Press Releases
SCHUMER STANDS WITH WESTERN NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS AT OLEAN FIRE DEPT TO LAUNCH A MAJOR PUSH TO CREATE FIRST-EVER NATIONAL FIREFIGHTER CANCER REGISTRY; FIREFIGHTERS’ CANCER RISK CAN BE DOUBLE THAT OF OTHERS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS—BUT NO REGISTRY TO TRACK & PREVENT CANCER IN FIREFIGHTERS HAS EVER EXISTED; THOUSANDS OF WESTERN NY FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BENEFIT
New Legislation Would, For The First Time Ever, Create A National Registry That Will Help Medical Professionals More Effectively Track And Treat Firefighters With Cancer; Firefighters Are Exposed To A Range Of Harmful Toxins And May Be At Increased Cancer Risk Senator Says Legislation Could Help Save The Lives Of Our Brave Firefighters Who Put Their Life On The Line Everyday Schumer: Our Western NY Firefighters Protect Us, So We Need To Protect Them Surrounded by dozens of Western New… Continue Reading
12.02.16
SCHUMER: AFTER SAVING 50 JOBS AT COACH IN 2013, SCHUMER TOURS MAJOR YATES COUNTY EMPLOYER COACH & EQUIPMENT AND MEETS WITH WORKERS, MANAGEMENT & LOCAL LEADERS
With Major Yates County Employer Coach & Equipment Poised To Compete In Upcoming MTA Bus Contract For New NYC Buses, Schumer Launches Major Push to Bring New Jobs To Yates County Schumer: Manufacturing Industry Is Critical to Upstate NY During a visit to Penn Yan, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today toured one of Yates County's largest employer, Coach & Equipment. Schumer spoke to workers, management and local leaders about the future of the plant and … Continue Reading
12.02.16
SCHUMER VOWS TO FIGHT FED ATTEMPTS TO TAKE BACK CRITICAL FUNDS THAT SUPPORT SMALL, RURAL HOSPITALS THAT SERVE VULNERABLE SENIOR CITIZENS, LIKE LEWIS COUNTY GENERAL & OTHER NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITALS; SENATOR SAYS RECENTLY CHANGED FUNDING RULES THAT KEEPS ‘SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS’ AFLOAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR RURAL AREAS; DEMANDS FEDS IMMEDIATELY REVERSE COURSE
Sole Community Hospitals (SCH) & Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDH) Are Often The Only Sources Of Emergency Care In Rural Areas - Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Recently Revised One Calculation For Funding SCHs, But Has Decided To Go After Hospitals And Retroactively Recoup Funds Based On The New Formula Lewis County General & Other North Country Hospitals Will Soon Receive A Notice That They Owes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars & Will Have 15 Days To Pay - Sc… Continue Reading
12.01.16
SCHUMER, BROWN, WHITEHOUSE, WARREN JOINT STATEMENT ON ATTEMPT BY SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS TO JAM THROUGH RADICAL NOMINEE TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Senators Charles E. Schumer, Sherrod Brown, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Elizabeth Warren released the following statement today in light of attempts today by Senate Finance Committee Republicans to jam through the confirmation of Charles Blahous - an advocate of privatizing Social Security – to the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees. "As Public Trustee Mr. Blahous' has promoted a radical agenda – spreading misinformation and fear about the future of Social Security and Medi… Continue Reading
12.01.16
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES HIS BI-PARTISAN ‘BOTS ACT’JUST PASSED SENATE; SENATOR URGES HOUSE TO ACT; LAW FINALLY CRACKS DOWN ON CYBER SCALPERS WHO SCOOP UP THOUSANDS OF POPULAR BROADWAY & CONCERT TICKETS & THEN SELL THEM AT OUTRAGEOUS PRICES
