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  1. 12.02.2022

    SCHUMER: WITH RESPIRATORY VIRUSES SKYROCKETING IN WESTERN NEW YORK CHILDREN, HUNDREDS OF NEW RSV CASES IN WYOMING COUNTY, OVER 1,000 CASES AT BUFFALO’S OSHEI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, AND OVERBURDENED HOSPITALS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP, SCHUMER WILL CALL ON FEDS TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE ACTION PLAN TO PROTECT NY CHILDREN, KEEP OUR HOSPITALS PREPARED, AND COMBAT RSV BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
    the number of admissions this year compared to the entirety of last season Wyoming County Community Health System reported 54 new cases of RSV alone in just the first two weeks of November with 115 pediatric...RSV with growing flu rates warrants immediately federal action and called for the U S Department of Health and Human Services HHS to be ready to act at a moment s notice to provide whatever support upstate...Western New York hospitals are facing an unprecedented surge in RSV cases among...

  2. 12.02.2022

    WITH RESPIRATORY VIRUSES SKYROCKETING IN FINGER LAKES CHILDREN, HUNDREDS OF NEW RSV CASES IN YATES COUNTY & REGION, NEARLY 3,000 IN MONROE COUNTY THIS YEAR ALONE, AND OVERBURDENED HOSPITALS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE ACTION PLAN TO PROTECT NY CHILDREN, KEEP OUR HOSPITALS PREPARED, AND COMBAT RSV BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
    Strong Memorial Hospital RSV Cases Have Tripled From This Time Last Year 30 of Finger Lakes Health Urgent Care Patients Have RSV RSV Can Be Serious For Young Children And The Elderly 70 Of Hospitalized...Schumer RSV Is On The Rise And Feds Need To Step Up To Help Upstate Hospitals Standing at Finger Lakes Health Systems Soldier and Sailors Hospital as Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection RSV cases surge in...year Finger Lakes Health system has seen an over 8 increase with more than 300 people...

  3. 12.02.2022

    AFTER FIGHTING TO SECURE MILLIONS FOR CORTLAND TO BUILD NEW STATE OF THE ART MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO PROTECT AND DELIVER FUNDING ASAP IN UPCOMING END OF YEAR SPENDING BILL – ENSURING THOUSANDS OF RURAL CNY AND CORTLAND RESIDENTS GET THE MENTAL HEALTHCARE THEY NEED
    Cortland County s Mental Health Department Services Thousands Of Rural Residents Every Year In Vital Mental Health Therapy And Behavioral Health Care But It s Current Aging Facility Lacks Basic Necessities...The Modern Needs Of Its Patients Schumer Already Helped Secure Millions In Fed To Improve Mental Health Services In Cortland But Millions In Key Funding Remains In Limbo For Cortland As Congress Debates...These Critical So Cortland County Can Finally Build The Mental Health Facility Rural...

  4. 11.23.2022

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING TO PROTECT FEDERAL CRITICAL ACCESS STATUS FOR RURAL DELAWARE COUNTY HOSPITALS, FEDS HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY CHANGED RULES SO IMPACTED RURAL NY HOSPITALS CAN KEEP DESIGNATION TO RECEIVE OVER $35M IN REIMBURSEMENTS & MAINTAIN CRITICAL SERVICES IN UPSTATE’S MOST UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES
    Enacted Allowing Impacted Upstate Hospitals Continue To Receive Over 35M Annually To Maintain Essential Care And Making It So Other Hospitals Can Apply For This Program Schumer Delaware County Rural Hospitals...knowing their local hospitals will continue to receive the funding they need to provide lifesaving care in underserved rural communities I promised Delaware County doctors and rural hospitals across Upstate...Connor Hospital is now able to continue providing a full range of acute...

  5. 11.23.2022

    WITH RESPIRATORY VIRUSES SKYROCKETING IN CENTRAL NY CHILDREN, NEARLY DOUBLE THE RSV CASES AT ONEIDA HEALTH HOSPITAL COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND 1,000+ CASES AT SUNY UPSTATE SINCE START OF NOVEMBER, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE ACTION PLAN TO PROTECT NY CHILDREN, KEEP OUR HOSPITALS PREPARED, AND COMBAT RSV BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
    In Hospitals Nationwide At Nearly 7x The Weekly Rate Pre Covid According To The CDC SUNY Upstate Health Center Has Already Recorded 3X More RSV Cases This Year Putting Their Emergency Room Over Capacity...Capacity At 136 Capacity RSV Can Be Serious For Young Children And The Elderly Madison County s Oneida Health Hospital Positive RSV Cases Have Nearly Doubled Compared To Last Year With 80 Of Cases Are Children...Schumer RSV Is On The Rise And Feds Need To Step Up To Help Upstate Hospitals...

