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May 18, 2015 Schumer: Gateway National Recreation Area's Iconic Jacob Riis Bathhouse Should Be Refurbished Into A Multi-Functional Modern Visitor Facility For Beach Goers; Urges Feds To Provide Federal Funding To Transform Historic Art Deco Bathhouse & Make Major Ecological Improvements To Jamaica Bay's West Pond Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Approve University of Buffalo's Application For Majory Fed Funding That Could Be A Game-Changer For Cancer Research in WNY - Funds Would Enable UB And Its Partners To Immediately Begin New Cancer Research Projects Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2015 Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Temporary Protected Status for African Ebola Victims Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 15, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal Launch Major Campaign To Get Congress To Pass Four Point Rail Safety Plan in 2015; Dramatic Uptick in Rail Deaths This Year & This Week's Tragic Derailment Gives Optimism That Congress Can Finally Act; Railroads Must Create Culture of Safety Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2015 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Rep. Jerry Nadler
May 14, 2015 Subcommittee Unanimously Approves TSCA Modernization Act Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 14, 2015 Schumer Announces TSA Pre-Check Enrollment Center Is Coming to Syracuse Hancock International Airport; Currently, Local Residents Who Want To Enroll Must Travel To Oswego - New Enrollment Center Will Mean Shorter, More Convenient Security Lines For Travelers Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2015 House Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Sanctions Against Hezbollah Rep. Grace Meng, ...
May 13, 2015 Letter to Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia - Aerial Fumigation of Coca Crops Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 13, 2015 New Investigation Finds Failing American Food Safety System Causing Millions Of Illness, Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation To Final Establish Mandatory Recall Of Contaminated Meat & Poultry Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 13, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Safety Must Come First; We Have To Examine Rail Safety Across The Country Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 12, 2015 Schumer: NYC's Gateway National Recreation Area Should Be More Accessible To New Yorkers & Tourists; Senator Urges Dept. Of Interior To Begin Top-to-Bottom Review That could Link Subway Stops With Bus Routes & More - Plan Could Boost Park's Visitors, Better Support After-School & Youth Programs Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 12, 2015 Committee Releases Bipartisan TSCA Modernization Act, Markup This Week Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 12, 2015 Governor Cuomo Announces $141.3 Million to Build and Preserve Affordable Housing Across the State Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 12, 2015 Letter to Ernest Moniz, Secretary of the Department of Energy - Establish US-Israel Energy Center to Advance Energy Research and Innovation Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 11, 2015 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Ban the Box Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 11, 2015 Schumer Reveals: Surprise $250 Surcharge Being Sprung On Tens-Of-Thousands- Of LI & NY Homeowners With FEMA Flood Insurance; New & Unfair Policy On Renewals Spurs Senator To Warn Residents On How To Avoid Undercover Policy Change; Urges FEMA To Scrap The Confusing And Punitive Policy Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 11, 2015 Schumer Reveals: Amtrak Police Are Not Able To Directly Communicate With Other First Responders -- Could Create Huge Disaster Where Police On Trains & In Penn Station Are Not Able To Efficiently Reach Local Police & Fire Departments -- Reminiscent of 9/11; Schumer Pushes Feds To Grant Amtrak Full Access To NYC First-Responder Radio Line Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 11, 2015 Syracuse.com - NY congressman: Feds Should Help Us Fix Water Infrastructure Rep. Paul Tonko
May 11, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $16,000 In Federal Funding For Brier Hill Fire District Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Ensure Coverage for Critical Mental Health Care Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 8, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $12k In Fed Funds For Lackawanna Fire Department In Erie County Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $23k In Fed Funds For Western Turnpike Rescue Squad In Albany County Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Support of Iran Negotiations Signed by 150 Members Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
May 7, 2015 Schumer: Army Corps Should Extend Deadline On Pending Wetlands Permit For Proposed Expansion of CWM's Cheimical Waste LAndfill, Allowing Residents And Local Officials More Time To Fully Examine Local Impact; Niagara County Deserves At Least 90 Days To Review The Complicated Proposal Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Schumer: House Slashes Funding For Critical TIGER Grant Program That Would Make It Nearly Impossible For NY Communities To Access Vital Infrastructure Grants - Urges Restoration of Funding To Key Program Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $20,000 Federal Grant For Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps; Funding Means Vital Protective Equipment For First Responders Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Gillibrand Statement on Senate Passage of Iran Nuclear Agreement Act Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 7, 2015 Following String of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Deaths this Winter, Klobuchar, Schumer, Casey Renew Push to Protect Families from "Silent Killer" Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 7, 2015 Watertown Daily TImes - Stefanik Touts Biomass As Potential Growth Sector for North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik
May 6, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Breast Cancer Prevention Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
May 6, 2015 NYPD Hero Kille By Out-Of-State Gun; Schumer Demands Federal Crackdown On 'Iron Pipeline' & Gun Runners Who Bring Stolen Firearms From Georgia to NYC; Senator Urges ATF To Zero In On States Responsible For Torrent Of Stolen Guns To NYC Streets In Push To Protect The Public And The Cops That Protect Them Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 6, 2015 Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, John Kerry, Secretary of State - Temporary Protected Status for Nepal Natives Rep. Grace Meng, ...
