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Week of December 19, 2004
12/22/04 Schumer: First Major Breakthroughs For Southeast Airlines Ticket Refunds
12/22/04 Schumer: Over $871,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments
12/21/04 Schumer Announces Support for New Fast Ferry Plan; “It’s Now or Never”
12/21/04 Schumer: Shared Border Plan Will Save Hundreds of Homes, Make Buffalo a Draw for Commerce and Tourism
12/20/04 Schumer: $4 Million in Federal Aid Coming to Help the Hungry and Homeless in Upstate NY
Week of December 12, 2004
12/17/04 Schumer: Major Breakthrough In Quest For Shared Border Plan At The Peace Bridge
12/17/04 Schumer Awards Madison County Korean War Hero Three Medals of Honor
12/17/04 Schumer Welcomes Hundreds of New Lockheed Jobs to Syracuse Area
12/17/04 Schumer Advises Greater Binghamton Area Christmas Shoppers on How to Avoid Being Ripped off this Season
12/17/04 Schumer Advises Mohawk Valley Christmas Shoppers on How to Avoid Being Ripped off this Season
12/16/04 Schumer, King: Major Hurdle Cleared Towards Getting Hicksville Nuclear Site Cleaned Up
12/16/04 Schumer Meets With Former Senate Rival Howard Mills To Discuss Ways To Help New York
12/15/04 Schumer: over $485,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
12/15/04 Schumer Brings Champion Brooklyn Chess Team to White House to Meet the President
12/15/04 Schumer: Over $85,000 Coming to Pro Action of Steuben County For Veteran Job Training
12/14/04 Schumer: Report Reveals Serious Flaws in Compensation for Nuclear Workers
12/14/04 Schumer Advises Rochester Area Christmas Shoppers on How to Avoid Being Ripped off this Season
12/14/04 Schumer Advises Capital Region Christmas Shoppers on How to Avoid Being Ripped off this Season
12/13/04 Schumer Testifies Before City Council In Support Of Mayor's West Side Rezoning Plan
12/12/04 Schumer Warns NYers: New Secret Store Policies Block Shoppers from Returning Gifts - Could Create Havoc this Christmas
Week of December 5, 2004
12/10/04 Schumer Advises Lower Hudson Christmas Shoppers on How to Avoid Being Ripped off this Season
12/10/04 Schumer Demands Full Public Accounting of Money for Southeast Airlines Ticket Refunds
12/10/04 Schumer: over $1 Million Coming to Erie County to Give Low-income Youth Job Training
12/09/04 Schumer Advises Western NY Christmas Shoppers on How to Avoid Being Ripped off this Season
12/09/04 Schumer Visits Syracuse and Delivers $5 Million Check for the Moynihan Global Affairs Institute
12/09/04 Schumer Advises Central NY Christmas Shoppers on How to Avoid Being Ripped off this Season
12/08/04 Schumer: Now Is the Time for Shared Border Management at the Peace Bridge
12/08/04 Schumer: Champion Brooklyn Chess Team Heads to White House to Meet the President
12/07/04 Schumer Gives Major Address Proposing Doubling Low-income Housing Tax Credits
Week of November 28, 2004

 

12/02/04

 In 1-On-1 Meeting Attorney General Nominee Tells Schumer He'll Strongly Consider Full-Time Prosecutor For Plattsburgh
12/01/04 Schumer: Over $1.8 Million Coming to New York Fire Departments
12/01/04 Schumer Urges Feds To Move Public Hearing On Nuclear Workers Report From California To Western New York
11/30/04 Schumer Unveils New Program to Protect New York City Bodegas
11/29/04 Schumer: Bass Pro Announcement Huge for Buffalo
11/28/04 Schumer Finds Fed's Proposed New Cargo Screening Rules Still Leave Gaping Hole In NY's Air Security
Week of November 21, 2004
11/23/04 Schumer Persuades IRS To Enter New Tax Agreement With Canada That Brings Peace Bridge Closer To shared Border Management
11/23/04 Schumer: Bring Full-Time Prosecutor To Plattsburgh US Attorney's Office
11/23/04 Schumer Secures $130,000 for National Megan's Law Helpline
11/23/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 for Tools for Tolerance Program
11/23/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 for New York Botanical Garden
11/23/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 for East Harlem Tutorial Program and Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
11/23/04 Schumer Secures $1 Million for New York Hall of Science
11/23/04 Schumer Secures $100,000 for American-italian Cancer Foundation
11/23/04 Schumer: Artifacts From The U.S.S. Schenectady Have Been Secured
11/23/04 Schumer Announces $500,000 For Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Center in Buffalo
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $100 Million for East Side Access Project and $2.5 Million for Second Avenue Subway
11/22/04 Schumer Secures Additional $200,000 for Staten Island University Hospital
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $50,000 for Ken's Kids, Inc.
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $1 Million for Stony Brook’s Center of Excellence in Wireless Internet and Information Technology
11/22/04 Schumer Secures over $1.9 Million for Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $1 Million for Staten Island Replacement Ferries and $3.3 Million for St. George and Whitehall Ferry Terminals
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $200,000 for Lyme Disease Research at Fordham University's Laboratory in Westchester
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 for North Hempstead 311 Communication Management System
11/22/04 Congress to Pass Schumer-Clinton Law to Make Deadbeat Diplomats Pay Parking Tickets & Property Taxes or Lose Foreign Aid
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $1.4 Million for Isaac Stern Education Legacy at Carnegie Hall
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $1 Million for New Center for Women’s Cancer Genetics at the Cold Spring Harbor Labs
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $125,000 for Long Island Association to Purchase Technology and Equipment
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $50,000 for “Growth & Development Services” Programs for
At-risk Teens and Families
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $350,000 for North Shore- Long Island Jewish Health System
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 For Language Lab At Hofstra University
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $200,000 For NYU Cochlear Implant Center
11/22/04 Schumer Measure To Create Resource Center To Assist Western NY Nuclear Workers Passes Congress
11/22/04 Schumer Secures over $1 Million for New School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher College
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 for Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $75,000 for Iona College Library
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $100,000 for Cazenovia College for Their New Art and Design Building
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $150,000 for SUNY Cortland for Their Science Teaching Initiative
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $3 Million for National Center for Excellence in Infotonics
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $300,000 for Orange County Water Authority to Keep Greenwood Lake Clean and Protected
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 for Renovations to the Luckey Platt Building
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 for Chautauqua County
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $350,000 for Olivencia Community Center Project in Buffalo
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $300,000 for Wastewater Services for Cumberland Head in Plattsburgh
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secures $5.25 Million for Bioinformatics Center
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $1 Million for Binghamton University
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 for the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $700,000 for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $370,000 for Sonnenberg Mansion and Garden in Canandaigua
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $3 Million for the Geneva Grape Genetics Research Center
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $3 Million for the Cornell Center for Health Based Crop Genomics at Cornell University
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $199,000 for Solution to Canada Geese Problem
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $7 Million for Route 12 Improvements
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $1 Million for Rooftop Highway
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $1.25 Million for Greater Rochester International Airport
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $6.5 Million for Rochester Renaissance Square Project; $5.5 Million for Rochester Central Bus Terminal
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $429,000 in Essential Air Service Money for Watertown Airport
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $721,000 in Essential Air Service Money for Saranac Lake/adirondack Regional Airport
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $721,000 in Essential Air Service Money for Plattsburgh International Airport
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $429,000 in Essential Air Service Money for Ogdensburg Airport
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $429,000 in Essential Air Service Money for Massena Airport
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $15 Million for Border Security at Massena Crossing
11/22/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $8.8 Million for Border Security at Alexandria Bay Crossing
11/22/04 Schumer Secures $5 Million for Moynihan Global Affairs Institute
Week of November 14, 2004
11/19/04 Talent, Schumer, Rush & Rangel To Justice Department And State of Mississippi: Expedite Emmett Till Murder Case
11/19/04 McNulty, Schumer: Bill Naming Albany Postal Facility as "Henry Johnson Annex" Will Pass Congress Tonight
11/18/04 Schumer: TSA Plan To Recruit Out-Of-State Workers For Stewart Screener Jobs Is Slowing Down Process & Diverting Jobs from Local NYers
11/17/04 Schumer, McNulty Effort to Re-name U.s. Post Office in Slain Officer Lt. John Finn's Honor Passes Congress
11/17/04 Schumer Announces Almost $9 Million for HUD Homeownership Program
11/17/04 Schumer: $10,000 Coming To Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo
