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  1. 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 ...

  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. 01.16.2020

    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...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 01.06.2020

    SCHUMER MEETS WITH MLB COMMISSIONER MANFRED TO URGE PRESERVATION OF UPSTATE NY MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS; SENATOR PUSHES TO SAVE THE FUTURE OF BASEBALL IN NEW YORK
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer today released the following statement following his meeting with Commissioner of Major League Baseball MLB Rob Manfred last month to discuss MLB s proposed plans to restructure the minor leagues and ongoing negotiations ...

  10. 01.02.2020

    SCHUMER: LONG ISLAND DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPANIES THAT RISKED HEALTH OF PUBLIC & GAVE BAD RAP TO IMPORTANT LOCAL INDUSTRY MUST BE PROBED WITH FULL FED AUTHORITY; FDA HAS DONE ITS JOB, NOW HHS MUST DO THEIRS; ONE BAD APPLE SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO SPOIL ENTIRE BUNCH FOR INDUSTRY IMPORTANT TO LI ECONOMY & JOBS
    LI Dietary Supplement Owner Was Just Told By The FDA To Destroy All Its Supplements Drugs By Next Friday For Alleged Serious Public Health Risks Schumer Says This Cries Out For A Deeper Fed Probe Given Years Of Failed Inspections Senator Als...