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  1. 12.21.2015

    SCHUMER DEMANDS FEDS COME UP WITH NEW PLAN TO COMBAT RAPID RISE OF TERRORIST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA; TERRORISTS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO RECRUIT AMERICANS, INSPIRE LONE WOLF ATTACKS & EVEN RAISE MONEY; SENATOR PUSHES LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE U.S. GATHERING & ASSESSING OF TERRORIST SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING
    The Combat Terrorist Use Of Social Media Act Of 2015 Just Passed House Schumer Launches Drive To Get Senate To Pass It Immediately Schumer Says Recent San Bernardino Terror Attack And This Past Week s Rochester Arrest Of ISIS Recruiter Shows Soc...

  2. 12.20.2015

    SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO EXTEND WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD & CONSIDER HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR UPSTATE NY RESIDENTS TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT KEYBANK’S PLANS TO ACQUIRE FIRST NIAGARA BANK; SENATOR SAYS REGULATORS SHOULD DO WHAT IT TAKES TO SEE THAT UPSTATE NY RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME TO OFFER THEIR OPINIONS
    Schumer Has Vocally Expressed Serious Concerns That The Acquisition By The Ohio Based Bank Could Mean Layoffs For Local Workforce Negatively Impact Regional Economies In Upstate NY Schumer Upstate New Yorkers Deserve To Have Their Voices Heard...

  3. 12.18.2015

    SCHUMER SECURES COMMITMENT FROM VA THAT FUNDING FOR ‘PHASE TWO’ CONSTRUCTION OF VA OUTPATIENT SURGERY FACILITY IN ROCHESTER WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PRESIDENT’S FY 2017 BUDGET REQUEST – SCHUMER CALLS COMMITMENT A CRITICAL FIRST STEP & VOWS TO FIGHT TO ENSURE FUNDS ARE IN FINAL 2017 APPROPRIATIONS BILL
    VA Ambulatory Outpatient Surgery Services Are Currently Only Provided At VA Facilities In Buffalo Syracuse And Albany But Not In The Rochester Finger Lakes Area Which Is Home To 68 936 Veterans Schumer Previously Pushed VA to Move Forward Wi...

  4. 12.17.2015

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES PERMANENT EXTENSION OF ‘EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT’ & ‘CHILD TAX CREDIT’ INCLUDED IN JUST-UNVEILED TAX PACKAGE; SENATOR & NY LEADING ANTI-POVERTY ADVOCATES HAVE PUSHED FOR PERMANENT EXTENSION OF CRITICALLY-NEEDED TAX CREDITS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
    The Earned Income Tax Credit Child Tax Credit Have Lifted 10 Million People Including More Than 5 Million Children Out of Poverty While Bringing Parents Back into the Workforce Critical Provisions in Both Tax Credits Were Scheduled to Expire in 20...

  5. 12.17.2015

    SCHUMER: FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS & LIVE THEATRE WILL BENEFIT FROM SAME TAX BREAKS ALREADY AFFORDED TO FILM & TV; SENATOR HAS LED THE FIGHT TO INCLUDE TAX BENEFIT IN MUST-PASS LEGISLATION; TAX CODE CHANGE WOULD ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENT & CREATE HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS IN NY & ON GREAT WHITE WAY
    Schumer Rallied for Passage of This Bill Last Year Standing Alongside a Cast of Broadway Stars Including Neil Patrick Harris Bryan Cranston Tyne Daly U S Tax Code Permits Tax Benefits for Film Television Productions But Broadway Live Theat...

  6. 12.17.2015

    SCHUMER-SPONSORED STARTUP R&D TAX CREDIT INCLUDED IN MUST-PASS EXTENDERS BILL; WOULD MAKE R&D CREDIT PERMANENT AND ALLOW ROCHESTER-AREA STARTUP COMPANIES TO RELIABLY TAP INTO R&D TAX CREDITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RESTRICTED TO COMPANIES WITH ALREADY ESTABLISHED REVENUE STREAMS
    2014 R D Credit Expired And Was Pegged to Income Taxes Start Ups in Rochester Don t Have Same Opportunities to Use Program Schumer Roberts Coons Secured Legislation In Must Pass Tax bill Would Make R D Credit Permanent With Provision to Allow Startup Com...

  7. 12.17.2015

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1M IN FEDERAL SANDY RELIEF FUNDS FOR REPAIRS TO DUNES IN TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN
    Superstorm Sandy Destroyed Friendship Beach s Dunes Erosion Control Features Drainage System More Schumer Gillibrand Announce FEMA Funds for the Town of Brookhaven for Sandy related Repairs at Friendship Beach Funds Will Help Protect Agains...

  8. 12.17.2015

    SCHUMER SECURES VITAL FEDERAL FUNDING TO INVEST IN NANOTECH INNOVATION THAT WILL BENEFIT HIGH-TECH EASTMAN BUSINESS PARK COMPANY; CERION TECHNOLOGY CAN NOW PARTNER WITH U.S. ARMY TO DEVELOP NEW CUTTING EDGE NANOTECHOLOGY
    Schumer Pushed To Increase Funding In FY16 Omnibus Bill For U S Army Manufacturing Technology Program To Create Nanomaterial For Next Generation Army Ammunition Program Will Enable Cerion to Create New Nanomaterial R D And Production Capability ...

  9. 12.17.2015

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, AFTER HIS PUSH, CONGRESS HAS EXTENDED CRITICAL FEDERAL PERKINS STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM – SCHUMER PUSHED FOR EXTENSION TO ENSURE NY STUDENTS WERE NOT LEFT IN THE LURCH & COLLEGES WERE NOT LEFT HOLDING THE BAG
    The Perkins Student Loan Program Expired On September 30th 2015 Schumer Fought To Secure Extension Of Program Citing It Could Jeopardize The Education Of Students Across the Country Who Rely On Perkins Program To Attend College Schumer With ...

  10. 12.17.2015

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES JUST-UNVEILED OMNIBUS INCLUDES CRITICAL PROVISIONS THAT WILL HELP ELIMINATE UNFAIR DISPARITIES IN PUERTO RICO’S MEDICARE PROGRAM; WITH PUERTO RICO DANGLING ON THE ABYSS OF FISCAL MELTDOWN, SENATOR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS TO HELP PUERTO RICO ADDRESS DIRE ECONOMIC ISSUES
    Currently Puerto Rico Hospitals Are Paid A Medicare Base Rate That is 14 Percent Lower Than Hospitals in the States Just Released Omnibus Changes That By Providing Puerto Rico Hospitals With Same Base Payment Rate as Hospitals in the States New Law Mean...