11/16/04 Schumer Announces Federal Assistance Headed to 14 New Upstate Counties That Had Previously Been Denied Full Storm Damage Assistance
11/15/04 Schumer Accepts Senator Reid's Offer To Sit On Finance Committee, Lead DSCC, And Join Leadership
Week of November 7, 2004
11/12/04 Schumer Announces Federal Assistance Headed to Chautauqua County For Massive Storm Damage From Hurricane Francis
11/10/04 Schumer: over $547,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
11/08/04 Schumer: Almost $150,000 Coming To Staten Island University Hospital
Week of October 24, 2004
10/28/04 Schumer: Small Business Loans Coming To Upstate Counties Suffering From Hurricane Francis' Storm Damage
10/27/04 Schumer: Over $247,000 Coming To Locke Fire District To Buy New Fire Truck
10/27/04 Schumer: Over $100,000 Coming To Burke Volunteer Fire Department To Buy New Fire Truck
10/27/04 Schumer: $180,000 Coming To Edwards Fire District To Purchase New Fire Truck
10/27/04 Schumer: over $61,000 Coming to Sea Cliff Fire Department
10/26/04 Schumer: Average Long Island Potato Grower Losing Thousands Each Year Because of Unfair Canadian Practices
10/25/04 Reynolds, Schumer Dedicate Conable Post Office in Batavia
Week of October 17, 2004
10/22/04 Schumer: Crucial Storm Damage Aid Coming to Upstate Counties
10/22/04 Schumer Takes Storm Case To White House -- Urges Immediate Assistance To Upstate Counties That Suffered Massive Storm Damage
Week of October 10, 2004
10/15/04 Schumer And Rep. Levin Blast Administration For Delaying Release Of Report On China Currency Manipulation
10/14/04 Schumer: Long Island Police & Fire Personnel Unable to Share Critical Information Unless Feds Clear Airwaves ASAP
10/14/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $48.9 Million for Military Construction Projects in the Hudson Valley
10/13/04 Schumer: Feds to Blame for Flu Vaccine Shortage; Announces Plan to Solve Local Crisis and Urges U.S. to Implement Immediately (Central New York)
10/13/04 Schumer: Feds to Blame for Flu Vaccine Shortage; Announces Plan to Solve Local Crisis and Urges US to Implement Immediately (Capital Region)
10/13/04 Schumer: Over $47,000 Coming To Ives Cream In Bainbridge To Market Their Super Premium Ice Cream
10/13/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $501,000 To Begin Replacing Fire Station At Stewart Airport
10/12/04 Schumer Urges Jamestown Residents to Take Advantage of New Local Airline
10/12/04 Schumer's Travels: Senator Completes 62 County Tour of NY For Sixth Year In A Row
10/12/04 Schumer, Reynolds, Slaughter: New Federal Designation Will Make More Of WNY Eligible For Special Tax Breaks
10/12/04 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Approves Increased Protection And Access To Long Island Sound
10/11/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves Renewal Community That Makes More Of Western NY Eligible For Special Tax Break
10/11/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves Renewal Community That Makes More Of Rochester Eligible For Special Tax Break
10/11/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves Renewal Community That Makes More Of Schenectady Eligible For Special Tax Break
10/11/04 Schumer, Clinton Legislation Preserving Highlands Passes Senate
10/11/04 Schumer: Congress Approves Package For New York Farmers To Help Recover From Stormy Summer
10/11/04 Schumer Gets "Green Bonds" For DestiNY Project Through The Senate; Measure Passes Full Congress
10/11/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $5.7 Million for National Guard Readiness Center in Utica
10/11/04 Schumer, CLinton: Congress Approves $14 million For Niagara Air Reserve Station
10/11/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves Over $68 Million in Funding for Ft. Drum

10/11/04

 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $6.878 Million For Military Construction Projects in Auburn
10/11/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $8.3 Million For Hancock Field Base
10/10/04 Schumer: Congress Authorizes $8.7 Million For Defense Projects At Fort Drum
10/10/04 Schumer: Measure To Assist Western NY Nuclear Workers Passes Congress
10/10/04 Schumer: Congress Approves Transfer of Griffiss Air Force Property
10/10/04 Schumer: Congress Approves Over $7.8 Million For Fire Crash Rescue Station In Niagara Falls
10/10/04 Schumer: Feds To Blame For Flu Vaccine Shortage; Announces Plan To Solve Crisis And Urges U.S. To Implement Immediately
Week of October 3, 2004
10/08/04 Schumer: Measure To Assist Western NY Nuclear Workers Clears Major Hurdle
10/08/04 Schumer: Almost $500,000 Coming To Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES For Rural Education Services
10/08/04 Schumer To Delta: Bring Atlanta Flights Back To Stewart
10/07/04 Schumer - Talent Sickle Cell Disease Bill Passes Senate-House Conference
10/07/04 Schumer: New York's Cops, Firefighters & EMTS Likely To Get Nation's First Signal Corps Style Program To Communicate At Terror Sites
10/06/04 Schumer Gets Feds to Deliver Military Plane So North Country Mission of Hope Can Send Medical Supplies to Nicaragua
10/06/04 Schumer: FEMA Says It's Willing to Reassess Aid Package for Massive Storm Damage
10/06/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More of Schenectady Eligible for Special Tax Breaks
10/06/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More of Rochester Eligible for Special Tax Breaks
10/06/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More of Western NY Eligible for Special Tax Breaks
10/06/04 Schumer Introduces Bill to Provide Adjustment of Immigration Status for Nationals of Montserrat
10/06/04 Schumer: Feds must Take Immediate Action to Bolster Manufacturing Industry in NY
10/05/04 Senators Schumer & Coleman Wager On Yankees-Twins American League Division Series
10/04/04 Schumer: New Homeland Security Formula To Distribute Most Funds On Threat - Not Population - Accepted In Senate
 
Week of September 26, 2004
10/02/04 Schumer: Penn Station Fire Underscores Vulnerability of New York Subway and Commuter Rail Tunnels to Terror Attacks
10/02/04 Schumer Announces Federal Assistance Headed to New York For Massive Storm Damage - Senator Pushing For Still More Aid
10/01/04 Schumer: Westchester Rail Security Needs To Be Tightened - Madrid Bombing Should Serve As Warning
10/01/04 Schumer Swears in 100 New “City Year” Americorps National Service Members Who Will Serve in New York City Schools
10/01/04 Schumer: Principi Will Decide Who is on VA Panel
09/30/04 Rep. Levin, Sen. Schumer, and 28 Other Lawmakers File Petition Calling For Action Against China's Unfair Currency Manipulation
09/30/04 Schumer Announces $35,000 for Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
09/30/04 Schumer, Senators Launch New Plan to Bring down Remittance Costs- NY Immigrants Pay Millions in Fees to Send Money Home
09/30/04 Schumer Announces $75,000 for to Help Combat Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Suffolk County
09/30/04 Schumer Announces $75,150 for Women's Venture Fund
09/30/04 Schumer: Steuben County Is Eligible for Small Business Loans from Hurricane Ivan Damage
09/29/04 Schumer: over $284,000 Coming to Southern Tier Fire Departments
09/29/04 Schumer: over $24,000 Coming to Truxton Fire Department
09/29/04 Schumer: over $179,000 Coming to City of Ogdensburg Fire Department for New Fire Truck
09/29/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Includes Language Supporting the ELEM/Youth Distress Project in Israel
09/29/04 Schumer Announces over $160,000 for East Harlem Business Capital Corporation
09/29/04 Senators Schumer, Clinton Call on IOC to Choose NYC as the site of the 2012 Olympic Games
09/29/04 Schumer: Why Are NY Dairy Farmers Losing Revenue While Milk Prices for Consumers Remain High?
09/28/04 Schumer Urges First Reserve CEO To Keep Jobs in Southern Tier
09/27/04 Schumer: IRS Should Accept Agreement That Exempts Border Crossing Workers From Foreign Income Tax
09/26/04 As College Begins, Schumer Warns Students and Parents: Beware of Credit Card Offers, Hidden Interest Rates Leave Mountain of Debt
Week of September 19, 2004
09/24/04 Senate Passes Schumer-Clinton Amendment Forcing Deadbeat Diplomats to Pay Parking Tickets & Property Taxes or Lose Foreign Aid
09/24/04 Schumer: Senate Extends Billions of Dollars for Ny's Post-9/11 Recovery Funding
09/24/04 Schumer: over $6 Million Coming to Onondaga County for Lead Poisoning Prevention
09/24/04 Schumer Announces over $257,000 for Erie County for DNA Analysis
09/24/04 Senate Unanimously Passes Schumer Resolution Urging President to End Religious Intolerance in Saudi Arabia
09/23/04 Schumer Secures Key Justice Departement Meeting for 1993 WTC Victim Families
09/22/04 Schumer: Feds To Add Contaminated Site on Ryan Drive to Superfund List
09/22/04 New Schumer Study Shows College Tuition Has More than Tripled since ’83 in Upstate NY– Costs Have Shot up 2 ½ Times the Inflation Rate
09/22/04 On Heels of State's Disaster Declaration, Schumer Urges Feds to Expedite Assistance And Localities For Storm Damage
09/22/04 Schumer Announces Almost $75,000 for Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce
09/22/04 Schumer Announces Almost $1 Million for NYC Office of Criminal Justice Coordinator
09/22/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $250,000 for Chautauqua County
09/22/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $200,000 for Lyme Disease Research at Fordham University's Laboratory in Westchester
09/22/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $250,000 for Renovations to the Luckey Platt Building
09/22/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $300,000 for Wastewater Services for Cumberland Head in Plattsburgh
09/22/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $500,000 for Olivencia Community Center Project in Buffalo
09/22/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $300,000 for Orange County Water Authority to Keep Greenwood Lake Clean and Protected
09/22/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $1 Million for Bioinformatics Center
09/21/04 Schumer Announces $800,000 “Cops” Grant for NYC's John Jay College of Criminal Justice
09/21/04 Schumer: Second Major Accident This Year Warrants Federal Investigation of I-87 Checkpoint
