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Opioid Overdoses – Fueled By Fentanyl – Killed 186 Onondaga County Residents In 2021, An All-Time High Surpassing Record 156 Fatal Overdoses Recorded in 2020; Pandemic Took A Toll That Will Take Years To Overcome Without Right Amount Of Dollars & Action By Feds; Locals Cannot Do This Alone Senator Says A Supercharge Of Fed Funds He’ll Fight For Will Allow National Drug Control Programs To Hone In On More Localities With Specific Needs, Like CNY; Prevention, Treatment &... Read More

Last Month, The EPA Announced Plans To Cut Of Rural Air Quality Monitoring Sites In Oswego, Franklin, And Essex Counties, Which Would Severely Limit Local Monitoring of Pollutants; Senator Says He Is Committed To Fighting For More Funding To Keep These Sites Open Schumer Says These Stations Provide Essential Data For Protecting The North Country & Adirondack’s Ecosystems, Tracking Airborne Pollution, And Have Played A Critical Role In Curbing Acid Rain And Promoting Major Environmental... Read More

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger, and Dr. Stan Whittingham, distinguished professor at BU and 2019 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, today released the following column on their joint effort to secure tens of millions in federal investment to transform the Southern Tier into America’s next major battery manufacturing research hub.   Following Schumer’s direct advocacy,  Binghamton’s project was... Read More

Senator Was A Lead Champion Of The Vital ‘Save Our Stages’ Federal Grant Program That Gave Rochester Jazz Fest The $1.3M In Pandemic Relief It Needed To Keep The Music Flowing And To Ensure The Show Would Go On Now Jazz Fest Is Bigger Than Ever With Its Headline Shows Free For All To Enjoy; Driving Millions In Economic Activity To The Downtown And Thousands To Rochester’s Restaurants & Businesses  Schumer: Let The Music And Economic Activity Flow Through Downtown... Read More

Toxins In Burn Pit Smoke Can Have Long-Term Health Effects – From Cancers To Respiratory Illnesses – But Veterans Struggled To Receive Coverage & Had Claims Repeatedly Denied For These Conditions Senator Says “Honoring Our PACT Act” Will Cut Red Tape So Vets Exposed To Environmental Hazards Get The Health Care Benefits They Desperately Deserve; Bill Now Heads To The House, Schumer Calls For Swift Passage To Send To The President’s Desk To Be Signed Into... Read More

After Horrific, Racist Mass Shooting At East Side’s Sole Supermarket Highlighted Lack Of Affordable Food For Buffalo’s Largest African American Neighborhood, Senators Immediately Began Work To Bring Fed Funding To Bolster Resources For Community-Led Food Groups Schumer Originally Fought Alongside Community Leaders To Open Tops Market Grocery in 2003; Now Delivers New Fed Investment To Create Additional Sustainable Food Options For East Side Residents   Schumer, Gillibrand:... Read More

After Schumer Visited In March 2021 To Push For Revolutionary System, Sullivan Receives Critical Award To Bring Fast & Affordable Internet To Underserved Communities Schumer Says An Estimated Over 4,000 Sullivan County Households Lack Sufficient Access To High-Speed Internet; But Now With New Award Plus Historic Investments From ARP And Infrastructure Law Sullivan Will Boost Access To 65% Of Underserved Residents And Businesses Schumer: Closing The Digital Divide Will Fully Connect Sullivan... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) yesterday stood with family members of the victims of the Buffalo mass shooting following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on domestic terrorism. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:  Thank you Senator Durbin, and let me thank you was chair of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Blumenthal and all the other members of the Judiciary Committee who were here. But most... Read More

Following The Horrific Mass Shooting At The East Side’s Lone Supermarket, The Immense Lack of Access to Fresh & Affordable Food Facing Buffalo’s Largest African American Neighborhood Was Highlighted Schumer, Who Fought Alongside Community Leaders To Open This Store in 2003, Is Calling On USDA To Increase Fed Investment To Combat Low-Access Food Areas Schumer To USDA: As Buffalo Continues To Mourn, We Must Do More To Provide Fresh, Affordable Food Options U.S. Senate Majority... Read More

Schumer Has Campaigned Relentlessly For Sgt. Henry Johnson, An African American WWI Hero, Who Was Denied Recognition Due To Racism and Segregation; Now Securing His Name On Louisiana Base Currently Named After A Confederate Soldier General In 2015, At Schumer’s Request, The White House Posthumously Awarded The Medal Of Honor To Sgt. Henry Johnson For His Heroics In Singlehandedly Fighting Off Dozens Of German Soldiers Schumer: An American Hero, NY Legend, Sgt. Johnson Now Slated To Receive... Read More

