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  1. 01.15.2014

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE FUNDING TO KEEP BROOKHAVENS ION COLLIDER OPEN AND RUNNING - ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION FOR NATION'S NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM WILL KEEP ONLY REMAINING ATOM SMASHER IN COUNTRY OPEN
    U S Senators Charles E Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Omnibus Appropriations bill released last night and set to pass Congress will increase funding to the nation s Nuclear Physics program by an additional 50 million for next ...

  2. 01.14.2014

    AFTER PUSH, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THAT THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE $169 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING THIS YEAR; PROGRAM HELPS SENIORS AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES OFFSET THE COST OF HEATING
    Today U S Senator Charles E Schumer announced that after his push the FY2014 Appropriations Bill will increase federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program LIHEAP to 3 4 billion up 169 million from FY2013 In light of record ...

  3. 01.07.2014

    SCHUMER LAUNCHES PLAN TO HELP REDEVELOP THE SIBLEY BUILDING, A HISTORIC LANDMARK IN DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER PUSHES TO SECURE $45 MILLION IN NEW MARKETS TAX CREDITS TO BRING NEW LIFE TO HISTORIC BUILDING, REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN ECONOMY CREATE JOBS
    Today U S Senator Charles E Schumer announced his push to secure 45 million in federal New Market Tax Credits NMTC needed to make the 190 million redevelopment of the historic Sibley Building in Rochester a reality With its large footpr...

  4. 12.17.2013

    AS WINTER SETS IN, SCHUMER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO HELP PREVENT DEATHS FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
    As winter sets in U S Senator Charles Schumer joined his colleague Senator Amy Klobuchar DMN to introduce legislation to help prevent deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in New York The legislation would allow the Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

  5. 12.16.2013

    SCHUMER, BLUMENTHAL REVEAL: FEDERAL RAIL SAFETY AUTHORITY WOEFULLY UNDERFUNDED - ONLY HAS FUNDS TO INSPECT 1% OF RAIL NATIONWIDE; SENATORS PUSH FOR FUNDS FOR FRA TO HIRE MORE INSPECTORS TO INSPECT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY SYSTEMS AT RAILROADS AROUND NY AND US
    U S Senators Charles E Schumer and Richard Blumenthal revealed that the Federal Railroad Administration FRA the nation s chief rail safety overseers is woefully underfunded and unable to fully evaluate existing and future rail safety programs across t...

  6. 12.12.2013

    SCHUMER: NEW EPA RULES GOING INTO EFFECT NEXT MONTH ABSURDLY SAY FIRE HYDRANTS MUST CONFORM TO NEW REDUCED LEAD STANDARDS - FORCING NYC TO TRASH OVER $1M IN HYDRANTS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF LABOR SENATOR CALLS ON THE EPA TO HELP SAVE THOUSANDS IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY GRANTING WAIVER FOR THOSE HYDRANTS
    Today U S Senator Charles E Schumer called on the federal Environmental Protection Agency EPA to delay a sudden mandate on local municipalities that will force New York City to throw out and replace over 1 millionworth of brand new fire hydrants and ...

  7. 12.04.2013

    SCHUMER: NEARLY 6,000 VETS LIVE IN HERKIMER COUNTY BUT MANY DONT UTILIZE PROPERTY TAX BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO THEM FEDS FAIL TO LET LOCALITIES KNOW VETS ARE RETURNING HOME THEN VETS CANT BE NOTIFIED OF AVAILABLE TAX BREAKS
    Today at the Frankfort Village Hall U S Senator Charles Schumer launched a twopronged plan to help ensure that veterans returning home to Herkimer County from Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving critical benefits that will allow them to afford a home and...

  8. 12.02.2013

    SCHUMER, IN VISIT ROOSTER FISH BREWING IN WATKINS GLEN, PUSHES FOR BILL THAT WOULD CUT EXCISE TAX ON SMALL BREWERIES ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK BY 50% BILL WILL HELP ROOSTER FISH EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS
    Today at Rooster Fish Brewing in Watkins Glen U S Senator Charles E Schumer announced that he is joining more than 20 bipartisan colleagues to introduce legislation that will cut the excise tax on small breweries in half helping small brewers in Schuy...

  9. 11.27.2013

    SCHUMER PUSHES PLAN TO BOOST BUSINESS FOR WAYNE COUNTYS DEFISHER FARMS FARM NEEDS FEDERAL PERMIT TO OPEN NEW APPLE CIDERY NEW DEFINITION OF HARD APPLE CIDER WILL LOWER TAXES ON PRODUCT
    Today at DeFisher Fruit Farm in Williamson U S Senator Charles E Schumer unveiled a twopronged plan to boost business and particularly hard cider sales at Wayne County s DeFisher Fruit Farm First Schumer will urge the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade B...

  10. 11.26.2013

    SCHUMER: WITH SPIKE IN PRICE OF IRON, COPPER, AND OTHER METALS, CROOKS ARE STEALING FROM HOMES, BUSINESSES EVEN RAILWAYS SENATOR LAUNCHES PLAN TO CRACK DOWN ON THEFT FROM CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENDANGERS BINGHAMTON RESIDENTS
    Today at 33 Pulaski Street in the Town of Dickinson U S Senator Charles E Schumer was joined by local law enforcement and other officials to push legislation that would crackdown on the recent rash of scrap metal theft in the region that threatens priv...