09/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Approves $48.9 Million for Military Construction Projects in the Hudson Valley
09/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Approves over $6.9 Million for Military Construction Projects in Niagara Falls
09/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Approves $5.7 Million for National Guard Readiness Center in Utica
09/21/04 Schumer Clinton: Senate Approves $6.8 Million for Military Construction Projects in Auburn
09/21/04 Schumer Clinton: Senate Approves $62.4 Million for Defense Projects at Fort Drum
09/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Approves $990,000 for Gabreski Airport in Westhampton
09/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Approves $7.6 Million for Fort Hamilton
09/20/04 Schumer Pushes next Step to Getting Compensation for Former WNY Nuclear Workers
09/20/04 With Kids Returning to School, New Schumer Report Shows Rochester/Finger Lakes Schools Shortchanged by Millions in Fed Funds
09/20/04 Schumer Announces over $3 Million for Public Housing in Binghamton
09/20/04 Schumer Announces over $2 Million for Public Housing in Jamestown
09/20/04 Schumer: Jamestown Will Get $225,000 to "Weed" out Crime and "Seed" in Prevention and Intervention
09/19/04 Schumer: New Gaping Hole in Air Security Discovered - Screening of US-Bound Planes at Foreign Airports Dangerously Ineffective
Week of September 12, 2004
09/17/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $500,000 for New School University Institute for Legislative Drafting
09/17/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $500,000 for Lower East Side Tenement Museum
09/17/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves Acquisition of Land for Statue of Liberty Ferry Terminal and Visitor Screening Facility
09/17/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $2,000,000 for Tools for Tolerance Program at Simon Wiesenthal Center
09/17/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $8,884,000 for Border Security at Alexandria Bay
09/17/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $15 Million for Border Security at Massena Crossing
09/17/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $232,968 for Research to Combat Pear Thrips at Cornell University
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Federal Funds for Greater Rochester International Airport Clears Key Senate Hurdle
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Federal Funds for Plattsburgh International Airport Clears Key Senate Hurdle
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Federal Funds for Niagara Falls and Buffalo Niagara Airports Clear Key Senate Hurdle
09/16/04 Schumer, Collins Applaud State Dept for Adding Saudi Arabia to List of Religiously Intolerant Nations
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $2.5 Million to Fight Asian Longhorned Beetles
09/16/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $650,000 for the National Center for Victims of Crime
09/16/04 Schumer-Clinton Amendment Forcing Deadbeat Diplomats to Pay Parking Tickets or Lose Foreign Aid Clears Key Hurdle
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $949,474 for Salaries & Expenses at Cornell’s Ag & Food Tech Park
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $1,351,089 for Plum Island’s Animal Vaccines Program
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $600,000 for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Clears $4 Million to Help Fix Crowded Airspace over NY
09/16/04 Schumer Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $69,036 for Cornell University’s Golden Nematode Project
09/16/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $550,000 for the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirm Commitment To Essential Air Service Money For Massena International Airport
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service at Saranac Lake/ Adirondack Regional Airport
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service Money at the Watertown Airport
09/16/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Approves $200,000 for “Geesepeace” Solution to Canada Geese Problem
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service Money for Plattsburgh Airport
09/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Reaffirms Commitment to Essential Air Service Money for Ogdensburg Airport
09/15/04 Schumer, Cusick: FAA Foot-dragging on Badly-needed Redesign of NY Airspace May Be Factor in Rash of Low-flying Jetliners over Island
09/15/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Commits to Funding the Geneva Grape Genetics Research Center
09/15/04 Schumer: Key Senate Panel Commits to Funding the Cornell Center for Health Based Crop Genomics
09/15/04 New Schumer Homeland Security Report Card Gives Feds "C" On Upstate New York
09/15/04 Schumer: Senate Approves Aid Package for New York Farmers to Help Recover From Stormy Summer
09/14/04 Schumer Talks to Australian Fast Ferry Lender, Comes Away Encouraged
09/14/04 Schumer and Clinton Announce Almost $2 Million for Second Avenue Subway
09/14/04 Schumer, Clinton: Westchester County to Get Over $2.6 Million in Federal Funds for 8 New Buses
09/14/04 Schumer, Democrat Senate Task Force Issue New Homeland Security Report That Shows 3 Years after 9/11, U.S. Still Dangerously Unprotected
09/14/04 Schumer Announces over $490,000 to University of Buffalo for Forensic Handwriting Analysis
09/13/04 Schumer: Expensive New Federal Rules on Storm Runoff Cost LI Millions – Feds must Help as Last Week’s Torrential Rains Show
09/13/04 Schumer Announces over $ 3.2 Million from Department of Justice for NYC Domestic Violence Victims Support Programs
09/13/04 Schumer: $22,000 Coming to New York State for Safety Improvements at the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
09/13/04 Schumer: Almost $100,000 Coming to New York for North Country Byways
09/13/04 Schumer Announces $500,000 for Rensselaer County Domestic Violence Services
09/13/04 Schumer Announces over $700,000 for Erie County Domestic Violence Services
09/13/04 Schumer Announces $325,000 for Rochester/Finger Lakes Domestic Violence Services
09/13/04 Schumer Announces over $990,000 for Central New York Domestic Violence Services
09/13/04 Schumer Announces over $100,000 for Village of Sidney to Acquire Fireman's Memorial Park
09/13/04 Schumer: Over $339,000 Coming to Hurley to Improve Security for Adirondack Transit Bus Line
09/12/04 New Schumer Homeland Security Report Card: 3 Years Later, Feds' Efforts Still Leave New York Dangerously Unprotected
Week of September 5, 2004
09/10/04 Senate Passes Schumer Resolution to Make September 11th National Day of Service
09/10/04 Schumer: over $100,000 Coming to St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department
09/10/04 Schumer, Feinstein Win Wal-mart Assurance That it Will Not Sell Assault Weapons When Ban Expires Monday
09/10/04 Schumer: Westchester & Rockland Counties Are at the Epicenter of Lyme Disease this September – Feds must Help Combat Problem
09/09/04 Schumer: $238,000 Coming to NYPD to Fight Gangs
09/09/04 Schumer, Clinton Announce Almost $600,000 for New Staten Island Ferries
09/09/04 Schumer, Feinstein Challenge Wal-mart, Others Not to Resume Selling Assault Weapons Again If Ban Expires Next Week
09/09/04 Schumer Delivers $1.5 Million for University at Albany and NY State Police Forensic Training Institute
09/09/04 Schumer Says New Data Shows Traffic Conditions at The Peace Bridge Have Improved Significantly
09/09/04 Schumer Receives Prestigious Award for His Leadership In Fighting Crystal Meth
09/08/04 Schumer: New DOJ Grants Will Pay for 50 NYPD Officers in New York Schools
09/08/04 Schumer: New DOJ Grants Will Pay for Additional Officers in Local Schools (Medina)
09/08/04 Schumer: New DOJ Grants Will Pay for Additional Officers in Local Schools (Village of Lyons)
09/08/04 Schumer: New DOJ Grants Will Pay for Additional Officers in Local Schools (Village of Goshen)
09/08/04 Schumer: over $510,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
09/08/04 Schumer Announces over $1 Million for Erie County Domestic Violence Center
09/08/04 As Kids Return to School, New Schumer Report Shows Upstate NY Schools Shortchanged by More than $542 Million in Fed Funds
09/07/04 With Kids Returning to School, New Schumer Report Shows Central NY Schools Shortchanged by Millions in Fed Funds
09/07/04 Schumer Announces over $4 Million for Albany International Airport
09/07/04 Schumer Secures over $1.2 Million for New Family Justice Center in Brooklyn
09/07/04 Schumer Announces over $16 Million for Public Housing in Rochester
09/07/04 With Storms Wreaking Major Damage, Schumer Urges State to Request Disaster Assistance for Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties
Week of August 29, 2004
09/02/04 Schumer Fights to Keep Hancock Post Office Open Full Time
09/01/04 Schumer: over $822,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
08/31/04 Schumer Announces over $10 Million for JFK Airport Improvements
08/31/04 Schumer: Syracuse Suburban Airport to Receive $300,000
08/31/04 Schumer: Lake Placid Airport to Receive over $93,000
08/31/04 Schumer: Buffalo-lancaster Airport to Receive over $58,000
08/31/04 Schumer: More than $30,000 Coming to the City of Niagara Falls for Anti-gang Education Programs
08/31/04 Schumer: $35,000 Grant Coming to the Schuyler County Partnership for Economic Development
08/30/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Mohawk Valley Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/30/04 Schumer: Newly Developed Capital Region Project Could Be Key to Preventing Future Blackouts
08/30/04 After Schumer's Lobbying, Syracuse to Receive $480,000 for Hancock International Airport
Week of August 22, 2004
08/26/04 Schumer to Niagara Military Families: Be Wary of Payday Loan Scams That Prey on Soldiers and Rip Them off with 900% Interest
08/26/04 Schumer: Over $101,000 Coming to Lakewood Fire Department
08/25/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Elmira-Corning Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/25/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Binghamton Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/25/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Ithaca Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/24/04 Schumer: Ogdensburg International Airport to Receive $57,000
