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Earlier This Year, Norlite-Tredabe Voluntarily Suspended Disposal Of Potentially Carcinogenic Material, Yet, Navy/DOD Plan To Send 12 Truckloads Of Highly Toxic Chemicals From VA Naval Station To Norlite Plant to Be Burned This Week; And More In The Future Senator Says Navy and DOD Must Not Force Norlite To Accept And Burn AFFF, Breaking Local Moratorium Schumer To Navy and DOD: STOP The Shipment Of PFAS ASAP & Grant Suspension Of Burning Plans U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Freight Train Derailed in the Village of East Aurora Last Night; 15 Cars & 3 Engines Overturned, Nearby Residents Evacuated  Senator Says Full-Scale Investigation Must Be Launched To Determine Cause of Derailment And Implement Future Preventative Measures  Schumer to Feds: Get Chugging On An Investigation And Get Freight Train Safety Back On Track After a freight train derailment last night in the Village of East Aurora, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer called on the Federal Railroad... Read More

During Negotiations For CARES Act, Schumer Prioritized And Secured $$$ For Upstate Transit Systems  CENTRO Will Receive $28M In Federal Transit Money As Part of Federal Emergency Funding Package  Schumer, Gillibrand, Brindisi: CARES Transit Funding Will Keep Central New York Rolling As part of the Schumer-negotiated CARES Act, which included relief for upstate transit systems, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Anthony Brindisi today... Read More

Funding Will Support Medical Facilities Across New York State During The Coronavirus Pandemic  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $10,777,076 in federal funding to provide health services for New Yorkers affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The growing coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed New York’s hospital system -- decimating supplies and creating a crisis for health care workers on the... Read More

125 New Hires Will Join 175 Other New Workers – Including 80 New College Grads – Already Hired So Far This Year As Part Of L3Harris’s Rochester Workforce Senator Says L3Harris Will Hire 300 New Rochester Workers In Total By End Of 2020 Schumer: New Hiring Is A Win-Win-Win For Rochester’s Job Seekers, L3Harris Technologies, And The Rochester-Finger Lakes Economy  A longtime supporter of Rochester-based L3Harris Technologies, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today... Read More

U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today announced a $16 million Water Infrastructure Loan allocated through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). This funding will support sewer rehabilitation and water main replacement projects to provide safe drinking water and dependable wastewater services for Cortland, New... Read More

Legislation Will Help Families of First Responders That Lost Their Lives Quickly Access Survivor Benefits; Senator Gillibrand Released a Video to Applaud the Passage of the Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act (SAFR) U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced the unanimous Senate passage of a bipartisan bill to ensure families of public safety officers lost to COVID-19 can quickly access survivor benefits. The Safeguarding America’s First Responders... Read More

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,589,591 in federal funding to provide telehealth services for New Yorkers affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The funding was allocated through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) COVID-19 Telehealth Program as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). Telehealth Program funding will help connect providers with patients during the COVID-19... Read More

During Negotiations for CARES Act, Schumer Prioritized And Secured $$$ For New York Airports And Transit  Westchester County Airport Will Receive Over $23.6M In Federal Aviation Money, Bee-Line Bus System Over $30.1M As Part Of Federal Emergency Funding Package Schumer, Gillibrand: CARES Funding Will Help Westchester County Weather This Public Health Storm  As part of the Schumer-negotiated CARES Act, which included relief for airports, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator... Read More

74 Sailors Died In 1969 Collision In South China Sea; For Years, DOD Has Unjustly Refused To Add Their Names To Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Schumer Has Worked For Years And Pursued All Avenues To Include Names Of Fallen Crew Of U.S.S. Frank E. Evans As Combat-Related Deaths Schumer: Half A Century Is Too Long, Give Fallen Heroes Of U.S.S. Frank E. Evans – Who Gave The Ultimate Sacrifice For America – The Recognition They Deserve Following half a decade of unrelenting advocacy... Read More

