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  1. 04.23.2015

    SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO REVERSE COURSE ON TRANSIT PROPOSAL THAT COULD PUT HUNDREDS OF LOCAL JOBS AT RISK & CRIPPLE ROCHESTER FINGER LAKES AREA BUS AND TRAIN MANUFACTURERS
    Proposed Federal Local Hiring Pilot Program and Rule Would Allow Transit Agencies Across The Country Receiving Fed Funds to Require All Buses and Trains Be Produced Locally Meaning All Manufacturers Workers Must Be Located in That Specific City to Bid o...

  2. 04.23.2015

    SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO REVERSE COURSE ON TRANSIT PROPOSAL THAT COULD PUT HUNDREDS OF LOCAL JOBS AT RISK & CRIPPLE SOUTHERN TIER BUS AND TRAIN MANUFACTURERS
    Proposed Federal Local Hiring Pilot Program and Rule Would Allow Transit Agencies Across The Country Receiving Fed Funds to Require All Buses and Trains Be Produced Locally Meaning All Manufacturers Workers Must Be Located in That Specific City to Bid o...

  3. 04.22.2015

    SCHUMER: WITH TURBULENT MILK PRICES, UPSTATE DAIRY FARMERS ARE GETTING SQUEEZED ON ALL SIDES, INCLUDING LARGE, LUMP-SUM MILK INSURANCE PAYMENTS – SCHUMER URGES USDA TO IMPLEMENT NEW PROGRAM TO EASE THE BURDEN OF CASH-STRAPPED DAIRY FARMS
    Upstate NY Dairy Farmers Are Saddled With Lump Sum Insurance Payments Through Turbulent Milk Prices Schumer Pushes USDA To Create New Payment Program Where Coops and Farmers Could Work Together to Spread Out Milk Insurance Payments Through Deduction Syste...

  4. 04.21.2015

    SCHUMER: FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, GREEK YOGURT WILL BE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE IN SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS THROUGH THE USDA SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM; SENATOR ANNOUNCES, STARTING IN FALL 2015, USDA WILL OFFICIALLY EXPAND NATIONWIDE THE GREEK-YOGURT PILOT PROGRAM HE HELPED LAUNCH
    Schumer Says Greek Yogurt Will Be Added To The List Of Available Items In The School Lunch Program After The Last Successful Pilot Program Which Schumer Helped Make a Reality Across Twelve States Feds Concluded That There Is Nutritional Value and High D...

  5. 04.21.2015

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE FEDS TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF BUFFALO HOUSING PROJECTS; UNFORSEEN CHALLENGES AND NEW HUD RULES HAVE DELAYED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE – FAILURE TO GRANT EXTENSION PUTS VITAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN JEOPARDY
    Schumer Gillibrand Say the City of Buffalo Needs an 8 Month Extension From HUD To Complete Vital Community Housing Projects City Could Lose Millions in Funding if Program Expenditure Period is Not Extended City is Making Solid Progr...

  6. 04.20.2015

    NATIONWIDE RASH OF ‘SWATTING’ ATTACKS NOW THREATENING LOCAL ROCHESTER RESIDENTS, COSTING LAW ENFORCEMENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WHEN WRONGDOERS CALL IN FALSE THREATS; SCHUMER INTRODUCES NEW BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON SWATTING AND DETER ALARMING NEW CRIME TREND; OVER 12 SWATTING ATTACKS IN ROCHESTER HAVE TRIGGERED POLICE SWAT TEAMS TO RESPOND TO HOMES
    Deliberately False Alerts In Rochester Are Causing The Deployment Of Armed SWAT Teams Bomb Squads And Other Police Units to Unsuspecting Area Residents Causing the Closure of Streets Businesses Resulting In A Terrifying Experience For Victims Puts...

  7. 04.20.2015

    SCHUMER: FEDS MUST FUND $64M MODERNIZATION PROJECT FOR THE US PLAZA AT THE LEWISTON-QUEENSTON BRIDGE TO HELP ALLEVIATE CRIPPLING DELAYS; WOULD CREATE AND SUSTAIN OVER 1,500 CONSTRUCTION JOBS & CUT DOWN ON EGREGIOUS WAIT TIMES – SCHUMER LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO HAVE FEDS APPROVE FUNDS ASAP
    Schumer During The Busiest 50 70 Days Per Year Wait Times At Lewiston Queenstown Bridge Regularly Exceed One Hour and Have Peaked at Nearly Three Hours Which has Detrimental Impact on the Regional Economy Canadian Shoppers and Businesses Spend 1 7 B...

  8. 04.20.2015

    SCHUMER, BLUMENTHAL: DESPITE RECENT RAIL CRASHES, LIKE SPUYTEN DUYVIL & DERAILMENT OF DANGEROUS OIL CARS, POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL, BEST WAY TO PREVENT DANGEROUS CRASHES, HAS NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED; SENATORS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION REQUIRING PTC BY 2018, FOR BOTH PASSENGER & FREIGHT TRAINS CARRYING HAZARDOUS OIL CARS
    Schumer Blumenthal Announce Legislation That Will Require Railroads to Implement PTC by 2018 Require Status Reports on Progress Positive Train Control Safety Act Also Requires Trains Carrying Crude Oil To Run On Tracks With PTC Aiming to Avoid Futur...

  9. 04.17.2015

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CRITICAL LEGISLATION – TO FUND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AROUND NYS –HAS CLEARED LAST HURDLE IN CONGRESS & BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW; SCHUMER PUSHED BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO AVOID A CUT IN FUNDING, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS FOR QUALITY OF CARE ACROSS NY STATE
    Funds Will Allow Community Health Centers to Continue Improving Access to Critical Health and Primary Care Services for Residents Across NY State Schumer Previously Pushed Legislation to Be Included in Must Pass Legislation to Avoid ...

  10. 04.17.2015

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CRITICAL LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE VITAL FUNDING FOR UPSTATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS HAS CLEARED CONGRESS – SCHUMER INTRODUCED BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO AVOID CUTS IN FUNDING, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS FOR QUALITY OF CARE ACROSS THE STATE
    Schumer Led Legislation to Extend Key Support Programs for Rural Emergency Medical Services Providers for New Yorkers Rural EMS Agencies Get an Extension Through 2018 With Passage of Bipartisan Deal Without This Extension 19 8 Mil...