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May 13, 2015 U.S. Rep Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Death of Midshipman Justin Zemser Rep. Gregory Meeks
May 13, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Safety Must Come First; We Have To Examine Rail Safety Across The Country Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2015 As Infrastructure Week Begins, Tonko Calls on House to Avert Shutdown of Highway Trust Fund Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
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 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 Letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, United States Postal Service - U.S. Postal Service Must Invest in Modern and Efficient Delivery Fleet Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
May 5, 2015 Schumer: Local Residents Irked And Frustrated When Trains Idle For hours Outside Their Homes, Polluting The Air & Spewing Noxious Fumes Into Homes; Senator Says Norfolk Southern Made The Right Call By Creating A Direct Line For Locals To Report Complaints Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2015 Schumer Announces Legislation To Fix Major Shortcomings Of Recent Promulgated Fed Rule On Oil-By-Rail; Current Rule Takes 8 Years To Fully Phase Out Dangerous Oil Cars & Leaves Out Capital Region From Major Speed Protections; New Legislation To Fix These & Other Shortcomings Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 Boxer, Schumer, McCaskill Re-Introduce 'Safe Rental Car Act' to Keep Rental Cars Under Safety Recall Off the Roads Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
May 1, 2015 Schumer, Boxer, McCaskill Re-Introduce Safe Rental Car Act To Keep Rental Cars Under Recall Off The Roads And Ban Rental Car Companies From Renting Or Selling Recalled Vehicles Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 Tonko Releases Statement on Oil Train Safety Announcement Rep. Paul Tonko
April 30, 2015 Letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Airplane Noise Rep. Grace Meng
April 30, 2015 Schumer Introduces Legislation To Incentivize Rail Companies To Phase Out Dangerous Crude Oil-Carrying Tanker Cars Sooner Rather Than Later -- Bill Would Place A Fee on Old & Dangerous Rail Cars Carrying Volatile Crude, And Give Financial Incentive To Those Who Phase Out Within 3 Years Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 30, 2015 Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State, Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - U.S. Open Skies Policy Rep. Grace Meng, ...
April 30, 2015 Wyden, Schumer, Feinstein, Casey, Merkley, Brown, Warner Introduce Bill to Protect Communities from Oil Train Accidents Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
April 28, 2015 Letter to Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Committee on Finance - Highway Trust Fund Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
April 23, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple Rochester Finger Lakes Area Bus And Train Manufacturers Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 23, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple Southern Tier Bus and Train Manufacturers Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 23, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple North Country Bus And Train Manufacturers Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 20, 2015 Schumer: Feds Must Fund $64M Modernization Project For the US Plaza At the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge To Help Alleviate Crippling Delays; Would Create And Sustain Over 1,500 Construction Jobs & Cut Down On Egregious Wait Times -- Schumer Launches Campaign to Have Feds Approve Funds ASAP Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 20, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Despite Recent Rail Crashes, Like Spuyten Duyvil & Derailment of Dangerous Oil Cars, Positive Train Control, Best Way to Prevent Dangerous Crashes, Has Not Yet Been Implemented; Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring PTC by 2018, For Both Passenger & Freight Trains Carrying Hazardous Oil Cars Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
April 20, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Despite Recent Rail Crashes, Like Puyten Duyvil & Derailment Of Dangerous Oil Cars, Positive Train Control, Best Way To Prevent Dangerous Crashes, Has Not Yet Been Implemented; Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring PTC By 2018, For Both Passenger & Freight Trains Carrying Hazardous Oil Cars Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 16, 2015 Schumer, Higgins Urge Feds to Expedite Approvals for Life-Saving Helicopter Landing Pad at New John R. OiShei Children's Hospital on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
