Military’s Epicenter Of Quantum... Read More
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The Passage of Schumer’s Provision In 2018 Farm Bill Caused Explosion Of Hemp Growing & Processing, But FDA Regs Still Lag For CBD Schumer Today Announces Inclusion Of Provision In Bipartisan Omnibus Spending Package Providing FDA With $2 Million To Continue Research Of CBD Products & Regulation; Also Requires Agency Report To Congress On Progress And On Mislabeling Of CBD Products Schumer: Clarified Regs Will Help Safely Unleash Emerging CBD Industry Upstate And Protect... Read More
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December 16, 2019
GILLIBRAND, SCHUMER ANNOUNCE THAT FOLLOWING THEIR PUSH, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RENAMED AFTER NEW YORK SUFFRAGIST INEZ MILHOLLAND
Labor Lawyer and Civil Rights Advocate, Milholland Championed Women’s Right to Vote Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that following their push, an Adirondack mountain will be renamed after New York suffragist, Inez Milholland. Milholland was an attorney, social reformer, and central leader of the suffragists movement. Her work was integral to the passage of the 21st amendment that gave women the right... Read More -
In Both 2017 And 2019, Lake Ontario Communities Were Ravaged By Intense Flooding, Leading To Millions In Damages; Today’s Water Levels Are 17 Inches Higher Than Monthly Average Senators Call On IJC To Use $1.5 Million Included In Soon-To-Pass Bipartisan Omnibus Spending Package To Immediately Begin Overhaul Study Of Plan 2014 Schumer, Gillibrand To IJC: Money Is In The Bank, Now Get To Work! U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand... Read More
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Holiday Time Brings A Robo Surge; Last Month Alone, Between NYC & LI, 164 Million Robocalls Inundated People’s Phones Chance To Kill The Calls Is Now In Sight; House Just Passed A Compromise Bill To Block Them With Sweeping, Bipartisan Support; But Now The Senate Needs To Act; Schumer Rallies Schumer: Americans Are Desperate For A ‘Silent Night’ Free Of Robocalls This Holiday Season & Beyond Announcing that new federal legislation to finally help put an end to... Read More
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December 13, 2019
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $5.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT IN SUFFOLK COUNTY
Department of Transportation Grant Will Help Make Critical Upgrades to the West Concourse, Terminal, and Airplane Apron and Attract New Airlines to the Airport Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $5,405,000 in federal funding for Long Island MacArthur Airport in Suffolk County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)... Read More -
December 13, 2019
FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AUTHORIZE FUNDING TO INITIATE FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE DEEPENING OF THE OSWEGO HARBOR
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today released the following statement, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced it would be heeding his request and conducting a feasibility study for the deepening of the Port of Oswego harbor: “I’m so glad to hear that the Army Corps of Engineers has heeded my request and taken the crucial first step of authorizing a feasibility study on the deepening of Port of Oswego channel. Deepening the harbor will unlock new business... Read More -
Recent News Reports & Inspections Unearthed Serious Issues In Privatized Housing at Military Installations Across the Country, From Severe Mold To Failing Water Systems In Final Defense Bill, Senators Secured: Tenants’ Bill Of Rights For Privatized Military Housing, Formal And More Thorough Dispute Resolution Process, & Funding Authorization To Boost DOD Housing Staff At Places like Fort Drum And West Point Schumer, Gillibrand: Defense Bill Is The First Step In Providing Our Heroes... Read More