Chuck with Cheektowaga Town Supervisor Dennis Gabryszak at the Polish Festival, July 2003.

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Chuck's Activities in Western New York
Here are some highlights of what Chuck has done for Western New York. For a complete index of Western New York related press releases, please scroll down or click here.

• Chuck fulfilled his promise to bring lower air fares and more frequent service to Western New York by lobbying the Department of Transportation relentlessly on JetBlue's behalf to obtain 75 precious take-off and landing slots at JFK Airport.
  

  Chuck plays the role of Senator in Shakespeare in Delaware Park's production of Macbeth, July 2002.

  Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello, Chuck, and former County Executive Dennis Gorski attend a Bisons game in Buffalo, April 1999.

  
  
• Chuck was instrumental in bringing low-cost air carrier Southwest Air to Buffalo. By helping to improve competition among carriers, Chuck helped Western New York compete for travel-intensive global business previously deterred by the high cost of air service to the area.
  
  
• After a meeting in Albion with Orleans County economic development and elected officials, Chuck became involved in the successful effort to persuade Washington Mutual to keep the Dime Bank mortgaging center open. Local officials were concerned that Washington Mutual would close the facility as part of its takeover of Dime, but in November 2001, Washington Mutual announced that it would convert the Albion facility into a customer contact center, doubling the workforce there and saving over 450 jobs in Orleans County .
  
  
• Chuck secured $300,000 for the National Park Service (NPS) to conduct a "Niagara Falls River and Gorge National Heritage Corridor Study." Chuck also worked with Rep. John LaFalce to get $25,000 from the NPS to fund a study to determine what role

  Chuck with Chautauqua County Executive Mark Thomas at a Dunkirk, NY gas station setting forth his plan to reduce skyrocketing gas prices, April 2001.

  the Parks Service can play in the

  Chuck welcomes troops from the 914th Airlift home to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, July 2003.

  revitalization of the Niagara Falls Park. Chuck's Niagara Falls Advisory Pan el, formed to work toward a National Heritage Partnership, succeeded in getting many parties to work together in this effort.
  
  
• Chuck, along with Senator Clinton, announced $1.5 million in funding for Buffalo's Inner Harbor Project in the FY02 Transportation Appropriations bill. The bill also included $2.56 million for the Niagra Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) to buy new buses and $2.4 million for a new landing approach system for a runway at Niagra International Airport.
  
  
• Chuck worked to secure the Justice Department decision to drop private landowners from Indian land claims lawsuits filed on behalf of Indian tribes in New York State.
  
  
• Chuck worked to secure almost $20 million to help hospitals in Niagara County deal with federal spending cuts. The funding was part of the $751 million secured by Chuck for New York hospitals in the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits Improvement Act of 2000 (BIPA). Chuck also announced $2.75 million for Chautauqua County hospitals.
  
  
• Chuck played an instrumental role in the Senate in obtaining a record $70 million in direct payments to New York's apple and dairy farmers in the FY2001 Agriculture Appropriations Bill.
  
  
• Chuck worked to get a $1 million grant for the City of Buffalo and the Shea's O'Connell Preservation Guild to complete the expansion and renovation of Shea's Performing Arts Center.
  
  
• Project Exile: Chuck obtained $500,000 over two years for the Western District of New York to hire two Assistant U.S. Attorneys to prosecute gun crimes.
  
  
• Chuck worked to obtain 25 new summer customs inspectors at the Peace Bridge, which helped boost the area's commerce and tourism by shortening the amount of time it takes to get into and out of Canada. Chuck, along with Senator Clinton, also announced $25 million to hire additional Customs personnel along the Northern Border as part of FY01 appropriations.
  
  
• Chuck lobbied the Department of Agriculture to mitigate the effect of new federal rules intended to raise the price of cranberries. The agency then agreed to adopt less stringent regulations that protected workers at the Dunkirk-based Cliffstar Corporation, which employs 525 people and is Chautauqua County's 13th largest employer.
  
  
• Chuck cut through the red tape facing families of sick children with severe gastrointestinal illnesses in dire need of the drug Propulsid. Chuck helped locate doctors willing to take on these patients and persuaded the pharmaceutical company to expedite obtaining Propulsid for the Buffalo families.
  
  
• Chuck worked to get Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties federal disaster area designations, making the areas eligible for FEMA aid to cover the costs of plowing and removing over two feet of snow that fell during a crippling snow storm on November 20th, 2000. The FEMA funds covered approximately 75 percent of the $5.1 million in total cleanup costs.
  
  
• Chuck and Rep. John LaFalce secured $4.1 million for upgrading and extending the runway at the Niagara Falls Air Base under a military construction appropriations earmark, ensuring that Niagara County's second largest employer remains open for business.

Press Releases for the Western Region

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