08/24/04 Schumer: Plattsburgh International Airport to Receive $500,000
08/24/04 Schumer: Oswego County Airport to Receive $114,000
08/24/04 Schumer: Potsdam Municipal Airport to Receive $47,500
08/24/04 Schumer: Floyd Bennet Memorial Airport to Receive $190,000
08/24/04 Schumer: Adirondack Regional Aiport to Receive $180,000
08/24/04 Schumer: Columbia County Airport to Receive $405,000
Week of August 15, 2004
08/18/04 Schumer, Clinton: More than $1.6 Million in Fed. Funding Coming to Help Reconstruct the St. George Ferry Terminal
08/18/04 Schumer Announces $150,000 "COPS" Grant for Rome
08/16/04 Schumer: Top U.S. and Canadian Officials to Hammer out Shared Border Plan for the Peace Bridge
08/16/04 Schumer: $1.5 Million A Year Coming to Save Essential Air Flights from Plattsburg and Saranac Lake/Lake Placid
08/16/04 Schumer, Clinton Call on Congress to Help New York's Farmers Export Overseas
Week of August 8, 2004
08/12/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Increase Revenue for Local Farmers & Give Outdoor Sportsmen More Access to Private Lands
08/12/04 Schumer: Dutchess County Is at the Epicenter of Lyme Disease this Summer – Feds must Help Combat Problem
08/12/04 Schumer Welcomes Independence Air to Stewart Airport
08/12/04 Schumer: Groups in 13 New York Counties Eligible for Federal Loans to Help Pay for Damage Caused by Storms this Spring
08/11/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Rochester Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/11/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Buffalo Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/10/04 Schumer Announces over $465,000 for Albany International Airport
08/10/04 Schumer Announces over $817,000 for Southern Tier Airports
08/10/04 Schumer Announces over $569,000 for Joseph Y. Resnick Airport in Ulster County
08/10/04 New Schumer Report: on 1 Year Anniversary of Blackout, U.S. Remains Vulnerable to Another Power Outage – New Fed Agency Needed to Fix Grid
08/09/04 Schumer Asks White House Why it Leaked Name of Al Qaeda Informant
08/09/04 Schumer, Collins Urge State Dept to Add Saudi Arabia to List of Religously Intolerant Nations
08/08/04 Schumer Reveals: with New Al Qaeda Focus on Truck Terror, There Are No Restrictions on Sales of Most Common Lethal Explosive
Week of August 1, 2004
08/05/04 Schumer: Albany Arrests Are Warning Shot on Shoulder-held Missiles
08/04/04 Schumer: Vassar Medical Center Likely to get Increased Federal Funding - Major Breakthrough
08/04/04 Schumer to Receive Iraqi Battle Flag from Suffolk County Vet Just Back from Iraq Whom He Nominated to Air Force Academy 16 Years Ago
08/04/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Watertown Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/04/04 Schumer Unveils Plan to Clamp down on Crystal Meth in Syracuse Area Before Drug Becomes a Local Epidemic
08/04/04 With Storms Destroying Valuable Crops, Schumer Urges State to Request Disaster Assistance for Many Upstate Counties
08/03/04 Schumer: President’s Toothless Intelligence Director Is All Hat and No Cattle - Asks 9/11 Commission Members to Weigh in
08/03/04 Schumer Warns Capital Region Military Families to Beware of Payday Loan Scams That Prey on Soldiers & Rip Them off with 900% Interest
08/03/04 Schumer: Give Outdoor Sportsmen More Access to Private Lands in New York
08/02/04 Schumer, Weiner: We Could Reopen Entire Statue of Liberty – Not Just Statue Base – Using TSA Do-not-fly Lists to Screen Visitors
08/02/04 Schumer: New Data Shows Westchester Becoming Vulnerable to Crystal Meth – must Clamp down Before Drug Becomes the New Crack
Week of July 25, 2004
07/29/04 Schumer: over $858,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments And Organizations
07/28/04 Schumer: over $353,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
07/25/04 Schumer, King, 9/11 Families Launch New Campaign to Declare September 11th an Annual Day of National Service
Week of July 18, 2004
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $2 Million for Central NY Defense Projects
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $16.8 Million for Schweizer Aircraft for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $2 Million in Defense Funds for Bioinformatics Center
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $2.5 Million for National Center for Excellence in Infotonics
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $26 Million for Western NY Defense Projects
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $10.6 Million in Defense Funds for Rochester/Finger Lakes
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $1 Million for Binghamton University
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $17.3 Million in Defense Funds for Capital Region
07/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: New York to Receive $25 Million in Security Funding For Republican Convention
07/23/04 Schumer Persuades Farm Services Agency to Meet with Tompkins & Schuyler County Farm Representatives Before Closing FSA Office
07/22/04 Schumer, Murray, Senators: 9/11 Report Shows Desperate Need to Stop Stalling Homeland Security Bills
07/22/04 Schumer: Staged Car Accidents & Other Scams Cost NY Drivers $300 Million a Year in Inflated Insurance Premiums
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $25 Million for Western NY Defense Projects
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $2 Million in Defense Funds for Bioinformatics Center
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $17.3 Million in Defense Funds for Capital Region
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $2.5 Million for National Center for Excellence in Infotonics
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $16.8 Million for Schweizer Aircraft for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $1 Million for SUNY Binghamton
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $2 Million for Central NY Defense Projects
07/21/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $10.6 Million in Defense Funds for Rochester/Finger Lakes
07/21/04 Schumer to FDIC: Clamp down Now on Payday Loan Schemes That Rip off Military Families, Minorities and Seniors with 900% Interest
07/20/04 Schumer Asks Nielsen Why it Avoids Controversial People Meters in New Canadian Venture but Still Pushes them In US
07/20/04 Schumer Lobbies CEO of Boscov's Dept Store to Keep Store in Binghamton
07/19/04 Schumer: Help on the Way for Rochester Videophones
07/19/04 Schumer: Traffic on the Peace Bridge Has Reached Outrageous Proportions; Threatens to Severely Halt Commerce
07/17/04 Schumer: New York Airspace Rules Leave City at Risk to Terrorism; Feds to Change Them for Convention Week Only, Senator Says Upgrades Should Be Permanent
Week of July 11, 2004
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $990,000 For Gabreski Airport in Westhampton
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $7.6 Million for Fort Hamilton
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $62.439 Million for Defense Projects At Fort Drum
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $38.327 Milion for Military Construction Projects in the Hudson Valley
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves Over $6.9 Million for Military Construction Projects in Niagara Falls
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $6.878 Million for Military Construction Porjects in Auburn
07/16/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $5.7 Million for National Guard Readiness Center in Utica
07/16/04 Schumer Delivers Additional Security Screeners and Extra Screening Lane to Stewart Airport
07/16/04 Schumer: Westchester/Rockland Middle Income Housing Shortages Reaching Crisis Levels - Unveils Major Plan to Make Housing Affordable
07/16/04 Schumer Presents Bronze Star to Distinguished Dutchess County WWII Veteran
07/15/04 Schumer Fights Proposed Trade Agreement with Australia That Could Cost New Yorkers Millions for Prescription Drugs Each Year
07/14/04 Schumer: 9/11 Commission Agrees to Brief Families on Findings in New York, Not Just Washington
07/14/04 Schumer: Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Receive $11 Million
07/14/04 Schumer: over $415,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
07/14/04 Schumer: FAA Will Increase Grant to Genesee County Airport by $1.6 Million
07/14/04 Schumer: US Airways Lowers Fares to Rochester - Prices Drop from $406 to Just $89
07/14/04 Schumer: US Airways Lowers Fares to Buffalo - Prices Drop from $417 to Just $89
07/14/04 Schumer: US Airways Lowers Fares to Albany - Prices Drop from $478 to Just $89
07/13/04 Feinstein and Schumer Call on President to Help Renew Assault Weapons Ban Before it Expires in Two Months
07/13/04 Schumer to Customs: Fix Rochester's Malfunctioning Videophones Now
07/12/04 Schumer & Long Island WTC Victim Families: 9/11 Commission Should Brief Families on Findings in New York, Not Just Washington
07/12/04 Schumer & Staten Island WTC Victim Families: 9/11 Commission Should Brief Families on Findings in New York, Not Just Washington
07/12/04 Clinton, Schumer Call on Congress to Commemorate Alexander Hamilton
Week of July 4, 2004
07/09/04 Schumer Details New Data on New York’s Urgent Homeland Security Needs in Light of Yesterday’s Announcements by Tom Ridge
07/09/04 Schumer: Genesee County Airport to Receive $1.6 Million
07/08/04 Schumer Formally Asks President to Nominate Former Staten Island District Attorney Murphy to Federal Bench
07/08/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Save the Tompkins County Farm Services Agency Office
07/08/04 Schumer: over $68,000 Coming to Hermon Volunteer Fire Department For a New Ambulance
07/08/04 Schumer:$100,000 Coming to Redfield Volunteer Fire Department For a New Fire Station
07/08/04 Schumer Scolds TSA, Demands More Screeners at Stewart so Airport Can Retain All new Independence Air Flights
07/07/04 Schumer Secures Van, Ambulette, Home Upgrades for NYC Federal Prison Guard Paralyzed and Blinded by Bin Laden Aide
