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Funding Will Be Used To Help Local Companies Compete In The Global Marketplace  U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $889,819.86 in federal funding for the Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (TAAC) Serving New York, New Jersey, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton. The federal funding was allocated through the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Trade... Read More

The Passage of Schumer’s Provision In 2018 Farm Bill Caused Explosion Of Hemp Growing & Processing But FDA Regs Still Lag For CBD Schumer Demands Clarity, Guidance & Timeline; Calls On FDA To Expediently Set Guidance On Labeling, Producing, Marketing & Selling Of Products Containing CBD Schumer To FDA: Clarify CBD Regs To Safely Unleash Emerging Industry Upstate And Protect Consumers On a conference call with reporters and in the midst of an industrial hemp explosion across... Read More

Funding Will Be Used to Make Critical Water System Upgrades  Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $100,000 in federal funding for the Town of Arcadia in Wayne County. The funding is provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grants program. Specifically, 24,000 feet of new water line will be constructed at Stebbins Road,... Read More

NY Law Allowing School Districts & Local Govs To Create Charitable Fund In Lieu Of Tax Payments Enabled Homeowners To Retain Full SALT Deduction, But IRS Swooped In & Brashly Squashed That Fed Workaround Senator’s Congressional Review Act Power Will Force A Vote To Overturn IRS’s Block Of State Workaround Schumer: The Tax Bill & These Unfair IRS Regs Hurt Taxpaying NY Homeowners—It’s Time To Compel This Senate Vote To Undo Harmful, Punitive SALT... Read More

In July, A Rochester 3-Year Old, Bryce Raynor, Fell Through A Plastic Grease Trap Lid & Died; Yet Still, There Are No Specific Federal Rules Protecting From Grease Trap Tragedies  To Address Gaping Loophole ASAP, Schumer Calls On OSHA To Establish Stringent Grease Trap Regs, Mandate Lids Lock, Are Durable & Include Backup Protections    Schumer To Feds: Set Safety Rules For Grease Traps Before They Become Death Traps  Following a tragic and fatal accident outside... Read More

As Buffalo Waterfront Prepares For $100M Upgrade, Including Historic Colonel Francis G. Ward Pumping Station, Plans Jeopardized By +1K Ft. Of Crumbling Breakwall  Standing On The Picturesque Waterfront, Schumer Calls On Army Corps Of Engineers To Approve $5+ Million In Emergency Funding & Keep City’s Revitalization On Track  Schumer To Army Corps: Bring New Centennial Park Into The New Century  Flanked by local officials and standing on Buffalo’s scenic waterfront,... Read More

Just-Out Independent Report On Toxic Metals In Baby Foods Tested Across Store Shelves, Including New York, Raises Serious Concerns; Even Traces Of Certain Metals Can Damage A Baby’s Brain & Development   Medley Of Metals Include Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, & Cadmium; Schumer Wants FDA To Comb Latest Report & Publicly Respond –And To Move Fwd On Setting Long-Awaited Regs That Address Concerns Of Parents Schumer: Heavy Metals In Baby Foods Mixed With FDA Inaction Is A... Read More

As 20K Metric Ton Shipment Lay Stalled Due To A Pending USDA Waiver, Schumer Launched A Full-Court Press To Get Waiver Signed, Including A Letter To USDA & Direct Call To Secretary Of Agriculture; Today Announces Success In Preventing Local Farmers From Suffering Costly Loss Of Business  However, USDA Only Granted A Temporary Waiver, Forcing the Port & NY Farmers To Jump Through Bureaucratic Hurdles During Each Export Opportunity; NY Soybean Exports From Port Expected to Exceed 55K... Read More

Grant will fund rural development and technical assistance to businesses throughout New York State ALBANY, NY—U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that the Carey Institute for Global Good in Rensselaerville, NY received a grant totaling $62,080.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development. The award will provide technical assistance and trainings to rural breweries in New York... Read More

From Sept 20th - Oct 8th, A Forest Fire Rampaged Between Mount Beacon & Breakneck Ridge, Destroying Popular Hiking Trails On Sugarloaf Mountain & 67 Acres Of  Hudson Highlands State Park & Private Land  To Maintain Sugarloaf’s Status As An Autumn Tourist Attraction, Schumer Urged U.S. Forest Service To Work With NYS And Counties To Identify Federal Funding Through Its Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program Schumer To Forest Service: Federal Support Needed To Help... Read More