April 16, 2015 Schumer, Higgins Urge Feds To Expedite Approvals For Life-Saving Helicopter Landing Pad At New John R. Oishei Children's Hospital On The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus -- Helipad Will Be Crucial For Pediatric Emergency Crews Transporting Critically Ill & Injured Patients Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 13, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $3 Million In Funding For Positive Train Control, Rail Safety Improvements Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 9, 2015 Schumer: With Only 1 Federal Railroad Inspector For All 3,000 Train Bridges In NYS, Which Are Now Carrying Dangerous Crude Oil Trains, Senator Calls For More Railroad Bridge Inspectors Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 6, 2015 Schumer Announces: "Prepare For Takeoff"; JetBlue Airways Will Begin Long-Awaited Albany Flights On December 10th With Non-Stop Service To Ft. Lauderdale & Orlando -- Flights Available For Purchase Online Starting Today; Will Enable Capital Region Travelers To Fly Directly To Florida Without Layovers Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 1, 2015 Letter to Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Standards for Transporting Flammable Material Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 31, 2015 Schumer: New I-95 Tolls Placed By Connecticut On NY Border Could Back Up 14,000 Trucks And Cars & Divert Traffic Into Rye & Port Chester, Overwhelming Local Streets As Drivers Avoid Toll; Plan Should Not Progress Without Adequate Community Input -- Schumer Calls On CT Officials To Listen To And Incorporate NY Concerns Before Moving Forward Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 27, 2015 Letter to Secretary Anthony Foxx, Department of Transportation - Bird Strike Prevention Technology at Nation's Airports Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
March 26, 2015 Schumer Leads Group Of Senators From Six Key States In Full-Court Press Urging Feds To Release Strongest Rul Possible, As Soon As Possible, To Toughen Tank Car Standards For Crude Oil Transportation By Rail Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 25, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand, Nadler Announce Over $343 Million In Federal Sandy-Relief Funding For MTA's South Ferry Terminal Station Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2015 Schumer Calls on FAA to End Delays & Approve Critical Plan to Extend Runway at Macarthur Airport to Attract More Airlines & Improve Safety For Flyers; With FAA Predicting Major Flight Congestion at JFK & LGA in Next Decade - Time is of the Essence to Get Macarthur infrastructure Up to Speed Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2015 Velázquez Releases Report on GOP Budget and NYC Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
March 23, 2015 Schumer Calls For TSA Pre-Check Enrollment Center at Syracuse Hancock International Airport; Currently, Local Residents Who Want to Enroll Must Travel to Oswego - New Enrollment Center Would Mean Shorter, More Convenient Security Lines For Syracuse Travelers Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2015 Letter to Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Finalize New Oil Tank Car Standards Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 23, 2015 Letter to the Honorable Susan Collins, Charmin of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies - Crude Oil by Rail Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 23, 2015 Letter to Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee, and David Price, Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee - TIGER Transportation Funding Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
March 23, 2015 Feinstein Supports Call for Crude-by-Rail Safety Investments Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 17, 2015 Letter to Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations, Mike Simpson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations, and Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations - Harbor Maintenance Funding Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
March 15, 2015 Schumer Calls on FDA to Ban The Sale of the Most Dangerous High-Powered, Long-Range Green Laser Pointers, Which Are The Weapon of Choice that Evil-Doers & Pranksters Use to Blind & Disorient Pilots While in the Air; Cites New Data on Recent Surge of Incidents Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 13, 2015 Governor Cuomo Announces Reconstruction of Routes 3 and 30 in Tupper Lake Rep. Elise Stefanik, ...
March 9, 2015 Eight Members Of Congress Ask Uber, Lyft, Sidecar To Adopt Fingerprint-Based Background Checks Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
March 8, 2015 Schumer: New GAO Report Reveals That FAA's Computer System is Dangerously Vulnerable to Hackers, Which Could Lead to Sony-Like Takeover of System by Cyber-Criminals While Thousands of Planes Are in Air; Calls on FAA to Expeditiously Implement All Expert-Recommended Cybersecurity Upgrades Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 6, 2015 Letter to Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation - Grant Funding to Airports Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 5, 2015 Meng Secures More Airplane Noise Monitors for Queens Rep. Grace Meng
March 4, 2015 Schumer: Bakken Crude Oil Shipped Through Upstate NY in Hundreds of Tank Cars Each Day is Far More Flammable & Dangerous Than Other Types - Senator Demands Fed Require Oil Companies to Make Highly Flammable Crude Oil Less Volatile Before it is Shipped Through NY Communities Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 4, 2015 Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015 Rep. Jerry Nadler
Feb. 23, 2015 Meng, Nadler, and Matsui Secure $30 Million to Upgrade Nation's Old Diesel Engines Rep. Grace Meng
Feb. 19, 2015 Governor Cuomo Announces $28 Million for Flood Protection at LaGuardia Airport Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Date Title Politician