07/07/04 Schumer: Top Homeland Security Officials Strongly Considering Two Models for Shared Border Management at Peace Bridge
07/07/04 Schumer: over $172,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
07/06/04 Schumer: Buffalo Airfield to Receive $700,000
07/06/04 Schumer: 40 New Jobs and $2 Million of Equipment Coming this Month to the Chocolate Plant in Fulton
07/06/04 Schumer: Re-name U.S. Post Office in Slain Officer Lt. John Finn's Honor
07/06/04 Schumer: Malone-Dufort Airport to Receive $23,750
07/06/04 Schumer: Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Receive $750,000
07/06/04 Schumer: Stewart Airport to Receive $200,000
07/05/04 Schumer Warns: Beware of Potentially Dangerous Spam Scam – Mysterious Website Says it Will Stop Spam but in Reality Sells Your Email Address to Spammers
Week of June 27, 2004
07/01/04 After Schumer's Urging, USDA Inspector General Agrees to Investigate Why Banned Canadian Beef Was Allowed into NY after Mad Cow Was Found
07/01/04 Schumer Leads Rally to Keep North Syracuse Post Office Open
07/01/04 On Heels of New Court Ruling, Schumer Urges State to Renegotiate Better Casino-land Deal with Oneidas
07/01/04 Schumer: Jamestown Airport to Receive $2 Million
06/30/04 Schumer: Subway Spy Expulsions Show NY Is at Security Risk from Iranian Diplomats; Urges Powell to Clean House at Iran's UN Mission
06/30/04 Schumer: over $48,000 Coming to Waterloo Volunteer Fire Company
06/29/04 Schumer: Dutchess County Middle Income Housing Shortages Reaching Crisis Levels - Unveils Major Plan to Make Housing Affordable
06/29/04 Schumer: Orange County Middle Income Housing Shortages Reaching Crisis Levels - Unveils Major Plan to Make Housing Affordable
06/29/04 Schumer: Ulster County Middle Income Housing Shortages Reaching Crisis Levels - Unveils Major Plan to Make Housing Affordable
06/28/04 Schumer: LI Middle Class Housing Shortages Reaching Crisis Levels - Unveils Major New Federal Plan for Expansion
Week of June 20, 2004
06/25/04 Schumer Brokers New Deal to Replace Collapsed Retaining Wall - Plan will Save Local Taxpayers Money
06/24/04 Schumer: over $990,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments And Organizations
06/24/04 Schumer: Save Program That Has Helped over 1,400 Upstate Manufacturing Companies Stay in Business
06/23/04 Schumer: Over $130,000 Coming to Swormville Fire Company
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $31 Million in Defense Funds for Capital Region
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $8.5 Million in Defense Funds for Rochester/Finger Lakes Area
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $24 Million for Schweizer Aircraft for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $2 Million for SUNY Binghamton
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $9.5 Million for Central NY Defense Projects
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $5 Million for National Center for Excellence in Infotonics
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $27.5 Million for Western NY Defense Projects
06/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $2.4 Million in Defense Funds for Bioinformatics Center
06/22/04 Schumer: Saudi Terror Snafus No Surprise When Saudi Interior Minister Has Been Sympathetic to Terrorists
06/22/04 Schumer Presents Jefferson Public Service Award to WHEC's Nominee Glenn Sickles
06/22/04 Schumer Presents Jefferson Public Service Award to WBNG's Nominee Diane Stento
06/22/04 Schumer Presents Jefferson Public Service Award to Times Union's Nominee
Burke Adams
06/22/04 Schumer Presents Jefferson Public Service Award to WTVH's Nominee Jan Maloff
06/22/04 Schumer: More New Flights Coming To Stewart Airport
06/21/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Give Rochester Area Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
06/21/04 Schumer and Jim & Jill Kelly Unveil New 4-point Plan to Screen Newborns for Diseases
06/20/04 Schumer: New Intelligence Shows Terrorists Targeting Shopping Centers; Feds Need Stronger Response to Strengthen Security in Malls
Week of June 13, 2004
06/18/04 Schumer to White House: Bar Political Appointees from Redacting 9/11 Commission Report
06/17/04 Senators Schumer, Clinton Cautiously Optimistic on Cross Sound Cable
06/17/04 New Halliburton Miscues Revealed: $45 Cases of Coke, "$85,000 Oil Filters", Employees Paid Not to Work
06/16/04 Senators Schumer and Clinton File Legal Motion to Turn Cross Sound Cable Back On
06/16/04 Schumer, Clinton Measures to Assist Western NY Nuclear Workers Pass Senate
06/16/04 Schumer: Major Proposal Unveiled Today Could Bring NY Dairy Farmers $93 Million
06/15/04 Schumer Presses Labor Dept to Designate Emergency Grant so Laid Off Workers Can Get Job Retraining & Education
06/14/04 Schumer: Babylon to Receive Almost $2.4 Million in Federal Housing Funds
06/14/04 Schumer: Put Prescription Drug Prices Online So Syracuse Area Residents Can Comparison Shop & Save Thousands
06/14/04 Schumer: Put Prescription Drug Prices Online So Capital Region Residents Can Comparison Shop & Save Thousands
06/14/04 Schumer, Clinton Honor Syracuse University And Le Moyne Men's LaCrosse National Champs on Floor of US Senate
06/14/04 Schumer: Buffalo to Get Over $20 Million In Federal Funds for Lower and Middle Class Housing
06/14/04 Schumer: City of Rome to Get Over $1.4 Million in Federal Funds for Lower and Middle Class Housing
06/13/04 Schumer Warns: First-ever "Cell Phone Phone-book" Could Disclose Your Cell Number Without Your Permission and Charge You a Fee for Not Listing it
Week of June 6, 2004
06/11/04 Schumer: GSA Promises to Keep Dulski Building Workers in Buffalo's Downtown Core
06/10/04 Congress Unanimously Passes Schumer-Israel Bill to Rename Copiague Post Office After Maxine Postal
06/10/04 Principi Assures Schumer That Community & Vets Will Be Involved in Fate of Canandaigua VA Hospital
06/10/04 Schumer: Effort to Re-Name Post Office in Barber Conable's Honor Passes Senate Unanimously
06/10/04 Schumer Meets with President of Ivory Coast to Discuss making the Fulton Chocolate Plant Flourish
06/09/04 Schumer: Proposed Cuts Could Cost Thousands of New York Families Their Homes
06/08/04 Schumer to Feds: Probe Company Managing Harlem HUD Sites of Gambling Den Deaths, Pit-Bull Mauling
06/08/04 Schumer Lobbies Feds for Funding to Help Market Stewart Airport
06/08/04 Schumer to Meet with VA Secretary Principi Tomorrow to Discuss Fate of Canandaigua VA Hospital
06/08/04 DOJ Inspector General Opens Investigation into Former US Prison Officials with Checkered Records Serving in Iraq in Response to Schumer Letter
06/07/04 Schumer: Eliminate Provision That Shortchanges Long Island Military
Widows Millions Each Year
06/07/04 Schumer: Eliminate Provision That Shortchanges Staten Island Military Widows Almost $250,000 Each Year
06/07/04 Schumer to Meet Tomorrow with Bills Great Jim Kelly to Discuss Ways to Protect and Screen Newborns for Diseases
Week of May 30, 2004
06/04/04 Schumer, Boehlert, McHugh React to Solicitor General's opinion that Oneida Nationa-Owned Land be Immune from Taxes
06/03/04 Schumer: Senate Confirms Townes and Karas to New York’s Federal Courts
06/03/04 Schumer to USPS: Give Town of Halfmoon its Own Zip Code
06/02/04 Schumer Reveals Fourth Corrections Official with Checkered Record in Power Position at Iraqi Prisons
06/02/04 Schumer: Eliminate Provision That Shortchanges NY Military Widows Millions Each Year
06/01/04 Schumer Lobbies Feds for Funding to Help Market Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
05/31/04 Schumer Urges New Drug Shopper Website That Could Save NYers Millions by Revealing Wide Disparities Between Drug Stores' Prices
05/30/04 Schumer: New FBI Warning about Truck Bombs at High-profile NYC Sites Shows Need for Comprehensive Anti-terror Truck-bomb Plan
Week of May 23, 2004
05/27/04 Schumer Seeks More Disaster Relief Funds to Help Dominican Republic and Haiti Recover from Floods That Killed 1,950
05/27/04 Schumer Asks President to Award Congressional Medal of Honor to Hero NY Marine Who Died after Saving Others in Iraq
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Buffalo Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Albany Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Syracuse Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/27/04 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service to Rochester Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet and Brings CEO to Meet with Local Leaders
05/26/04 Schumer Discusses Impact of Independence Air on Hudson Valley Jobs & Businesses with Local Leaders
05/26/04 Schumer Details New Plan to Get Tough on China to Help Struggling Ulster County Apple Farmers
05/25/04 Schumer Unearths Recent Connecticut Study Showing Sludge Far More Toxic than Thought – New Ammo to Prevent LI Sound Dumping
05/24/04 Schumer: More than $1.3 Million Coming to New York Police Departments for New Bulletproof Vests
05/24/04 Schumer: More than $1.3 Million Coming to Local Police Departments for New Bulletproof Vests
05/24/04 Schumer: Why Was Banned Canadian Beef Allowed into Buffalo after Mad Cow Disease Was Found?
05/22/04 Schumer Unveils New "US Homeland Security Signal Corps" So New York Cops, Firefighters & EMTs Can Communicate at Terror Sites
Week of May 16, 2004
05/21/04 Schumer, Towns and Owens Join James Davis' Mother, US Postal Officials to Rename Brooklyn Post Office after Slain Councilman
05/21/04 Schumer Lobbies CEO of Krispy Kreme to Bring Famous Donuts to Plattsburgh
05/20/04 Schumer: Second Corrections Official with Checkered Record Put in Power Position at Iraqi Prisons
05/19/04 Schumer, McCain and Hollings Ask FTC to Probe Key HIV/AIDS Drug Price Hike
05/19/04 Schumer: with NY Gas Prices Highest Ever, Senate Will Attempt Unprecedented Step to Demand President to Release Oil Reserves to Drop Gas Prices
05/19/04 Schumer: New Affordable Flights Coming to Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, White Plains, and Stewart on Independence Air
05/18/04 With Gas Prices Highest Ever, Senate Begins New Push to Force President to Release Oil Reserves & Drop Gas Prices
05/18/04 Schumer: Parmalat Decision to Not Sell U.S. Assets Both Preserves Competition for Farmers and Helps Prevent Milk Price Hikes
Week of May 9, 2004
