Schumer
Demands FAA Complete Top To Botom Review Of NY Airpsace IN
Light Of Recent Crash And Terrorism Threat Within 90 Days
Following
last week's tragic airplane accident on the Upper East Side
which exposed gaping holes in New York City's aviation security
and the city's vulnerability to terrorism, U.S. Senator Charles
E. Schumer today called on the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) to complete a top-to-bottom assessment of the New York
airspace in the next 90 days. On Friday the FAA imposed a
nwe regulation requiring pilots to seek specific
permission from air traffic control to fly over the East River
corridor but did not look at a host of other security issues
for the New York airspace. Today Schumer asked the FAA to
complete this study and look at nine specific issues. He also
demanded that the FAA focus on terrorism, not just safety
when making new regulations for New York.
Read
More >> |
|
Schumer:
New Evidence Suggests Oil Companies Could Be Intentionally
Driving Prices Up For Summer Driving Season
As gas prices jumped 28.5 cents a gallon in the last three
weeks alone, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer called on the
Federal Government to ensure that oil companies don’t
intentionally drive up prices before the summer months to
increase their bottom line. Today Schumer sent a letter
to the Federal Trade Commission to urge them to closely monitor
refining capacity and prices, which could rise even more as
more Americans increase their travel this spring and summer.
Read
More >> |
|
Schumer:
New Disclosures In Medicare Drug Program Reveal Upstate NY
Epic Enrollees Not Protected, Required Drugs May Be Unavailable
in New Plans
Across
New York, 367,000 seniors enrolled in New York's Elderly Pharmaceutical
Insurance Coverage (EPIC), may lose protection from loopholes
in the new Medicare prescription drug plan, U.S. Senator Charles
E. Schumer revealed. Schumer grilled the Center for Medicaid
and Medicaid Services' Administrator Mark McClellan and urged
him to offer the same safeguards to EPIC that are currently
given to other private plans. Schumer also spotlighted how
drug plans can change the lists of drugs they cover even after
a patient has enrolled in a plan and hus committed them to
that plan for a year. Read
More >> |