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Currently, Only Licensed Audiologists Are Authorized to Issue and Fit Veterans for Hearing Aids at VA Facilities, But Small Number of These Professionals in the Field Leads to Excruciating Wait Times for Vets Schumer Says Licensed Hearing Aid Specialists Should Also Be Allowed to Issue & Fit Vets Receiving Care at VA Centers for Hearing Aids, Alongside Audiologists – Schumer Is Pushing Legislation That Would Cut Through Bureaucratic Red Tape & Allow VA Facilities to Hire Hearing... Read More
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May 8, 2015
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $12K IN FED FUNDS FOR LACKAWANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ERIE COUNTY
Federal Funding For Lackawanna Fire Department Will Be Used For Electronic Stability Systems, Used to Locate Firefighters Who are Injured and Immobilized While In A Fire U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $11,905 in federal funding for the Lackawanna Fire Department located in Erie County. The money was allocated through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). These federal funds will allow the Lackawanna... Read More -
Buffalo Army Corps of Engineers Is Currently Deciding Whether To Allow WNY Company, Chemical Waste Management, To Dump Hazardous Waste On New Portion of CMW Landfill on a Federal Wetlands Near A Local School, Homes, and Businesses Schumer Says Residents, Businesses, and Local Government Officials Need Additional Research and Information on Expansion of the CWM Dumping Area– In A Letter To Buffalo ACOE, Schumer Requests 90-Day Extension Of Public Comment Period To Allow Greater Community... Read More
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The Extremely Important Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant Program Was Cut By 80% in House Funding Bill; Schumer Says Drastic Cuts to Infrastructure Program Would Hurt Jobs, Businesses, and Local Governments Across NY Schumer Highlighted Several Recent NY Projects That Received TIGER Funding – Including Syracuse Connective Corridor, Rochester Inner Loop Reconstruction & Rochester Intermodal Transit Center, and The “Cars Sharing Main... Read More
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Schumer, Gillibrand Say Rome Labs, A National Leader in Communications and Cyber Technology, Would Serve As Training Site For Elite Cyber Protection Team For NY & NJ; Latham Armory, The Capital Region’s National Guard Base, Would Serve as the Unit’s Mission Command Site Choosing Latham Armory as the Mission Command Site and Rome Labs for Training Would Establish Upstate NY As A Leader In Counter- & Cyber-Terrorism Research; Cyber Protection Team Would Bring New Jobs To Oneida... Read More
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Funding Comes from Schumer Sponsored AFG Program that Promotes Effective Firefighting Operation Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $21,756 In Federal Funding for New Personal Protective Equipment Which Protects Responders from Blood Borne Pathogens United States Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Wantagh-Levittown Ambulance Corp is set to receive $21,756 in federal funding to purchase new personal protective equipment. The money was allocated... Read More
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National Science Foundation Grant Would Allow Cornell to Harness Genome Editing Techniques To Improve Rice Crop, Which is a Staple That Helps Feed Billions of People Worldwide U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $5,499,997 in federal funding for Cornell University to use genome editing techniques that will allow it to study and thereby improve crop sustainability. Specifically, this funding will be allocated over four years through a National Science... Read More
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Lost Jobs Due to Unfair Foreign Trade Practices, Like Currency Manipulation; Schumer Vows To Oppose A Trade Deal That Doesn’t Adequately Protect American Workers & Industry From Unjust Trade Practices Of Some Countries, Like China Schumer Says The Number One Issue Facing America Is Declining Middle-Class Incomes & Any Trade Deal Must Be Viewed Through The Lens Of How It Will Impact Middle-Class Incomes For Future Generations – Says Strong Measure To Address Foreign... Read More
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Heinous Murder Of NYPD Officer Brian Moore Was Enabled By Gun Runners Who Illegally Traffic Guns From Southern States To NYC Streets Via Gun Pipeline—Schumer Wants Feds To Choke Off Trafficking Flow To NYC 85% Of NYC Crime Guns From Out Of State & 90% Are Illegal—One Of The Best Ways To Beat Back “Iron Pipeline” To NYC Is By Aggressively Increasing ATF’s Resources and Capabilities, Which Schumer Will Fight For In Appropriations Committee Schumer:... Read More
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Community Health Center of Richmond Provides Quality Health Care to Patients On Staten Island & Throughout the Five Boroughs; Services Include Primary Care, Women’s Care, Low Cost Rx, Pediatric Care & More Schumer Announces ‘Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike’ Designation for Community Health Center of Richmond; Healthcare Designation Means Better Access to Much-Needed Primary Health Care Services U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the... Read More