05/14/04 Schumer: with NY Gas Prices Highest Ever, Senate Begins New Push to Force President to Release Oil Reserves & Drop Gas Prices
05/13/04 Schumer: Cell Phone Number Portability is Headed to All of New York May 24
05/13/04 Schumer: Prison Official with Checkered past Put in Power Position at Abu Ghraib
05/12/04 Schumer and Clinton: Senate Extends Billions of Dollars for NY's Post-9/11 Recovery Funding
05/12/04 US Senate Passes Schumer Sickle Cell Bill To Provide New Sickle Cell Research Center and 40 Local Clinics
05/12/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More of Western NY Eligible for Special Tax Breaks
05/12/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More of Schenectady Eligible for Special Tax Breaks
05/12/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More of Rochester Eligible for Special Tax Breaks
05/12/04 Schumer: Save Program That Has Added over 3,000 Cops to Upstate NY
05/12/04 Schumer: "Green Bonds" for DestiNY Mega-Mall Project in Syracuse Passes Senate
05/11/04 Justice Dept Agrees to Schumer's Parmalat Probe; Will Gauge Whether Sale of Bankrupt Company Could Impact NY Milk Prices
05/11/04 Justice Dept Agrees to Schumer's Parmalat Probe; Will Gauge How Sale of Company Could Impact New York's Dairy Farmers
05/11/04 Schumer Lobbies CEO of Boscov's Dept Store to Bring Store to Glens Falls
05/10/04 Schumer Meets with Local Vets to Discuss next Steps for Canandaigua VA Hospital
05/10/04 Schumer: Center for Excellence in Infotonics Represents Great Hope for Rochester/Finger Lakes Region
05/10/04 Schumer: DOJ Heeds Call to Re-open Till Investigation
05/10/04 Schumer: Oxford will Expand Medicare + Choice Program to Rockland and Orange Counties with No Premium
05/10/04 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget in Special Ed Shortchanges Western New York Schools by $58.2 Million
05/10/04 Schumer: Key Official Will Try to Overturn Funding Cuts for Superconductor Technology Produced in Capital Region
05/09/04 Schumer: Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers Could Lose Homes Because Washington Wants to Withdraw $54M in Section 8 Vouchers
Week of May 2, 2004
05/06/04 Schumer to Baseball: Strike Two on On-field Advertising
05/06/04 Schumer, Clinton Oppose Efforts to Weaken West Valley Cleanup Standards
05/06/04 Schumer Gets "Green Bonds" for Destiny Mega-mall Project in Syracuse Added to Senate Tax Bill
05/05/04 Schumer Tells Feds to Drop Plan That Could Take $172 Million Away from New York Schools
05/04/04 Schumer Honors 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry of NY National Guard Before the US Senate
05/04/04 Schumer Asks Air Force Junior ROTC to Give Staten Island Unit Time to Boost Enrollment
05/03/04 Senators to HHS Secretary Thompson: Government Drug Price Negotiation Should Be Used More Broadly
05/03/04 Schumer Urges US Postal Service to Honor Gospel Pioneer Rev. James Cleveland with Commemorative Stamp
05/03/04 Statement of Senator Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton Re. The Escape of Thomas Hamill from Captivity in Iraq
05/03/04 Schumer, Hinchey, Destefano: Magistrate Courtouse is Headed to Middletown
05/03/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Give Capital Region Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
05/03/04 Schumer Announces $110,000 Federal Grant for Dunkirk Skate Park
Week of April 25, 2004
04/30/04 Schumer: Nasty Audit by Feds Is Underhanded Scheme to Take $330m from NYC Schoolkids
04/30/04 On the Eve of Historic Milk Price Hikes in NY, Schumer Asks FTC to Gauge If Parmalat Sale Will Force Milk Costs up Even More
04/29/04 Schumer: New Proposal Could Stop New York's Manufacturing Jobs from Fleeing Overseas
04/28/04 Schumer Working with White House to Begin Formulating New Plan for Shared Border Management at Peace Bridge
04/28/04 Schumer Asks Swiss Bank Judge for Adequate Funding for Boro Park Assisted Living Facility for Holocaust Survivors
04/27/04 Schumer Remarks on the Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to DC Circuit Court of Appeals
04/27/04 Schumer Thanks AOL for Removing 9/11 Victim Families Emailing Lists from Spam Classification
04/26/04 With New Cases Found this Week, Schumer Urges Feds to Ensure Northern Border Workers Are Trained to Handle Sars
04/26/04 Schumer: Ceremony to Officially Re-name Nyack U.S. Post Office in Slain Officers' Honor Will Be Held May 1
04/26/04 LI Delegation Calls on EPA to Extend Deadline for Comments on Dredge Waste Dumping into Sound
04/25/04 Schumer: New Stats Show Crystal Meth Quickly Becoming the New Crack – Seizures in New York up 31% over Last Year
Week of April 18, 2004
04/23/04 Schumer Visits New Rome Air Force Research Lab for Ribbon Cutting and Building Dedication Ceremony
04/23/04 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget in Special Ed Shortchanges Binghamton Area Schools by $12.9 Million
04/23/04 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget in Special Ed Shortchanges Mohawk Valley Schools by $14.9 Million
04/22/04 Schumer: New Study Shows That Air Service Quality at Major Upstate Airports Has Soared since Last Year - Good Sign for the Economy
04/22/04 Clinton and Schumer Introduce New Legislation to Project 10,000 Acres of Puerto Rico's Carribean National Forest
04/22/04 Schumer Asks AOL to Stop Treating 9/11 Victim Families Mailing Lists like Spam
04/21/04 Schumer Urges Clampdown on Foreign Milk Substitute Imports (MPC's) That Cost
New York Dairy Farmers Millions
04/21/04 Schumer: Vital Tool in War on Terror Languishing, Awaiting Push from Bush
04/20/04 Schumer Announces Senate Page Appointment for Buffalo High School Student Clotilde Dedecker
04/20/04 Schumer to Delta: Don't Give up on Elmira-Corning, Bring Service to Southern Tier
04/19/04 Schumer Secures $200,000 Federal Life Insurance Payment for L.I. Air Force Widow on Second Anniversary of Husband's Death
04/19/04 Schumer: Boot Saudi Ambassador from U.S. for Plotting to Fix Presidential Election by Manipulating Gas Prices
04/19/04 Schumer Goes to Bat to Protect Penn Yan's Coach & Equipment Against Unlawful Foreign Competition
04/19/04 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget in Special Ed Shortchanges Lower Hudson Valley Schools by $51.7 Million
04/19/04 With Lines Hitting Two Hours Long, Schumer Urges TSA to Add More Screeners at Stewart Airport
04/18/04 New Schumer Study: Milk Prices up 27% since May; Sale of Bankrupt Major Milk Producer Parmalat Could Force Prices Even Higher
Week of April 11, 2004
04/16/04 Schumer Hosts Buffalo Officials in NYC's Battery Park City to View Model for Buffalo's Outer Harbor Revival
04/16/04 Schumer Statement on Return of Robin Valentin – Accused in 2001 Slaying of Livery Cab Driver Jose Gutierrez – to NY Today
04/16/04 Schumer: "We Can Do it All"
04/15/04 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget in Special Ed Shortchanges Central New York Schools by $43 Million
04/15/04 Schumer Visits Oswegatchie River & Discusses New Federal Funds He Helped Obtain to Fix Collapsed Retaining Wall
04/15/04 Schumer: Aschroft & FBI Falling Way Short in War on Terrorism; Failed to take Adequate Corrective Action Even After 9/11
04/15/04 Schumer to Host Buffalo Officials in NYC Friday to Discuss New Model for Buffalo's Outer Harbor Revival
04/14/04 Schumer Pushes FTC to End Delay of New Yorkers' Free Credit Reports
04/14/04 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget in Special Ed Shortchanges Rochester/Finger Lakes Schools by $50.2 Million
04/14/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Give Buffalo Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
04/13/04 Schumer: Robin Valentin – Accused in 2001 Slaying of Livery Cab Driver Jose Gutierrez – Returns to NY to Stand Trial Friday
04/13/04 Schumer and Rangel Launch New Campaign to Force US Justice Department to Reopen Investigation into 1955 Murder of Emmett Till
04/12/04 Schumer: Madrid Attack & U.S. High Alert Should Make Securing Rensselaer Amtrak Station a Federal Priority
04/12/04 Schumer Outlines New Plan to Bolster Law Enforcement in Plattsburgh
04/12/04 In Wake of Scalia Speech Flap, Schumer & Leahy push Guidelines for Federal Judges' Public Remarks
Week of April 4, 2004
04/10/04 Schumer: Gaping Hole in NYC Security - 25,000 Unscreened Cruise Ship Passengers to Disembark Just Steps from G.O.P. Convention
04/09/04 Schumer Visits Forest Hills Seniors to Launch Grassroots Effort to Protect Social Security
04/09/04 Schumer Meets with New York Army National Guard Members Back from Iraq Suffering from Depleted Uranium Exposure
04/08/04 Bishop, Schumer, Clinton, Levy Praise BNL Cleanup Proposals
04/07/04 Schumer Blasts Baseball's Bad Ad Idea
04/07/04 With Tax Day Rapidly Approaching, Schumer Provides Tax Tips That Could Save
New Yorkers Thousands
04/06/04 Schumer Tells GSA to Keep All Former Dulski Building Workers in Buffalo's Downtown Core
04/06/04 Schumer Pushes for Renewal of Wind Farm Tax Credit
04/05/04 Schumer to Question Experts at Senate Hearing on Why Gasoline & Natural Gas Prices Shot Through the Roof this Year
04/05/04 Schumer: Investigators Should Find Federal Funds to Open Entire Statue of Liberty to Public
04/04/04 New Schumer Study: Drug Company Price Hikes in New York Will More than Cancel out Savings from New Medicare Drug Cards
04/04/04 Schumer: New Evidence Proves That Granting NY Waiver from Ethanol Mandate Will Quickly Lower Gas and Oil Prices
Week of March 28, 2004
04/02/04 Schumer, Hero Cop Steven McDonald, Pastor Teach Non-violent Conflict Resolution to Bronx HS Students
04/02/04 Cusick, Schumer Inspect Security Upgrades That Detect Chemical and Radiological Weapons at SI's Howland Hook Terminal
04/01/04 Schumer: International Court must Not Judge Israel’s Security Fence
04/01/04 27 Senators to Ask White House to Reconsider Position on SPR in Light of OPEC Plan to Cut Production
04/01/04 Schumer Urges White House to Release Full Text of Rice's 9/11/01 Speech
04/01/04 Remarks on the Nomination of William Myers to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
04/01/04 Schumer Presses Principi on Delay in Canandaigua VA Hospital Decision
03/31/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Gauge How Potential Sale of Parmalat Would Impact New York's Dairy Farmers