May 5, 2015 Schumer Announces Important New Healthcare Designation For Upstate NY's Community HEalth Centers In Rochester, Albany, Dunkirk & Cornwall; Federal Designation Means Nearly $3 Million In Initial Funding To Help Increase Access To Health Services In Communitie With Vulnerable & Underserved Populations Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2015 Schumer Announces Important New Healthcare Designation For Staten Island's Community Health Center Of Richmond; Federal Designation Means Over $500k In Initial Funding To Help Increase Access To Health Services In NYC Communities With Vulnerable & Underserved Populations Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2015 Schumer: Western NY Company, Ecology And Environment, Inc., Completed Numerous Environmental Cleanup Projects In Kuwait & Saudi Arabia, But Has Yet To Be Paid Nearly $7 Million For Its Work - E&E Has Been Waiting 5 Long Years For Payment & Is Now In Danger Of Laying Off WNY Employees - Schumer Calls On Kuwait Ambassador & Saudi Officials To Resolve Cases Immediately Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2015 Crowley, Meng Call on Federal Government to Grant Temporary Protected Status to Nepali Nationals in Wake of Devastating Earthquake Rep. Grace Meng, ...
May 5, 2015 Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Passing of Officer Brian Moore Rep. Yvette Clarke
May 5, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Women Should Have Full Access to All FDA-Approved Contraception Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2015 New Education Department Data Shows Increase in Title IX Sexual Violence Complaints on College Campuses Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2015 Letter to Thad Cochran, Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations - Body Cameras for Police Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2015 Schumer Urges FEMA To Be Ready To Expedite Approval For Fire-Related Disaster Declaration For Hudson Valley Areas Impacted By The Currently Raging & Fast-Moving Forest Fire In Shawangunk Ridge State Forest - Fighting Flames Are Currently Exhausting All Resources & Over 25 Fire Departments Are Battling To Put Out Fires & Help Evacuate Residents From Homes Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $300,000 For The New York State Fire Training Academy In Montour Falls Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2015 Gillibrand Releases New Military Sexual Assault Report: New Data Revels high Prevalence of Assault Among Civilian Women & Military Spouses, Widening True Scope of Problem; underreporting and Distrust of Military Justice System Persist Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 4, 2015 Standing With New York Nepalese Families Whose Visas Will Expire & Have Nowhere To Go Because Homes & Neighborhoods Were Destroyed In Earthquake, Schumer Calls On Feds To Immediately Grant 'Temporary Protected Status' To Allow Nepalese To Stay In New York Until Country Recovers Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 Letter to Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - New York's application for a Fully-Integrated Dual Advantage Program Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
May 1, 2015 At Union College, Senator Gillibrand Meets with Students and Leads Organizing Effort to Combat Sexual Violence on College Campuses Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 1, 2015 Gillibrand Statement on Latest DOD Report on Sexual Assault in the Military Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 1, 2015 Schumer Pushes Feds T Cut Red Tape And Approve Fed Funding To Rebuild Broome County's Glen Aubry Fire Department Outside Of Flood Zone Feds Have Previously Denied Funding For Relocation, Depriving Community Of Essential Fire & Public Safety Services Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 After Schumer's Push, Senator Announces $3.3 Million For South Farmingdale Water District As A Result Of Major Settlement Reached With U.S. Navy; First Installment Of Funding Means Local Ratepayers Will Not Be On The Hook For New Water Treatment Facility Needed To Purify Groundwater Impacted By Bethpage Plume Contamination, Which Navy Caused Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
May 18, 2015 Schumer: Gateway National Recreation Area's Iconic Jacob Riis Bathhouse Should Be Refurbished Into A Multi-Functional Modern Visitor Facility For Beach Goers; Urges Feds To Provide Federal Funding To Transform Historic Art Deco Bathhouse & Make Major Ecological Improvements To Jamaica Bay's West Pond Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Approve University of Buffalo's Application For Majory Fed Funding That Could Be A Game-Changer For Cancer Research in WNY - Funds Would Enable UB And Its Partners To Immediately Begin New Cancer Research Projects Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 15, 2015 Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Temporary Protected Status for African Ebola Victims Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 15, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal Launch Major Campaign To Get Congress To Pass Four Point Rail Safety Plan in 2015; Dramatic Uptick in Rail Deaths This Year & This Week's Tragic Derailment Gives Optimism That Congress Can Finally Act; Railroads Must Create Culture of Safety Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2015 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Rep.Jerry Nadler
