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New Congressional JEC Analysis Shows NY Families – Already Struggling With Rising Costs – Paid Hundreds More For Home Heating Oil Last Month, Up Nearly 40% After Trump Began His Reckless War In Iran Schumer: Cost-Beleaguered New Yorkers Are Footing The Bill For Trump’s Iran War On Their Home Heating Bills As Trump’s reckless war of choice in Iran reaches its second month, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer revealed that families in New York paid nearly $250 more for home heating oil in March 2026... Read More

Local Leaders Had The Rug Pulled Out From Under Them When Trump Admin Abruptly Derailed The $28M Grant For The Rhinecliff Station Project – With No Explanation – Potentially Setting Back Years of Progress To Finally Give Dutchess County The Modern Train Station It Deserves Rhinecliff Station Is One Of NY’s Busiest, But Has Fallen Into Disrepair – Schumer Fought For Years To Prioritize & Secure Funding And Now Project Is In Final Phases – But Trump Admin Unwarranted Delays Risk All Of That... Read More

Trump Order For National Parks Created Senseless Bureaucratic Red Tape That “Right To Run” Organizers Were Told Would Result In Them Not Getting Their Permit In Time This Year For Weekend Celebration Schumer Immediately Sprung To Action Calling On the National Park Service To Expedite & Approve A Special Permit So The 10th Annual “Right To Run 5K/19K Race Weekend” Could Continue As Planned Schumer: Seneca Falls “Right To Run” Celebration Is Back On! After a senseless Trump Executive Order... Read More

National Park Service Said It Cannot Approve Permit For Planned Seneca Falls Event Celebrating Women’s Rights Because Of Trump Executive Order Forcing Review Of How Events At National Parks Characterize American History, Throwing New Hurdles And Delaying Permit Process 10th Annual “Right To Run 5K/19K Race Weekend” Celebration Draws Hundreds Of Athletes, Tourists, And Spectators To Downtown Seneca Falls To Commemorate Pivotal Role In Women’s Rights Movement; Schumer Calls On NPS To Approve... Read More

New Congressional Report Shows Families Already Struggling With Rising Costs & Have Paid $8.4 Billion More For Gas Since Trump Began His Reckless War In Iran, Including Over $265 Million In NY Alone Despite Trump’s Promise To Lower Price Of Gas, The Average Price In NY Is Currently At Whopping $4+ Because of Trump’s Chaotic Economic Policies And Reckless War In Iran Schumer: Trump’s Iran War Is Costing NYers Millions As Trump’s reckless war of choice in Iran reaches its second month, U.S.... Read More

Sudden Closure Announcement For The Schenectady VA Clinic Has Prompted Major Concerns From Capital Region Vets That Care Could Be Disrupted, Have Veterans Facing Long Wait Times, Or Major Inconveniences For Receiving The Healthcare They Earned After Serving Our Country Senators Say Capital Region Vets Need Answers and Assurances They Will Continue To Get The Local, Convenient, High-Quality Healthcare They Deserve Before Any Plan Can Move Forward Schumer, Gillibrand: We Must Protect Healthcare... Read More

Schumer Helped Create The NSF Engines Contest – Through His CHIPS & Science Law – To Bolster Innovation And Supply Chains And Grow Local Economies Senator Has Long History Of Supporting Binghamton Battery Hub; Schumer Delivered Prestigious Federal Tech Hub Designation And Helped Binghamton University-Led Battery Research Hub Win Inaugural NSF Engines Competition Schumer: Binghamton Secures $45 Million Award And Advances As National Leader In Battery Technology U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer... Read More

Schumer Says Reassigning 9/11 Health Program Staff To ICE Is A Disgrace And Betrayal Of First Responders Who Put Their Lives On The Line Schumer Calls On Trump And Secretary Kennedy To Immediately Return All Reassigned Staff To The World Trade Center Health Program Schumer: 9/11 Survivors Are Dying Of Cancer And Fighting To Breathe — Stripping Their Care To Staff ICE Is Callous, Senseless, And Cruel NEW YORK, NY – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today called on President Trump and HHS Secretary... Read More

Latest Jobs Data Shows Major Cuts To Federal Jobs In Every NY Metro Area After Trump & DOGE Brutally Slashed Vital Federal Programs New Yorkers Rely On Every Day In Upstate Regions Like Buffalo, Albany And Syracuse, Communities Have Seen Devastating Losses Of 500+ Jobs – The Equivalent Of Mass Layoffs At A Major Factory – Hurting The Economy, Seniors, Vets And Families That Rely On Fed Services Schumer: Trump And ‘DOGE’ Mindlessly And Chaotically Slashed Jobs And It’s New Yorkers Who Are... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor calling for the US Chamber of Commerce to tell its member companies to pass tariff refunds to their consumers, who bore the brunt of the tariffs. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Yesterday, a federal judge sent the Trump administration a very clear message: refund the tariffs. In the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling invalidating a large portion of the President's... Read More