  6. 09.19.2022

    SCHUMER REVEALS WITH CAPITAL REGION WINTER BILLS EXPECTED TO SPIKE UP TO 39%, CRITICAL FED HEATING PROGRAM JUST RAN OUT OF FUNDING; STANDING AT THE FUTURE SITE OF NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TROY, SENATOR LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO KEEP CAPITAL REGION RESIDENTS SAFE & WARM THIS WINTER
    blighted community eyesore downtown behind me to make way for more affordable housing because from the American Rescue Plan to the Inflation Reduction Act I won t stop fighting to give Capital Region residents...efficient affordable housing units This funding includes 3 million he delivered as author of the American Rescue Plan and over 1 1 million from the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD in...According to a new report from the Center for American Progress the Inflation...

  7. 08.15.2022

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TONKO ANNOUNCE OVER $25 MILLION FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE 12 NEW CLEAN ELECTRIC BUSES AND EXPAND CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE; SUPERCHARGING THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CAPITAL REGION
    clean public transportation have powerful lasting benefits for our businesses and workers and on the health of our communities and environment Congressman Paul Tonko said I have fought tirelessly to strengthen...services to better service the community The lawmakers secured over 42 7 million for CDTA through the CARES Act 28 million for transit in the Albany region through the FY21 COVID Omnibus Coronavirus Response...Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2021 and an additional 51...

  8. 08.11.2022

    SCHUMER: WITH NATIONAL MICROCHIP SHORTAGE IMPACTING WNY COMPANY, BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO GET COMPANY THE CHIPS IT NEEDS SO WORKERS CAN KEEP PUMPING OUT LIFESAVING MEDICAL TECH IN ORLEANS COUNTY
    are a critical need for America s pandemic response Schumer said both he and the U S Department of Health and Human Services HHS have reached out to Texas Instruments to help deliver the components for their...support to help prioritize the manufacturing of chips for medical devices that are critical to the care of American patients Schumer explained that the microchip shortage is impacting everything from wait times...said that his CHIPS and Science Bill was written to address problems exactly...

  9. 08.11.2022

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MORELLE ANNOUNCE OVER $23 MILLION FOR THE ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO LAUNCH A FIRST OF ITS KIND ZERO-EMISSION HYDROGEN FUEL CELL BUS PROGRAM AND CREATE A NEW STATE OF THE ART FACILITY TO HOUSE RTS ACCESS, RGRTA’S PARATRANSIT SERVICE, ACCELERATE RGRTA TO GOALS OF A ZERO-EMISSION BUS FLEET BY 2035, AND SUPERCHARGE THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE FINGER LAKES
    services to better service the community The senator secured over 36 3 million for RGRTA through the CARES Act over 23 million for transit in the Rochester region through the FY21 COVID Omnibus Coronavirus...Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2021 and an additional 45 million through the American Rescue Plan Finally in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act the senator was able to...efficiently enhancing the reliability of transit service for those who depend on it to...

  10. 08.08.2022

    JUST BACK FROM DC, SCHUMER OUTLINES HISTORIC PASSAGE OF INFLATION REDUCTION ACT & ITS IMPACT ON UPSTATE NEW YORK; FROM REDUCING RX COSTS FOR OVER 3.7M NY-ERS, LOWERING UTILITY BILLS, CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES FOR BIG CORPS, FIGHTING CLIMATE CRISIS, CREATING NEW JOBS, REBUILDING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING, & MORE
    rewards with thousands of new good paying manufacturing and clean energy jobs powering the future of American energy independence other investments in fighting the climate crisis and lower healthcare costs...start an era of affordable American made clean energy for New York and the country It is a game changer It is a turning point And it has been a long time coming To Americans who ve lost faith that Congress...medications or skipping them altogether this bill was for you And to the tens of...