03/31/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Gauge How Sale of Parmalat Would Impact Metro NY Milk Prices
03/30/04 Schumer to Feds: Reopen Statue of Liberty Crown to Visitors - Not Just Statue Base
03/30/04 Schumer: President Should Demand That OPEC Increase Oil Supply at Crucial Meeting Tomorrow- Could Bring Upstate NY Gas Prices Down
03/30/04 28 Senators: President Should Pressure OPEC To Boost Oil Supply at Crucial Wed. Meeting
03/29/04 Home Depot Co-founder Brings Cardinal Egan, Schumer to Bronx Store Where New Ken's Kids Program Hires Disabled Youth
03/29/04 Schumer Details Plan to Stop Deaths Caused by Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)
03/29/04 As Districts Finalize New School Budgets, Schumer Reveals "No Child Left Behind" Law Under-funds Long Island Schools by $35 Million
Week of March 21, 2004
03/26/04 Schumer: New DOJ Grants Will Pay for Additional Officers in Local Schools
03/26/04 Schumer Visits Washington Heights Seniors to Launch Grassroots Effort to Protect Social Security
03/26/04 Schumer: Jetblue to Add 2 More Flights Between NYC & Buffalo
03/26/04 Schumer: Jetblue to Add a New Flight Between NYC & Rochester
03/25/04 Schumer: Long Island IRS Jobs Are Safe for Now
03/25/04 Schumer Urges 9/11 Commission to Reject New White House Request to Meet in Private with Rice until She Testifies in Public under Oath
03/24/04 Schumer: over 400,000 New Yorkers Could Lose Overtime Pay under Labor Dept Plan Slated to Take Effect next Week
03/24/04 Lawmakers: Pentagon Official Agrees to Work to Include $17.8 Million for Niagara Air Reserve Station in 2006 Budget Request
03/24/04 Schumer: Payments Now Available to Wayne County Cherry Growers for Replanting Trees Damaged by Ice Storm
03/24/04 Schumer: New Delays in FBI Computer Upgrades Pose National Security Threat
03/24/04 Senators: White House Refusal to Stop Filling Oil Reserve Is Helping to Drive Record-high Gas Prices Even Higher
03/24/04 White House Campaign to Besmirch Clarke Is More Aggressive than its Efforts to Cooperate in Plame Case
03/23/04 Schumer Secures Visas So Slain Yonkers Soldier's Family Can Enter United States for Funeral
03/23/04 Schumer:"Geesepeace" Consultants to Hold Training Seminars in Newburgh this Week to Help Solve Canada Geese Problem
03/23/04 Senators: Skyrocketing Gas Prices Will Practically Cancel out Bush $400 Tax Cut by this Summer
03/22/04 Schumer Reveals: Skyrocketing Gas Prices Will Cancel out Bush $400 Tax Cut by this Summer (NY)
03/22/04 Schumer Visits Warsaw Seniors to Launch Grassroots Effort to Protect Social Security
03/22/04 With Reserves & Guards like 105th Mp Overextended, Schumer Calls for Increase in Army's Active Duty Personnel
03/22/04 Schumer Presents Check for More than $74,000 to the Gates Fire District for New Communications Equipment Monday
03/22/04 Schumer: Highest Rochester Jobless Rate in 20 Years Underscores Need to Get Tough on China
03/22/04 Senators Urge President to Ask Condoleeza Rice to Testify Before 9/11 Commission
03/21/04 With Gang Killings Skyrocketing in NY, Schumer and Long Island Gang-slay Widow Unveil Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
Week of March 14, 2004
03/19/04 Schumer Visits Fredonia Seniors to Launch Grassroots Effort to Protect Social Security
03/19/04 Schumer Visits West Valley to Kick off next Phase of Cleanup Efforts
03/17/04 Schumer: 105th Military Police Unit Will Leave Iraq in Early May & Be Officially Demobilized June 17
03/17/04 Schumer Says He Supports Application to Allow Ansar Mahmood to Remain in the US
03/16/04 Schumer Secures $400,000 for New Crime Mapping Technology for City of Albany Police Department
03/16/04 Schumer Presents Check for $2.5 Million for New Niagara Falls Train Station
03/16/04 Schumer Visits Watertown Seniors to Launch Grassroots Effort to Protect Social Security
03/16/04 Schumer Visits Fulton Seniors to Launch Grassroots Effort to Protect Social Security
03/15/04 Senators Urge President to Protect Medicare Official from Retaliation
03/15/04 Schumer:"Geesepeace" Consultants to Meet Today with Local Orange County Officials to Help Solve Canada Geese Problem
03/15/04 Schumer Brings IBM Exec to Edward Williams School in Effort to Start to Upgrade School's Technology
03/15/04 Schumer Reveals: LI Medicaid Mills Trap Ex-addicts in Dangerous Conditions, Cheat Them of Treatment & Blight Neighborhoods
03/14/04 Schumer: Madrid Attacks Should Be Wake-up Call to Upgrade Rail and Subway Security
Week of March 7, 2004
03/11/04 Schumer Pushes Constellation & GE to Move Forward with Plan to Build Windmills in Oswego County
03/11/04 Schumer: Remove Federal Requirement That Could Cause Gas Prices to Climb
In Mohawk Valley
03/11/04 Schumer Blasts White House Move to Name a Manufacturing Czar Who Is Shipping Jobs Overseas
03/10/04 Schumer: Federal Budget Proposal Stiffs NY Fire Departments by $18 Million next Year
03/10/04 Schumer Announces $150,000 Cops” Grant for Newburgh
03/09/04 Schumer: Principi Should Send Special Team to Canandaigua VA to Study Psychiatric Unit Before Deciding Whether to Remove Beds
03/09/04 Schumer to Feds: Waiver for Pipeline along L.I.E. Would Protect Pine Barrens and Help Lower Home Heating Costs on Island
03/08/04 Schumer Urges Full Funding for Amtrak to Avert Service Shutdown
03/08/04 Schumer Visits Columbia County Seniors to Launch Grassroots Effort to Protect Social Security
03/08/04 Schumer to Lead Effort in Washington to Get Jetblue's New Application to Fly to the Dominican Republic Approved
03/07/04 Schumer: NY's Already Sky-high Gas Prices Could See Increase up to 40¢ this Summer If Feds Don't Drop New Ethanol Requirements
Week of February 29, 2004
03/05/04 Schumer Pushes Feds to Expedite Payments to Wayne County Cherry Growers Replanting Trees Damaged by Ice Storm
03/04/04 Chuck Backs Chuck: Schumer Shows SI Zoo's Groundhog Beats "World Famous" Punxsutawney Phil 6 out of Every 10 Years
03/04/04 Schumer: BOA/Fleet Should Continue to Have an Upstate New Yorker on New Board of Directors
03/04/04 Schumer: Homeland Security Dept's Reversal Today Puts Brookhaven National Labs Back on the A-list
03/03/04 Citing US Failure to Get Tough with China on Floating Currency, Bipartisan Group of Senators Seek Emergency White House Meeting
03/03/04 Schumer: Feds Will Reimburse Cayuga, Lewis, Oneida and Oswego Counties for Damage & Cleanup Resulting from Storm
03/03/04 Schumer Launches Grassroots Effort to Protect New Yorkers' Social Security
03/03/04 Schumer: over $360,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
03/02/04 Schumer Presses Feds to Overturn Funding Cuts for Superconductor Technology Produced in Capital Region
03/02/04 Schumer Lobbies Feds for Funding to Build up Center Court in Niagara Falls
03/02/04 Schumer: Homeland Security Dept's Move to Downgrade Brookhaven National Labs Puts New York and Nation at Risk
03/01/04 Schumer Secures $18.2 Million Increase for Ryan White Aids Funding in NYC
03/01/04 Schumer to Feds: Keep the Promise You Made Years Ago and Restore Staten Island's "Forgotten Acre"
03/01/04 Schumer Details next Steps for Moynihan Global Affairs Institute at Syracuse University
02/29/04 Cheney Could Cast Tie-breaking Vote to Renew the Assault Weapons Ban on Tue
Week of February 22, 2004
02/27/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Come to Rockland County & Launch Probe Of Rail Safety
02/26/04 Schumer Meets with Ivory Coast Officials to Get Their Support of "New York Chocolate" Venture in Fulton
02/26/04 Schumer Pushes Blair to Release Cory Report
02/26/04 NAACP Endorses Schumer's Sickle Cell Disease Legislation
02/26/04 Schumer: Five Months after Announcing New Manufacturing Czar Position, White House Still Hasn't Filled the Job
02/26/04 Schumer: Customs Report Says Shared Border Management for Peace Bridge Crossing Is a Viable Option
02/25/04 Schumer: President Is Reneging on Pledge to Renew Assault Weapons Ban
02/25/04 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget Would Under-fund "No Child Left Behind" by $204 Million in Upstate NY Schools
02/24/04 Schumer: Remove Federal Requirement That Could Cause Gas Prices to Soar in New York
02/24/04 Schumer:"Geesepeace" Consultants Will Meet with Local Westchester Officials to Help Solve Canada Geese Problem
02/24/04 Kraft Tells Schumer That Cool Whip Plant in Avon Is Unlikely to Close – Good News for Solvay Cool Whip Packaging Company
02/24/04 Schumer Opposes New Plan to Let Energy Dept Leave West Valley Before Cleanup of Nuclear Waste Is Complete
02/24/04 Warner, Dewine, And Chafee Join Feinstein & Schumer In Effort To Renew Assault Weapons Ban
02/23/04 Schumer, McCarthy Launch All-out Push to Get President to Stand by His Word and Re-authorize the Assault Weapons Ban
02/23/04 Schumer and District Attorney Donovan Unveil New Plan to Give Staten Island Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
02/23/04 Schumer: Kraft to Discuss Plans for Canton Plant with St. Lawrence County Officials Wednesday
02/23/04 Kraft Tells Schumer That Cool Whip Plant in Avon Is Unlikely to Close
02/23/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Build a Resource Center in Western NY to Help Nuclear Workers with Their Claim Applications
02/22/04 Schumer Reveals: 50 Illicit Internet Sites Are Selling Dangerous Drugs to New Yorkers Without Prescriptions
Week of February 15, 2004
02/20/04 Schumer: White House Hamburger Plan Is Not Going to Create New Jobs
02/19/04 Schumer Urges SEC to Slow Effort to Implement New Trade-through Rule
02/18/04 Schumer: over $79,000 Coming to Lewiston Fire Department
02/18/04 Schumer: over $64,000 Coming to Barnard Fire Department
02/18/04 Schumer Persuades Feds to Widen CSX Probe; FRA Representative Will Visit Pittsford Tomorrow
02/17/04 Schumer: $5 Million in New Federal Money Headed to Wayne County for Replanting Trees Damaged by Ice Storm
02/17/04 Schumer: Feds Expected to Approve New Reductions in Medicare Premiums this Week for Westchester/rockland Residents
02/17/04 Schumer Unveils New Program at ECMC to Help Buffalo Rape Victims Prosecute Their Attackers
02/17/04 Schumer, Slaughter: for the First Time, Feds Will Base New Border Patrol Agents in Rochester to Patrol Lake Ontario
02/16/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Give Westchester Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
