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February 2005
02/22/05 Schumer Announces $437,000 In Federal Funds Headed To Adirondack Regional Airport
02/22/05 Schumer Announces Over $527,000 In Federal Funds Headed To Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
02/22/05 Schumer Announces Over $3.6 Million In Federal Funds Headed To Westchester County Airport For Security Enhancements
02/13/05 Schumer Reveals New Gaping Hole in Air Security: in Simple Steps Terrorists on Watch List Could Board Flights No Questions Asked
02/10/05 With New Evidence That JFK Is Toughest Airport in US on Asylum Seekers, Schumer Seeks Immigration Parole for Refugee Soldier Being Sent Home to Sure Death
02/07/05 Schumer, NY Delegation: Huge Danger for NY - President’s Budget Due Today Will Shut Down Amtrak; Would Devastate NY Economy

January 2005
01/25/05 Schumer: Real Progress Made In Obtaining Refunds For Southeast Customers; $7 Million Already Paid Out
01/24/05 New Schumer Study: Hundreds Of Miles Of Train Tracks In Erie County Leave Thousands At Risk From Toxic Fumes & Uninspected Freight Trains
01/24/05 Schumer: Year After Henrietta Accident, Uninspected Freight Cars And Busy Crossings Still Pose Danger To Thousands In Rochester
01/21/05 New Schumer Study: 50 Miles Of Train Tracks In Ulster County Leave Thousands At Risk From Toxic Fumes & Uninspected Freight Trains
01/21/05 New Schumer Study: 30 Miles Of Train Tracks In Orange County Leave Thousands At Risk From Toxic Fumes & Uninspected Freight Trains
01/21/05 New Schumer Study: A Year After Haverstraw Derailment, Thousands Still At Risk From Toxic Fumes & Uninspected Freight Trains
01/11/05 Schumer: Feds Should Give Profit From Ferry Sale Back To Creditors

December 2004
12/21/04 Schumer: Shared Border Plan Will Save Hundreds of Homes, Make Buffalo a Draw for Commerce and Tourism
12/21/04 Schumer Announces Support for New Fast Ferry Plan; “It’s Now or Never”
12/17/04 Schumer: Major Breakthrough In Quest For Shared Border Plan At The Peace Bridge
12/08/04 Schumer: Now Is the Time for Shared Border Management at the Peace Bridge

November 2004
11/28/04 Schumer Finds Fed's Proposed New Cargo Screening Rules Still Leave Gaping Hole In NY's Air Security

October 2004
10/12/04 Schumer Urges Jamestown Residents to Take Advantage of New Local Airline
10/08/04 Schumer To Delta: Bring Atlanta Flights Back To Stewart
10/01/04 Schumer: Westchester Rail Security Needs To Be Tightened - Madrid Bombing Should Serve As Warning

September 2004
09/17/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $8,884,000 for Border Security at Alexandria Bay
09/17/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $15 Million for Border Security at Massena Crossing
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service Money for Ogdensburg Airport
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service Money for Plattsburgh Airport
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service Money at the Watertown Airport
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service at Saranac Lake/ Adirondack Regional Airport
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Clears $4 Million to Help Fix Crowded Airspace over NY
09/15/04 Schumer, Cusick: FAA Foot-dragging on Badly-needed Redesign of NY Airspace May Be Factor in Rash of Low-flying Jetliners over Island
09/13/04 Schumer: Almost $339,000 Coming to Hurley to Improve Security for Adirondack Transit Bus Line
09/09/04 Schumer Says New Data Shows Traffic Conditions at The Peace Bridge Have Improved Significantly