May 13, 2015 U.S. Rep Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Death of Midshipman Justin Zemser Rep.Gregory Meeks
May 13, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Safety Must Come First; We Have To Examine Rail Safety Across The Country Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 13, 2015 As Infrastructure Week Begins, Tonko Calls on House to Avert Shutdown of Highway Trust Fund Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
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 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 Letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, United States Postal Service - U.S. Postal Service Must Invest in Modern and Efficient Delivery Fleet Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
May 5, 2015 Schumer: Local Residents Irked And Frustrated When Trains Idle For hours Outside Their Homes, Polluting The Air & Spewing Noxious Fumes Into Homes; Senator Says Norfolk Southern Made The Right Call By Creating A Direct Line For Locals To Report Complaints Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 4, 2015 Schumer Announces Legislation To Fix Major Shortcomings Of Recent Promulgated Fed Rule On Oil-By-Rail; Current Rule Takes 8 Years To Fully Phase Out Dangerous Oil Cars & Leaves Out Capital Region From Major Speed Protections; New Legislation To Fix These & Other Shortcomings Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 Boxer, Schumer, McCaskill Re-Introduce 'Safe Rental Car Act' to Keep Rental Cars Under Safety Recall Off the Roads Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
May 1, 2015 Schumer, Boxer, McCaskill Re-Introduce Safe Rental Car Act To Keep Rental Cars Under Recall Off The Roads And Ban Rental Car Companies From Renting Or Selling Recalled Vehicles Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 1, 2015 Tonko Releases Statement on Oil Train Safety Announcement Rep.Paul Tonko
April 30, 2015 Letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Airplane Noise Rep.Grace Meng
April 30, 2015 Schumer Introduces Legislation To Incentivize Rail Companies To Phase Out Dangerous Crude Oil-Carrying Tanker Cars Sooner Rather Than Later -- Bill Would Place A Fee on Old & Dangerous Rail Cars Carrying Volatile Crude, And Give Financial Incentive To Those Who Phase Out Within 3 Years Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 30, 2015 Letter to John Kerry, Secretary of State, Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation - U.S. Open Skies Policy Rep.Grace Meng, ...
April 30, 2015 Wyden, Schumer, Feinstein, Casey, Merkley, Brown, Warner Introduce Bill to Protect Communities from Oil Train Accidents Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
April 28, 2015 Letter to Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Committee on Finance - Highway Trust Fund Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
April 23, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple Rochester Finger Lakes Area Bus And Train Manufacturers Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 23, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple Southern Tier Bus and Train Manufacturers Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 23, 2015 Schumer Urges Feds To Reverse Course On Transit Proposal That Could Put Hundreds Of Local Jobs At Risk & Cripple North Country Bus And Train Manufacturers Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 20, 2015 Schumer: Feds Must Fund $64M Modernization Project For the US Plaza At the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge To Help Alleviate Crippling Delays; Would Create And Sustain Over 1,500 Construction Jobs & Cut Down On Egregious Wait Times -- Schumer Launches Campaign to Have Feds Approve Funds ASAP Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 20, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Despite Recent Rail Crashes, Like Spuyten Duyvil & Derailment of Dangerous Oil Cars, Positive Train Control, Best Way to Prevent Dangerous Crashes, Has Not Yet Been Implemented; Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring PTC by 2018, For Both Passenger & Freight Trains Carrying Hazardous Oil Cars Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
April 20, 2015 Schumer, Blumenthal: Despite Recent Rail Crashes, Like Puyten Duyvil & Derailment Of Dangerous Oil Cars, Positive Train Control, Best Way To Prevent Dangerous Crashes, Has Not Yet Been Implemented; Senators Introduce Legislation Requiring PTC By 2018, For Both Passenger & Freight Trains Carrying Hazardous Oil Cars Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 16, 2015 Schumer, Higgins Urge Feds to Expedite Approvals for Life-Saving Helicopter Landing Pad at New John R. OiShei Children's Hospital on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
