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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV), Has Been Reaching Unprecedented Levels In Hospitals Nationwide At Nearly 7x The Weekly Rate Pre-Covid, According To The CDC; SUNY Upstate Health Center Has Already Recorded 3X More RSV Cases This Year Putting Their Emergency Room Over Capacity At 136% Capacity  RSV Can Be Serious For Young Children And The Elderly—Madison County’s Oneida Health Hospital Positive RSV Cases Have Nearly Doubled Compared To Last Year—With 80% Of... Read More

In The Wake Of Last Weekend’s Massive Lake-Effect Storms—Dropping 7 Feet Of Snow—Working With Governor Hochul, Schumer Secured Federal Emergency Declaration For WNY Counties  Now, As Damage Totals Continue To Rise, Schumer Says Feds Need Waive $5M Cap For Assistance Get $$$ Out The Door To Help Communities Dig Out, And Start Providing Assistance For Damaged Businesses  Schumer: We Can’t Leave Buffalo Out In The Cold, Feds Need To Help Dig Out WNY... Read More

Funding Comes From Highly Competitive RAISE Grant That Is Meant To Fund Projects Of Major Regional Significance Schumer: Seneca Nation Is Now In The Fast Lane For A New One Stop Shop Regional Transit Hub! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced the Seneca Nation will receive $7,625,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s highly competitive Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program to develop... Read More

Schumer Reveals That After Pushing For Months, USDA Has Agreed With His Stance That Suffolk’s Septic Improvement Program (SIP) Grants Protect & Restore The Environment & Should Be Excluded From Taxable Income BUT NOW, The Treasury Department & IRS Have To Agree To Make It Official; LI’ers Who Have Participated Have Owed Money, Been Forced Up Tax Brackets, & Experienced Other Penalties That Have Undermined Suffolk-Administered Effort We Should INCENTIVIZE To Reduce... Read More

Schumer Says Natalie Merchant, A Jamestown Native And Current Hudson Valley Resident, Has Had A Profound Influence On The American Music  As Board Member Of The Library Of Congress’s American Folklife Center, Natalie Will Aid The Policy Direction And Ongoing Preservation Of The Nation’s Folklife And Culture   Schumer To Natalie:  'You've been so kind and generous'  And Your Contributions Will Help Conserve America’s Music And Folk History For... Read More

Over 33,000+ NY Teamsters Families Were Victims Of A Pension System That Collapsed On Itself After 2008 Crash; Without Action, Many Could Not Retire Or Would Have Little Benefits Remaining- But Schumer Promised To Restore Their Hard-Earned Pensions And Give Union Families The Relief They Needed After Years Of Fighting, In Schumer’s First Major Bill As Majority Leader, The American Rescue Plan, The Senator Secured The Critical Fix To Multiemployer Pension Plans To Give Teamsters The... Read More

British-Based Leader in Semiconductor Industry Will Build 240,000 Square-Foot Facility, Create 600 Jobs at Western New York’s STAMP Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park   Investment Builds on Historic $100 Billion Commitment from Micron Technology, Further Strengthens Upstate New York's Advanced Manufacturing And Semiconductor Corridor Also Complements “Finger Lakes Forward” – The Region’s Comprehensive... Read More

Thanks To Schumer Leading The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Passage, Upstate School Districts Will Now Get $50+ Million Boost To Purchase Game Changing Over 130 New Electric Low And Zero-Emission Buses Diesel Exhaust From School Buses Not Only Pollutes The Environment, But Has Been Linked To Asthma In Children; Now Thousands Of Children Will Have A Cleaner Environment When Riding To School Schumer: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Greenlights Electric School Buses To Keep Kids Healthy And... Read More

Schumer Says Offshore Wind At SI’s Arthur Kill Terminal Will Create Thousands Of Jobs & Boost American Manufacturing; New Hub Will Be Huge Win For Community, Local Jobs & Environment Schumer Personally Pushed For Major Fed Investment In Calls To Transportation Sec. Buttigieg To Upgrade Arthur Kill’s Port Infrastructure, So SI Can be Central To Offshore Wind Supply Chain Funding For Arthur Kill Project Helps Advance Offshore Wind Power Goals & Support More Wind... Read More

Schumer’s Relentless, Year-Long Advocacy To Elevate Binghamton University’s New Energy NY To The National Level Included Personal Calls to Commerce Secretary, Letters and Op-Eds, Delivered Major Fed Investment, will Energize The Southern Tier Economy And Jumpstart Cutting-Edge Battery Research and Manufacturing Now, Following His Personal Invitation Last Month, Schumer Brings U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Castillo To Show How The Greater... Read More

