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Schumer Visited Northern Border Earlier This Month To Introduce His 4-Point Plan To Reopen The Border; Canadian Government Has Since Announced That It Was Starting Internal Discussions On Reopen & Schumer Says Summer’s Arrival Is Perfect Time to Implement New Approach  Thousands Of American & Canadian Property Owners And Businesses Are At Risk Of Losing Another Summer Season; New York Communities That Share Deep, Long-Standing Social And Economic Ties With Canada Deserve To... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following joint statement regarding the U.S. Department of Transportation heeding the senators’ calls and implementing a local hire program for highway and other infrastructure projects: Senators Schumer and Gillibrand said, “As Central New York rebuilds from the COVID pandemic and embarks on a generational opportunity to transform I-81 through the city of Syracuse, it... Read More

Schumer Has Led The Charge To Pass The Endless Frontier Act To Make Largest R&D Investment In Generations And Secure Critical Federal Funding For Domestic Manufacturing of Semiconductors And Other Critical Technology Critical Senator Says Bill Includes Massive Investment To Boost U.S. Competitiveness and Supercharge Upstate CHIP Production And R&D, Making It Essential To Growing NY Companies & Easing U.S. Reliance On Foreign-Made Semiconductors, Alleviating National Security... Read More

Although It’s Been Five Years Since Toxic PFAS Was Discovered In Recreation Pond At SANGB & Washington Lake – Almost 85x EPA Health Advisory Limit – No Permanent & Systemic Remediation Measures Have Begun After Years Of Unremitting Advocacy, Including Securing Filtration System On Base, Reps Deliver Critical Next Step To Clean Up Toxic PFAS & Secure Health And Safety For Orange County Residents; Reps: This Is The First Air National Guard Remedial Investigation To Be... Read More

Following his delivering billions for New York’s transportation systems as part of the American Rescue Plan he led to passage in the Senate, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer released the following statement regarding FTA’s approving MTA’s publication of the Environmental Assessment of the Penn Access Plan to establish new mass transit access in the South and East Bronx and Southern Westchester: Senator Schumer said, “I have long supported the effort to... Read More

$1,013,534 From Feds Will Let Adirondack North Country Association Establish A Center For Pandemic Response To Arm Local Businesses With Individualized Resilience Plans  With Small Businesses Across The North Country Starting To Get Back On Their Feet, Newly-Funded Technical Assistance Will Help Provide Employees and Owners Much-Needed Predictability For Months Ahead While Strengthening Regional Economy  Schumer, Gillibrand: EDA Funding Will Help North Country Small Businesses... Read More

FEMA Funds Will Cover Cost to Permanently Repair City of New Rochelle’s Glen Island Park  Reps Say Feds Continue Showing Admirable Commitment To Do Right By New Yorkers Left Reeling By Hurricane Sandy Even Years After Historic Relief Package Became Law Schumer, Gillibrand, Bowman: Much-Needed Funds Will Fill In The Gaps Of Glen Island Park’s Full Post-Sandy Rebound Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Jamaal... Read More

Historically, Many Highways Have Been Built Through Economically Disadvantaged Areas, Displacing Residents & Isolating Communities; Projects Like I-81 Reformation In Syracuse, Inner Loop in Rochester, I-33 in Buffalo, I-787 in Albany Could Receive Support Under Senators’ Plan Senators Say The Reconnecting Communities Act Would Address The Legacy Of Highway Construction Fracturing Many Communities Of Color And Low-Income Communities Schumer, Gillibrand: Revving Up Investment In... Read More

Doosan Bobcat and Viridi Parente are Considering Assembly of Electric Vehicle Models on Buffalo’s East Side; Could Potentially Bring 300-350 New Union Jobs To WNY Schumer Has Led New York Efforts To Pivot To Electric Vehicles And Greener Transportation; Pledges Support For Bringing the Development to Buffalo and Cementing Upstate New York As Leader In Electric Vehicle Industry Schumer: Picking Buffalo Will Be A Win-Win-Win by Growing Local Economy, Creating New Jobs and Continued Growth of... Read More

Schoharie’s October 2018 Limo Accident Was Nation’s Deadliest Accident In Years; Reports Revealed Gaping Loopholes In Federal Safety Regulations  Senators Re-Introduce Three Pieces Of Bipartisan Legislation To Boost Safety Of Aftermarket Stretch Limousines On NY Roads For Passengers, Drivers, & Pedestrians Schumer, Gillibrand: Do Not Allow The Victims Of Schoharie’s Tragedy To Be Forgotten; Pass Meaningful Reforms Now WASHINGTON, D. C. — U.S. Senate Minority... Read More

