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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today released the following statement after the administration threatened to veto the must-pass House NDAA over its inclusion of provisions to protect drinking water from the toxic carcinogen PFAS: “The administration’s promise to veto the must-pass House defense authorization bill, that includes countless provisions to fund our military, because it has vital protections against toxic PFAS contamination in our drinking water that go ‘too... Read More

At 7-Years Old, Emilie Saltzman, Hopewell Junction Resident, Was Thrown From A Horse And Suffered A Traumatic Brain Injury; 4 Years Later Emilie Has Re-Learned How To Walk, Talk & Eat, Because Of Affordable Care Act Protections  On The Day Oral Arguments Will Be Heard In Supreme Court Case To Deem Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional, Schumer Points To Story Of Saltzman As Example Of Life-Saving Law’s Critical Importance Schumer: Emilie Saltzman Is Proof Positive The ACA Must Be... Read More

1980s Urban Planning Eliminated Vehicular Access To Buffalo’s Lower Main Street; Schumer Has Secured $33 Million In Fed Funding For City’s Main Street Transformation Project In Recent Years  Standing At Seneca One Tower, Schumer Launches Major Push To Secure $25M BUILD Grant For Critical Phase Of “Cars On Main” Project, To Connect Buffalo’s Main Street To Bustling Canalside Neighborhood And Enhance Growing Downtown Technology Ecosystem Schumer To Feds:... Read More

Tice BCG, A Lifesaving Bladder Cancer Drug, Is Facing A Critical Shortage Across The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region & Upstate NY As Patients Are Routinely Denied Care  Schumer Uncovers Major Inconsistency In Fed Regulations That Could Result In Unemptied Vials Of Essential Medication Being Thrown Away; Senator Launches Major Effort To Eliminate Misguided Policy  Schumer To Feds: With Lives On The Line, Finger Lakes Patients Deserve To Have Every Drop Of BCG Used Standing at the... Read More

On Top Of The +284M Robocalls Made To New York In May, NY-ers Were Also Inundated With Calls Appearing To Come From Overseas; Residents Duped Into Calling Back Paid Exorbitant International Fees Schumer Urges The House Of Representatives To Follow Senate’s Lead And Pass Comprehensive Robocall Legislation, Giving Feds Authority To Combat Costly Schemes, Require Call Authentication & Rid Consumers Of Dreaded Robocalls Schumer: It’s Time To Hang Up Robocalls Once And For... Read More

On Wednesday Morning, Canopy Growth Announced Mark Zekulin As Company’s New Interim CEO  Schumer Today Called Zekulin To Ensure Leadership Transition Would Not Result In Any Changes To Company’s Planned First-Ever Hemp Industrial Park In Broome County; Receives Commitment From Zekulin Investment Will Go Unaltered Schumer: Full Steam Ahead For Canopy In Broome County! On a personal call with new Interim CEO of Canopy Growth Mark Zekulin, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today... Read More

On Top Of The +284M Robocalls Made To New York In May, NY-ers Were Also Inundated With Calls Appearing To Come From Overseas; Residents Duped Into Calling Back Paid Exorbitant International Fees  Schumer Urges The House Of Representatives To Follow Senate’s Lead And Pass Comprehensive Robocall Legislation, Giving Feds Authority To Combat Costly Schemes, Require Call Authentication & Rid Consumers Of Dreaded Robocalls  Schumer: It’s Time To Hang Up Robocalls Once And For... Read More

Finger Lakes Wineries, Like Fox Run Vineyards, Are Held Back From Hottest New Trend, Canned Wine; Vineyards Hindered From Selling Wine In Traditional Cans & Struggle To Have Products Approved For Market, Missing Out On Major Potential Revenue Schumer Urges TTB To Eliminate Can Size Restrictions & Change Burdensome Labeling Process To Unlock Finger Lakes Winery Industry & Boost Regional Economy  Schumer To TTB: Unnecessary Regs Cause Rochester-Finger Lakes Wine Industry To Sour;... Read More

Funding Will Be Used To Construct a New Water Distribution System Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,200,000 in federal funding for the Town of Schroeppel. The funding is provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development Grant Program and will be used to create a new municipal water distribution system. Specifically, the funding will be used to expand public water service... Read More

Funding Will Be Used To Construct a New Water System Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,400,000 in federal funding for the Town of New Haven. The funding is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development Grant Program and will be used to create a new water system and expand residential access to potable water. Specifically, the funding will be used to construct Water... Read More

