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  1. 02.02.2015

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO TWO ITHACA INSTITUTIONS TO TRAIN RETURNING VETS TO BE FARMERS & RANCHERS
    Senators Have Long Fought to Enhance Linkages to Agriculture Sector for Vets New Farmers Schumer Voted to Pass 2014 Farm Bill That Filled USDA Funding Gap to Continue Delivering Farm Training Programs to Thousands of NYS Vets Farmers ...

  2. 01.30.2015

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES IMPORTANT NEW HEALTHCARE DESIGNATION FOR SIX HHC DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS IN MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN & THE BRONX; FEDERAL DESIGNATION MEANS APPROX. $30 MILLION PER YEAR TO HELP INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES IN NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITIES WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
    Schumer Announces Designation for Renaissance Health Care Network Diagnostic Treatment Center Gouverneur Health Segundo Ruiz Belvis Diagnostic Treatment Center Morrisiania Diagnostic Treatment Center Cumberland Diagnostic Treatment Center Eas...

  3. 01.30.2015

    SCHUMER: MTA STILL NOT TESTING LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD ENGINEERS FOR SLEEP APNEA, WHICH CAUSED SPUYTEN-DUYVIL CRASH; SENATOR DEMANDS MTA IMMEDIATELY INSTITUTE SLEEP DISORDER TESTING & TREATMENT PLAN FOR LIRR, AS MTA DOES ON METRO-NORTH & NYC SUBWAY
    For More Than a Decade National Transportation Safety Board Has Made Recommendations About Testing Treating Transit Operators for Sleep Apnea Sleep Disorders Among Engineers Can Put Countless of Passengers At Risk to Deadly Accidents ...

  4. 01.30.2015

    SCHUMER URGES FAA TO REQUIRE DRONE MANUFACTURERS TO LIMIT WHERE DRONES CAN FLY & AVOID COLLISIONS; USING BUILT-IN SOFTWARE & GPS, MANUFACTURERS CAN DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE DRONES CANNOT FLY NEAR AIRPORTS OR AIRCRAFT, OR OVER HIGH-RISK SECURITY AREAS LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE
    Press Contact Schumer Also Urged That In Event of Crash Or Illegal Drone Use Law Enforcement Should Be Able Trace the Source of an Unmanned Aircraft Through Built In Technology Schumer New Techn...

  5. 01.30.2015

    SCHUMER PUSHES FOR CRITICAL FEDERAL FUNDING TO KEEP RIT PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. NAVY ALIVE – PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPS COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS TO REHAB, UPGRADE MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR TROOPS; BUT PROGRAM IS NOT SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE FED FUNDING THIS YEAR OR NEXT, PUTTING FUTURE RESEARCH AT RISK
    In July Schumer Announced That Following His Push RIT Would Receive More Than 350K For Military Equipment Modernization Research in 2014 That RIT Had Received Three Year Contract With Ceiling of 2 1 Million But Navy Has Not Allocated Funding For La...

  6. 01.29.2015

    SCHUMER PLUGS PITCHER STREET POST OFFICE WITH INCOMING POSTMASTER GENERAL – IN ONE-ON-ONE MEETING, SCHUMER REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF UTICA POST OFFICE & VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHTING TO KEEP MOHAWK VALLEY POSTAL HUB ALIVE
    In 2011 Schumer Urged Postmaster General Donahoe to Keep Pitcher Street Location Doors Open Preserving 100 Local Jobs Overnight Mail in the Mohawk Valley Closing Would Delay Mail For Small Businesses The Elderly Those Living Paycheck to Paycheck ...

  7. 01.29.2015

    SCHUMER, BLUMENTHAL: METRO-NORTH MUST PROVIDE RAPID REPORT ON THE CAUSE OF LAST NIGHT’S DERAILMENT OUTSIDE OF GRAND CENTRAL – LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT ALL DERAILMENTS SHOULD BE FULLY INVESTIGATED TO AVOID FUTURE TRAGEDY FROM SIMILAR CAUSES
    The Senators Noted That Metro North has Been Working to Improve Safety Across Its System After Several Recent Failings Deadly Accidents Derailment Shows More Must Be Done Senators This Time We Were Lucky to Report No Injuries Bu...

  8. 01.05.2015

    SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS TO EXPEDITE LONG-AWAITED PLAN TO CLEAN UP POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS RADIOACTIVE WASTE UNDERNEATH TONAWANDA LANDFILL – RESIDENTS HAVE WAITED FAR TOO LONG FOR ANSWERS & ACTION ON LEFTOVER URANIUM FROM FIRST ATOMIC BOMB THAT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR DECADES
    Feds Were Set To Propose Options to Clean Up The Site By The End of 2014 But Residents Are Still in The Dark Schumer Pushes To Get Plan Out The Door Right Away Plan Is Needed to Get Remediation Project Moving Forward Ensure Local Residents Are Not At...

  9. 01.05.2015

    SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO ESTABLISH CROP INSURANCE FOR ROCHESTER-AREA MALT BARLEY FARMERS WHO PLAY CRITICAL ROLE IN NYS CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY – CURRENT LACK OF PROTECTIONS INHIBITING GROWTH OF LOCAL BREWING & DISTILLING
    Over Next Decade Most NYS Craft Brewers Will Be Required By State Law To Source 90 of Ingredients From Local Farms Malt Houses State Currently Has Approx 2 000 Acres of Malt Barley Much of It Grown in WNY the Finger Lakes In Order to Match Demand M...

  10. 12.24.2014

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FED FUNDS TO CREATE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN S. TIER, MOHAWK VALLEY, CNY, FINGER LAKES & LAKE CHAMPLAIN AREA
    Plans Will Cover Fulton Herkimer Montgomery Oneida Otsego Schoharie Cayuga Cortland Madison Onondaga Oswego Genesee Livingston Monroe Ontario Orleans Seneca Wayne Wyoming Yates Allegany Chautauqua Cattaraugus Broome Chenango Cortla...