Earlier This Year, Schumer Teamed Up With Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda to Put Spotlight On 'BOTS Act'; Hackers Have Used Bots To Unfairly Jack Up Prices Of Tickets To 'Hamilton’ & Other Major Events, Earning Resellers an Eye-Popping Profits With Senate Passage of ‘BOTS Act,’ Schumer Urges House to Act Before the End of the Year; Senator Says What’s Happening On Broadway is Happening Across Entertainment Industry & Must Stop Schumer: It’s Now Up to the Hou… Continue Reading
12.01.16
DURING IN-PERSON MEETING WITH CANADIAN AMBASSADOR AND NEW CONSUL GENERAL, SCHUMER URGES CANADIAN OFFICIALS TO IMMEDIATELY ADD STAFF TO ADDRESS LONG WAIT TIMES AT THE PEACE BRIDGE
Short-Staffing At Canadian Border Causes Delays During the Height of Busy Travel Months And is Hurting Both Sides of the Border Schumer To Canada: Be A Good Neighbor And Add More Border Agents - It's a Win-Win U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today met with the new Canadian Consul General Phyllis Yaffe and Canadian Ambassador David McNaughton and urged them to immediately address staffing issues that are causing long wait times at all international border crossings between Buffalo and Canada in… Continue Reading
12.01.16
DURING IN-PERSON MEETING WITH NEW CANADIAN AMBASSADOR AND CONSUL GENERAL, SCHUMER STRONGLY URGES CANADA TO REVERSE ITS PROTECTIONIST, RESTRICTIVE DAIRY PRICING AND TRADE POLICIES THAT THREATEN UPSTATE NY DAIRY PRODUCERS
Harmful New Regulations In Canada Unfairly Penalize Canadian Dairy Processors For Using Imported American Milk - Many Farmers Throughout NY Depend On Dairy Exports, But New Canadian Limitations on Milk Imports Could Put Farmers, Coops and Companies at Risk; Schumer Says They Are Blatant Violations of Our Trade Agreements w Canada Schumer Previously Called On Feds To Take More Aggressive Action & Protect Upstate NY Dairy Farmers - Schumer Now Goes Straight To Canadian Officials, Urges Them T… Continue Reading
11.30.16
SCHUMER: A REAL TRILLION-DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL IN FIRST 100 DAYS OF NEW ADMINISTRATION COULD PAVE WAY FOR DESPERATELY NEEDED REPAIRS & RESCUE LOCAL TAXPAYERS NOW ON HOOK; SENATOR SAYS NEW YORK’S INFRASTRUCTURE IS FALLING APART AFTER DECADES OF NEGLECT; UPSTATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SAFETY AT RISK
Schumer Says Without Significant Funding Increase, New York's Infrastructure Could Fall into Further State of Disrepair, Costing Taxpayers Billions and Hampering the Economy Schumer: Major Infrastructure Bill Is Key to Create Jobs and Upgrade Dilapidated Water-Sewer Systems, Roads, Bridges, Energy Grids and Improve Broadband and Build New Schools Schumer: Real Infrastructure Investment is Critical to Sustain Our Positive Economic Growth, Create Millions of Jobs and Build a Modern Economy U.… Continue Reading
11.29.16
SCHUMER VOWS TO FIGHT GOP WAR ON SENIORS, MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION
Please See Sen. Schumer's Remarks Following The Senate Democrats' Luncheon Just a Few Moments Ago "Well I was incredibly disappointed to see the President-elect nominate Congressman Price to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services this morning "When it comes to issues like Medicare, the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood, Congressman Price and the average American couldn’t be further apart “Between this nomination of an avowed Medicare opponent to serve as HHS Secr… Continue Reading
11.29.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1.5 MILLION IN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FUNDING FOR CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Research at Cornell University to Help Reduce Weeds on Farms and Pests in Residential Apartments Ithaca, N.Y. - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,493,798 in new federal funding for Cornell University. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management Program (CPPM) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. Cornell University will u… Continue Reading