Schumer Just Worked To Pass Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act In The Senate And Cited Long Island As A Reason To Act BUT Now A Vote In Congress Is Needed To Finish The Job & Direct Trump Administration To Identify & Sanction Foreign Traffickers Of Synthetic Opioids & Authorize New Funding For Law Enforcement & Intel Agencies Fentanyl’s Main Path To LI Starts In China, The World’s Largest Producer; New Legislation Helps Support LI’s HIDTA, New York DEA &... Read More

Recent News Reports & Inspections Unearthed Serious Issues In West Point’s & Fort Drum’s Privatized Housing  Senator Announces Passage Of Senate NDAA, Including Amendments He Secured To Establish: Tenants’ Bill Of Rights For Privatized Military Housing, New Dispute Resolution Process, & Funding Authorization To Boost Housing Staff Schumer: Defense Bill Will Help Provide Our Heroes And Their Families With The Quality Housing They Deserve U.S. Senator Charles E.... Read More

Feds Recently Proposed Cutting Payment Rates For New York Hospitals In High-Wage Areas; Adjustments Would Cripple Upstate Urban & Rural Hospitals  NY Congressional Delegation Reveals That Proposed Changes Would Cost New York Hospitals An Estimated $53 Million Per Year, Creating Budgetary Restrictions, Risk Of Lay-Offs & Reduced Services Representatives To CMS: Medicare Area Wage Index Changes Disproportionately Harm New York And Must Not Stand Led by Senate Minority Leader Charles... Read More

ATF Has A Special Caribbean Office & Special Expertise With Their International Affairs Division That Can Help Gather Answers On Mysterious Sicknesses & Deaths More Swiftly; Questions Swirl Around Possibly Tainted Alcohol At Resorts, Or Use Of Certain Chemicals To Control Pests With 9 American Deaths Since April – Including NY’ers – And Dozens Of Tourists Sickened, Schumer Says ATF & More CDC Experts Can Lend Critical Expertise On Possible Theories Schumer: More... Read More

Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act, Included In Senate National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) For Fiscal Year 2020, Directs Administration To Identify & Sanction Foreign Traffickers Of Synthetic Opioids; Authorizes New Funding For Law Enforcement & Intel Agencies; Pressures China, Mexico, And Other Synthetic Opioid-Trafficking Countries To Crack Down On Traffickers China Is The World’s Largest Producer Of Illicit, Deadly Fentanyl, Which Floods Into America and Causes Overdose... Read More

Funding Will Help State University of New York (SUNY) Create a New Pre-Apprenticeship and Job-Training Program  Program Will Help Unemployed and Underemployed New Yorkers, as Well as Veterans, Women, and People of Color, Get Good Paying Advanced Manufacturing Jobs Across New York State Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $7,999,226 in federal funds for the Research Foundation for The State... Read More

A Navy Contractor—Tetra Tech—With A Checkered Past Is Currently Performing Sampling Of Radium Levels At Former Naval Plant In Bethpage; Concern Is Spreading That Given Firm’s Past, We Need A Mandate That Their Work Be Double-Checked By An Independent Third Party Schumer Pushes Plan & Unveils Legislative Measure To Ensure That Tetra Tech, Which Fudged Toxic Reports Before, Cannot Ever Do The Same On LI Schumer: When It Comes To Radium Levels On LI, A Guaranteed Second Look... Read More

Department Of Transportation Grant Will Fund Critical Lighting System Upgrades Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,534,000 in federal funding for the Ogdensburg International Airport in St. Lawrence County. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Specifically, the funding will... Read More

In One Recent Customs & Border Protection Seizure, Hundreds Of Fake ‘Juul’ Pods Were Confiscated, Headed For NY-Area; Schumer Says We Are In The Midst Of A Fake Pod Explosion That Will Get Worse If Feds Don’t Huddle To Stop Foreign Shipments & Easy Online Sales Flavored ‘Juice’ Inside The Chinese-Made Pods Contains Cocktail Of Questionable Chemicals That Might Be Even More Dangerous To Inhale Than Standard E-Cig Flavors FDA Has Cracked Down On At... Read More

On Top Of The +284M Robocalls Made To New York In May, NY-ers Were Inundated With Calls Appearing To Come From Overseas Last Month; Residents Duped Into Calling Back Paid Exorbitant International Fees  Schumer Urges The House Of Representatives To Follow Senate’s Lead And Pass Comprehensive Robocall Legislation, Giving Feds Authority To Combat Costly Schemes, Require Call Authentication & Rid Consumers Of Dreaded Robocalls Schumer: It’s Time To Hang Up Robocalls Once And For... Read More