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For Decades, Rochester Has Suffered From Declining Tree Canopy – With Poorer Neighborhoods And Communities Of Color Having 30+% Fewer Trees – In the Face of Global Warming, This Is Worsening Historic Inequities, Health Disparities, Creating Urban Heat Islands, And More Schumer Bolstered Urban Forest Programs With Historic Funding In The Inflation Reduction Act – The Largest Investment In Fighting Climate Change Ever – To Help Cities Like Rochester Finally Add More Green... Read More

Viridi Parente, A Cutting-Edge Battery Storage System Manufacturer On Buffalo’s East Side, Is Already Getting A Big Power Boost From The Inflation Reduction Act’s Historic New Battery Programs Now Schumer Wants Feds To Help Ignite The Next Phase Of Their Growth – Accelerating The Transformation Of Former American Axle Factory – And Plan To Add Hundreds Of New Jobs With A Game Changing DOE Loan Schumer: It Is Time For The Feds To Spark Innovation, Supercharge Good... Read More

Schumer Has Fought For Years To Fix The Medicare Wage Index For Upstate Hospitals, Which Have Been Denied Hundreds Of Millions In Medicare Payments That They Rightly Deserved – Contributing To Financial Woes And Worsening Doctor And Nurse Shortages Across The State New Proposed Rule Would Have A Game Changing $967+ Million Impact On Upstate NY – Touching Rural And Urban Hospitals In Every Corner Of Upstate NY– The CMS Rule Is Now Under Review And Schumer Says He Is Launching An... Read More

Senators Say NY-NJ Watershed Protection Act Will Address Ongoing Threats To Watershed From Climate Change And Improve Water Quality Of One Of The Nation’s Most Populous Watersheds Schumer, Gillibrand: This Is Our Watershed Moment To Turn The Tide On Restoring The Hudson River And New York’s Scenic Waterways U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today made a splash by reintroducing the bipartisan New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection... Read More

Senator Says Extreme Cuts In McCarthy’s “Default On America (DOA)” Plan Will Hammer Upstate Communities; According to Non-Partisan Analysts, Plan Would Increase Risk Of A Recession, Cut Jobs & Hurt NY Families Schumer Lays Out Cuts That Will Hurt Upstate Families Most — With Millions At Risk Of Losing Lifesaving Benefits Like SNAP, +2 Million NYers On Medicaid, And Investment in American Manufacturing, Small Biz, And Workforce Training On Chopping Block; Upstate... Read More

In New York City Alone, FDNY Reports Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Caused More Than 400 Fires Over Last Four Years, Resulting In More Than 300 Injuries, 12 Deaths & Damage To More Than 320 Structures; Long Island Officials Also Worried About These Dangerous Batteries Standing With Victims, Schumer, Gillibrand, Rep. Torres Announce Major Plan & Legislation Called “Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act”; Law Would FINALLY Set Safety Standards For... Read More

After Large, Multiple Fires Ripped Through Rockland Forcing The Evacuation Of Dozens Of Homes And Businesses, Reps Want Feds To Investigate Incident Along The CSX Rail Tracks U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressman Mike Lawler today called on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to immediately conduct a comprehensive investigation into the multiple, dangerous brush fires that occurred along the CSX train tracks in Rockland County, New... Read More

Schumer-Created Programs—AFG & SAFER—Are Critical Funding Streams To Help Directly Staff And Equip Upstate Departments— But Were Set To Expire This Year; Schumer Led Charge To Save Funding, Throw Cold Water On These Cuts, And Now Has Passed New Legislation To Extend Critical Funding For NY Fire Departments Senator Turns Up Heat On The House To Quickly Take Up Bill, And Get It To The President’s Desk To Be Signed Into Law So Upstate Firefighters Don’t Lose Out On... Read More

Following years of advocacy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has heeded his calls and proposed a substantial increase to Medicare Wage Index (MWI) payments, which would significantly boost funding to Capital Region hospitals. Schumer explained that the FY2024 Hospital Inpatient PPS Proposed Rule would amend the Medicare formula to potentially include tens of millions in increased federal funding for hospital... Read More

Following Tragic 2021 Helicopter Crash Near Rochester, Schumer Called For Immediate Investigation & Fought Alongside Families Of Three NY National Guard Servicemembers - Now Feds Have Completed First Of Its Kind Helicopter Safety Report Analyzing Rochester’s And Hundreds Of Other Crashes On How To Improve Air Safety On The Heels Of The Tragic Kentucky Black Hawk Helicopter Crash Where 9 Servicemembers Died Earlier This Year, Senator Outlines Vital Changes Needed To Protect Brave... Read More