Schumer Personally Wrote To Commerce Secretary Raimondo To Advocate For The Award To Build Essential Infrastructure At The Former Griffiss Air Force Base To Attract New Businesses Schumer Created EDA Grant In American Rescue Plan With Projects Like Griffiss’s In Mind; Funding Will Replace Aging Infrastructure To Strengthen Rome As A Hub For Economic Development In The Mohawk Valley Schumer: EDA Investment In Griffiss Business & Technology Park Is A Win-Win-Win, Attracting And... Read More

As Part Of “North Country Days In Washington,” Schumer Met With Representatives Of The North Country Chamber Of Commerce, Alstom, Nova Bus, Fort Ticonderoga, Norsk Titanium, And The Consulate General Of Canada In New York Schumer: I Will Always Fight For Our North Country Businesses And To Grow Upstate’s Economy! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer this week welcomed community and business leaders from the North Country to Washington D.C. as a part of the North... Read More

Funding Comes On The Heels Of Schumer Successfully Delivering $3.4M In Long Over Due Rural Hospital ARPA Relief Funds To Auburn To Make Up For Budget Shortfalls Senators Say New FEMA Funding – At A 100% Federal Cost Share – Will Reimburse Hospital For Costs Related to Pandemic Response In Cayuga County Since March 2020 Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed Funding Will Keep Auburn Community Hospital Strong & Central New York Communities Safe  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E.... Read More

Schumer Personally Called Commerce Secretary Raimondo To Advocate For The Award To Strengthen Rochester’s Tourism Economy & Boost Their Economic Recovery Schumer Created EDA Tourism Grant In American Rescue Plan With Projects Like The Strong’s in Mind; New Funding Builds On The $16.5M The Senator Secured In 2013 To Fill Rochester Inner Loop East, Allowing For The Strong Museum’s Massive Expansion Schumer: EDA Investment In Rochester’s Strong Museum Is A Win-Win-Win,... Read More

Auburn Community Hospital Was One Of The Only Qualifying Hospitals In NY Yet To Receive Its Most Recent Installment From Provider Relief Fund For Rural Hospitals – Despite Applying In September 2021 Schumer Called HHS Secretary Becerra Directly Last Week To Advocate For Auburn And Launched An All Out Push To Get Them The Funds They Needed To Make Up For Budget Shortfalls ASAP  Schumer To Auburn Hospital: Long Awaited And Deserved Federal Help Is On The Way!  Following his direct... Read More

American Textile Factories, Like Hickey Freeman, Stepped Up During Pandemic To Manufacture Critical PPE While Facing Tremendous Economic Losses; Delayed Wool Trust Fund Payment Put Their Recovery & Growth At Risk Schumer Made A Personal Call To Agriculture Secretary To Get Relief Payments Back On Track For Wool & Cotton Trust Fund Recipients To Recuperate Pandemic Losses Schumer: New Cotton and Wool Apparel Program Will Patch Up American Textile Manufacturers Budgetary Holes Ripped From... Read More

With NY Leading The Way On Offshore Wind, Schumer Pushes Vestas, GE To Build Wind Supply Chain In NY As The State Moves Forward On A Major Build-Out Of Offshore Wind Schumer Has Proposed Historic Incentives & Investments In Clean Energy To Help Companies Like GE And Vestas Expand In Places Like Upstate New York Schumer To GE And Vestas: Picking NY Will Be A Win-Win-Win, Boosting Local Economy, Creating Jobs, And Bolstering NY’s Wind Industry Adding to his continued advocacy to boost... Read More

New Partnership Between GlobalFoundries & U.S. DoD Will Provide Strategic Supply Of U.S.-Made And Secure Semiconductors For The Nation’s Military And Most Sensitive Applications Senator Delivers Funding To Make Future Of National Security Systems In Upstate New York; Funding Will Boost The Capital Region Economy And Bolster National Security Schumer: GlobalFoundries & Capital Region Continue To Lead America In Chip Manufacturing U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today... Read More

Otsego County Acceleration Center Would Capitalize On Upstate New York’s Booming Tech Ecosystem By Attracting Emerging Advanced Electronics Companies & Start Ups; Schumer Says USDA RISE Investment Would Strengthen Manufacturing and Tech Startups in Otsego County With Major Funding From Schumer’s U.S. Innovation & Competition Act On Horizon To Boost Local Tech Companies Like Ioxus & Custom Electronics, Senator Says Acceleration Center Will Kick Regional Growth Into... Read More

Amsterdam’s Five Corners Commercial Site Has Sat Abandoned For Years Because Expected Industrial Pollution From Past Use Has Stifled Economic Development With EPA Assessment Underway For Five Corners, Schumer Reveals Historic $1.5 Billion He Secured For The EPA Brownfields Program; Pushes For The Feds To Begin Working On Decades Old Amsterdam Site ASAP Schumer: Amsterdam Has Waited Long Enough -- It’s Time To Clean Up Five Corners Standing at the former Five Corners commercial site... Read More