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Schumer, Gillibrand Urge FERC To Open New Public Comment Period For Natural Gas Storage Facility In Schuyler County- Senators Say Residents Should Be Given A Second Opportunity To Voice Concerns In Light Of Company’s Expiring FERC Authorization And New, Pending Environmental Safety Regulations

With FERC Authorization Set to Expire In May, Pending Arlington Project Would Expand an Underground Gas Storage Facility Near Seneca Lake Schumer, Gillibrand: Subsequent Events and Information Have Increased Significant Community Concerns & Residents Deserve to Have Their Voices Heard on Major Project That Could Impact the Environment and Their Quality of Life

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Schumer, Gillibrand Make New Senate Push To Preserve Plum Island & To Prevent Sale To Highest Bidder; Unless Congress Acts, Home To Endangered Species & Wildlife Sanctuary Will Be Sold, Possibly Uprooted By Private Developer

Schumer, Gillibrand Push to Undo Existing Law That Prevents A Federal Agency—Like NPS or U.S. Fish & Wildlife—To Obtain A Resource Like Plum Island; Senators Say Land Should Be Obtained By An Agency That Commits To Preserving The Land Current Law Requires Plum Island To Be Sold To Highest Bidder; Senator Says Development of the Land Would Threaten Irreplaceable Habitat for Endangered Species & Destroy Environmental Resources on Long Island Schumer, Gillibrand: Ripping Apart Plum Island Is

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As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand Urges Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic

Opioid Related Deaths At All Time High; Deaths In the Southern Tier Increased Over 1,500 Percent Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain Gillibrand: “When someone gets a tooth out and only needs medication for three days – why are they sent home from the doctor’s office with 30 Percocet?”

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As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand & Nassau County District Attorney Singas Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic

Opioid Related Deaths At All Time High; Deaths On Long Island Increased 300 Percent Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain Gillibrand: “When someone gets a tooth out and only needs medication for three days – why are they sent home from the doctor’s office with 30 Percocet?”

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