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July 10, 2015
Meng Issues Statement on New Video Showing Train-Truck Crash in Maspeth, Queens
Rep. Grace Meng
July 7, 2015
Schumer Launches Three-Pronged Effort To Make Roads Safer For residents In Westchester & Rockland County' Will Call On Feds To Analyze Dangerous Roads And Intersections, Make Safety Recommendations & Then Implement Them To Help Prevent Future Accidents
Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 6, 2015
Schumer: Tonawanda Creek Road Has Been Closed For Months, After Completely Collapsing Due To Erosion & Lack of Fed Funding To Maintain Roads; Closure Causing Major Inconvenience For Local Residents And Forcing Cars & First Responders To Divert To Different Roads; Senator Calls For Immediate Passage Of Federal Highway Bill To Help Pay For Local Needs, Like Urgent Erie County Road Projects
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2015
Schumer, Goldfeder, Richards Urge US Coast Guard & MTA To Consider Extending Right-Of-Way Peak Hours For Trains Along Rockaway's Channel Rail Bridge; Would Help Prevent Delays Along 'A' Train By Limiting Bridge Lift Times That Often Disrupt Rush Hour Commutes For Passengers
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 26, 2015
Schumer: Federal Aviation Administration Should Stay Out Of Aircraft Noise Lawsuit Between Town Of East Hampton & Aviation Industry
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $760k In Fed Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport In Onondaga County
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $315k In Fed Funding For Westchester County Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $760K in Fed Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Onondaga County
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $315K In Fed Funding For Westchester County Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 24, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand & Tonko Announce Over $554,000 In Federal Funding For Albany International Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand & Tonko Announce Over $554,000 in Federal Funding for Albany International Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 19, 2015
Tonko Announces Federal Funding for Albany International
Rep. Paul Tonko
June 17, 2015
Schumer Announces, Three Days After His Push, Int'l Air Transport Association Grounds Proposal To Shrink Carry-on Bag Size For Travelers; IATA Plans To Suspend & Reassess New Luggage Policy
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2015
Letter to CEOs of Ten Major Airlines - Shrinking Size of Carry-on Bags
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 15, 2015
Schumer Tours Site Of Rail-Grade Crossings Gates & Signals As Federal Inspectors Assess Their Safet, Senator Also Announces New Push For Rail Crossing Legislation To Supplement Final Phases Of Current Investigation
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2015
Schumer Demands Airlines Ground Their Plan To Reduce The Size Of Allowable, Carry-On Luggage; New Proposal Would Force Air Travelers To Pay More In Fees Or Spend Hundreds On New Luggage; Proposal Must Be Sent Packing Before It's Too Late
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $151,000 In Federal Funding For Adirondack Regional Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2015
Schumer Urges Feds To Green Light Amtrak To Buy New, Safer, More Modern Acela Trains, That Could Help Companies Across The Country, Including Alstrom In Hornell; New 43 Billion Train Project Could Jump Start Local Manufacturing & Create Hundreds Of Good Paying, Middle-Class Jobs
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $151,000 In Federal Funding For Adirondack Regional Airport
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $585,000 In Federal Funding For Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $585,000 In Federal Funding For Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 10, 2015
Queens Courier - Congresswoman Meng Pushes for EPA Action on Airplane Noise
Rep. Grace Meng
June 9, 2015
Schumer Announces FRA Has Heeded Call, Will Push Railroads To Install & Implement Critical Safety System Along Rail Routes Throughout Upstate New York; Lessons From Philadelphia Derailment Will Be Applied In New York
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 9, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million In Federal Funding For Josephy Y. Resnick Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 9, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million In Federal Funding For Joseph Y. Resnick Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 8, 2015
Gillibrand Urges FAA To Fund Ogdensburg Airport Expansion, Bring In Lower Cost Flights
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
June 8, 2015
Letter to Michael Huerta, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration - Funding the Runaway Expansion Request for Ogdensburg Airport
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
June 8, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Urges FAA Approval of Important Funds for Ogdensburg International Airport
Rep. Elise Stefanik
June 5, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $720,000 In Federal Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 5, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $234,000 In Federal Funding For Westchester County Airport
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 4, 2015
Schumer: Federal Railroad Administration Has Heeded Call & Agreed To Investigate Reports Of Malfunctioning Rail-Grade Crossing Gates & Signals Throughout Rochester Area -- Following Monday's Deadly Crash, Schumer Urged Feds To Look At Multiple Reports Of Gates Failing To Function As Designed, Causing Drivers To Disregard Crossings & Put Lives In Danger
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 4, 2015
Schumer Calls For An Immediate Federal Railroad Administration Investigation, In Light Of Recent Reports Of Malfunctioning Rail Grade Crossing Gates & Signals Throughout Rochester Area -- Multiple Reports Of Gates Failing To Function As Designed, Causing Drivers To Disregard Crossings & Put Lives In Danger
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2015
