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  1. 09.05.2018

    SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MALONEY ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR NEWBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT; FEDERAL REPS SAY FUNDING WILL RESTAFF NEWBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT
    Schumer Gillibrand Maloney FEMA SAFER Funding Will Be Used To Hire 9 Critical Firefighters U S Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney today announced 1 497 886 in fed...

  2. 08.27.2018

    IN WAKE OF RAIL BRIDGE PARTIALLY COLLAPSING ONTO SOUTH CLINTON STREET, SCHUMER DEMANDS FEDS IMMEDIATELY HIRE MORE FEDERAL RAILROAD BRIDGE INSPECTORS TO PREVENT FUTURE ACCIDENTS; REITERATES CALL FOR FRA TO SEND A BRIDGE INSPECTOR DIRECTLY TO SYRACUSE TO AUDIT & INSPECT CITY’S ELEVATED RAIL LINE
    Schumer Reveals There Are Only Three Bridge Safety Inspectors Responsible For Bridges Not Only In New York But Over A Dozen Other States While Railroad Companies Are Responsible To Fix Their Own Bridges Fed Inspectors Have The Nearly Impossible Task To ...

  3. 08.01.2018

    IN WAKE OF RAIL BRIDGE COLLAPSING ONTO BUSY UPSTATE NEW YORK STREET CORNER, SCHUMER DEMANDS FEDS HIRE MORE FEDERAL RAILROAD BRIDGE INSPECTORS; SENATOR SAYS WITH ONLY 3 INSPECTORS FOR ALL 3,000 TRAIN BRIDGES IN UPSTATE NY, FEDS MUST DEDICATE MORE RESOURCES TO AUDIT & INSPECT CRUMBLING BRIDGES
    Schumer Says Having Only Three Bridge Safety Specialists Puts New Yorkers Increasingly At Risk Inspectors Are Responsible For Bridges Not Only In New York But Over A Dozen Other States While Railroad Companies Are Responsible To Fix Their Own Bridges F...

  4. 06.06.2018

    SCHUMER: NEW DATA SHOWS OIL-BY-RAIL ON THE RISE AGAIN, SAFETY STANDARDS TO SHIP HIGHLY-EXPLOSIVE BAKKEN-CRUDE OIL ARE STILL OFF TRACK; SENATOR WILL URGE FEDS TO REQUIRE COMPANIES TO MAKE CRUDE OIL LESS VOLATILE BEFORE IT IS SHIPPED THROUGH NYS COMMUNITIES
    Stabilizing Crude Would Make Post Derailment Deadly Explosions Less Likely Add Essential Layer Of Protection For New Yorkers Schumer Urges Feds To Develop A High National Standard To Help Prevent Disasters...Disasters Promised Study On Oil Volatility Is ...

  5. 05.04.2017

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEW BIPARTISAN FEDERAL SPENDING AGREEMENT INCLUDES $328M FOR AMTRAK’S NORTHEAST CORRIDOR & AN OVERALL INCREASE OF OVER $105M FOR AMTRAK
    SCHUMER SAYS MILLIONS WILL BE USED TO ACCELRATE REPAIR BACKLOG IN AND AROUND PENN STATION BOOST ESSENTIAL GATEWAY TUNNEL PROJECT In the midst of significant challenges to rapidly repair infrastructure at Penn Station and move forward with the e...

  6. 04.19.2017

    SCHUMER: RECENT CSX DERAILMENT IN BATAVIA IS A SOBERING REMINDER THAT OIL BY RAIL STANDARDS ARE STILL OFF TRACK; SENATOR URGES FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY EXPEDITE RULE TO MAKE FLAMMABLE CRUDE OIL LESS VOLATILE BEFORE IT IS SHIPPED THROUGH UPSTATE NEW YORK
    Last Month A CSX Cargo Train One Car Was Carrying Gunpowder Traveling Through Batavia Rochester On a Track That Is No Stranger To Trains Carrying Flammable Crude Derailed After Powerful 78 MPH...

  7. 04.17.2017

    SCHUMER: YET ANOTHER GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT, THIS TIME IN ROCKLAND COUNTY, IS A SOBERING REMINDER THAT OIL BY RAIL STANDARDS ARE STILL OFF TRACK; SENATOR URGES FEDS TO IMMEDIATELY EXPEDITE RULE TO MAKE FLAMMABLE CRUDE OIL LESS VOLATILE BEFORE IT IS SHIPPED THROUGH NEW YORK
    On Wednesday Evening A CSX Freight Train Traveling In Rockland On a Track That Is No Stranger To Trains Carrying Flammable Crude Derailed After Slamming Into A Truck In Haverstraw At The New Main Street...

  8. 04.17.2017

    SCHUMER: ULSTER RESIDENTS ARE IRKED AND FRUSTRATED WHEN CSX TRAIN IDLES FOR HOURS BLOCKING SEVERAL MAJOR ROADS IMPACTING RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES; SENATOR SAYS CSX NEEDS TO FIND ANOTHER AREA TO LEAVE TRAINS – CURRENT STOP IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN
    After Hearing Pleas From Ulster Residents Schumer Urges CSX To Move Its Idling Cars Which Are Blocking Off A Major Road Preventing Residents From Traveling Hurting Local Businesses Severing Closest Fire Department From Town Sc...

  9. 11.16.2016

    SCHUMER’S INTERVENTION SUCCESSFULLY MOVES FEDS TO TAKE FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARD REQUIRING OIL COMPANIES TO MAKE HIGHLY FLAMMABLE CRUDE OIL LESS VOLATILE BEFORE IT IS SHIPPED THROUGH NYS COMMUNITIES; CRUDE OIL IS BEING SHIPPED THROUGH UPSTATE NY IN HUNDREDS OF TANK CARS EACH DAY
    Component To Make Oil By Rail Safer Now Schumer Successfully Pushed Feds To Begin Process to Make The Actual Crude Oil Contained In Oil Cars Less Volatile Recent Oil Train Derailment In ......

  10. 09.17.2015

    SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FRA WILL PUSH RAILROAD COMPANIES TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF RAIL BRIDGES ACROSS NY WITH PASSENGERS & COMMUNITIES – SCHUMER SAYS COMMUNITIES DESERVE TO KNOW IF 3,000 PLUS TRAIN BRIDGES IN NYS, SOME OF WHICH ARE NOW CARRYING DANGEROUS CRUDE OIL TRAINS, ARE SAFE AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND
    Schumer Previously Revealed There Is Only 1 Fed Railroad Inspector For All 3 000 Train Bridges In NYS While Fed Inspector Has Impossible Task of Auditing All Privately Owned NY Bridges Railroad Companies...