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  1. 05.28.2014

    WITH HEROIN USAGE ON STATEN ISLAND AT EPIDEMIC LEVELS, SCHUMER CALLS FOR EMERGENCY SURGE OF FED. ANTI-DRUG TRAFFICKING FUNDING TO UPROOT NEW HEROIN PIPELINE - FROM MEXICO TO NYC; NYC HAS BECOME HOTBED FOR HEROIN TRADE ON EAST COAST, WITH SEIZURES ALREADY HIGHER IN 2014 THAN ANY YEAR SINCE 1991---ON STATEN ISLAND, HEROIN SEIZURES JUMPED 300 PERCENT FROM 2011 TO 2013
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer today alongside Luke Nasta of Camelot of Staten Island called for an emergency 100 million surge of federal antidrug trafficking funding in order to quickly combat the fact that New York City has become the hotbed for the...

  2. 05.27.2014

    SCHUMER, BISHOP: SUCCESSFUL OVER-THE-WATER NORTH SHORE HELICOPTER ROUTE DUE TO EXPIRE IN EARLY AUGUST; CALL ON FAA TO RENEW RULE & MAKE IT PERMANENT, ALSO TO REVISE REGS TO CURB HELICOPTER NOISE OVER THE NORTH FORK
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer and Congressman Tim Bishop urged the Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration FAA Administrator Michael Huerta to not only renew the North Shore overthewater helicopter route that is set...

  3. 05.22.2014

    SCHUMER: ONEIDA LAKE FISHING SEASON & 1,000+ UPSTATE TOURISM DESTINATIONS AT RISK UNLESS FEDS CONTINUE TO LET LOCAL ANGLERS DETER INVADING BIRD SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW LOCAL EXPERTS TO DETER FISH-DEVOURING CORMORANT BIRDS, PROTECT ONEIDA LAKE AS A CRITICAL ECONOMIC RESOURCE
    Today U S Senator Charles E Schumer urged the U S Fish and Wildlife Service FWS to extend its current order that allows the state Department of Environmental Conservation DEC to work with local anglers to control the invasive and ecosystemdamaging ...

  4. 05.21.2014

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FEDS WILL CREATE FIRST-EVER STORM SURGE WARNING SYSTEM TO BETTER PREDICT HEIGHT OF RISING TIDES ALONG COAST; SENATOR CALLED FOR BETTER WARNINGS AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY NEW YORKERS TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES IN SUPERSTORM SANDY AS RESULT OF DROWNING
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer today announced that after his push the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration NOAA will create the firstever storm surge warning maps to better predict the height of rising tides and provide more time for evacua...

  5. 05.19.2014

    SCHUMER: VA CLEARS FINAL HURDLE TO PURCHASE LAND AT ONE OF THREE SITES FOR LONG-AWAITED WESTERN NEW YORK VETERANS CEMETERY VA TO ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL, WHICH MEANS LAST MAJOR HURDLE CLEARED VA CAN NOW PROCEED TO PURCHASE TOP-PREFERRED SITE
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer today announced that the U S Department of Veterans Affairs VA has completed an Environmental Assessment clearing the three potential sites for the national veterans cemetery in Western New York The Environmental Assess...

  6. 05.16.2014

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITIES STAYING ON LONG ISLAND KEEPING NEARLY 1,000 WELL-PAYING AVIATION JOBS IN THE REGION
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer today announced that after his push the Federal Aviation Administration FAA plans to keep the New York TRACON facility on Long Island saving 950 wellpaying Long Island aviation jobs The FAA was initially interested in ...

  7. 05.15.2014

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES IRAQI JEWISH ARCHIVE PERMITTED TO STAY IN THE U.S. UNTIL PERMANENT LOCATION IN AMERICA IS DETERMINEDDESPITE OPPOSITION, COLLECTION WAS ORIGINALLY EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED TO IRAQ THIS YEAR
    U S Senator Charles E Schumer today announced that the State Department along with the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the U S will extend the period in which the Iraqi Jewish Archives may remain in the United States The United States had initia...

  8. 05.09.2014

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $200,000 FOR FINGER LAKES FIRE DEPARTMENTS
    Washington D C U S Senators Charles E Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced 212 420 in federal funding for Finger Lakes Fire Departments The money was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security s Assistance to Firefighters Grant P...

  9. 05.08.2014

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION FOR BUILDING RENOVATIONS, IMPROVED HEALTH SERVICES IN NIAGARA COUNTY
    Washington D C U S Senators Charles E Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a 1 523 000 loan from the U S Department of Agriculture USDA for Palliative Home Care of Niagara Inc a subsidiary of Niagara Hospice in Niagara County This feder...

  10. 05.07.2014

    SCHUMER: BULLETPROOF VESTS HAVE SAVED 3,000+ POLICE OFFICERS LIVES, BUT SPECIFIC FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT HELPS LOCAL PDs PURCHASE THESE VESTS HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH SOARING DEMAND SCHUMER PUSHES BILL THAT WILL MAKE MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE, KEEP COPS COMMUNITIES SAFE
    Bulletproof Vests Have Saved 3 000 Police Officers Lives Over Last 30 Years But Federal Funding For Equipment is Fast Declining While Demand Continues to Rise and Weapons Get More Powerful Feds Used To Fund 1 2 of The Cost Of Vests But Now Only Cover...