Capital Region Is Among The First In The Nation To Tap The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Competitive “Bridge Investment Program” To Improve Daily Transit And Safety For Upstate New Yorkers and Create New Good-Paying Jobs Schumer, Gillibrand: Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Is Bridging The Gap To Modernize Critical Roadway In Capital District U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the NYS Thruway... Read More

Schumer-Created Programs—AFG & SAFER—Are Critical Funding Streams That Have Provided Over $15.5 Million To Westchester & Putnam County Fire Departments In Just The Past Three Years To Staff And Equip Firefighters – But Without Fed Action This Funding Will Run Out In 2023 As Majority Leader, Schumer Has Shepherded Legislation To Save These Programs To The Senate Floor And Will Work To Pass This Bill This Month And Show Who Stands With Firefighters  Schumer:... Read More

On March 30th , 36 False Reports Of Mass Shooting Incidents, Commonly Referred To As ‘Swatting’ Attacks, Caused Police To Respond To A Shocking 226 Schools Across New York – Including Troy High, La Salle Institute, and Schodack In Rensselaer County – Disturbing Students, Teachers And Communities – And Wasting Thousands Of Dollars In Public Resources    Following Incident, Schumer Will Reveal He Called FBI Personally, Now Wants Feds To Launch Full... Read More

New Public-Private Partnership is made possible through Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Bill, Will Bring Together 20+ Universities, Community Colleges, And Local Partners To Create Workforce Pipeline To Fill Thousands Of Good-Paying Jobs And Supercharge Bringing Manufacturing Back To America With Billions of Fed $$$ Available Through Historic  CHIPS & Science Bill, Schumer Personally Brings Head Of National Science Foundation Together With Micron Top Brass To Plan How To Train CNY... Read More

After East Palestine Train Derailment, Schumer Says We Need Legislation To Prevent An Accident Like That From Happening In Western New York, A Hub For Freight Rail Activity – Norfolk Southern Has Already Had Two Destructive Derailment’s In Wyoming County, On Top Of Other WNY Accidents Like The 2020 Accident In East Aurora Near Buffalo Schumer Updates On New Bipartisan Bill That Would Expand Notifications For Hazardous Materials, Hold Wrongdoers Accountable, And Support... 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 Is Ever Done; Senator Publicly Calls On Verizon To Investigate & Fix The Problem Standing With A Baker, Pasta Shop Owner, Grocer, Hair Dresser, A Dry Cleaner, Many Neighbors, Elected Officials & Public Safety Professionals Schumer Will Say Locals Have Asked For Help But Have Been Hung Up On;... Read More

 Village of Oxford Fire Department Just Awarded $226K, Schumer Sounds Alarm Saying It Is Critical Funding Like This Is Exactly Why We Need To Save The AFG & SAFER Programs That Will Run Out Without Fed Action As Majority Leader, Schumer Has Shepherded Legislation To Save These Programs To The Senate Floor And Now Reveals His Push To Pass This Bill This Month And Show Who Stands With Firefighters  Schumer: It’s Time To Put On Our Boots, Throw Some Cold Water On These Cuts,... Read More

Schumer Helped Create The AFG & SAFER Grant Which Delivered Today’s Funding- And Schumer Says Boosts Like This Are Why He Is Fighting To Save The Program From Being Eliminated This Year Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Will Help Hire the Next Generation of Firefighters In Utica To Keep Community Safe U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $ $2,117,320 in federal funding for the City of Utica to hire up to 8 new firefighters. The... Read More

On March 30th , 36 False Reports Of Mass Shooting Incidents, Commonly Referred To As ‘Swatting’ Attacks, Caused Police To Respond To 226 Schools Across New York –Including Lockport High School and South Park High School, in Niagara and Erie Counties, respectively- Disturbing Students, Teachers And Communities – And Wasting Thousands Of Dollars In Public Resources    Following The Lockdown Of Almost 1,300 Students In Lockport Alone, Schumer Will Reveal He... Read More

On March 30th , 36 False Reports Of Mass Shooting Incidents, Commonly Referred To As ‘Swatting’ Attacks, Caused Police To Respond To 226 Schools Across New York – Including Brighton, Brockport High School, and Later In Spencerport In Monroe County- Disturbing Students, Teachers And Communities – And Wasting Thousands Of Dollars In Public Resources    Schumer Wants Feds To Launch Full Investigation Into Wave Of Swatting Attacks That Terrified Upstate NY And Other... Read More