May 14, 2015 Subcommittee Unanimously Approves TSCA Modernization Act Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 14, 2015 Schumer Announces TSA Pre-Check Enrollment Center Is Coming to Syracuse Hancock International Airport; Currently, Local Residents Who Want To Enroll Must Travel To Oswego - New Enrollment Center Will Mean Shorter, More Convenient Security Lines For Travelers Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 14, 2015 House Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Sanctions Against Hezbollah Rep.Grace Meng, ...
May 13, 2015 Letter to Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia - Aerial Fumigation of Coca Crops Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 13, 2015 New Investigation Finds Failing American Food Safety System Causing Millions Of Illness, Gillibrand Introduces New Legislation To Final Establish Mandatory Recall Of Contaminated Meat & Poultry Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 13, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Safety Must Come First; We Have To Examine Rail Safety Across The Country Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 12, 2015 Schumer: NYC's Gateway National Recreation Area Should Be More Accessible To New Yorkers & Tourists; Senator Urges Dept. Of Interior To Begin Top-to-Bottom Review That could Link Subway Stops With Bus Routes & More - Plan Could Boost Park's Visitors, Better Support After-School & Youth Programs Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 12, 2015 Committee Releases Bipartisan TSCA Modernization Act, Markup This Week Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 12, 2015 Governor Cuomo Announces $141.3 Million to Build and Preserve Affordable Housing Across the State Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 12, 2015 Letter to Ernest Moniz, Secretary of the Department of Energy - Establish US-Israel Energy Center to Advance Energy Research and Innovation Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 11, 2015 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Ban the Box Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 11, 2015 Schumer Reveals: Surprise $250 Surcharge Being Sprung On Tens-Of-Thousands- Of LI & NY Homeowners With FEMA Flood Insurance; New & Unfair Policy On Renewals Spurs Senator To Warn Residents On How To Avoid Undercover Policy Change; Urges FEMA To Scrap The Confusing And Punitive Policy Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 11, 2015 Schumer Reveals: Amtrak Police Are Not Able To Directly Communicate With Other First Responders -- Could Create Huge Disaster Where Police On Trains & In Penn Station Are Not Able To Efficiently Reach Local Police & Fire Departments -- Reminiscent of 9/11; Schumer Pushes Feds To Grant Amtrak Full Access To NYC First-Responder Radio Line Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 11, 2015 Syracuse.com - NY congressman: Feds Should Help Us Fix Water Infrastructure Rep.Paul Tonko
May 11, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $16,000 In Federal Funding For Brier Hill Fire District Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Ensure Coverage for Critical Mental Health Care Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 8, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $12k In Fed Funds For Lackawanna Fire Department In Erie County Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 8, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $23k In Fed Funds For Western Turnpike Rescue Squad In Albany County Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Support of Iran Negotiations Signed by 150 Members Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
May 7, 2015 Schumer: Army Corps Should Extend Deadline On Pending Wetlands Permit For Proposed Expansion of CWM's Cheimical Waste LAndfill, Allowing Residents And Local Officials More Time To Fully Examine Local Impact; Niagara County Deserves At Least 90 Days To Review The Complicated Proposal Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Schumer: House Slashes Funding For Critical TIGER Grant Program That Would Make It Nearly Impossible For NY Communities To Access Vital Infrastructure Grants - Urges Restoration of Funding To Key Program Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $20,000 Federal Grant For Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps; Funding Means Vital Protective Equipment For First Responders Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 7, 2015 Gillibrand Statement on Senate Passage of Iran Nuclear Agreement Act Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 7, 2015 Following String of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Deaths this Winter, Klobuchar, Schumer, Casey Renew Push to Protect Families from "Silent Killer" Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 7, 2015 Watertown Daily TImes - Stefanik Touts Biomass As Potential Growth Sector for North Country Rep.Elise Stefanik
May 6, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Breast Cancer Prevention Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
May 6, 2015 NYPD Hero Kille By Out-Of-State Gun; Schumer Demands Federal Crackdown On 'Iron Pipeline' & Gun Runners Who Bring Stolen Firearms From Georgia to NYC; Senator Urges ATF To Zero In On States Responsible For Torrent Of Stolen Guns To NYC Streets In Push To Protect The Public And The Cops That Protect Them Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 6, 2015 Letter to Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, John Kerry, Secretary of State - Temporary Protected Status for Nepal Natives Rep.Grace Meng, ...