11.23.16
SCHUMER RETURNS TO THOMAS COLE’S HOUSE IN CATSKILL TO PUBLICLY REVEAL LONG LOST ART TREASURE PAINTED ON THE PARLOR WALLS BY THOMAS COLE, THE FATHER OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL; SENATOR WILL PUSH FEDS TO APPROVE TWO NEW HISTORIC RESTORATION PROJECTS SO HISTORIANS CAN CONTINUE RESTORING THE GREAT ARTIST’S HOME
Last Year, Schumer Visited The Thomas Cole Historic Site In The Village of Catskill, Where The Great American Landscape Artist Lived - Museum Discovered Borders That Cole Painted That Were Previously Hidden Under Layers Of Wall Paint Schumer Urges Feds To Expeditiously Approve Two New Projects To Continue Mission Of the Cole Site; Senator Recently Secured Over $600K So That These Lost American Treasures Could Be Restored Schumer: Fed Investment Will Help Unravel Thi… Continue Reading
11.23.16
SCHUMER: I-84 IS NO STRANGER TO SPEEDING TRUCKS, BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY, READY FOR INSTALLATION, COULD MAKE BARRELING BIG RIGS A THING OF THE PAST; SENATOR SAYS PUTNAM COUNTY DRIVERS WOULD BE SAFER & THOUSANDS OF ACCIDENTS COULD BE PREVENTED AND LIVES SAVED
I-84 Speed Limit Is 65 MPH But Any Putnam County Resident Can Tell You That Big Rigs, Even Large Buses, Can Give It The Gas & Exceed The Limit, Putting Everyday Drivers At Risk For Accidents-Or Worse Ready-To-Go Technology That Caps Big Rig Speed Has Wide Support But Requires Feds To Approve Across-The-Board Installation; Most Bus & Truck Drivers Operate Safely, But Speed Limiters Can Help Prevent The Handful of Dangerous Actors From Inflicting High-Speed Damage Schumer: Cappin… Continue Reading
11.23.16
STANDING WITH VETS, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE TO-AND-FROM-HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO DISABLED & SENIOR VETERANS ON LONG ISLAND; PLAN WOULD LOWER COSTS OF CARE & ALSO IMPROVE IT, WHILE KEEPING VETS WHO ARE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME RIGHT WHERE THEY WANT TO BE
Schumer Says Federal Law Providing Nursing Care Services to Disabled Vets On LI Does Not Go Far Enough; Senator Says Law Does Not Provide 'Adult Day Health Care Services', Like Those Offered By LI State Veterans Home in Stony Brook, to Veterans In Need Expansion of LI Services Will Mean Vets Can Get Health Services Without Residing In A Nursing Home-Plan Would Even Save The System Money Schumer: There's No Place Like Home For LI Vets & This Bill Makes Sure It Stays That Way Standing with … Continue Reading
11.22.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE TOWN OF PRATTSVILLE WILL RECEIVE $17.6 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO UPGRADE FLOOD-PRONE BRIDGE OVER SCHOHARIE CREEK IN GREENE COUNTY
Town Of Prattsville In Greene County Will Use Funds To Upgrade Bridge On NY Route 23 To Enhance Resiliency & Protect Area From Future Flooding Schumer, Gillibrand: Strong, Safe Infrastructure Is Key To New York's Economy And Safety Of Communities U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $17,600,000 in federal funding for the Town of Prattsville in Greene County to upgrade and enhance the resiliency of its flood-prone bridge over the Schoharie Creek on NY Rout… Continue Reading
11.16.16
SCHUMER’S INTERVENTION SUCCESSFULLY MOVES FEDS TO TAKE FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARD REQUIRING OIL COMPANIES TO MAKE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE CRUDE OIL LESS VOLATILE BEFORE IT IS SHIPPED THROUGH NYS COMMUNITIES; CRUDE OIL IS BEING SHIPPED THROUGH UPSTATE NY IN HUNDREDS OF TANK CARS EACH DAY
Schumer's Effort To Make Tank Cars Stronger Was A Critical Component To Make Oil-By-Rail Safer, Now Schumer Successfully Pushed Feds To Begin Process to Make The Actual Crude Oil Contained In Oil Cars Less Volatile Recent Oil Train Derailment In Oregon, 16 Cars Derailed, 4 Caught Fire; Area Residents Were Evacuated & More Than 40,000 Gallons Of Crude Oil Were Spilled Schumer: We've Got to Keep Crude-by-Rail Safety on Track U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that, following hi… Continue Reading