Schumer: In Light Of Disturbing TSA Failure To Detect Explosives & Weapons At Airports Across The Country, Senator Calls For Top-To-Bottom Review Of Employee Training & Equipment Testing By DHS Inspector General; Continuation Of 'Red Team' Tests At All Major Airports
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2015
Schumer Announces Feds Have Agreed To Meet & Work With Locals And NYS Dept Of Transportation To Audit And Evaluate Site Of Deadly Ithaca Commons Truck Crash; Effort Could Help Pave The Way For Fed Funding To Improve Safety At The Intersection To Help Prevent Accidents Like Last Summer's From Happening
Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2015
With More than One-In-Three New York Bridges in Need of Repair, Gillibrand Announces New Measure to Give States the Authority to Use More Federal Funds on Local Bridge Improvement Projects
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
June 2, 2015
Congressman Nadler Statement on Protecting Public Health and Safety with Sunshine in Litigation Act
Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 2, 2015
Congressman Nadler Statement on Highway Trust Fund Extension
Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 1, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure Key Committee Approval of More Than Seven Million to the 107th Air Wing
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
June 1, 2015
Schumer: In Wake Of Most Recent, Dangerous Green-Laser Attack On Five Pilots Flying Out Of And To New York, Senator Renews Push For FDA To Ban The Sale Of The Most High-Powered, Long-Range Green Laser Pointers; Evil-Doers & Pranksters Purposely Use Green Lasers To Harass Pilots, But Serious Consequences Include Blindness & Disorientation While Flying Plane Full Of Passengers In The Air
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 28, 2015
Rep. Jeffries Statement on the Importance of Ride-Sharing Services in New York City
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
May 21, 2015
Letter to Susan Collins, Chairman, and Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Increasing Funding for Positive Train Control
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 20, 2015
Transportation Infrastructure
Rep. Jerry Nadler
May 19, 2015
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
Rep. Jerry Nadler
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
IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act
Sen. Chuck Schumer
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
Roll Call - Schumer Rebuts Boehner, Ties Amtrak Funding to Crash
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 13, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State, and Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - Foreign Airline Subsidies
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
May 13, 2015
Schumer, Blumenthal: Safety Must Come First; We Have To Examine Rail Safety Across The Country
Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2015
U.S. Rep Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Death of Midshipman Justin Zemser
Rep. Gregory Meeks
Date
Title
Politician
July 10, 2015
Meng Issues Statement on New Video Showing Train-Truck Crash in Maspeth, Queens
Rep.Grace Meng
July 7, 2015
Schumer Launches Three-Pronged Effort To Make Roads Safer For residents In Westchester & Rockland County' Will Call On Feds To Analyze Dangerous Roads And Intersections, Make Safety Recommendations & Then Implement Them To Help Prevent Future Accidents
Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 6, 2015
Schumer: Tonawanda Creek Road Has Been Closed For Months, After Completely Collapsing Due To Erosion & Lack of Fed Funding To Maintain Roads; Closure Causing Major Inconvenience For Local Residents And Forcing Cars & First Responders To Divert To Different Roads; Senator Calls For Immediate Passage Of Federal Highway Bill To Help Pay For Local Needs, Like Urgent Erie County Road Projects
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 29, 2015
Schumer, Goldfeder, Richards Urge US Coast Guard & MTA To Consider Extending Right-Of-Way Peak Hours For Trains Along Rockaway's Channel Rail Bridge; Would Help Prevent Delays Along 'A' Train By Limiting Bridge Lift Times That Often Disrupt Rush Hour Commutes For Passengers
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 26, 2015
Schumer: Federal Aviation Administration Should Stay Out Of Aircraft Noise Lawsuit Between Town Of East Hampton & Aviation Industry
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $760k In Fed Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport In Onondaga County
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $315k In Fed Funding For Westchester County Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $760K in Fed Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Onondaga County
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 25, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $315K In Fed Funding For Westchester County Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 24, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand & Tonko Announce Over $554,000 In Federal Funding For Albany International Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand & Tonko Announce Over $554,000 in Federal Funding for Albany International Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 19, 2015
Tonko Announces Federal Funding for Albany International
Rep.Paul Tonko
June 17, 2015
Schumer Announces, Three Days After His Push, Int'l Air Transport Association Grounds Proposal To Shrink Carry-on Bag Size For Travelers; IATA Plans To Suspend & Reassess New Luggage Policy
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 16, 2015
Letter to CEOs of Ten Major Airlines - Shrinking Size of Carry-on Bags
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 15, 2015
Schumer Tours Site Of Rail-Grade Crossings Gates & Signals As Federal Inspectors Assess Their Safet, Senator Also Announces New Push For Rail Crossing Legislation To Supplement Final Phases Of Current Investigation
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 15, 2015
Schumer Demands Airlines Ground Their Plan To Reduce The Size Of Allowable, Carry-On Luggage; New Proposal Would Force Air Travelers To Pay More In Fees Or Spend Hundreds On New Luggage; Proposal Must Be Sent Packing Before It's Too Late
