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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

Schumer’s $160B Plan Would Dramatically Increase U.S. Investment In Manufacturing, Research & Development, and STEM Education & Workforce Training To Keep U.S. Competitive With China And Other Countries  Three-Point Plan to Make Bold Investments In Semiconductor Manufacturing, Strategically Important R&D And Regional Tech Hubs Could Bolster CNY’s Key Assets – White Pine Commerce Park, Syracuse University And The ‘Syracuse Surge’... Read More

Schumer Says U.S. Must Maintain Its Global Leadership In Semiconductor Manufacturing, R&D, & Other Critical Tech Innovation; Investment Means More Chip Fabs & Jobs In The U.S.A. – At Sites Like GlobalFoundries – Cementing U.S. Leadership In Semiconductor Industry  Schumer Says Super-Charged Federal Support Will Allow GlobalFoundries To Grow & Reduce Dangerous U.S. Reliance On Foreign-Made Semiconductors, Create Jobs, And Boost Local Economy Schumer: Historic... Read More

Funding Will Help Keep Airports Clean and Combat the Spread of Pathogens; Provide Lifeline For Cash-Strapped Airports Drained By The COVID-19 Pandemic  WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $12,901,648 in federal funding for seven airports across New York. Secured in the CARES Act championed by the senators, this funding was allocated through the Department of Transportation (DOT) and will serve as a... Read More

Last Congress, Schumer And Gillibrand Led Bipartisan Semiconductor Investment Bills And Successfully Included Provisions In Last Year’s NDAA Based Off Of The Bills Schumer, Gillibrand, Tonko, And Katko Are Joining A Bicameral, Bipartisan Push To Fund The Provisions And Strengthen Federal Support For The Domestic Semiconductor Industry, Create Good-paying U.S.-based Jobs, Reinforce Critical Supply Chains, And Reduce American Dependence On Foreign Materials WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S.... Read More

Senators Secure Over $181M in Homelessness Assistance in American Rescue Plan; Funding Will Be Used To Help Local Governments Assist Homeless Individuals & Families Senators Fought For Critical Homelessness Assistance In Final Deal; Said Any Plan To Get NY Out of COVID Ditch Must Address Pandemic-Induced Housing Crisis  Schumer, Gillibrand: NYers Deserve To Be Healthy And Secure In Safe Housing Recognizing the impact on the COVID crisis on New York’s homeless residents, U.S.... Read More

Schumer & NY’ers Rally In Koreatown To Pass Bill That Bolsters DOJ Efforts To Combat Rise In Violence Against Asian Americans; Senator Mazie Hirono Leads Bill In U.S. Senate, While NY’s Own Rep. Grace Meng Leads In The House Anti-Asian Attacks Have Been On The Rise With NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force Investigating Threats & Violence; Schumer Says Locals Want To End This Madness & Feds Need More Tools To STOP The Rise  Schumer: It’s Time To Pass... Read More

Funding Will Support Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship To Build Regional Economic Resiliency   Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $750,000 in federal funding awarded to Launch New York, Inc. in Buffalo. This funding was allocated through the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge and will... Read More

In Major Announcement & Standing With Broad Coalition Of Housing Advocates, Tenants & Electeds, Schumer Unveils Plan To Push For $80+ Billion Dollar Investment In Public Housing; NYCHA Would See Billions Of Long-Deferred & Badly-Needed Fed Funds NYCHA Repair Backlog ALONE Is Upwards Of $40B & Counting; Schumer Says No More Delay, No More Can-Kicking, No More Neglect; Action NOW Via Wide Plan To Invest In Infrastructure Schumer: Fund NYCHA Now! In a major announcement alongside a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $679,236 in Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) funding for improvements to health and wellbeing services for New Yorkers living in the Southern Tier. The ARC is an economic development partnership agency of the federal government and 13 state governments focused on 420 counties across the Appalachian region.  “This Appalachian Regional Commission... Read More