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Community Health Centers Will Provide Quality Health Care to Patients in Albany, Monroe, Orange, And Chautauqua Counties; Services Include Primary Care, Women’s Care, Low Cost Rx, Pediatric Care & More Schumer Announces ‘Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike’ Designation for These Upstate NY Community Health Centers; Healthcare Designation Means Better Access to Much-Needed Primary Health Care Services U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that... Read More
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Schumer Writes to FEMA Urging Fed Agency To Be Ready To Approve Fire Management Assistance Grant To Help Reimburse Hudson Valley Communities As They Fight Back 1,700-Acre Forest Fire Approval Would Make Available FEMA Fire Management Assistance Funds for Hudson Valley to Cover Firefighting & Emergency Protective Costs As Fire Depts. Continuously Work to Fight Back Flames Schumer: We Need All Hands on Deck to Smother These Fires and the Fed Gov Must Do All It Can To Support Ulster... Read More
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Lancaster, NY-Based Company, Ecology And Environment, Inc., Completed Many Cleanup Projects in Wealthy Middle-East Countries from Post 1991 Gulf War Environmental Damage – Both Kuwait & Saudi Arabia Still Owe E&E Roughly $6.8 Million Combined & Have Yet to Pay Both Oil-Rich Countries Cite ‘Budgetary Constraints’ As Reasons For Failing to Pay E&E For Its Work Even Five Years After Completion – Schumer Calls on Ambassadors of Both Countries to Get... Read More
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After Hearing Pleas From Corning Residents, Schumer Urged Norfolk Southern To Move Its Idling Cars, Which Emit Noxious Smelling Fumes & Smoke That Permeate Homes, To A Non-Residential Area Schumer Successfully Secured A Direct Line To Senior Norfolk Southern Official; Norfolk Southern Railway Says Idling Was Due to Adverse Weather Conditions During Winter Months; But, If Idling, Noise And Emissions Continue To Be A Problem Corning Residents Will Now Be Able To Call & Voice... Read More
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Schumer Legislation Would Require Much Faster Phase-Out of the Most Dangerous Oil Cars, Add Speed Restrictions For Trains Traveling Near Major Population Areas Like The Capital Region, and Would Require First Ever Federal Standard on Oil Volatility Schumer Says Recently Issued DOT Rule Provides Important Certainty and a Tough New Tank Car Standard, But Allows Dangerous Cars to Remain in Service for Far Too Long; Schumer Bill Would Greatly Improve Safety of Oil-By-Rail Shipments &... Read More
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Schumer Legislation Would Require Much Faster Phase-Out of the Most Dangerous Oil Cars, Add Speed Restrictions For Trains Traveling Near Major Population Areas Like Central New York, and Would Require First Ever Federal Standard on Oil Volatility Schumer Says Recently Issued DOT Rule Provides Important Certainty and a Tough New Tank Car Standard, But Allows Dangerous Cars to Remain in Service for Far Too Long; Schumer Bill Would Greatly Improve Safety of Oil-By-Rail Shipments & Safety... Read More
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May 4, 2015
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $300,000 FOR THE NEW YORK STATE FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY IN MONTOUR FALLS
Federal Funding For Fire Training Academy Will Be Used To Prepare First Responders U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $313,914 in federal funding for the New York State Fire Training Academy in Montour Falls to purchase new equipment to prepare and train for emergency situations more effectively. The money was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) Grant Program. The State... Read More -
Temporary Benefit Would Help Nepalese—Who Through No Fault Of Own—May Be in Danger Of Visa Overstays, Even Deportation; TPS Has Been Used In Past For Countries In Wake Of Natural Disaster Schumer: As Their Homeland Struggles From Once-In-A-Lifetime Disaster, Nepalese Across New York City Deserve TPS During Crisis In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Nepal, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to grant Temporary... Read More
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South Farmingdale Water District Has Borrowed Almost $5 Million From the Town of Oyster Bay to Construct Sorely Needed Water Treatment Facility; Senator Demanded U.S. Navy & DOJ to Reimburse SFWD Immediately—Years of Foot Dragging Could Have Cost Local Consumers $1.5M Each Year Over the Course of the Loan Schumer Announces Major Settlement With U.S. Navy and South Farmingdale Water District for $3.3 Million—Local Residents Will Not Be on the Hook for Construction Costs of... Read More
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The Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2015 Would Close Dangerous Loophole that Currently Allows Rental Car Companies to Rent or Sell Recalled Vehicles Legislation Has Support of Both Industry and Auto Safety Groups and Was Recently Endorsed by General Motors and DOT Secretary Foxx Schumer: This Common Sense Legislation Would Save Lives and Make Our Roads Much... Read More