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  1. 07.15.2019

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS RELENTLESS ADVOCACY, $39.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO BRING BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS TO +15,000 RURAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES UPSTATE; SENATOR SAYS FUNDS WILL HELP BRING UPSTATE NY ECONOMIES INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
    In 2017 Schumer Successfully Rebuffed A Fed Plan To Move 170M From New York State To Fund Broadband In Other States Senator Today Announces 39 2 Million Of This Pot Being Sent Upstate 39 2 Million In Fed Funding Is Allocated Through The Fede...

  2. 07.15.2019

    SCHUMER UNVEILS NEW EFFORT TO RESTORE NYS’ ABILITY TO ‘WORKAROUND’ PART OF FED TAX LAW THAT TAKES AIM AT LI BY ELIMINATING A HOMEOWNERS’ SALT TAX DEDUCTION, COSTING THEM TENS-OF-THOUSANDS; SENATOR WILL DEPLOY SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE POWER TO OVERTURN IRS RULE & ONCE AGAIN MAKE LI’ERS ELIGIBLE FOR FULL SALT DEDUCTION
    State Had Passed Law To Allow School Districts Local Governments To Create Charitable Fund In Lieu Of Tax Payments Which Would Have Allowed Homeowners To Retain Full SALT Deduction But IRS Swooped In And Used Regs To Squash That Fed Workaround Entirely...

  3. 07.15.2019

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $500,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR VETERANS OUTREACH CENTER, INC. IN ROCHESTER
    Funding Will Be Used To Help Homeless Veterans Get Jobs Through A Workforce Reintegration Program Washington DC U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer and U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced 500 000 in federal funding for V...

  4. 07.14.2019

    SCHUMER CALLS ON DOE’S OFFICE OF ELECTRICITY TO INVESTIGATE RECENT NYC BLACKOUT
    Today U S Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the Department of Energy s Office of Electricity to investigate yesterday s blackout in New York City and Con Edison s work to maintain and upgrade NYC s power grid On the heels of yesterday s blac...

  5. 07.14.2019

    SCHUMER URGES GRUBHUB TO GET TO BOTTOM OF ‘FAKE’ FEE MESS & PUSHES FEDS TO FIND A WAY TO FORCE COMPANY—NOT CUSTOMERS OR RESTAURANTS—TO EAT ANY LOSS; CURRENT FOOD FIGHT IS BAD FOR APP, NY RESTAURANTS & PAYING CUSTOMERS
    While SBA Is Investigating GrubHub Schumer Says More Should Be Done Now To Fix The Glitch Ringing Up Millions In False Fees For NYC Restaurants And Inevitably Their Customers Schumer Wants Company To Voluntarily Agree To Eat Any Losses They B...

  6. 07.12.2019

    SCHUMER STATEMENT ON ADMINISTRATION’S THREAT TO BLOCK MUST-PASS DEFENSE BILL OVER PROVISIONS TO SHIELD DRINKING WATER FROM TOXIC PFAS
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer today released the following statement after the administration threatened to veto the must pass House NDAA over its inclusion of provisions to protect drinking water from the toxic carcinogen PFAS The administra...

  7. 07.12.2019

    FOLLOWING HIS +18 MONTH ADVOCACY & VISIT TO THE DILAPIDATED TRACKS, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CSX HAS FINALLY COMPLETED LONG-TERM FIXES TO DANGEROUS CSX CROSSINGS IN NEW WINDSOR; SENATOR SAYS REPAIRS AT TEMPLE HILL RD & UNION AVE CROSSINGS WILL REDUCE ACCIDENTS & BOOST SAFETY ON MAJOR ROADS
    Temple Hill Rd Union Ave Rail Crossings In New Windsor Have Been In A State Of Disrepair For Years Resulting In Dozens Of Incidents Thousands Of Dollars In Damages Causing Significant Safety Quality Of Life Issues After Writing To CSX In ...

  8. 07.09.2019

    DURING ALL-CAUCUS, BICAMERAL PRESS CONFERENCE TO DEFEND COVERAGE FOR AMERICANS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, SCHUMER HIGHLIGHTS 11-YEAR-OLD HUDSON VALLEY NATIVE EMILIE SALTZMAN’S COURAGEOUS RECOVERY FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND HER NEED FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROTECTIONS
    At 7 Years Old Emilie Saltzman Hopewell Junction Resident Was Thrown From A Horse And Suffered A Traumatic Brain Injury 4 Years Later Emilie Has Re Learned How To Walk Talk Eat Because Of Affordable Care Act Protections On The Day Oral A...

  9. 07.08.2019

    SCHUMER REVEALS: AS ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES REGION FACES A CRIPPLING SHORTAGE OF CRITICAL LIFESAVING BLADDER CANCER DRUG, CARELESS & CONFLICTING FED POLICIES DIRECT DOCTORS TO THROW AWAY UNUSED MEDS; STANDING WITH LOCAL IMPACTED PATIENTS, SENATOR CALLS ON FEDS TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO ENSURE ALL PATIENTS GET THEIR VITAL TREATMENT ASAP
    Tice BCG A Lifesaving Bladder Cancer Drug Is Facing A Critical Shortage Across The Rochester Finger Lakes Region Upstate NY As Patients Are Routinely Denied Care Schumer Uncovers Major Inconsistency In Fed Regulations That Could Result In U...

  10. 07.08.2019

    SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR EFFORT TO SECURE $25 MILLION TO BRING CAR TRAFFIC BACK TO BUFFALO’S MAIN STREET & CONNECT DOWNTOWN CORE WITH CANALSIDE; WITH +1,000 NEWS JOBS COMING DOWNTOWN, SENATOR SAYS SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IS CRUCIAL TO SUPPORTING EMERGING TECH HUB & BRINGING BUFFALO’S INFRASTRUCTURE INTO 21ST CENTURY
    1980s Urban Planning Eliminated Vehicular Access To Buffalo s Lower Main Street Schumer Has Secured 33 Million In Fed Funding For City s Main Street Transformation Project In Recent Years Standing At Seneca One Tower Schumer Launches Major Pu...