Last Week Revealed Border Patrol Plans A Detention Center In Rochester Downtown Federal Building, Potentially Disrupting Critical Services, A Daycare, & Federal Court The Community Relies On Rochester Residents & Local Leaders Already Oppose This Plan, And Lawmakers Say It’s Unacceptable & Blast The Lack Of Transparency – Now They Are Demanding Answers, And That The Public To Be Allowed To Make Their Voices Heard And Stop This Plan From Advancing Schumer, Gillibrand, Morelle: Keep... Read More

Local Leaders Unlawfully Denied Answers To Basic Questions As DHS Contradicts Itself And Refuses To Be Transparent On What Its Plans Are In Orange County – Reps Say We Can’t Rely On Words Through Anonymous Sources, We Need To Be Certain This Mass Detention Facility Will Not Move Forward Schumer & Ryan Demand An End To The Secrecy And Concrete Answers On What DHS’s Plans Are; Reps Call For An Independent Investigation From Watchdog Into DHS’s Disastrous Management In Orange County Schumer,... Read More

Aleshandra Fernandes’s Job Working On Offshore Wind Projects Has Faced Repeated Delays Because Of Trump’s Continued Attacks On Offshore Wind And American Energy At Large Schumer Says Trump Admin’s Reckless Attempts To Halt Offshore Wind Projects, Including New York’s Empire Wind 1 And Sunrise Wind, Kills Jobs Like Aleshandra’s, Raises Energy Costs & Threatens Grid Reliability Schumer: Interrupting Offshore Wind Projects Not Only Puts Electricity For 1.1 Million Homes At Risk, But It Impacts... Read More

Ben Pearson Owns A Rochester Small Biz That Makes Science Kits For Kids Across America, But Tariffs Have Cost Him Nearly $1M More A Year And Forced Him To Lay Off Employees Just To Stay Afloat After SCOTUS Just Last Week Struck Down Trump’s Tariffs, Schumer Says Trump Needs To Listen To The Small Businesses He’s Hurt With His Tariff Tax And Return The $$ He Cost Them Schumer: Trump’s Tariffs Are Raising Costs For Upstate NY – And It Needs To Stop NOW On the heels of the Supreme Court striking... Read More

Investment In New Bus Maintenance & Storage Facility Will Pave The Way For Future Expansion Of Transit Service In Oneida County & Throughout Mohawk Valley Funding Was Secured Under The FY2026 Buses & Bus Facilities Program, Which Schumer Fought To Boost In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer, Gillibrand: Oneida County Is In The Fast Lane For A New Bus Facility! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that they have secured a... Read More

Investment Will Rehabilitate Critical Bus Infrastructure To Improve Energy Efficiency, Reliability, And Safety For Riders Across Western New York Funding Was Secured Under The FY2026 Buses & Bus Facilities Program Which Schumer Fought To Boost In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer, Gillibrand: Western New York Is In The Fast Lane For Bus Facility Improvements! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $21,600,000 in federal funding for the... Read More

Virginia’s Law, Named In Honor Of Epstein Victim, Will Eliminate Federal Statute Of Limitations That Let Criminals Like Jeffrey Epstein Run Out The Clock To Escape Prosecution, And Provides New Legal Avenues For Survivors To Pursue Justice Schumer Has Been Pushing For Years For Full Transparency & Release Of The Epstein Files To Bring Justice For Survivors, And Says New Legislation Is Critical To End Legal Barriers So Victims Can Come Forward When They Are Able, Not On The Government’s... Read More

Virginia’s Law, Named In Honor Of Epstein Victim, Will Eliminate Federal Statute Of Limitations That Let Criminals Like Jeffrey Epstein Run Out The Clock To Escape Prosecution, And Provides New Legal Avenues For Survivors To Pursue Justice Schumer Has Been Pushing For Years For Full Transparency & Release Of The Epstein Files To Bring Justice For Survivors, And Says New Legislation Is Critical To End Legal Barriers So Victims Can Come Forward When They Are Able, Not On The Government’s... Read More

Attempts To Hurt New York & Pride Community Won’t Fly— But Stonewall Flag Sure Will; Legislation With Rep. Dan Goldman And Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Would Codify Flag In Federal Law, Preventing Admin From Laying A Finger On It Schumer: Stonewall Is Sacred Ground, Congress Must Act Now To Permanently Protect The Pride Flag And What It Stands For In Law Once And For All New York, N.Y. – Today, Senator Charles Schumer stood with local leaders following the Trump administration’s outrageous... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement on the seventeenth anniversary of the Colgan Air Flight 3407 plane crash in Western NY: “Seventeen years ago, the tragic Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash forever changed Western NY. But in the midst of unimaginable suffering, the families of those we lost turned grief into action and pain into purpose, championing the most significant aviation safety reforms in decades. Time after time since then, I have proudly... Read More