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UFCW Local One, Which Represents Thousands Of Food and Commercial Workers At Major Upstate Employers Like Tops Supermarket, Were Victims Of A Pension System That Collapsed After 2008 Crash; Without Action, After a Lifetime of Hard Work, Many Could Not Retire Or Would Have Paltry or Zero Pension Benefits Remaining As Schumer’s First Major Act As Majority Leader, He Secured Pension Fix So Union Members, Who Worked Their Whole Lives But Risked Losing Payments Through No Fault Of Their Own,... Read More

Schumer Has Fought For Years To Fix The Medicare Wage Index, Which For Decades Has Denied Hundreds Of Millions In Medicare Payments For Upstate NY Hospitals That They Rightly Deserved, Contributing To Financial Woes And Worsening Doctor And Nurse Shortages Across The State After Launching An All Out Push Earlier This Year, Schumer Says Finalized CMS Rule Will Have Game Changing $967+ Million Estimated Impact On Upstate NY Every Single Year– Touching Rural And Urban Hospitals In Every... Read More

After Several Recent Drug Busts In Orleans, Where Law Enforcement Seized $9 Million Worth Of Illegal Drugs, And 114 Fentanyl Pills Disguised As Other Drugs, Schumer Reveals Bipartisan Push To Use National Defense Bill To Address Fentanyl & Opioid Crisis By Attacking Its Source Overseas, Far Before The Deadly Drug Reaches Western NY  Schumer Also Provides Update On New Federal Efforts To Combat Dangerous, Skin-Rotting Drug Xylazine, Also Known As ‘Tranq,’ That Is Spreading In... Read More

With Upstate NY Seeing Historic New Investment From Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and Inflation Reduction Act – Senator Says Now Is The Time For The Feds To Double Down To Bring Jobs Back From Overseas, With The Southern Tier Primed To Lead The Way Bipartisan ONSHORE Act Will Give Municipalities Fed Assistance Needed For Workforce Development, Infrastructure, And Site Readiness For Complexes Like The Schuyler County Business Park, Wayland Business... Read More

“Dairy Margin Coverage Program” Schumer Helped Enact In 2018 Farm Bill Will Expire This September, Meaning Without Fed Action Monthly Payments To Dairy Farmers Could Cease, Hitting North Country And St. Lawrence County – With 230+ Dairy Farms, NY’s #3 Milk Producing County – The Hardest Schumer Says Upstate Dairy Farms and Consumers Will Be First Impacted If We “Go Over The Dairy Cliff” – Reverting Back To 1940's Era Policy, Leading To Severe... Read More

As FDNY Marine Co. #1, The McKean Fireboat Rushed To Emergencies Including The 9/11 Attacks, Miracle On The Hudson, & The Staten Island Ferry Terminal Fire, Schumer Says Fireboat’s History Will Now Be Preserved For Generations To Come After Rallying Support To Secure This Fireboat’s Federal Place On The National Register of Historic Places, Schumer Said That This Critical Designation Will Unlock Critical Federal Funding To Help Preserve The Vessel And It’s Impactful... Read More

Rome Memorial Hospital – Which Has Been Serving CNY Patients Since 1884 –Heroically Provided Medical Staff To Help With Increased Patient Loads, Severity And Length Of Stay During COVID Outbreak Senators Say New FEMA Funding – At A 100% Federal Cost Share – Will Reimburse Hospital For Costs Related to Pandemic Response Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal $$$ Will Help Rome Hospital Recover From Economic Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Keep Up Lifesaving Care U.S. Senate... Read More

Senators Secured An Unprecedented $1 Billion, The Largest Ever Single Investment For the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative; Now This Funding Will Help Restore & Protect Fish Habitat From Lake Erie To Ontario, Preserving Tourism, Recreation & Fishing Industries Funding Will Help Restore Great Lakes Aquatic Ecosystems, Cleaning Up Waters And Environment To Support Native Fish & Wildlife   Schumer, Gillibrand: $2.5 Million+ Investment Is A Great Catch For Great Lakes’ Fish... Read More

With Upstate NY Seeing Historic New Investment And A Manufacturing Boom From Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Act – Like Micron’s Landmark $100 Billion Investment In CNY Memory Chip Fab – Senators Say Now Is Perfect Time To Invest In Upstate NY’s Universities That Are Molding Next Generation Of Tech Workforce Senators Say Major Investment Into Syracuse University, With Partnerships At Clarkson University, Cornell, Monroe Community College, Onondaga Community College,... Read More

Schumer Has Relentlessly Championed The Center for Discovery’s Children’s Specialty Hospital In Sullivan County, Delivering Unprecedented $35M USDA Loan To Ensure The 400+ Job Project Could Begin Now Senator Keeps Delivering With More Fed $$$ To Deliver Sorely Needed Resources For New York’s Most Developmentally Complex Children Schumer: More Fed $$$ Will Help Turn Center For Discovery Into A Center Of Hope For NY Families and Children After securing an unprecedented $35... Read More

