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  1. 10.19.2018

    SCHUMER TO FEDS: WHEN IT COMES TO DANGEROUS OIL TRAINS, DON’T SKIMP ON THE BRAKES; SENATOR SAYS OIL TRAINS MUST HAVE THE BEST BRAKING SYSTEMS AVAILABLE TO SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES
    The Fast Act Of 2015 Included A Provision Requiring All Freight Carriers To Equip Trains Carrying Crude Oil With Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes This September Federal DOT Repealed The Critical Regulation Standing In Fonda NY Schume...

  2. 10.19.2018

    STANDING AT UNITED MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN BATAVIA, SCHUMER URGES ADMINISTRATION TO REVERSE DRAMATIC CUT TO UPSTATE NEW YORK’S RURAL HOSPITALS; SAYS CUTS PUT COMMUNITIES IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING CRITICAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
    In 1992 Congress Enacted The 340B Drug Pricing Program Requiring Pharma Companies Participating In Medicaid Program To Provide 20 50 Discounts To Health Care Organizations That Serve A High Number Of Low Income And Uninsured Patients Program Allows Org...

  3. 10.19.2018

    SCHUMER: CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP HERKIMER COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTS QUICKLY & EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFY LETHAL DRUGS LIKE FENTANYL; SENATOR SAYS CONGRESS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY PASS NEW GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP LOCAL POLICE PAY FOR HIGH-TECH TOOL
    Senator Launches Push To Pass POWER Act Grant Program To Help Local Police Pay For High Tech Chemical Detection Tool To Sniff Out Illegal Drugs Like Fentanyl According To Drug Enforcement Experts It Only Takes A Grain Of Fentanyl To Cause A De...

  4. 10.18.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND REVEAL: MANY STRETCH LIMOS CAN SKIRT LICENSE LAW ON BOOKS BY ARBITRARILY AND INACCURATELY EXEMPTING DRIVERS OR VEHICLES THAT CARRY MORE PASSENGERS THAN ADVERTISED FROM ‘COMMERCIAL’ STATUS; AS SENATORS MAKE LARGER PUSH ON LIMO SAFETY, FEDS MUST IMMEDIATELY INITIATE A LICENSE ‘CRACKDOWN’ BECAUSE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES HAVE TOUGHER SAFETY STANDARDS FOR DRIVER & VEHICLE
    Standing With Families Who Lost Daughters In Tragic LI Limo Crash Of 2015 Schumer Will Push Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin FMSCA To Launch Review Of Limo and Driver Qualifications To Ensure They Meet The Intent Of License Classification Law Preven...

  5. 10.18.2018

    SCHUMER DEMANDS TONAWANDA COKE MAKE FINAL, COURT-ORDERED $2 MILLION COMMUNITY SERVICE PAYMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE; SENATOR SAYS COMPANY HAS OBLIGATION TO HELP ASSESS AND CLEAN UP THE MASSIVE MESS IT MADE IN WESTERN NEW YORK
    Tonawanda Coke s Court Ordered 12 Million Community Service Payment Is Important For The Future Health And Economic Development Of the Community Researchers Are Gathering Information About Health Impacts And Soil Contamination Around The Site ...

  6. 10.17.2018

    FOLLOWING TRAGIC LIMOUSINE CRASH IN SCHOHARIE COUNTY THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWENTY NEW YORKERS, SENATORS SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, BLUMENTHAL CALL ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT NEW FEDERAL SAFETY RULES FOR STRETCH LIMOS
    October 6th Limousine Accident In Schoharie Was Nation s Deadliest Transportation Accident in Nearly a Decade Revealed Dangerous Loopholes in Current Federal Vehicle Safety Regulations New Federal Safety Regulations could Prevent Future Deaths a...

  7. 10.17.2018

    SCHUMER STATEMENT ON OPENING OF NEW TRAIN STATION IN SCHENECTADY
    Washington D C U S Senator Charles E Schumer today released the following statement on the opening of the new train station in Schenectady NY I want to send my sincerest congratulations to the City of Schenectady and Mayor Gary McCarthy ...

  8. 10.16.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHAUTAUQUA LAKE WATER QUALITY IN RECENTLY-PASSED BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL 2018 WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACT; CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, AN IMPORTANT WNY RECREATIONAL DESTINATION, IS PLAGUED BY HARMFUL, RECURRING ALGAL BLOOMS
    Chautauqua Lake Is Battling Major Damages From Repeated Algal Blooms Negatively Impacting Water Quality And Threatening the Lake s Status As A Tourism And Recreation Destination Schumer Gillibrand Successfully Fought To Include A Provision For ...

  9. 10.15.2018

    IN THE AFTERMATH OF RAIL ACCIDENTS NATIONWIDE, AND FOLLOWING BUFFALO’S 2017 ACCIDENT, SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH FOR FREIGHT CARRIERS TO EXPAND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SHIPMENTS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND ENHANCE REALTIME SHARING OF HAZMAT INFORMATION WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS; SENATOR SAYS UPDATES ARE CRITICAL TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY
    In 2014 Schumer Successfully Fought For A DOT Emergency Order Requiring Railway Companies To Notify State Governments Of Shipments Of Highly Explosive Crude Oil Senator Calls Rule A Major Step In The Right Direction But Says Information Is Not Systemati...

  10. 10.15.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $133,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE COUNTY OF SULLIVAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
    The County of Sullivan Industrial Development Agency Will Use the Funding to Purchase and Lease Equipment for the Catskill Brewery U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer and U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced 133 000 in fede...