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HUD’s Current ‘Duplication of Benefits’ Policy Would Requires Homeowners to Use Their Additional FEMA NFIP Insurance Money to Repay Federally-Financed CDBG Funds They Received Via NY Rising; Many of these Sandy Victims Have Already Endured Hardship, Denial of Claims & Payment Delays Due to Potentially Fraudulent Schemes Involving Flood Insurance Companies & Engineering Firms Schumer, Gillibrand Urge HUD & FEMA to Forgo Efforts to Claw-Back NFIP Insurance Money Victims Receive After Reevaluatio

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representatives Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) today announced the nomination of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian...

Superstorm Sandy Damaged Sea Gate’s Bulkhead & Sea Wall, Leaving Community Vulnerable to Future Storms; Schumer Called on FEMA to Approve Phase 1 of Sea Gate’s Proposed Bulkhead Project Schumer, Gillibrand, Jeffries Announce FEMA Has Approved Funding for Phase 1 of Sea Gate’s Protection Project, Including Engineering Design & Permit Fees; Funding Will Make Sure Project Gets Off the Ground

Plastic Microbeads Pose Severe Risks To Ecosystem When Washed Down The Drain Microbeads Present In 74 Percent Of Samples Taken From Wastewater Treatment Plants Across New York State According to April 2015 Report

Plastic Microbeads Pose Severe Risks To Ecosystem When Washed Down The Drain Microbeads Present In 74 Percent Of Samples Taken From Wastewater Treatment Plants Across New York State According to April 2015 Report

Following SBA Officials Tour Of Tompkins County, Schumer and Gillibrand Write To SBA In Support Of Low-Interest Disaster Loans To Renters, Homeowners, Businesses For Communities In The Southern Tier And Finger Lakes Regions That Experienced Significant Rainfall And Flooding Last Month In Event NYS Hits Threshold And Applies, SBA Disaster Declaration Would Make Available Disaster Assistance Loans For Counties Like Tompkins And Others Throughout The Southern Tier And Finger Lakes Schumer, Gilli

Federal Transportation Funding Will Allow Airport to Improve Runway Safety

Federal Funding For McDonough Will Be Used To Purchase New Safety Equipment

According to Latest Federal Data, of the 8,539 Total Firearms Recovered and Traced in New York State in 2013, Nearly 70 Percent Came from Out of State – Yet There is Not a Single Federal Law Defining Gun Trafficking as a Crime Similar Measure Came Two Votes Short of Defeating Senate Filibuster in 2013

Beach Channel High School, in Queens, Was Seriously Damaged by Superstorm Sandy Schumer, Gillibrand, Meeks, de Blasio Announce Millions in FEMA Funding for New York City School Construction Authority’s Sandy-Related Repairs to Beach Channel High School