Governor and Senator’s Intervention Ensures Continued Operations at the Storied Factory and the Creation and Retention of 245 Majority Union Jobs $ 7 Million NYS Investment Complements “Finger Lakes Forward” – The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced the completion of renowned clothier Tom James Company’s acquisition of the... Read More

One Of Utica’s Busiest Streets — Oneida Street — Has Been Plagued By A Verizon Dead Zone For A Very Long Time; Residents, Small Biz & Public Officials Have Complained BUT Nothing Was Changing; Senator Stood With Locals & Publicly Called On Verizon To Investigate & Fix The Problem – Now Construction Plans For New Tower Is In The Works In April, Schumer Stood With A Baker, Pasta Shop Owner, Grocer, Hair Dresser, Dry Cleaner, Many Neighbors, Elected Officials... Read More

On July 9th and 10th, A ‘Once In A Thousand Year’ Flooding Event Ravaged The Hudson Valley and Several Other Communities Across Upstate NY, Devastating Homes, Bridges, Roads, And Tragically Resulting In The Loss Of Life Schumer Fought Non-Stop To Elevate New York’s Requests For Help To Highest Levels of Government, Personally Writing To Both The FEMA Administrator And President BidenTo Ensure Impacted Got The Help They Needed Schumer: Federal Dollars Will Provide Support... Read More

After Years Of Advocacy For Historic Watervliet Arsenal, Schumer Will Reveal Largest Investment By Army In Arsenal’s History In Over 200 Years Of Operation, With More On The Way To Breathe New Life Into Watervliet For Centuries, Watervliet Has Played A Vital Role In America’s Defense, But That Has Not Always Translated Into Funding, With Cutbacks Often Putting Future Of Facility In Doubt; Now Schumer Says Congress And The Army Are Investing BIG To Breathe New Life Into Watervliet To... Read More

After More Than A Decade of Planning, Syracuse Is Breaking Ground For Game Changing $2.25 Billion Project to Build Community Streets, Bringing Thousands Of Good Paying Construction Jobs To Reconnect Neighborhoods And Improve Mobility Across The City Schumer Led Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law To Passage With Syracuse’s I-81 Transformation At Top Of Mind, And Now With Shovels In The Ground Fed $$$ Can Start To Flow To Help Realize Long Held Community Vision For A More... Read More

Watertown Provides Critical Water & Sewer Services To Fort Drum And Surrounding Community, But City Needs Fed $$$ To Help Update Aging Infrastructure To Improve Drinking Water Quality To Meet EPA Standards ASAP Schumer Personally Wrote DoD Secretary Austin In Support Of Watertown’s Application, Saying Watertown Is A Vital Defense Community And That These Much-Needed Improvements Are Critical To Protecting Clean Water Access For Nearly 65,000 Residents, Including Fort Drum Schumer To... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand, Ryan Say The Full Force Of The Federal Government Needs To Get Behind Hudson Valley To Give It The Financial Support It Needs To Recover From Extreme Flooding – And That Starts With A Major Disaster Declaration  With West Point Not Included In Potential FEMA Aid, And USACE Already Providing Preliminary Estimates Of Damage On Base At Over $100 Million And Costs Rising, Reps Pledge Full Support To Ensure West Point Has All Resources Needed To Recover   Reps: We... Read More

Senators Say Major Disaster Declaration Would Unlock Federal Funds for Impacted Counties Beginning To Recover From Heavy Rains That Ravaged Hudson Valley And Upstate NY Via ‘Once In A Thousand Year’ Flood Event   Schumer, Gillibrand: Feds Must Provide Resources To Hudson Valley And Upstate Communities To Get On Road To Recovery ASAP Following their calls earlier this week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today urged President... Read More

In Wake Of Unprecedented Wave Of Swatting Attacks, Schumer Traveled To Schools Across New York To Raise Awareness And Demand Action To Better Track And Crack Down On Swatting Crimes, Which Puts Public Safety At Risk And Wastes Thousands Of Dollars In Valuable Resources Prior To Schumer’s Calls There Was No Central Federal Agency To Track Swatting Or Perpetrators, But Now Because Of Schumer’s Advocacy The FBI Has Created A National Database Open To All Federal, State, Local,... Read More

With West Point Not Included In Potential FEMA Aid As A Federal Military Installation, Reps Calling On USACE To Immediately Increase Resources For Cleanup And To Get Boots On The Ground To Quickly Restore & Rebuild Ravaged Historic Army Academy Record Setting Rainfall And Flooding Ravaged West Point And Hudson Valley Devastating Historic USMA Buildings, Flooding Classrooms, Cadet Barracks & Housing And Damaging Infrastructure Schumer, Gillibrand, Ryan To USACE: We Need All Hands On Deck... Read More