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  1. 10.01.2018

    SENATORS SCHUMER AND GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE THAT JUST-PASSED HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SPENDING BILL INCLUDES $3.7 BILLION FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO HELP SENIORS AND FAMILIES PAY THEIR ENERGY BILLS
    New York State is the Largest Beneficiary of LIHEAP Funding Which Helps Low Income Seniors and Families Stay Warm in the Winters and Cool in the Summers Appropriations Bill Provides 3 7 Billion for LIHEAP A 50 Million Increase in Funding fro...

  2. 10.01.2018

    AFTER SCHUMER PUSH (AND AFTER FAA SAID ‘NO’), SOON-TO-PASS FAA REAUTH BILL WILL REQUIRE FEDS TO TACKLE AIRPLANE SEAT SIZE & MORE; SENATOR’S AMENDMENT WILL NOT BE REMOVED; AIRLINE SEATS & LEGROOM HAVE BEEN SHRINKING FOR YEARS, MAKING AIR TRAVEL UNCOMFORTABLE & OVERCROWDED
    Legroom Was Once About 35 Inches Now Closer To 31 Average Airline Seat Width Was Once 18 5 Inches Now Shrunk To About 17 Schumer Law Would Forge Path To A Standard Schumer Made Addressing Seat Size A Top Legislative Priority Now Feds Can No L...

  3. 09.28.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MAJOR WEEK OF PROGRESS IN NEW YORK’S ONGOING BATTLE WITH THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, INCLUDING PASSAGE OF OVER $3 BILLION IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUNDING, OVER $56 MILLION SENT TO NEW YORK BY FED SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, AND A BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL AGREEMENT ON A PACKAGE OF NEW OPIOID POLICY CHANGES AND PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS
    The Senate FY2019 Health And Human Services Appropriations Bill Includes 3 7 Billion In HHS Funding To Stem The Scourge Of Opioids A 2 7 Billion Increase Over FY2017 Additionally SAMHSA Is Releasing 56 45 Million To Programs And Organizations Across ...

  4. 09.28.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $1.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE UNITY HOUSE OF TROY TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST WOMEN
    Washington DC U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer and U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced 1 540 243 in federal funding for the Unity House of Troy Funding was provided through two different grants from the U S Department of Jus...

  5. 09.28.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $89 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS IN JUST-PASSED EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL
    Gillibrand Led Bipartisan Push for YouthBuild Funding to Help At Risk Youth Develop Skills and Knowledge to Get Jobs Washington DC U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer and U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Fiscal Yea...

  6. 09.27.2018

    DURING A PERSONAL CALL, SCHUMER PUSHES GENERAL MOTORS CEO BARRA TO AWARD NEW MANUFACTURING WORK TO THE ROCHESTER GM COMPONENTS GROUP – ON THE HEELS OF ANNOUNCEMENT THAT GM WILL USE A DIFFERENT SUPPLIER AFTER 2021 FOR MANUFACTURING WORK CURRENTLY IN ROCHESTER
    GM s Fuel Rail And Fuel Injector Production Lines Which Are Both Located At The Company s Rochester Plant Account For 600 Local Jobs And 65 Of The Manufacturing Work Completed In Rochester After GM Announced That They Would Be Moving These Cr...

  7. 09.27.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $8 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR CORNELL CHESS LAB AS PART OF RECENTLY-PASSED DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL; FUNDING WILL MAINTAIN LAB’S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. AIR FORCE TO DEVELOP HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS FOR AIRCRAFT
    The Nobel Prize Winning Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source CHESS Is One Of Two High Energy Synchrotron X Ray Sources In The United States The Lab Has Generated Groundbreaking Scientific Innovation In Numerous Scientific Fields For Over 10 ...

  8. 09.26.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $2 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO HELP BUILD A NEW, STATE-OF-THE-ART ELECTRIC CHARGING BUILDING FOR ROCHESTER BUSES
    The Advanced Environmental Service Building Will Support Electric Charging of New Electric Buses and Will Clean Buses with Reclaimed Water Funding Will Be Provided to the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority U S Senate...

  9. 09.26.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE RECENTLY SENATE-PASSED DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL INCLUDES: $179 MILLION TO REMEDIATE, INVESTIGATE, AND PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGES FROM POTENTIAL PFOA/PFOS CONTAMINATION AT FEDERAL MILITARY BASES AND $10 MILLION FOR CDC HEALTH IMPACT STUDY ON PFOA/PFOS
    On The Heels Of The Passage Of Their Amendment Authorizing 20 Million To Reimburse States And Local Water Authorities For PFOA PFOS Cleanup At National Guard Air Bases Schumer And Gillibrand Successfully Pushed To Include 179 Million To Address And Prev...

  10. 09.25.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $11 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IN BUFFALO FOR NEW BUSES
    Funding Will Be Used To Purchase Clean Modern And More Environmentally Friendly Compressed Natural Gas Buses U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer and U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced 11 million in federal funding for th...