02/16/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Give Newburgh Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
02/16/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Give Poughkeepsie Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
Week of February 8, 2004
02/14/04 Schumer: Peace Bridge Project Is One Step Closer to Reality
02/14/04 Schumer: Effort to Improve New York Police and Fire Radios Dealt Major Blow in Washington – Feds End Grants for Upgrades
02/13/04 Schumer: Proposed Cuts at Manhattan Va Hospital Will Hurt Health Care
For All New York City Vets
02/13/04 Schumer: Cares Recommends Keeping Canandaigua Va Hospital Open, Studying Whether to Move Psych Beds
02/12/04 Schumer Urges Healthnow to Move Headquarters & 1,200 Employees to Downtown Buffalo
02/12/04 Schumer Urges White House to Disclose Names of Employees Refusing to Cooperate with CIA Leak Probe
02/12/04 Schumer Announces Local Workshops to Help Fire Depts with Application Process for Federal Grants
02/12/04 Schumer Lobbies Colin Powell to Support Lockheed Martin's Bid for Major
Job-creating Copter Contract
02/12/04 Schumer: OPEC May Be Wavering on Oil Supply Cuts – President Should Weigh in and Push to Keep Production up
02/11/04 Senators Urge President to Renounce His Position That Sending Jobs Overseas Is a Good Thing
02/11/04 Schumer: New Senate Bill Contains Billions in Federal Transportation Money for New York State
02/11/04 Schumer: OPEC's Latest Plan to Cut Oil Supplies Will Push New York Gasoline and
Home Heating Costs Through the Roof
02/11/04 With Recommendation on VA Hospital to Be Released this Week, Schumer Makes Final Pitch for 50 Psychiatric Beds
02/11/04 Schumer: $6 Million Coming to NY's Institute for Cancer Prevention for Groundbreaking New Research into Cancer-Alzheimer's Link
02/11/04 Schumer Urges National Red Cross to Keep Wyoming County Chapter Open
02/10/04 Schumer, Bloomberg, MTA Chair Kalikow Begin New Campaign for Billions in Federal Transit Money for NY
02/10/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Come to Monroe County & Launch Full Investigation of Area's Freight Train Crossing Safety
02/09/04 Schumer: State Dept May Be Considering Plan to Relax Visa Requirements for Saudis
02/09/04 Schumer Urges EPA to Help Clean up Contaminated Site on Ryan Drive
02/09/04 Schumer: Worst-case Scenario for Dairy Farmers May Be Averted in Australia Free Trade Agreement
02/09/04 Schumer Urges Feds to Reimburse Oswego & Fulton for Snow Damage and Cleanup
02/08/04 Schumer Reveals Local College Textbook Prices Are Skyrocketing - and Proposes New $1,000 Tax Deduction to Help Cover Cost
02/08/04 Schumer and Whistle Blowers Reveal: New TSA Budget Leaves Key Aspects of NY Airport Security at Pre-9/11 Levels
Week of February 1, 2004
02/06/04 Schumer: New Law Could Create New Health Care Options for Many New Yorkers
02/05/04 Schumer Invites President of Ivory Coast to Come to Fulton to Tour Chocolate Plant
02/05/04 Schumer Urges IRS to Spare 135 Jobs in New York City and Long Island
02/05/04 Schumer Urges IRS to Spare Dozens of Threatened Buffalo Jobs
02/02/04 Schumer, Sweeney: New US Ephedra Ban Doesn't Go Far Enough – Ephedra Copycats Dodge Ban and 15 Ephedra Clones Already on Sale in NY
02/02/04 Schumer: Bush Budget Leaves New York Behind
02/02/04 Schumer: Thousands of Western NY Seniors Will See $250 Cuts in Annual Medicare HMO Costs in 2004
02/01/04 Schumer Warns That New Ephedra Ban Doesn't Do Enough – 15 Ephedra Clones That Dodge Ban Already on Sale in New York
Week of January 25, 2004
01/31/04 Schumer Unveils Design of New Canadian Gateway Plaza at the Peace Bridge – First Step to Moving US Toll Facilities to Canada
01/30/04 Schumer to President: Don't Shortchange Projects Designed to Help Control Floods in Utica Area Creeks
01/30/04 Schumer to President: Don't Shortchange Projects Designed to Curb Erosion in Hamilton County's Sacandaga River
01/29/04 Schumer: Yesterday's State Department Move to Revoke Visas of Saudis Linked to Wahhabism Doesn't Go Far Enough
01/29/04 Schumer to President: Don't Shortchange LI Army Corps of Engineers Projects
01/29/04 Schumer Proposes New $1000 Tax Break To Help Cover College Textbook Costs
01/28/04 Schumer: Remove Federal Requirement That Could Cause Gas Prices to Climb in New York
01/28/04 Schumer: New Mydoom Virus Reveals Feds' Inability to Contain Cyber Attacks
01/28/04 Schumer Statement on Gary Sharpe's Confirmation as Judge in Northern District Of New York
01/28/04 Schumer: Over $849,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
01/27/04 Schumer: Use New York Steel to Build 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan
01/26/04 Schumer: Long Island Seniors Will See $75-$100 Cuts in Month Medicare HMO Costs in 2004
01/26/04 Schumer Wins Mayor Briscoe Award from Emerald Isle Immigration Center
Week of January 18, 2004
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 For Oswego’s East Side System
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 For City Of Corning Reservoir
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $2.5 Million for Route 15/I86 Interchange
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $280,000 For Nepperhan Valley Technology Center in Yonkers
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Announce $3.6 Million In Federal Job Access and Reverse Commute Funds for New York
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $2 Million for Plattsburgh International Airport
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $1.4 Million for Lake Placid Sewer & Water Treatment Facility
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 for Foothills Performing Arts Center
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 For Schine Theater
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $1.25 Million for Rome Passenger Intermodal Facility
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $3 Million for Route 12 Corridor
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $2.5 MillionFor New Hartford-based Par LMS’sCargo*watchtm Program
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves $2.5 Million for Niagara Falls International Train Station
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 For Broome-Tioga Works
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $250,000 for Southern Tier Sports and Recreation Center
01/23/04 Schumer, Clinton Secure $100,000 For Rooftop Highway
01/22/04 Schumer Secures $50,000 in Federal Funds for "New Energy New York" Consortium to Promote Capital Region Group
01/22/04 Schumer Secures $500,000 for Community Action Organization of Erie County
01/22/04 Schumer Secures $100,000 in Federal Funds for Lifespan of Greater Rochester
01/22/04 Schumer Secures $50,000 in Federal Funds for North Rockland Early Childhood Center
01/22/04 Schumer Measure to Penalize USDA for Mismanagement of Price Support Payments Passes Congress
01/22/04 Schumer:$200,000 for "Geesepeace" Solution to Canada Geese Problem Passes Congress
01/22/04 Schumer: $5 Million for Moynihan Institute at Syracuse University Passes Congress
01/22/04 Schumer Presses DOJ to Detail How Well White House Is Cooperating with CIA Leak Probe
01/22/04 Schumer: New Trade Proposal with Australia Could Cost New York Dairy Farmers $1.6 Billion over Nine Years
01/22/04 Senators Urge Cheney to Make Chinese Currency Manipulation Top Issue at Davos
01/21/04 Schumer Blasts Oneidas for Withholding Money from Stockbridge Valley Schools
01/21/04 Schumer and Rockville Centre Bishop Push Immigration Department to Intervene Before Refugee Is Sent to Death
01/21/04 Schumer: Over $433,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
01/20/04 Schumer: Site Selectors Are Taking Notice of Upstate New York's Low-cost Space and High Quality Workforce
Week of January 11, 2004
01/17/04 Schumer Reveals: NY Auto Insurance Fraud Capital of US – Most New Yorkers Will Have Higher Car Insurance Bills in 2004
01/16/04 Schumer Urges President to Send $30 Million in Heating Aid to New York as Sub-zero Temperatures Threaten Safety
01/16/04 Schumer Steps up Lobbying Effort to Deliver Federal Copter Contracts To Owego's Lockheed Martin Plant
01/16/04 Schumer Details New Plan to Get Tough on China to Help Struggling Businesses in the Southern Tier
01/15/04 Schumer Details New Plan to Get Tough on China to Help Struggling Businesses in Orange County
01/15/04 Schumer: Feds Will Let Peace Bridge Expansion Project Move Forward
01/15/04 Schumer Reveals Local College Textbook Prices Are Skyrocketing - and Proposes New $1,000 Tax Deduction to Help Cover Cost
01/14/04 Schumer Unveils New Plan to Give Syracuse Tough New Tools to Fight Gangs
01/14/04 Schumer: Over $871,000 Coming to New York Fire Departments
01/13/04 Schumer Reveals: US Puts New Immigration Fingerprint ID System at 14 Seaports Nationwide – but Not New York
01/13/04 Schumer: $20,000 Coming to Upstate Farms
01/13/04 Schumer: Over $56,000 Coming to Elderbery Pond for New Organic Food Restaurant
01/13/04 Schumer: $15,000 Coming to Schoharie County Cooperative Dairies
01/13/04 Schumer: over $114,000 Coming to Appleton Creek Winery
01/12/04 Schumer: Natural Gas Prices Are Shooting up in Rochester Area; Heating Costs up 26 % per User over Last Winter - Could Go Higher
01/12/04 Schumer Details New Model for Buffalo's Outer Harbor Revival
Week of January 4, 2004
01/08/04 Schumer Lobbies NCAA Members to Save 5 New York College Sports Programs
01/8/04 Schumer Demonstrates New Online Technology Community That Will Help Recruit New Companies to Cap Region
01/07/04 Schumer: New 2003 Data Shows Bank Robberies up 70% on Long Island, Yet FBI Has Cut 85 Agents from Regional Office
01/07/04 Schumer: Over $1.3 Million Coming to New York Fire Departments
01/06/04 Schumer: White House Thwarting Justice Dept's CIA Leak Probe
01/05/04 Its Future in Question, Political, Business, and Labor Leaders Rally to Keep NYSE the Number One Equities Exchange in the World
01/05/04 Schumer: Customs' Delay in Releasing Shared Border Management Plan Puts Peace Bridge Scoping Document in Doubt
01/04/04 Schumer: Unlocked Cockpit Doors on Cargo Planes – Domestic and Foreign – Leaves New York Vulnerable to a Second 9/11
 

 
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