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $151,000 In Federal Funding For Adirondack Regional Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2015
Schumer Urges Feds To Green Light Amtrak To Buy New, Safer, More Modern Acela Trains, That Could Help Companies Across The Country, Including Alstrom In Hornell; New 43 Billion Train Project Could Jump Start Local Manufacturing & Create Hundreds Of Good Paying, Middle-Class Jobs
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $151,000 In Federal Funding For Adirondack Regional Airport
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $585,000 In Federal Funding For Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 12, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $585,000 In Federal Funding For Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 10, 2015
Queens Courier - Congresswoman Meng Pushes for EPA Action on Airplane Noise
Rep.Grace Meng
June 9, 2015
Schumer Announces FRA Has Heeded Call, Will Push Railroads To Install & Implement Critical Safety System Along Rail Routes Throughout Upstate New York; Lessons From Philadelphia Derailment Will Be Applied In New York
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 9, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million In Federal Funding For Josephy Y. Resnick Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 9, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Over $1.2 Million In Federal Funding For Joseph Y. Resnick Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 8, 2015
Gillibrand Urges FAA To Fund Ogdensburg Airport Expansion, Bring In Lower Cost Flights
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
June 8, 2015
Letter to Michael Huerta, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration - Funding the Runaway Expansion Request for Ogdensburg Airport
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
June 8, 2015
Congresswoman Stefanik Urges FAA Approval of Important Funds for Ogdensburg International Airport
Rep.Elise Stefanik
June 5, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $720,000 In Federal Funding For Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 5, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $234,000 In Federal Funding For Westchester County Airport
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 4, 2015
Schumer: Federal Railroad Administration Has Heeded Call & Agreed To Investigate Reports Of Malfunctioning Rail-Grade Crossing Gates & Signals Throughout Rochester Area -- Following Monday's Deadly Crash, Schumer Urged Feds To Look At Multiple Reports Of Gates Failing To Function As Designed, Causing Drivers To Disregard Crossings & Put Lives In Danger
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 4, 2015
Schumer Calls For An Immediate Federal Railroad Administration Investigation, In Light Of Recent Reports Of Malfunctioning Rail Grade Crossing Gates & Signals Throughout Rochester Area -- Multiple Reports Of Gates Failing To Function As Designed, Causing Drivers To Disregard Crossings & Put Lives In Danger
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2015
Schumer: In Light Of Disturbing TSA Failure To Detect Explosives & Weapons At Airports Across The Country, Senator Calls For Top-To-Bottom Review Of Employee Training & Equipment Testing By DHS Inspector General; Continuation Of 'Red Team' Tests At All Major Airports
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2015
Schumer Announces Feds Have Agreed To Meet & Work With Locals And NYS Dept Of Transportation To Audit And Evaluate Site Of Deadly Ithaca Commons Truck Crash; Effort Could Help Pave The Way For Fed Funding To Improve Safety At The Intersection To Help Prevent Accidents Like Last Summer's From Happening
Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 2, 2015
With More than One-In-Three New York Bridges in Need of Repair, Gillibrand Announces New Measure to Give States the Authority to Use More Federal Funds on Local Bridge Improvement Projects
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
June 2, 2015
Congressman Nadler Statement on Protecting Public Health and Safety with Sunshine in Litigation Act
Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 2, 2015
Congressman Nadler Statement on Highway Trust Fund Extension
Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 1, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Secure Key Committee Approval of More Than Seven Million to the 107th Air Wing
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
June 1, 2015
Schumer: In Wake Of Most Recent, Dangerous Green-Laser Attack On Five Pilots Flying Out Of And To New York, Senator Renews Push For FDA To Ban The Sale Of The Most High-Powered, Long-Range Green Laser Pointers; Evil-Doers & Pranksters Purposely Use Green Lasers To Harass Pilots, But Serious Consequences Include Blindness & Disorientation While Flying Plane Full Of Passengers In The Air
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 28, 2015
Rep. Jeffries Statement on the Importance of Ride-Sharing Services in New York City
Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
May 21, 2015
Letter to Susan Collins, Chairman, and Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Increasing Funding for Positive Train Control
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
May 20, 2015
Transportation Infrastructure
Rep.Jerry Nadler
May 19, 2015
Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015
Rep.Jerry Nadler
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
IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act
Sen.Chuck Schumer
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
Roll Call - Schumer Rebuts Boehner, Ties Amtrak Funding to Crash
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 13, 2015
Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State, and Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - Foreign Airline Subsidies
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
May 13, 2015
Schumer, Blumenthal: Safety Must Come First; We Have To Examine Rail Safety Across The Country
Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2015
U.S. Rep Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Death of Midshipman Justin Zemser
Rep.Gregory Meeks
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