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With NY In The Midst Of A State Of Emergency, Capacity To Test For Virus Is Still Largely One Giant Mishmash Senator Says Feds Must Approve Local Labs In Waiting, Create Special HHS Team To Manage Those Tests & Get Widely Distributed, Approve Automated Testing  Still Sitting In Limbo, Staff A Special COVID-19 Hotline & Make Virus Tests’ Co-Pay Free Schumer: Admin Has Created Its Own ‘Cluster’ On Corona While Failing Initial Response ‘Test’ – 5... Read More

Fort Drum Fire Department’s Emergency Apparatus Is Over Two-Decades Old And Obsolete; Five Of Installation’s Fire Engines Recently Failed Inspection, First Responders Have No Access To A Ladder Truck Schumer Today Calls On Army To Expedite Its Planned Delivery Of A New Fire Engine To Fort Drum & Do Everything Possible To Help Installation Acquire A New Ladder Truck—Impossible Under Current Army Policy Schumer To Army: Provide Fort Drum’s Courageous Firefighters With... Read More

ARC Funding Will Be Used To Increase Corning’s Internet Connection Redundancy & Resilience; However, Additional Federal Funding Is Needed For This Regional Investment To Start  Schumer Calls For $1.5M To Bring High-Speed Internet To Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Yates, Tompkins, & Tioga Counties Schumer to EDA: It’s Time to Advance This Critical Project For The Southern Tier Following a recent federal funding award of $1,552,594 from the Appalachian Regional Commission... Read More

With Over 20 Confirmed Cases In NY, Schumer Pushes A Special Protection Ensuring Those Most Susceptible To The Virus—Medicare’s Seniors—Get The Vaccine Free If They Want It Senator Says New Push Can –And Should—Garner Bipartisan Support  Schumer: It’s Worth A Shot To Push Plan That Ensures Those Who Will Need Coronavirus Vaccine Most Can Get It   Following multi-billion dollar bipartisan deal to fund the federal response to the Novel Coronavirus... Read More

Right Now, Schumer Is Negotiating An Emergency, Bipartisan Funding Bill To Attack & Act On Coronavirus; He’ll Cite LI Costs In Push To Make State & Local Needs Part Of This Week’s Deal  Announces Counties & Northwell Combined Could Spend Millions On Coronavirus Efforts As More NY Cases Could Present; It’s Only Fair To Provide Millions in Grant Funding Schumer: LI Will See Higher Costs, Simply Because Of Proximity—They Must Receive Fed Funds As the Novel... Read More

Schumer Announces He’ll Push A Special Protection In Looming Coronavirus Funding Deal That Ensures Those Most Susceptible To The Virus—Medicare’s Seniors—Get The Vaccine Free If They Want It Senator Says New Push Can –And Should—Garner Bipartisan Support Schumer: It Is Worth A Shot To Push Plan That Ensures Those Who Will Need Coronavirus Vaccine Most Can Get It   As he negotiates the multi-billion dollar bipartisan deal to fund the federal response... Read More

Schumer Says U.S. Postal Service Must Deliver On Local Concerns And Develop A Common-Sense Solution That Benefits Ithaca Schumer To USPS: Push The Envelope To Ensure Ithaca Businesses, Organizations, & Residents Needs Are Not Ignored With uncertainty of Ithaca’s downtown post office looming, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today demanded the United States Postal Service (USPS) negotiate in good faith with local leaders and stakeholders to find a mutually agreeable long-term solution... Read More

After Successfully Calling For Major Disaster Declaration, Schumer & Gillibrand Secure Funding For Real Repairs To Begin; Road Repairs Will Help Restore Communities To Pre-Disaster Conditions Funding Paves Way For Emergency and Permanent Repairs For Counties Heavily Affected By October Storms U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has granted Upstate New York counties devastated by the... Read More

Fire-Damaged Community Center Housed Collections And Research Materials From The Museum Of Chinese In America; Approx. 2/3 Of MOCA’s Archives Remain Unrecovered And Costs To Recover, Repair, And Rebuild The Collection Keeps Growing    “Chairman’s Emergency Grant” Can Be Used To Clean, Pack And Recover Humanities Collections, Transfer Artifacts To Temporary Storage, And Consult With Conservators And Preservation Professionals Schumer To NEH: Prioritize... Read More

With DoD’S “Rash and Unwise” Approval, Incineration Of Toxic PFAS-Laden Waste Is Underway At Norlite, LLC., Contaminating Atmosphere and Local Communities Schumer-Gillibrand Call On DoD To Immediately Cease Incineration of Toxic And Fire-Resistant PFAS Materials, Comply With Federal Guidelines, & Provide Immediate and Comprehensive Transparency to The Surrounding Communities ASAP Senators to DoD: Stop Burning Toxic PFAS Chemicals & Protect Local Communities —... Read More