April 16, 2015 Schumer, Higgins Urge Feds To Expedite Approvals For Life-Saving Helicopter Landing Pad At New John R. Oishei Children's Hospital On The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus -- Helipad Will Be Crucial For Pediatric Emergency Crews Transporting Critically Ill & Injured Patients Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 13, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $3 Million In Funding For Positive Train Control, Rail Safety Improvements Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 9, 2015 Schumer: With Only 1 Federal Railroad Inspector For All 3,000 Train Bridges In NYS, Which Are Now Carrying Dangerous Crude Oil Trains, Senator Calls For More Railroad Bridge Inspectors Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 6, 2015 Schumer Announces: "Prepare For Takeoff"; JetBlue Airways Will Begin Long-Awaited Albany Flights On December 10th With Non-Stop Service To Ft. Lauderdale & Orlando -- Flights Available For Purchase Online Starting Today; Will Enable Capital Region Travelers To Fly Directly To Florida Without Layovers Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 1, 2015 Letter to Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Standards for Transporting Flammable Material Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 31, 2015 Schumer: New I-95 Tolls Placed By Connecticut On NY Border Could Back Up 14,000 Trucks And Cars & Divert Traffic Into Rye & Port Chester, Overwhelming Local Streets As Drivers Avoid Toll; Plan Should Not Progress Without Adequate Community Input -- Schumer Calls On CT Officials To Listen To And Incorporate NY Concerns Before Moving Forward Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 27, 2015 Letter to Secretary Anthony Foxx, Department of Transportation - Bird Strike Prevention Technology at Nation's Airports Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
March 26, 2015 Schumer Leads Group Of Senators From Six Key States In Full-Court Press Urging Feds To Release Strongest Rul Possible, As Soon As Possible, To Toughen Tank Car Standards For Crude Oil Transportation By Rail Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 25, 2015 Schumer, Gillibrand, Nadler Announce Over $343 Million In Federal Sandy-Relief Funding For MTA's South Ferry Terminal Station Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2015 Schumer Calls on FAA to End Delays & Approve Critical Plan to Extend Runway at Macarthur Airport to Attract More Airlines & Improve Safety For Flyers; With FAA Predicting Major Flight Congestion at JFK & LGA in Next Decade - Time is of the Essence to Get Macarthur infrastructure Up to Speed Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2015 Velázquez Releases Report on GOP Budget and NYC Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
March 23, 2015 Schumer Calls For TSA Pre-Check Enrollment Center at Syracuse Hancock International Airport; Currently, Local Residents Who Want to Enroll Must Travel to Oswego - New Enrollment Center Would Mean Shorter, More Convenient Security Lines For Syracuse Travelers Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2015 Letter to Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Finalize New Oil Tank Car Standards Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 23, 2015 Letter to the Honorable Susan Collins, Charmin of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Jack Reed, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies - Crude Oil by Rail Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 23, 2015 Letter to Mario Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee, and David Price, Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee - TIGER Transportation Funding Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
March 23, 2015 Feinstein Supports Call for Crude-by-Rail Safety Investments Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 17, 2015 Letter to Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations, Mike Simpson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations, and Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations - Harbor Maintenance Funding Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
March 15, 2015 Schumer Calls on FDA to Ban The Sale of the Most Dangerous High-Powered, Long-Range Green Laser Pointers, Which Are The Weapon of Choice that Evil-Doers & Pranksters Use to Blind & Disorient Pilots While in the Air; Cites New Data on Recent Surge of Incidents Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 13, 2015 Governor Cuomo Announces Reconstruction of Routes 3 and 30 in Tupper Lake Rep.Elise Stefanik, ...
March 9, 2015 Eight Members Of Congress Ask Uber, Lyft, Sidecar To Adopt Fingerprint-Based Background Checks Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
March 8, 2015 Schumer: New GAO Report Reveals That FAA's Computer System is Dangerously Vulnerable to Hackers, Which Could Lead to Sony-Like Takeover of System by Cyber-Criminals While Thousands of Planes Are in Air; Calls on FAA to Expeditiously Implement All Expert-Recommended Cybersecurity Upgrades Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 6, 2015 Letter to Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation - Grant Funding to Airports Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 5, 2015 Meng Secures More Airplane Noise Monitors for Queens Rep.Grace Meng
March 4, 2015 Schumer: Bakken Crude Oil Shipped Through Upstate NY in Hundreds of Tank Cars Each Day is Far More Flammable & Dangerous Than Other Types - Senator Demands Fed Require Oil Companies to Make Highly Flammable Crude Oil Less Volatile Before it is Shipped Through NY Communities Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 4, 2015 Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015 Rep.Jerry Nadler
Feb. 23, 2015 Meng, Nadler, and Matsui Secure $30 Million to Upgrade Nation's Old Diesel Engines Rep.Grace Meng
Feb. 19, 2015 Governor Cuomo Announces $28 Million for Flood Protection at LaGuardia Airport Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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