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  1. 03.04.2019

    STANDING AT ONE OF LI’S RISKY RAIL CROSSINGS, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEW PLAN TO PASS NATIONAL RAIL CROSSING SAFETY BILL THAT WOULD HELP LI FUND NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN SAVE LIVES; NEW MAKEUP OF CONGRESS COULD GET IT DONE IN BOTH HOUSES
    Last Week s Westbury Crash Took Place At LI s 45th Most Likely To Have A Collision Rail Crossing But There Are More Than 290 Other LI Crossings That Are On The Same Risk List Some Dangerous Crossings Await And Await Safety Upgrades Schumer ...

  2. 03.03.2019

    SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO INVESTIGATE RECENT MTA EQUIPMENT FAILURE THAT COULD—YET AGAIN—DELAY FULL-INSTALL OF PTC CRASH PREVENTION TECH ACROSS LIRR & METRO-NORTH; MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS DEMAND TOP-TO-BOTTOM REVIEW TO PREVENT SAME PROBLEMS & ANOTHER DANGEROUS SAFETY DELAY
    Schumer Says MTA Just Recently Filed For Another PTC Extension In December Would Face Big Federal Fines If Recent Equipment Glitch Upends Latest Install Schedule Federal Railroad Admin Should Be Tasked With Taking Hard Look At MTA Quality Contr...

  3. 03.01.2019

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL ON INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION AND INTERNATIONAL LAKE ONTARIO-ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BOARD TO TAKE ALL AVAILABLE ACTIONS NOW, INCLUDING MAXIMIZING MOSES-SAUNDERS DAM OUTFLOWS, TO MITIGATE LAKE FLOOD RISK
    Rising Lake Ontario Water Levels Additional Precipitation Snowmelt Intensify Concern For Flooding Along Shore Lake Ontario St Lawrence River Communities Still Recovering From Devastating 2017 Floods Schumer Gillibrand Today Call On The Int...

  4. 02.26.2019

    FOLLOWING HIS TIRELESS ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OVER $68 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO BUILD A NEW GRAPE GENETICS RESEARCH LAB IN GENEVA; SAYS NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL RESEARCH FOR UPSTATE GRAPE GROWERS TO SUPPORT CONTINUED HEALTH AND GROWTH OF GRAPE INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE
    The Agriculture Research Service Grape Genetics Research Unit In Geneva Provides Research For Grape Farmers On How To Enhance Their Products Scientists Are Working In Space Leased From Cornell University That Leaves No Room For Growth Schumer T...

  5. 02.26.2019

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER MAJOR PUSH IN SYRACUSE, $49 MILLION BOOST FOR ESSENTIAL HUD LEAD-HAZARD REMOVAL EFFORTS; SAYS FUNDING WILL PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF UPSTATE CHILDREN FROM INSIDIOUS AND IRREVERSIBLE LEAD POISONING
    U S Department Of Housing And Urban Development s Office Of Lead Hazard Control And Healthy Homes Provides Vital Funding To Rid Homes Of Lead Hazards Following Schumer s All Out Effort To Secure An Increase In Funding For The Office Of Lead Haza...

  6. 02.25.2019

    FOLLOWING SCHUMER’S PUSH AT NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LAST YEAR, SENATOR ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL $500 MILLION FOR THE FAA’S AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BRINGING ITS TOTAL FUNDING UP TO $3.85 BILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019; SAYS FUNDING BOOST CAN BE USED TO MAKE LONG-SOUGHT UPGRADES AT AIRPORTS ACROSS WESTERN NY
    The Airport Improvement Program Provides Federal Funding For Public Agencies To Make Infrastructure Improvements At Airports Schumer Funds Will Help Prep Airports Across Upstate NY Like Niagara Falls International For Takeoff U S Se...

  7. 02.25.2019

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $8.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING FOR THE HEAD START OF ROCKLAND, INC.
    Funding Will Be Used to Support Early Childhood Education and Family Services for Low Income Children in Rockland County Washington DC U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer and U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced 8 528 13...

  8. 02.25.2019

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS PUSH IN LEWIS COUNTY THIS FALL, HIGHEST-EVER FUNDING TOTAL FOR CRITICAL MAPLE PROGRAM IN RECENTLY-PASSED SPENDING PACKAGE; SENATOR SAYS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO INVEST IN RESEARCH, BOOST GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
    Schumer Secures 4 Million In Total Funding For Acer Program That Increases Production Strengthens Conservation And Drives Efficiency In Maple Sugaring Previously Schumer Visited Lewis County Last November To Push For Funding Boost For Acer Ac...

  9. 02.24.2019

    SCHUMER DEMANDS FEDS PUT UP $1.2 BILLION IN NEW FUNDS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING IN UPCOMING TRUMP BUDGET; RECENT SETTLEMENT GIVES FEDS AUTHORITY OVER NYCHA; ONLY FAIR THEY INCREASE FUNDING & REVERSE DECADES OF FED DISINVESTMENT TO MAKE VITAL REPAIRS & MORE
    Schumer Personally Spoke With HUD Sec Carson Urged Increased Federal Resources Investment In Authorities Like NYCHA With NYCHA Deal Done Schumer Says Feds Should Deliver New Funds To Public Housing Accountability Is Good But Without Fed Do...

  10. 02.22.2019

    FOLLOWING HIS MAJOR PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OVER $312 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NASA’S NEXT FLAGSHIP TELESCOPE PROJECT WFIRST – PRODUCED BY HARRIS CORP IN ROCHESTER; FUNDS WILL BRING REVOLUTIONARY TELESCOPE ONE GIANT LEAP CLOSER TO BLASTOFF
    The WFIRST Telescope Sought By NASA Partially Produced By Harris Corp In Rochester Is Designed To View An Area Of Space 100x Larger Than The Hubble Telescope Schumer Today Announces 312 2 Million For NASA To Maintain WFIRST Project In Recen...