Funding Will Expand Capacity For Testing During The COVID-19 Health Crisis  Washington, D.C. - U.S. Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $16,790,380 in federal funding to help health centers in Upstate New York respond to and contain the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. Specifically, this funding will help health centers purchase, administer, and expand the use of COVID-19 testing. The funding was allocated by the Department of Health... Read More

After Schumer Secured Over A Billion In Testing $$$ For NY, Funds Have Been Stalled For Weeks; Following a Months-Long Push for More Testing, Major Testing Resources Are Finally On The Way To NY   Schumer: Testing and Tracing Is The First Step On New York’s Path To Recovery U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced today that New York State will receive $1.5 billion out of a $10.25 billion national pot for coronavirus (COVID-19) testing he proposed and fought to... Read More

House Spending Package Would Provide Estimated $34.4 billion in New Relief Funds for New York State, $17.2 billion for New York City, and $15.1 billion for other Municipalities and Counties in New York Lowey and Schumer: “Senator McConnell has made the ridiculous comment that states should just declare bankruptcy. Democrats have real solutions to this crisis.” WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) and U.S. Senate... Read More

NY’s Local Newspapers, Radio, and TV Stations Losing Major Revenue During Ongoing Public Health Crisis; Some NY Outlets Are Losing Up To 80% Of Usual Advertising Revenue  Schumer Says Local News Is Essential To Communicating General Information and Targeted Public Health Information To Upstate New York Communities, Fighting Life-Threatening Spread of Misinformation  Schumer: Small Business Loans Critical To Protecting Local Media A long-time advocate for New York’s local... Read More

With ~ 74K Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus In Upstate New York, Rural Healthcare Centers Are Facing Layoffs, Furloughs, Financial Difficulty Senators Say Funds Will Provide Critical Support For NY’s Frontline Hospitals and Providers Still Battling COVID-19  Senators: Critical Dollars Will Keep The Fight Against The Virus Going Strong In Upstate New York U.S. Senator Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that Upstate New York’s rural hospitals, clinics and... Read More

P-EBT Will Provide Critical Funds to Families Whose Children Usually Rely on Free or Reduced-Price School Meals NYS Request Had Stalled; Gillibrand and Schumer Urged USDA to Approve on April 29 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced that, following their push, the Trump administration approved New York State’s request to operate the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program authorized... Read More

A March 2020 Report Found That 21 Out Of 54 VA Facilities, Including Some In Upstate NY, Had Vastly Inadequate Supplies Of PPE And Would Run Out Within Weeks Or Days Senator Says VA Has Moved Too Slowly In Providing Essential Protective Equipment To Frontline Healthcare Workers In NY VA Hospitals Schumer to VA: Give Our Nation’s Heroes, Our Veterans, And VA Healthcare Workers The Resources They Need After announcing a plan to stabilize the U.S. supply chain and provide critical oversight... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As New York and New Jersey’s first responders face perils on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D) and Chuck Schumer (D), along with New Jersey Senators Cory Booker (D) and Bob Menendez (D), introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure families of public safety officers lost to COVID-19 can quickly access survivor benefits. The Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act (SAFR) clarifies the certification... Read More

Decreasing Revenues During The Pandemic Are Leaving NY’s Local Governments Strapped; Dedicated Federal Funding For Local Communities Would Provide Necessary Relief On Lost Revenues, Increased Costs And Avoid Local Tax & Fee Increases And Layoffs Reps Say All NY Counties, Small Cities, And Towns Need & Deserve $ To Maintain Vital Services, Workers And To Recover  Reps: Funding Would Be The Shot In The Arm Local Governments Need To Recover From The Pandemic And A Critical Piece... Read More

During Negotiations For CARES Act, Schumer Prioritized And Secured $$$ For Upstate Transit Systems Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority Will Receive $36.3M In Federal Transit Money As Part of Federal Emergency Funding Package Schumer, Gillibrand, Morelle: CARES Transit Funding Will Keep Rochester Finger Lakes Region Rolling  As part of the Schumer-negotiated CARES Act, which included relief for upstate transit systems, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten... Read More