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Press releases from: August 2025

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AS THE FALLOUT FROM TRUMP & GOP’S DEVASTATING MEDICAID CUTS BEGINS - THREATENING HEALTHCARE FOR OVER 30,000 IN CENTRAL NY - SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEW BILL TO REVERSE CUTS: PROTECTING HEALTHCARE & HOSPITALS FOR CENTRAL NY FAMILIES, LOWERING PREMIUMS, AND SAVING COUNTY BUDGETS THAT OTHERWISE WILL BE FORCED TO FOOT THE BILL FOR TRUMP’S HEALTHCARE CUTS
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WITH TRUMP’S TARIFFS CRUSHING WESTERN NY ECONOMY, SCHUMER STANDS WITH BUFFALO-NIAGARA BUSINESS LEADERS ON FRONTLINES OF PLUMMETING SUMMER TOURISM & RISING COSTS, ANNOUNCES HE WILL FORCE VOTE TO END DESTRUCTIVE TRADE WAR WITH CANADA
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SCHUMER: HANDS OFF UPSTATE NY’S JOB CORPS; STANDING IN ORLEANS COUNTY WITH FINGER LAKES STUDENTS, STAFF, & SMALL BUSINESSES STUCK IN LIMBO FOLLOWING TRUMP’S ORDER TO SHUT DOWN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL LOCAL JOB TRAINING PROGRAM, SENATOR LEADS FIGHT TO REVERSE TRUMP CUTS, DEMANDS NY HOUSE REPUBLICANS JOIN HIM TO DELIVER FUNDING TO CONTINUE ONE OF AMERICA’S LARGEST JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

Press releases from: July 2025

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SCHUMER: SHOCKING NEW DISTRICT-BY-DISTRICT REPORT SHOWS THE GOP PLAN TO GUT MEDICAID COULD KICK 1.5 MILLION NEW YORKERS OFF HEALTH INSURANCE & AND RIP AWAY $13.5 BILLION FROM LOCAL HOSPITALS & NY HEALTHCARE ECONOMY
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SCHUMER: TARIFFS UP, TOURISM DOWN – AND UPSTATE NY IS PAYING THE PRICE; NEW DATA SHOWS CANADIAN BORDER CROSSINGS CONTINUE TO PLUMMET AS TRUMP THREATENS TO FURTHER INCREASE TARIFFS NEXT WEEK, CROSSINGS DOWN A WHOPPING 21% IN JUNE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEAR, A GUT PUNCH TO UPSTATE’S SUMMER TOURISM, JOBS & MAIN STREETS
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR BUILDING NEW CAPITAL DISTRICT ARMORY FOR NY ARMY NATIONAL GUARD’S 42ND INFANTRY DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
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SCHUMER SECURES PROVISION IN SENATE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL TO ADDRESS FORT DRUM’S LONG-NEEDED EXPANSION FOR MATERNAL HEALTH CARE TO SUPPORT MILITARY MOMS & FAMILIES ON BASE – AND AT RURAL MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
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SCHUMER SECURES $18.5 MILLION AUTHORIZATION FOR FORT DRUM CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN SENATE NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL
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SCHUMER SECURES $54 MILLION AUTHORIZATION IN SENATE NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL FOR NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION TO BUILD NEW COMBINED OPERATIONS ALERT FACILITY; SENATOR LAUNCHES PUSH TO DELIVER $$$ IN FINAL APPROPRIATIONS TO LAND MUCH-NEEDED NEW FACILITY IN WESTERN NY
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SCHUMER CALLS ON ARMY TO IMMEDIATELY REVERSE DECISION TO SHUT DOWN CLARKSON UNIVERSITY ROTC PROGRAM THAT WOULD FORCE DOZENS OF NORTH COUNTRY CADETS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN STAYING AT THEIR SCHOOL AND CONTINUING MILITARY SERVICE
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SCHUMER: A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR UPSTATE NY! AMERICA’S FIRST-EVER NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CENTER OFFICIALLY OPENS AT ALBANY NANOTECH, MARKING MAJOR MILESTONE AS NEW GLOBAL EPICENTER FOR ADVANCED CHIP RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $21 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 16 AIRPORTS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE
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SCHUMER DEMANDS TRUMP ADMIN IMMEDIATELY REVERSE RIPPING AWAY FUNDING FOR UALBANY’S MESONET, NEW YORK’S STATE OF THE ART WEATHER TRACKING SYSTEM THAT HELPS KEEP UPSTATE NY COMMUNITIES PREPARED & SAFE DURING STORMS
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AS SENATE GOP MOVES TO RIP AWAY FUNDING FOR UPSTATE NY PUBLIC TV & RADIO, SCHUMER DEMANDS CONGRESS BLOCK TRUMP’S CLAW BACKS THAT WOULD HURT RURAL AREAS, EDUCATION, & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN EVERY CORNER OF NY; SENATOR LEADS FIGHT TO SAVE NEW YORK’S PUBLIC MEDIA FROM DEVASTATING CUTS

Press releases from: June 2025

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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $40 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 16 AIRPORTS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE
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SCHUMER: AS SUMMER SIZZLES, UPSTATE NY TOURISM FIZZLES - NEW DATA SHOWS TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR SLAMS UPSTATE NY, WITH CANADIAN BORDER CROSSINGS PLUMMETING 400,000 LAST MONTH – THREATENING JOBS & MAIN STREETS THAT RELY ON SUMMER TOURISM BOOST
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SCHUMER, STANDING WITH FLIGHT 3407 FAMILIES DIRECTLY AFTER MEETING WITH TRUMP’S TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, SLAMS ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURE TO FULLY COMMIT TO PROTECTING AIR SAFETY REGULATIONS & 1,500-HOUR RULE THE SENATOR & FAMILIES FOUGHT TOGETHER TO ENACT INTO LAW
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FOLLOWING HIS MULTIPLE PUSHES, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CSX HEEDS HIS CALLS TO RESTORE VITAL GILLETT ROAD BRIDGE FOR OGDEN & ROCHESTER COMMUNITY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $12+ MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK THROUGH THE NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION
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SCHUMER: UNDER GOP PLAN, ENERGY TAX HIKES COULD DECIMATE ROCHESTER’S #1 FASTEST-GROWING BUSINESS, DRIVE UP COSTS FOR ROCHESTER FAMILIES & SMALL BIZ; STANDING AT HOME WITH NEWLY-INSTALLED SOLAR PANELS, SENATOR DEMANDS GOP BACK OFF DISASTEROUS “BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL” THAT MEANS “BIG” ENERGY PRICE HIKES & “BIG” JOB LOSSES FOR ROCHESTER