11.16.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $486,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PRATT INSTITUTE’S BROOKLYN FASHION + DESIGN ACCELERATOR (BF+DA)
EDA Funds Will Help the Pratt BF+DA Provide Entrepreneurs and Makers in the Fashion Industry With Funding & Resources to Explore and Commercialize New Ideas in Apparel and Textiles New York, N.Y. - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $486,680 in federal funds for the Pratt Institute's Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator: Fashion Technology Program. This funding was allocated through the federal Economic Development Administration's (EDA) i6 Challenge … Continue Reading
11.15.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $500K IN FED FUNDS FOR MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S “thINCubator” – FED FUNDS WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR START-UPS & ENTREPRENEURS TO GROW, EXPAND & CREATE JOBS IN BURGEONING INDUSTRIES LIKE NANOTECH & CYBERSECURITY
Mohawk Valley thINCubator Has Been At The Heart Of A Regional Economic Revival In The Nanotechnology, Unmanned Aerial Systems, And Cybersecurity Sectors Fed Funds Will Help thINCubator Build On Previous Success By Providing Entrepreneurs With Start-Up Funding & Connecting Them With Resources Needed To Succeed & Create Jobs Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed Funds Will Keep Job-Creating, Innovation Engine At Mohawk Valley CC Chugging U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today… Continue Reading
11.15.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE, FOLLOWING THEIR PUSH, FEDS HAVE APPROVED CRITICAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR LAUNCH NY IN BUFFALO, WHICH IS ALREADY POSITIVELY IMPACTING UPSTATE JOB GROWTH – FED FUNDS WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR START-UPS & ENTREPRENEURS TO GROW, EXPAND & CREATE JOBS
Thanks To Initial Funds Secured By Schumer & Gillibrand, Launch New York Businesses Have Already Created Approximately 1,000 Jobs In Upstate New York; Schumer & Gillibrand Previously Secured $637K In Fed Funds To Help Start Launch NY New, Additional Funds Secured By Schumer & Gillibrand Will Provide More Entrepreneurs In Upstate NY With Resources To Start-Up Companies & Create Jobs - $245K In Fed Funds Will Allow Launch NY To Invest In Entrepreneurs & In Upstate Economy S… Continue Reading
11.15.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE AKWESASNE TOURISM WORKING GROUP
Funding Will Be Used to Promote Tourism & Economic Development U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $2 million in federal funding for the Akwesasne Tourism Working Group. The working group will receive $400,000 for the first year, and a total of $2 million over the next five years. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Sustainable Employment and Econom… Continue Reading
11.15.16
VELAZQUEZ, SCHUMER ANNOUNCE, AFTER PUSH: THOUSANDS OF NYC HOUSING TENANTS WILL BE EXEMPT FROM HUD RULE PLAN WOULD HAVE RAISED RENT COSTS FOR THOUSANDS; NOW, METRO AREAS LIKE NYC CAN BREATHE SIGH OF RELIEF WITH ‘SAMFR’ AXED FOR CITY; NO ONE WILL BE FORCED TO MOVE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THEY LOVE
Earlier This Year, Velázquez & Schumer Urged HUD to Revise 'Small Area Fair Market Rent Rule' & Work With Affordable Housing Community in NYC Lawmakers Announce: HUD's Revised Rule Will Make Any Metro Area--With Vacancy Rate of 4 Percent or Lower-Exempt from SAFMR Rule; New York City’s Vacancy Rate is 3.45 Percent; Big Win For City & Working Families New York City- U.S. Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)… Continue Reading