May 5, 2015 Schumer Announces Important New Healthcare Designation For Upstate NY's Community HEalth Centers In Rochester, Albany, Dunkirk & Cornwall; Federal Designation Means Nearly $3 Million In Initial Funding To Help Increase Access To Health Services In Communitie With Vulnerable & Underserved Populations Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2015 Schumer Announces Important New Healthcare Designation For Staten Island's Community Health Center Of Richmond; Federal Designation Means Over $500k In Initial Funding To Help Increase Access To Health Services In NYC Communities With Vulnerable & Underserved Populations Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2015 Schumer: Western NY Company, Ecology And Environment, Inc., Completed Numerous Environmental Cleanup Projects In Kuwait & Saudi Arabia, But Has Yet To Be Paid Nearly $7 Million For Its Work - E&E Has Been Waiting 5 Long Years For Payment & Is Now In Danger Of Laying Off WNY Employees - Schumer Calls On Kuwait Ambassador & Saudi Officials To Resolve Cases Immediately Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 5, 2015 Crowley, Meng Call on Federal Government to Grant Temporary Protected Status to Nepali Nationals in Wake of Devastating Earthquake Rep.Grace Meng, ...
May 5, 2015 Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Passing of Officer Brian Moore Rep.Yvette Clarke
May 5, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Women Should Have Full Access to All FDA-Approved Contraception Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2015 New Education Department Data Shows Increase in Title IX Sexual Violence Complaints on College Campuses Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2015 Letter to Thad Cochran, Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations - Body Cameras for Police Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 5, 2015 Schumer Urges FEMA To Be Ready To Expedite Approval For Fire-Related Disaster Declaration For Hudson Valley Areas Impacted By The Currently Raging & Fast-Moving Forest Fire In Shawangunk Ridge State Forest - Fighting Flames Are Currently Exhausting All Resources & Over 25 Fire Departments Are Battling To Put Out Fires & Help Evacuate Residents From Homes Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $300,000 For The New York State Fire Training Academy In Montour Falls Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2015 Gillibrand Releases New Military Sexual Assault Report: New Data Revels high Prevalence of Assault Among Civilian Women & Military Spouses, Widening True Scope of Problem; underreporting and Distrust of Military Justice System Persist Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 4, 2015 Standing With New York Nepalese Families Whose Visas Will Expire & Have Nowhere To Go Because Homes & Neighborhoods Were Destroyed In Earthquake, Schumer Calls On Feds To Immediately Grant 'Temporary Protected Status' To Allow Nepalese To Stay In New York Until Country Recovers Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 Letter to Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - New York's application for a Fully-Integrated Dual Advantage Program Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
May 1, 2015 At Union College, Senator Gillibrand Meets with Students and Leads Organizing Effort to Combat Sexual Violence on College Campuses Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 1, 2015 Gillibrand Statement on Latest DOD Report on Sexual Assault in the Military Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 1, 2015 Schumer Pushes Feds T Cut Red Tape And Approve Fed Funding To Rebuild Broome County's Glen Aubry Fire Department Outside Of Flood Zone Feds Have Previously Denied Funding For Relocation, Depriving Community Of Essential Fire & Public Safety Services Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 After Schumer's Push, Senator Announces $3.3 Million For South Farmingdale Water District As A Result Of Major Settlement Reached With U.S. Navy; First Installment Of Funding Means Local Ratepayers Will Not Be On The Hook For New Water Treatment Facility Needed To Purify Groundwater Impacted By Bethpage Plume Contamination, Which Navy Caused Sen.Chuck Schumer
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