Press Releases
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $550,000 To Help Veterans Suffering From Opioid Addiction In Monroe County
Federal Funding Will Be Used To Expand Monroe County’s Veterans Treatment Court to Combat the Opioid Epidemic Among Veterans
Schumer, Gillibrand Call On Army Corps To Direct Critical Funding To Protect Great Lakes From Invasive Asian Carp; Senators Say Funds Can Help Thwart Carp’s Access To Lakes Erie And Ontario
The Invasive Asian Carp Are A Major Threat To The Lake Erie And Lake Ontario Ecosystems Due To Their Disruption Of The Lakes’ Natural Food Chain; Schumer And Gillibrand Today Called On The U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers To Prioritize Initiatives That Would Help Prevent Asian From Traveling Into The Great Lakes Through Other Waterways; Senators To Army Corps: We Must Ensure Asian Carp Do Not Destroy The Beauty, Balance And Fishing Industry Of The Great Lakes
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce That Provision To Quickly Complete The Rockaway Reformulation Project And Protect The Rockaway Peninsula From Storm And Erosion Damage Is Included In Recently Passed America’s Water Infrastructure Act
Rockaway Reformulation Project Will Create a Long-Term Plan to Prevent Future Storm Damage to the Rockaway Peninsula; Provision That Pushes Forward the Rockaway Reformulation Project Included in Recently Passed America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, Which Now Heads to the President’s Desk for Signature
Following Tragic Limousine Crash In Schoharie County That Claimed The Lives Of Twenty New Yorkers, Senators Schumer, Gillibrand, Blumenthal Call On National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To Immediately Implement New Federal Safety Rules For Stretch Limos
October 6th Limousine Accident In Schoharie Was Nation’s Deadliest Transportation Accident in Nearly a Decade; Revealed Dangerous Loopholes in Current Federal Vehicle Safety Regulations; New Federal Safety Regulations could Prevent Future Deaths and Injuries from Limousine Accidents
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Legislation To Protect Chautauqua Lake Water Quality In Recently-Passed Bipartisan, Bicameral 2018 Water Resource Development Act; Chautauqua Lake, An Important WNY Recreational Destination, Is Plagued By Harmful, Recurring Algal Blooms
Chautauqua Lake Is Battling Major Damages From Repeated Algal Blooms, Negatively Impacting Water Quality And Threatening the Lake’s Status As A Tourism And Recreation Destination; Schumer, Gillibrand Successfully Fought To Include A Provision For The Chautauqua Lake Feasibility Study In The 2018 Water Resource Development Act, Which Will Allow The Army Corps Of Engineers To Examine Phosphorous Runoff That Creates The Algal Blooms
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $133,000 In Federal Funding For The County Of Sullivan Industrial Development Agency
The County of Sullivan Industrial Development Agency Will Use the Funding to Purchase and Lease Equipment for the Catskill Brewery
Gillibrand, Schumer, Meng, Crowley Announce That Just-Passed FAA Bill Directs FAA To Designate Regional Ombudsmen And Help Address Excessive Aircraft Noise Concerns
Gillibrand’s Provision Included in the FAA Reauthorization Bill Directs FAA to Designate Regional Ombudsman to Help Address Community Concerns on Excessive Aircraft Noise; FAA Reauthorization Bill Also Requires FAA to Finish Study on Alternative Metrics for Measuring Aircraft Noise and Authorizes a Study on the Potential Health and Economic Consequences of Overflight Noise
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Passage Of Legislation To Rename The “STOCK Act Of 2012” In Honor Of The Late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Who Authored It; Legislation Passed The House In Late September
Bill, Now Named After Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter, Heads To President’s Desk For Signature
With 9-11 Victim Compensation Fund Set To Expire In 2020 And 9-11 First Responder Cancer Rates Continuing To Rise, Senators Gillibrand, Gardner, Schumer & Representatives Maloney, Nadler, King Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Permanently Reauthorize And Fund VCF For 9-11 Heroes And Their Families
Bipartisan Legislation Would Ensure that 9-11 First Responders & Survivors Who Become Sick with Certified 9-11 Illnesses in the Future would be Covered by VCF Program; Congress Has Already Provided a Permanent Healthcare Program for These Responders and Survivors, But the Program to Provide Compensation for Their Suffering, Lost Wages, and Their Families Will Expire in 2020
Schumer, Gillibrand, Engel Announce Inclusion Of Mamaroneck And Sheldrake River Basin Project In Bipartisan Agreement For Water Resource Bill; Project Is Vital To Protect Mamaroneck Residents’ Homes & Businesses, Which Remain At Risk Of Flooding
Inclusion Of Project In The Just Passed Water Resource Bill Is Next Big Step Forward; Reps Say Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Project Is Vital To Address Flooding; Schumer, Gillibrand, Engel: Village Of Mamaroneck Residents And Businesses Must Be Protected From Future Flooding