July 2004
07/19/04 Schumer: Traffic on the Peace Bridge Has Reached Outrageous Proportions; Threatens to Severely Halt Commerce
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $990,000 For Gabreski Airport in Westhampton
07/16/04 Schumer Delivers Additional Security Screeners and Extra Screening Lane to Stewart Airport
07/14/04 Schumer: US Airways Lowers Fares to Albany - Prices Drop from $478 to Just $89
07/14/04 Schumer: US Airways Lowers Fares to Buffalo - Prices Drop from $417 to Just $89
07/14/04 Schumer: US Airways Lowers Fares to Rochester - Prices Drop from $406 to Just $89
07/14/04 Schumer: FAA Will Increase Grant to Genesee County Airport by $1.6 Million
07/14/04 Schumer: Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Receive $11 Million
07/09/04 Schumer: Genesee County Airport to Receive $1.6 Million
07/08/04 Schumer Scolds TSA, Demands More Screeners at Stewart so Airport Can Retain All new Independence Air Flights
07/06/04 Schumer: Stewart Airport to Receive $200,000
07/06/04 Schumer: Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Receive $750,000
07/06/04 Schumer: Malone-Dufort Airport to Receive $23,750
07/06/04 Schumer: Buffalo Airfield to Receive $700,000
07/01/04 Schumer: Jamestown Airport to Receive $2 Million

June 2004
06/22/04 Schumer: More New Flights Coming To Stewart Airport
06/08/04 Schumer Lobbies Feds for Funding to Help Markets Stewart Airport
06/01/04 Schumer Lobbies Feds for Funding to Help Market Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

May 2004
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Rochester Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Syracuse Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Albany Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Buffalo Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/26/04 Schumer Discusses Impact of Independence Air on Hudson Valley Jobs & Businesses with Local Leaders
05/19/04 Schumer: New Affordable Flights Coming to Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, White Plains, and Stewart on Independence Air

April 2004
04/22/04 Schumer: Number of Flights Offered at Major Upstate Airports Has Soared since Last Year - Good Sign for the Economy
04/20/04 Schumer to Delta: Don't Give up on Elmira-Corning, Bring Service to Southern Tier
04/19/04 With Lines Hitting Two Hours Long, Schumer Urges TSA to Add More Screeners at Stewart Airport

March 2004
03/26/04 Schumer: Jetblue to Add 2 More Flights Between NYC & Buffalo
03/26/04 Schumer: Jetblue to Add a New Flight Between NYC & Rochester
03/16/04 Schumer Presents Check for $2.5 Million for New Niagara Falls Train Station
03/14/04 Schumer: Madrid Attacks Should Be Wake-up Call to Upgrade Rail and Subway Security

February 2004
02/11/04 Schumer: New Senate Bill Contains Billions in Federal Transportation Money for New York State
02/10/04 Schumer, Bloomberg, MTA Chair Kalikow Begin New Campaign for Billions in Federal Transit Money for NY
02/10/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Come to Monroe County & Launch Full Investigation of Area's Freight Train Crossing Safety
02/08/04 Schumer and Whistle Blowers Reveal: New TSA Budget Leaves Key Aspects of NY Airport Security at Pre-9/11 Levels

January 2004
01/31/04 Schumer Unveils Design of New Canadian Gateway Plaza at the Peace Bridge – First Step to Moving US Toll Facilities to Canada
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 For Oswego’s East Side System
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $2.5 Million for Route 15/I86 Interchange
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Announce $3.6 Million In Federal Job Access and Reverse Commute Funds for New York
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $2 Million for Plattsburgh International Airport
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $1.25 Million for Rome Passenger Intermodal Facility
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $3 Million for Route 12 Corridor
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $2.5 Million for Niagara Falls International Train Station
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $100,000 For Rooftop Highway
01/15/04 Schumer: Feds Will Let Peace Bridge Expansion Project Move Forward
01/05/04 Schumer: Customs' Delay in Releasing Shared Border Management Plan Puts Peace Bridge Scoping Document in Doubt
01/04/04 Schumer: Unlocked Cockpit Doors on Cargo Planes – Domestic and Foreign – Leaves New York Vulnerable to a Second 9/11

 
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