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  1. 07.06.2017

    SCHUMER: OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS REACHING A CRITICAL LEVEL IN MONROE COUNTY, AND MORE MEDICAL EXAMINERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO KEEP UP WITH DOZENS OF OVERDOSE DEATHS; SENATOR CALLS ON U.S. JUSTICE AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE RELIEF FAST
    Schumer A Nationwide Shortage Of Forensic Pathologists Impacting Monroe County Lack of Specialists To Help Track and Prevent Drug Overdoses and Prosecute Trafficking Crimes Is Reaching Crisis Levels Rochester And The Finger Lakes Region Has Experienced ...

  2. 07.06.2017

    SCHUMER: STATEN ISLAND’S CROOKES POINT AT GREAT KILLS PARK IS BLIGHTED BY DEBRIS, INCLUDING LIGHTERS, NEEDLES & EVEN DEAD ANIMALS, RUINING SCENIC AREA AND CREATING A POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD FOR ANGLERS, BEACHGOERS & ANIMALS; SENATOR URGES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO PRIORITIZE CLEANUP EFFORTS ALONG SHORELINE
    This Past Weekend SI Volunteers Spent Hours Picking Up Trash Along the Federally Owned Crookes Point Fishing Area at Great Kills Park NPS Maintains the Area But Anglers Others Have Become Frustrated By Lack of Care Schumer Urges NPS to Immedi...

  3. 07.05.2017

    SCHUMER: LYME-CARRYING TICKS – SOME ALSO INFECTED WITH RARE, POWASSAN VIRUS - ARE ATTACKING WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES; SENATOR URGES FEDS TO STOP MOVING AT SNAIL’S PACE TO IMPLEMENT ALREADY-ON-THE-BOOKS LAW THAT WOULD HELP FAST-TRACK RESEARCH, VACCINES & STRATEGIES TO STAMP OUT TICKS TO PROTECT HUDSON VALLEY KIDS & FAMILIES
    Senator Says With More Reported Lyme Infections Each Year New Fear Of New Powassan Infected Ticks Emerging in the Hudson Valley Feds Need To Stop Crawling While Tick Borne Diseases Are In A Sprint To Spread Schumer Summer Is Now In Full Swin...

  4. 07.05.2017

    SCHUMER: LONG ISLAND VIETNAM VET NOW BATTLING RARE TERMINAL CANCER LINKED TO HIS MILITARY SERVICE IS SEEING HIS COMPENSATION CLAIMS DENIED BECAUSE VA DOESN'T RECOGNIZE HIS CANCER AS 'VIETNAM RELATED'; SENATOR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF LINK DOES EXIST; IF SO, VETERANS LIKE JERRY CAN GET THE BENEFITS THEY EARNED & DESERVE
    While Serving Our Country in Vietnam Vets Like Long Islander Jerry Chiano Swam in Vietnam s Rivers Ate Local Fish That May Now Be Linked to His Bile Duct Cancer VA Does Not Recognize Bile Duct Cancer as a Service Related Illness And Denies Benefits Rel...

  5. 07.03.2017

    SCHUMER GOES TO BAT FOR BINGHAMTON’S BID TO HOST MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S EASTERN LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME; SENATOR SAYS BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES AND FANS ARE READY TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE
    In A Letter And Personal Call To Joe McEacharn The Eastern League s President Schumer Says Binghamton Would Be The Perfect Host For The All Star Game In 2019 Or 2020 Schumer Binghamton Is Ready To Knock This One Out Of The Park U S S...

  6. 06.30.2017

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $500K IN FED FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR WESTCHESTER INST. FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
    Fed Funding Will Be Used to Support Cutting Edge Research in the Medical Field U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that Westchester Institute for Human Development WIHD was awarded 547 0...

  7. 06.30.2017

    GOVERNOR CUOMO AND SENATOR SCHUMER ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN KRAFT-HEINZ AND UPSTATE NIAGARA THAT WILL SAVE AT LEAST 150 AT-RISK JOBS AT CAMPBELL FACILITY AND SPUR INVESTMENT IN THE SOUTHERN TIER
    Upstate Niagara Will Acquire Kraft Heinz s Campbell Plant and Invest 10 Million Avoiding Closure 2015 Agreement and State s Follow Up Efforts Result in Four Facilities Remaining Open and Employing More Than 1 000 People in Upstate New York ...

  8. 06.30.2017

    SCHUMER STANDS WITH AMSTERDAM FIREFIGHTERS TO LAUNCH A MAJOR PUSH TO CREATE FIRST-EVER NATIONAL FIREFIGHTER CANCER REGISTRY; FIREFIGHTERS’ CANCER RISK CAN BE DOUBLE THAT OF OTHERS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS—BUT NO REGISTRY TO TRACK & PREVENT CANCER IN FIREFIGHTERS HAS EVER EXISTED; THOUSANDS OF MOHAWK VALLEY FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BENEFIT
    Vital Legislation Would For The First Time Ever Create A National Registry That Will Help Medical Professionals More Effectively Track And Treat Firefighters With Cancer Firefighters Are Exposed To A Range Of Harmful Toxins And May Be At Increased Cance...

  9. 06.30.2017

    SCHUMER: WITH OPIOID CRISIS STILL RAGING IN CENTRAL NEW YORK, NOW EXACERBATED BY FENTANYL, SENATOR PUSHES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FEDS WITH MORE BORDER AGENTS, NEW PORTABLE LABS AND OTHER HIGH-TECH TOOLS TO INTERCEPT ILLICIT FENTANYL FROM CHINA & MEXICO
    Schumer Bipartisan Bill Will Provide Feds With More Resources Including Additional Border Agents And Scientists Drug Labs Training New Portable Devices To Detect Intercept Illicit Fentanyl And Other Synthetic Opioids Senator Says Central ...

  10. 06.30.2017

    SCHUMER: WITH OPIOID CRISIS RAGING IN STEUBEN, CHEMUNG AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES, NOW EXACERBATED BY FENTANYL, SENATOR PUSHES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE FEDS WITH MORE BORDER AGENTS, NEW PORTABLE LABS AND OTHER HIGH-TECH TOOLS TO INTERCEPT ILLICIT FENTANYL FROM CHINA & MEXICO
    Schumer Bipartisan Bill Will Provide Feds With More Resources Including Additional Border Agents And Scientists Drug Labs Training New Portable Devices To Detect Intercept Illicit Fentanyl And Other Synthetic Opioids Senator Says The Sout...