Schumer, Along With Governor Hochul, Just Brokered The Largest Economic Development Project In NYS History For Micron To Invest Up To $100 Billion & Create 50,000 Good-Paying Jobs In Nearby Onondaga County; Adding To New York’s Semiconductor Corridor That Includes Wolfspeed’s New Mohawk Valley Chip Fab –The First, Largest And Only 200mm Silicon Carbide Fabrication Facility In The World With His CHIPS and Science Act Spurring Major Investment In Upstate’s Chip... Read More

Schumer Fought Non-Stop For Over A Year, Calling Commerce Secretary Multiple Times, Writing Op-Eds, And Uplifting Binghamton University’s New Energy NY To The National Level To Deliver Major Fed Investment To Transform The Southern Tier Economy And Jumpstart Cutting-Edge Battery Research and Manufacturing Now, Following His Personal Invitation Last Month, Schumer Will Join U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Castillo To Show How The Greater Binghamton Area Is... Read More

Schumer’s CHIPS And Science Bill Includes Major Fed Investment In Companies Like Edwards That Supply Equipment For Making Microchips And Senator Says With Micron’s Major Investment On The Horizon, And Other Industry Leaders Like GlobalFoundries And Wolfspeed Nearby, The Timing Couldn’t Be Better To Make NY Their New Home   STAMP, In Heart of NY Semiconductor Corridor, with Low-Cost Available Utilities, Infrastructure & Surrounding World-Class Skilled Workforce Make It... Read More

Schumer Unveils Formal Call To Feds For A “Road Safety Audit” Based On Findings In Recent Analysis That Detailed LI Crashes, Dangers Over A 4-Year Span; Feds Would Work With State & Locals, Take Fresh Look At Road/Intersections, Traffic Flow, As Well As Other Characteristics To Identify Safety Improvements—Like Installing Crash Attenuators, Signals, Dealing With Speed & More Schumer Will Reveal That Recently-Passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill He Led Through Congress... Read More

With Upstate New York Growing As a Global Hub For The Microchip Industry, Schumer Launches All Out Effort To Strengthen National Security, Boost US Chip Industry, And Create Upstate NY Jobs By Ensuring Semiconductor Products Used By The Feds Are Made In The U.S. Schumer—Author Of The Historic CHIPS & Science Bill That Is Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Jobs Back From Overseas—Now Wants To Cut Off Fed Use Of Chips From Companies With Known Links To The Chinese Communist... Read More

With The Capital Region Growing As a Global Hub For The Microchip Industry, Schumer Launches All Out Effort To Strengthen National Security, Boost US Chip Industry, And Create Upstate NY Jobs By Ensuring Semiconductor Products Used By The Feds Are Made In The U.S. Schumer—Author Of The Historic CHIPS And Science Bill That Is Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Jobs Back From Overseas—Now Wants To Cut Off Fed Use Of Chips From Companies With Known Links To The Chinese Communist Party... Read More

New York, NY – After years of advocating for the cleanup and transformation of Ulster County’s former Tech City campus, once the 30-year home of IBM, now known as iPark87, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Representative Patrick Ryan today released the following statements on the long awaited removal of the toxic piles of asbestos: “After a long and arduous battle, the mountains of asbestos and debris are finally gone, and a once-contaminated dumping... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that he has secured a $754,000 U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) Marine Highways Grant for the Port of Oswego Authority to purchase a new low-emission reach stacker. The senator wrote to Transportation Secretary Buttigieg to advocate on the Port of Oswego’s behalf. Schumer said this critical new equipment will help the Port significantly improve its ability to load and unload... Read More

Joanne Kwong Is President Of Iconic Pearl River Mart, And Kevin Kim Serves As Commissioner Of New York City’s Small Business Services; The Two Will Be Part Of The 8-Person Commission To Study Potential Museum Creation As Directed Under Legislation Meng & Schumer Passed Into Law Today, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Representative Grace Meng announced the senator’s two appointees for the commission to study the potential creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific... Read More

After Hospitals Just Faced Harshest Years Because Of The Pandemic, Schumer Says Vital Federal Medicare Reimbursement Programs, The Low-Volume Hospital (LVH) And Medicare-Dependent Hospital (MDH) Funds, Are Set To Expire By End Of This Year Putting Rural Upstate NY Hospitals At Risk Of Major Cliff Schumer Secured A Short Term Extension In Just Passed Temporary Budget Bill – But If The Program Isn’t Renewed Rural Upstate Hospitals Would Lose Millions – Resulting In Rural... Read More