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  1. 06.27.2022

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES CRITICAL EXTENSION OF SCHOOL LUNCH & CHILD NUTRITION WAIVERS HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW KEEPING SCHOOL MEALS FREE FOR OVER 800,000 NEW YORK STUDENTS; WAIVERS WERE SET TO EXPIRE THIS WEEK, BUT NEW BILL WILL HELP SCHOOLS KEEP KIDS FED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
    During The Pandemic Congress Authorized USDA To Issue Critical Waivers To Boost School Meal Programs To Feed Children But Waiver Was Due To Sunset On June 30th Jeopardizing Summer Meal Programs And Access To Free School Meals Senator Says Bip...

  2. 06.25.2022

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN 30 YEARS, HAS NOW BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW
    Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Will Incentivize States To Create Red Flag Laws Invest In Mental Health And Community Based Solutions To Gun Violence Close The Boyfriend Loophole Boost Funding For Schools Enhance Background Checks For Those Under 21 ...

  3. 06.21.2022

    FOLLOWING EAST SIDE’S TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING, SCHUMER MAKES DIRECT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR WESTERN NEW YORK TO BE SELECTED FOR TENS OF MILLIONS IN FED INVESTMENT IN EDA REGIONAL CHALLENGE AWARD; SCHUMER SAYS FEDERAL $$$ WOULD REVITALIZE BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE BY TRAINING OVER 1,600 WORKERS FOR GOOD-PAYING MANUFACTURING JOBS, CLEANING UP INDUSTRIAL SITES, ATTRACTING NEW EMPLOYERS, & MAKING WNY AMERICA’S NEXT MAJOR MANUFACTURING & TECH HUB
    Schumer Directly Lobbied President Biden For Feds To Select WNY For Up To A 100 Million Grant To Transform The East Side And WNY Landscape By Bringing Major Tech Investment And Workforce Training To Underserved Communities WNY Advanced Manufact...

  4. 06.21.2022

    SCHUMER REVEALS: BUFFALO SET TO GET BRAND NEW $11 MILLION VA MEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITY AS A PART OF THE JUST-PASSED VETERAN HEALTHCARE BILL; SCHUMER SAYS NEW FACILITY WILL BOLSTER BUFFALO VA RESEARCH EFFORTS, EXPAND EXISTING VA HOSPITAL’S SURGICAL CAPACITY, & GIVE WNY VETS THE MODERN MEDICAL FACILITY THEY DESPERATELY NEED
    New Toxic Exposure Healthcare Bill For Veterans Includes Major 11M Investment To Ramp Up Buffalo VA Research Programs And Open Up Critical Space In Most Modern Building Of WNY VA Medical Center Giving Local Veterans Improved Direct Patient Care And Reduc...

  5. 06.20.2022

    SCHUMER: WITH THE CAPITAL REGION FACING NEW WAVE OF FATAL OVERDOSES, AFTER BACK TO BACK RECORD YEARS OF OPIOID DEATHS; SENATOR LAUNCHES TWO-PRONG PLAN TO BOLSTER ADDICTION SERVICES & COMBAT THE FLOW OF OPIOIDS TO THE CAPITAL REGION
    Last Week Schenectady Experienced 4 Deadly Overdoses In A Single Week City Of Albany Overdose Responses Have Exceeded The 3 Year Avg Every Month In 2022 Despite Troubling Statistics Schenectady Rensselaer Counties Are Still Not Designated A High Int...

  6. 06.20.2022

    SCHUMER: ONONDAGA COUNTY FACING BACK-TO-BACK RECORD YEARS OF OPIOID DEATHS – A 100% INCREASE OVER LAST SIX YEARS; SENATOR WANTS FEDS TO SUPERCHARGE FUNDS THAT HELP COMBAT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF OPIOIDS, WHICH PANDEMIC HAS MADE MUCH WORSE; PLEDGES $3.2 BILLION PUSH TO INCREASE CRITICAL PREVENTION, TREATMENT & RECOVERY EFFORTS—BECAUSE IT WILL SAVE CNY LIVES
    Opioid Overdoses Fueled By Fentanyl Killed 186 Onondaga County Residents In 2021 An All Time High Surpassing Record 156 Fatal Overdoses Recorded in 2020 Pandemic Took A Toll That Will Take Years To Overcome Without Right Amount Of Dollars Action By...

  7. 06.20.2022

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SOUND ALARM TO FAA ON AIRLINES’ REQUESTS TO CIRCUMVENT PILOT TRAINING REGULATIONS ENACTED FROM THE HARD-FOUGHT ADVOCACY OF THE COLGAN FLIGHT 3407 FAMILIES; SENATORS SAY LIFESAVING RULES MUST BE PROTECTED FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS ATTEMPTING TO ROLLBACK PROVISIONS MEANT TO KEEP SKIES SAFE
    Following Tragic 2009 Plane Crash The Senators Fought Alongside Families Of Flight 3407 Victims To Create Critical Flight Safety Regulations Including Requirement That Pilots Log 1 500 Flight Hours In Order To Receive Certificate And Pilot Record Databas...

  8. 06.17.2022

    CITING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO REVERSE COURSE AND REOPEN ADIRONDACK & NORTH COUNTRY AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS; SENATOR SAYS KEEPING SITES OPEN IS CRITICAL TO PRESERVING UPSTATE NEW YORK’S NATURAL LANDSCAPE, PROTECTING WILDLIFE, AND TRACKING POLLUTION
    Last Month The EPA Announced Plans To Cut Of Rural Air Quality Monitoring Sites In Oswego Franklin And Essex Counties Which Would Severely Limit Local Monitoring of Pollutants Senator Says He Is Committed To Fighting For More Funding To Keep These Sit...

  9. 06.17.2022

    ICYMI: BINGHAMTON PRESS & SUN - SCHUMER, STENGER, WHITTINGHAM: BATTERIES CAN POWER BINGHAMTON’S FUTURE — AND AMERICA’S
    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer D NY Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger and Dr Stan Whittingham distinguished professor at BU and 2019 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry today released the following column on their joint effort t...

  10. 06.16.2022

    AFTER DELIVERING OVER $27 MILLION IN PANDEMIC RELIEF TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AT VENUES ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES, SCHUMER KICKS OFF THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, DRIVING MILLIONS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO THE DOWNTOWN AND PROVIDING FREE WORLD-CLASS MUSIC FOR THE ROCHESTER COMMUNITY
    Senator Was A Lead Champion Of The Vital Save Our Stages Federal Grant Program That Gave Rochester Jazz Fest The 1 3M In Pandemic Relief It Needed To Keep The Music Flowing And To Ensure The Show Would Go On Now Jazz Fest Is Bigger Than Ever W...