After Years Of Advocacy, USACE Work Plan Now Excludes Construction Phase of the Mamaroneck and Sheldrake River Flood Risk Management Project, Stalling The Project In Its Final Phase Lawmakers Say Protecting The Safety Of Kids & Residents Must Be Top Priority For USACE & Administration; Project Would Construct Flood Defenses For Highly Populated Westchester Community That Has Been Victim of Severe Flooding & Suffered Millions of $$ In Damages For Decades  Reps to Administration:... Read More

Leader Schumer Proposes $8.5 Billion In Emergency Funding For CDC, The Public Health And Social Services Emergency Fund, USAID, And NIH To Fight The Spread Of Coronavirus Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released a detailed proposal for $8.5 billion in emergency funding to fight the spread of coronavirus in the United States. “Congress must act swiftly to confront the threat of this global health crisis,” said Leader Schumer. “This... Read More

With Loss Of The Rumble Ponies’ MLB Affiliation On Deck , MLB Heeds Schumer’s Call And Visits NYSEG Stadium With Senator Schumer, Continuing To Fight For the Rumble Ponies, Announces Binghamton Event With MLB Deputy Commissioner And Local Stakeholders Schumer: MLB Needs To Step Up To Plate & Play Ball With Southern Tier Stakeholders Following his previous advocacy, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today brought Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB)... Read More

The Pentagon & The Department Of Homeland Security, Which Oversees The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Have ALL Prohibited, Banned The Use Of  The China-Owned Social Media Platform ‘TikTok’—BUT TSA Is Still Using It On Verified Government Account(s) To Engage Travelers Schumer, Who First Sounded The Alarm On The App’s Security Concerns & Prompted Fed Action, Says TSA Is One Of THE Main Agencies We Should Absolutely Not Allow TikTok To Collect... Read More

Lake Ontario Floods Have Cost Millions Of Dollars Of Damage To Wayne County Homes, Businesses, & Beaches, Including Homes on Charles Point Bluff Now At Risk of Falling Into Lake Ontario Because Breakwall is Broken & Eroded.  Today Following His Push, Schumer Announces He Secured $4.5 Million To Rebuild Charles Point Wall Better & Stronger, And Schumer Calls On Feds To Immediately Approve Upcoming Disaster Recovery Grant, Sending $1.5 Million To Stabilize And Repair Wayne... Read More

VA Has Proposed Adding 4 Health Conditions, Including Bladder Cancer & Parkinson’s, To Agent Orange Exposure Health Care Benefits List, BUT Administration Has Refused To Add Conditions & Even Blocked Vietnam-Era Vets From Getting The VA Coverage & Compensation They Deserve At Local VFW, Schumer Will Call On Feds To End The Years-Long Delay & Immediately Give Vets Suffering From Agent Orange-Linked Conditions Health Care & Compensation Benefits Schumer: LI Vietnam Vets... Read More

Digging Through President’s Proposed Budget Reveals White House Effort To Do Away With “VIPR” Dog Teams That Support Critical New York Counterterrorism & Security Operations; These Dogs Keep NY Transit Hubs Safe & Do Not Cost Much At All Schumer Has Had To Fight For The Dogs Of DHS Before—But We’ve Never Been Faced With A Plan That Axes All 31 Teams; NYPD, State Police & Agencies Across Country Rely Heavily On Dog Teams Amidst Some Of America’s... Read More

Amidst Persistent And Growing Spate of Hate Crimes, FEMA, NYS DHSES & CISA Led New York City Faith-Based, Community, And Nonprofit Organizations for Workshop on Fed Security Grant Program Washington, DC  — U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the NYS Division... Read More

NYC Is Mandated By Feds To Do What It Does Best & Act As Vanguard In The Coronavirus Fight—But City Is Currently Expending Local Funds To Prevent, Prepare For & Respond To Virus; This Could Rack Up Millions Of Dollars In Costs Over Next 60 Days NYC Asked Feds For Clear Sign They’ll Be Reimbursed, Just Like With Ebola; But Has No Clear Answer From HHS; Schumer Demands Feds Publicly Commit To Reimbursing NYC As Prevention, Treatment & Quarantine Directive Costs Add... Read More

Since Launching A Push For A Fed Crackdown On China’s Ability To Ship Bad OTC Products To New York, Schumer Is Applying Heat On The 85 Dollar Stores In Western New York That Should Heed FDA Warning & Stop Accepting Shoddy & Potentially Dangerous Chinese Products In The First Place WNY Has 33 ‘Dollar Tree’ Stores & 52 ‘Family Dollar’ Stores; Some Stores Are STILL Stocking China-Made Products That Could Spell Trouble For WNY-ers... Read More