Nearly 14 Months Since The U.S. & Canada Restricted Non-Essential Travel Across The Northern Border, Continuous Extensions Of Restrictions With No End In Sight Have Trapped Individuals, Families, Businesses, And Communities In A Cycle Of Waiting  Thousands Of American & Canadian Property Owners And Businesses Are At Risk Of Losing Another Summer Season; New York Communities That Share Deep, Long-Standing Social And Economic Ties With Canada Deserve To Know The End Is In... Read More

Rochester-Finger Lakes Child Care Is CRITICAL To Full Re-Opening; Schumer Says Funds From American Rescue Plan Are Now On Way To Support & Even Expand Critical Child Care Services; In Monroe County Alone 102 Home or Center-based Childcare Centers Closed During Pandemic  Finger Lakes’ Child Care Sector Will See Sizable Portion Of More Than $1.8 Billion In Direct Child Care Relief Funds & Can Submit Soon To State to Access Funds; Funds Will Mean Finger Lakes Children, Families,... Read More

Nearly 14 Months Since The U.S. & Canada Restricted Non-Essential Travel Across The Northern Border, Continuous Extensions Of Restrictions With No End In Sight Have Trapped Individuals, Families, Businesses, And Communities In A Cycle Of Waiting  Thousands Of American & Canadian Property Owners And Businesses Are At Risk Of Losing Another Summer Season; New York Communities That Share Deep, Long-Standing Social And Economic Ties With Canada Deserve To Know The End Is In... Read More

With Over 300,000 Rockland Residents Potentially Exposed To Elevated PFAS Levels In Their Drinking Water, Schumer & Jones Called For Feds To Step In And Assist State And Local Agencies – And Hear Directly From Impacted Communities EPA Heeds Schumer-Jones Call & Send Senior Official To Rockland For A Public Meeting At 7PM on Wednesday Following their in-person calls in Rockland County last month, and focused advocacy for over 300,000 Rockland residents, U.S.... Read More

Nation Has More Than 70,000 Mass Transit Buses—But Only 2% Are Zero Emission; In NYC, Tiny Amount Of Massive Fleet Is Electric; Public Buses Account For MILLIONS Of Metric Tons Of Pollutants & Carbon Into Air Which Make The Planet & People Sick, Especially Children With Asthma  Schumer Has A Plan To Transform Transit Across America & Here In New York With Electric And Hydrogen Fleets; Plan With Benefit Public Health, Help Save The Planet & Create New American Union... Read More

Upstate NY Wine Industry Bottles $6.65 Billion In Revenue Per Year – With Large Portion Coming From Finger Lakes American Viticultural Area (AVA) As State’s Largest Wine-Producing Region – But Fed Decisions To Halt Important Data Collections Imperils Industry  USDA Discontinued The Vineyard And Orchard Acreage Survey of NY in 2011, And Ceased Annual Grape Production Statistics Report For NY in 2018; Leaves NY Wine Industry ‘Flying Blind’ While California And... Read More

The American Rescue Plan’s Child Tax Credit Expansion Provides Thousands of Dollars of Relief For Families Across Southern Tier for 2021 – More Than An Estimated $264 Million Directly Into The Pockets of ST Families, including Over $34M for Steuben County Families, Over $6M For Schuyler County Families, and Over $30M For Chemung County Families Refundable Tax Credit That Will Soon Be Available In Monthly Installments Is On Top Of Additional Round of $1,400 Economic Impact Checks... Read More

CNY Child Care Is CRITICAL To Full Re-Opening; Schumer Says Funds From American Rescue Plan Are Now On Way To Support & Even Expand Critical Child Care Services; Providers Will Submit Their Own Use Of Dollars To State To Access Stabilization Funds Central New York’s Child Care Sector Will See Sizable Portion Of More Than $1.8 Billion In Direct Child Care Relief Funds; Funds Will Mean CNY Children, Families, Essential Workers & Early Educators Can Get Past Pandemic & That This... Read More

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer’s office released the following statement regarding the City of Mount Vernon and the Westchester County District Attorney’s calls for a federal investigation into the Mount Vernon Police Department: Schumer Spokeswoman Allison Biasotti said, “Senator Schumer strongly supports the City of Mount Vernon and the Westchester County District Attorney’s calls for a federal investigation and hopes that the Department of Justice does a... Read More

Schumer Delivered $45.4M For RTS In The American Rescue Plan, On Top Of $23.5M In December Stimulus Bill & $36M In The CARES Act Senator Says Safe, Timely, Operational Transit Is Critical To Rochester’s Economy; RTS Was Critical To Delivering Meals And PPE To Residents During Pandemic Schumer: Federal Funding Has Kept Rochester Rolling After securing $45.4 million in the American Rescue Plan, $23.5 million in the December stimulus bill, and $36 million in the CARES Act for... Read More