After Schumer’s Major 2015 Push, USDA Included Greek Yogurt In The School Lunch Program; USDA’s Outdated Protein Crediting Policy Has Made Greek Yogurt Not Economical For Schools  Schumer Announces Senate Agricultural Appropriations Bill Includes Language Directing USDA To Update Protein Crediting System  Schumer:  Updating Protein Crediting System Will Have Delicious Results For Upstate Students, Dairy Producers And Quickly-Growing Greek Yogurt Industry U.S. Senator... Read More

Schoharie’s October 2018 Limo Accident Was Nation’s Deadliest Accident In Years; Reports Revealed Gaping Loopholes In Federal Safety Regulations With The NTSB’s Initial Safety Report On Stretch Limousine Safety Shortcomings Now Public And Tragic Anniversary Past, Schumer, Tonko, Gillibrand, Delgado, Stefanik Introduce Three Pieces Of Bipartisan Legislation To Boost Safety Of Aftermarket Stretch Limousines On NY Roads For Passengers, Drivers, & Pedestrians Reps: Do Not Allow... Read More

Each Year, LI Rightfully Receives Huge Chunk Of Fed Dollars To Fight Domestic Violence & Support Victims BUT For Months Now, The Key To Those Funds—The Bipartisan, House-Passed Violence Against Women Act—Remains Held Up In Senate For No Good Reason; Status Quo Continuing Could Cripple LI Programs & Hamper Law Enforcement In United Front, Long Island’s Vanguards Combatting Domestic Violence Rally With Schumer To Apply Max Public Pressure To Pass... Read More

Prior Cooperative Agreement Between U Of R Laser Lab And DOE’s NNSA Expired In 2018; Schumer Pushed For Finalization Of New Agreement In Meeting With And Letters To Top Brass At DOE And During 2018 Visit To Rochester  Highlighting Its Vast Importance To National Security And The Future Of American Innovation, Schumer Today Announces New 5-Year $409.9M Cooperative Agreement For U Of R Laser Lab Schumer: New Agreement Means Laser Lab Won’t Be Vaporized Any Time Soon U.S. Senator... Read More

Funding Will Be Used To Expand Broadband Wireless Service Across Allegany, Cattaraugus And Chautauqua Counties U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $395,000 in federal funding for the Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board (STW) in Salamanca for the Southwest New York Broadband project. The federal funding was allocated through the Appalachian Regional Commission, and will be used to acquire and install new... Read More

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today released the following statement after Tuesday night’s announcement that Binghamton University Professor in Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, M. Stanley Whittingham, has taken home the Nobel Prize for chemistry following his revolutionary research that led to the development of the lithium-ion battery: “New York couldn’t be more proud of Binghamton University’s own, Professor M. Stanley Whittingham, for winning the... Read More

New York State Recently Enacted A Much-Needed Ban On Kid-Friendly E-Cig Flavors—But The Plan Is On Ice In The Courts; Parents, Teachers—And Now, Even The Kids—Want Change & An Awareness Campaign  More Than A Quarter Of NY High-Schoolers Use E-Cigs And They Admit: It’s The Flavors That Hook ‘Em; Schumer Cites More Than 100 New Yorkers Who Have Fallen Ill, 18 Deaths Across The U.S. & New Warnings As He Pushes Plan Schumer: It’s Time To Vaporize... Read More

For +30 Years, Abandoned Mine In Kent Has Seeped Arsenic Into Wells, Poisoning Drinking Water, Soil & Endangering Public Health; Samples Surrounding Wells Contain Arsenic Levels As High As 1,600x EPA Guidance EPA Finally Acknowledged Site’s Risk & Added It To “Proposed” National Priorities List, But Senator Urges EPA To Move Site To Full National Priorities List To Unlock Federal Resources For Clean-Up And Expedite Process Schumer To Feds: After 30 Years, Putnam’s... Read More

New York State Recently Enacted A Much-Needed Ban On Kid-Friendly E-Cig Flavors—But The Plan Is On Ice In The Courts; Parents, Teachers—And Now, Even The Kids—Want Change & An Awareness Campaign More Than A Quarter Of NY High-Schoolers Use E-Cigs And They Admit: It’s The Flavors That Hook ‘Em; Schumer Cites More Than 100 New Yorkers Who Have Fallen Ill, 18 Deaths Across The U.S. & New Warnings As He Pushes Plan Schumer: It’s Time To Vaporize... Read More

USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Provides Millions In Fed Funding To Institutions, Like Cornell University, To Study Ways To Improve Capital Region Crops  A Matching Requirement For SCRI Threatened Millions For NYS; In Greene County, Schumer Discusses Successful Push To Fix Program In Budget Extension Schumer: Vital Fix To SCRI Gives Greene County Apple Industry The Nutrients To Keep Growing Standing at the Boehm Farm and Orchard in Greene County, U.S. Senator Charles E.... Read More