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  1. 10.19.2016

    SCHUMER BRINGS FRA ADMINISTRATOR FEINBERG TO SCHENECTADY, MAKES PERSONAL CASE FOR $33 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO INSTALL LIFE SAVING PTC TECHNOLOGY ON TRACKS FROM POUGHKEEPSIE TO SCHENECTADY; SENATOR SAYS GRANT COULD SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT DANGEROUS ACCIDENTS
    Schumer Feinberg Discuss Importance of Quickly Installing Life Saving PTC Technology Senator Urges FRA to Use Newly Created Federal Grant Program to Help Fund Rail Improvements On State Run Portion of Empire Corridor Section Of Track Between ...

  2. 10.19.2016

    SCHUMER STANDS WITH SYRACUSE FIREFIGHTERS AT STATION 5 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 SYRACUSE FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BENEFIT
    New 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 Cancer ...

  3. 10.19.2016

    IN PERSONAL CALL, SCHUMER URGES GE CEO TO WORK WITH ALLEGANY COUNTY TO BREATHE NEW LIFE & JOBS INTO LUFKIN-RMT PLANT IN WELLSVILLE – OVER THE SUMMER, GE ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CLOSE THE FACILITY; SCHUMER SAYS GE MUST NOW WORK WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS TO DEVELOP PLAN TO GET FACILITY BACK ON-LINE
    In August GE Announced It Would Close Its Lufkin RMT Plant In Wellsville Facility Is Set To Close By End Of November GE Has Yet To Find A Buyer For The Plant And County Has Offered To Take It Over If None Emerges So Local Community Can Position Facili...

  4. 10.18.2016

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE DEPT. OF ENERGY TO AWARD $70M TO ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO LEAD NEW CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE; SENATORS SAY RIT IS UNIQUELY SUITED TO HEAD PROJECT FOCUSED ON SPURRING INNOVATION & CREATING CLEAN, HIGH-TECH JOBS
    RIT Led Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Is Poised To Develop New Critical Environmentally Sustainable Technologies In Order To Reduce Waste Emissions In Manufacturing Industry Project Aims To Deliver 50 Increase in US Manufact...

  5. 10.18.2016

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: STUDENT LOAN COMPANY, COAST PROFESSIONAL, WILL NEARLY DOUBLE WORKFORCE, CREATING OVER 200 NEW JOBS IN GENESEO; IN JUNE 2015, SENATOR SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ENSURE COAST COULD KEEP NEW 5-YEAR CONTRACT; ELIMINATION OF CRITICAL FED CONTRACT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING TO LIVINGSTON COUNTY
    In June 2015 Threats Loomed That U S Department Of Education Could Break A Pending Contract With Geneseo Company Coast Professional Schumer Immediately Intervened Convinced Top Education Officials To Move Forward With Pending Contract Paving The Wa...

  6. 10.11.2016

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $7.8 MILLION IN FED FUNDING FOR MAJOR BORDER TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTERN NY
    Grant Will Support New High Tech System To Streamline Border Crossings Increase Security Reduce Congestion Provide Travelers With Real Time Traffic Information More Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition Niagara Frontier...

  7. 10.11.2016

    FOLLOWING MAJOR PUSH, SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY PUSHES FEDS TO FIX RULE THAT DID NOT ALLOW PHOTONICS COMPANIES TO SELL HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS FOR NON-MILITARY USES OVERSEAS; SENATOR PREVIOUSLY URGED FEDS TO IMPLEMENT RULE BEFORE PHOTONICS & OPTICS PRODUCTS WERE PUT ON OVERLY RESTRICTIVE EXPORT CONTROL LIST
    In 2015 Fed s Proposed Initial Rule Would Have Put Optics Photonics Products On An Overly Restrictive Export Control List Preventing Companies From Selling Non Military High Tech Products In Foreign Markets Then Schumer Successfully Urged Fe...

  8. 10.09.2016

    SCHUMER URGES INSTALLATION OF INWARD FACING CAMERAS ON NJT TRAINS; SENATOR LED SUCCESSFUL CHARGE TO INSTALL INWARD CAMS ON METRO NORTH & AMTRAK; SAYS INWARD CAMS NEEDED ON ALL METRO-AREA TRAINS; ALSO TELLS NJT ‘CULTURE OF SAFETY’ MUST BE TOP PRIORITY WHEN PRECIOUS LIVES ON BOARD
    NJT Crash Proves Need For Wide Installation Of Inward Facing Cams Across Public Transit Missing Safety Measure Could Make The Difference In Knowing What Is Going On Fixing It Schumer Championed Effort That Increased Fed Inspections Imposed N...

  9. 10.07.2016

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $808,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR BULLET PROOF VESTS FOR NEW YORK STATE POLICE OFFICERS
    Schumer Gillibrand Secure Over 13 000 New Bullet Proof Vests for Police Officers Across 192 Jurisdictions New York N Y U S Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced 808 198 45 in new federal funding for the State of New...

  10. 10.06.2016

    SCHUMER: THOUSANDS OF WESTCHESTER & ROCKLAND RESIDENTS COULD BE LEFT UNINSURED OR FORCED TO PAY MASSIVE, LIFETIME FEES & PENALTIES IF THEY DO NOT REGISTER IN TIME FOR MEDICARE; SCHUMER BILL WOULD REQUIRE FEDS TO NOTIFY SENIORS BEFORE ANY NEW YORKER IS GUT-PUNCHED WITH PENALTIES
    Medicare Enrollment Is Complex And Those Not Receiving Social Security At 65 Are Required To Enroll Themselves Schumer Bill Would Require Feds To Notify Individuals Turning 65 To Enroll Before They Are Forced To Pay Lifetime Penalties And Fees E...