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  1. 01.21.2020

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL ON ARMY CORPS TO ADVANCE FIRST-OF-ITS KIND RESILIENCY BLUEPRINT TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES SHORELINES; SENATORS SAY WITH UPSTATE NY BEING RAVAGED BY FLOODS IN RECENT YEARS, THERE IS A PARAMOUNT NEED TO IDENTIFY AND FIX SHORELINE VULNERABILITIES
    In Both 2017 And 2019 Lake Ontario Communities Were Ravaged By Intense Flooding Leading To Millions Of Dollars In Damages Today s Water Levels Are Well Above Seasonal Average With Local Communities Bracing For A Repeat Senators Urge U S Army...

  2. 01.17.2020

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, BRINDISI, STEFANIK CALL ON ADMINISTRATION TO ACCEPT NEW YORK STATE’S APPEAL FOR DISASTER DECLARATION
    Following Catastrophic Halloween Flooding Members of Congress Make Bipartisan Bicameral Ask for Administration to Reconsider Denial of Individual Assistance Following the disastrous Halloween flooding in the region New York representatives Con...

  3. 01.17.2020

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND REVEAL: FEDS PLOTTING TO EXCLUDE NEW YORK FROM VITAL $20 BILLION POT OF FUNDS TO EXPAND RURAL BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY; SENATORS SAY RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO THRIVE IN THE MODERN ECONOMY, CALL ON FCC TO REVERSE COURSE AT ONCE
    The FCC s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Will Allocate 20 Billion For States To Connect Rural Unserved Communities To High Speed Internet New FCC Proposal Would Unjustly Prevent New York From Participating In Fund FCC Disqualifying NYS Due To ...

  4. 01.17.2020

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND AND BRINDISI ANNOUNCE CONSTRUCTION WILL FINALLY START ON LONG-AWAITED AND ONCE THREATENED ROME LAB PERIMETER SECURITY; REPS SAY $13.15M ARMY CORPS CONTRACT MARKS MAJOR PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO SHIELD ROME LAB FROM POTENTIAL HARM
    Air Force Research Laboratory In Rome NY Is DoD s Premier Research Organization For Command Control Communications Cyber Intelligence Technologies After Securing 13 2M Project In 2019 Defense Appropriations Package And Personally Lobbying ...

  5. 01.16.2020

    AS CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM TOXIC ALGAL BLOOMS, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL ON ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING TO PROTECT LAKE’S WATER QUALITY
    Chautauqua Lake Is A Major Recreation and Tourist Destination in Western New York As Well As Drinking Water Source Feasibility Study Would Develop a Strategy to Restore the Lake s Watershed Washington DC U S Senate Minority Leader Charles...

  6. 01.13.2020

    STANDING WITH ROCHESTER ‘AGENT ORANGE’-AFFLICTED VIETNAM VETERANS, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY END YEARS-LONG DELAY, FINALLY APPROVE VA CARE & COMPENSATION FOR LOCAL VETS SUFFERING; SENATOR SAYS NY’s +240,000 VIETNAM VETS FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY & SHOULDN’T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR AGENT ORANGE BENEFITS, TOO
    The VA Proposed Adding 4 Health Conditions To Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions Exposure Health Care Benefits List But Administration Has Refused To Add Conditions Blocked Vietnam Era Vets From Getting The VA Coverage Compensation They Deserve ...

  7. 01.13.2020

    SCHUMER URGES CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT PRE-CLEARANCE FOR WNY RAIL PASSENGERS AT NEW NIAGARA FALLS TRAIN STATION; SENATOR SAYS EASIER, FASTER CROSSING IS KEY TO ESTABLISH A REVOLUTIONARY BI-NATIONAL COMMUTER RAIL BETWEEN WNY AND ONTARIO & SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH
    Senator Has Long Championed Niagara Falls Station Home To State Of The Art Pre Clearance Facility Which Is Not Utilized By Canadian Customs Officers Delaying Crucial First Domino In Goal Of WNY To Toronto Bi National Transit Connection Further Stalling ...

  8. 01.10.2020

    SCHUMER SOUNDS ALARM ON GPS COMPANIES DRAGGING FEET ON IMPLEMENTING DATA VITAL TO MILLIONS OF NY DRIVERS & THE +5,000 NY RAIL CROSSINGS; WITH MANY DEATHS IN NY SINCE 2017, SENATOR SAYS COMPANIES MUST INCORPORATE DATA TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF ROADS & SAVE LIVES ASAP
    In 2015 The National Transportation Safety Board Issued A Recommendation That GPS Companies Add Data On Public Private At Grade Rail Crossings To Applications Following A Tragic Crash In California Since Then Companies Are Unresponsive While Lives Hav...

  9. 01.08.2020

    SCHUMER FIGHTS FOR ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FUNDING TO BATTLE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; SENATOR URGES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO USE BOOSTED FED RESOURCES TO LAUNCH NEW YORK STATEWIDE EFFORT TO STOP THE SPREAD OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS PLAGUING UPSTATE NY LAKES
    Recently Upstate New York s Lakes Including Prominent Drinking Water Sources From Great Lakes To Finger Lakes Have Been Infected By Toxic Algal Blooms NYSDEC Tracked 1 100 In 2019 To Stop The Rampant Spread Of Dangerous Algae Schumer Secures ...

  10. 01.08.2020

    SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO PROMPTLY APPROVE CRITICAL PERMIT ALLOWING AMTRAK TO MOVE NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED TRAIN TO COLORADO TEST TRACK; SENATOR SAYS STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINS, WHICH SUPPORT 400 JOBS IN HORNELL, WILL BE A MAJOR BOON TO ACELA SERVICE ON AMTRAK’S NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
    In 2016 Schumer Championed Helped Secure Major Federal Loan And Approvals To Make Amtrak s Next Generation High Speed Train Project A Reality Which Created Roughly 400 Good Paying Manufacturing Jobs At Alstom s Hornell Facility To Keep The Pr...