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11/03/2006 Schumer Calls On FEMA To Fully Fund Crisis Counseling Services In Southern Tier – Mohawk Valley In Wake Of Summer Floods
11/01/2006 Schumer Announces Cellect To Receive SBA Loan For Up To $1.5 Million Due To Damage From This Summer’s Floods
11/01/2006 Schumer Announces Four Capital Region Fire Departments Will Receive Over $287,000 In Federal Fire Grants
11/01/2006 Schumer Announces Over $2.5 Million In Federal Dollars For Senior Housing Project In Amsterdam
10/30/2006 With Severe Shortage Of Top-Notch Math And Science Grads Affecting Cap Region Businesses, Schumer Unveils Groundbreaking Initiative To Promote Math And Science Education
10/30/2006 Schumer, Stratton Announce Schenectady Will Use Federal COPS Grant To Hire Six New Police Officers
10/20/2006 Schumer Announces The Release Of $198,000 In Federal Funds For New Graduate College Of Union University
10/04/2006 Schumer Announces Five Capital Region Fire Departments Will Receive Over $465,000 In Federal Fire Grants
09/29/2006 Schumer: New Amtrak Chief On The Right Track
09/28/2006 Schumer Announces Over $6.5 Million For GE Global Research In Niskayuna
09/26/2006 Schumer, Clinton Announce The Release Of Over $685,000 For The Capital District Transportation Authroity
09/26/2006 Schumer, Clinton Announce Congressional Panel Backs $19.15 Million For Capital Region Defense Projects
09/25/2006 Schumer Announces Over $624,000 In Federal Dollars For Port Of Albany / Rensselaer
09/22/2006 Schumer Announces Over $202,000 In Federal Funds Going To Schenectady City Schools
09/20/2006 Schumer To Testify In Senate Committee On His Bill To Reopen Competitive Licensing At Cohoes Falls
09/08/2006 Schumer Announces Over $80,000 Coming To National Association Of State Fire Marshals In Albany
09/08/2006 Schumer Announces Over $203,000 Coming To The New York State Police
09/05/2006 Schumer Announces Over $399,000 Coming To Rensselaer County
08/25/2006 Schumer Announces Over $137,000 Coming To Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corporation For Gun Crime Reduction In The Capitol Region
08/23/2006 Schumer Announces $152,000 For The Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport
08/15/2006 Schumer Announces Over $175,000 Coming To The City Of Troy For Crime Prevention And Policing Initiatives
08/10/2006 Schumer Announces Onesquethaw Volunteer Fire Company, Inc Will Receive Over $48,000 In Federal Fire Grants
08/09/2006 Schumer, Clinton Work To Close China Trade Loophole That Now Hurts Capital Region Window Blinds Manufacturer
08/08/2006 Schumer Visits Schoharie Fire Department To Launch Effort To Save Federal Fire Grant Program
08/08/2006 As Senate Authorizes New Funding For Autism, Schumer Visits Renowned Wildwood School To Urge House To Do Same So Bill Can Become Law
07/31/2006 Schumer Urges Feds, State To Work To Keep Beech-Nut Plant In Canajoharie
07/28/2006 Key Senate Committee Approves Clinton Bill To Rename Averill Park Post Office After Major George Quamo
07/20/2006 Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Backs $200,000 For Hudson Valley Community College Program
06/21/2006 Schumer Reveals At Least 350,000 Upstate NY Vets’ Info Stolen During VA Data Theft – Unveils New Plan For All Government Agencies To Keep Personal Data Secure
06/14/2006 Schumer Pushes Bill To Crack Down On Illegal Online Pharmacies As New Report Reveals Rampant Prescription Drug Abuse By Teens
06/08/2006 Schumer Announces Over $323,000 For Schenectady City School District
05/30/2006 Schumer Visits Saratoga Hospital Center, Pushes New Proposal For Health Care For Small Businesses
05/24/2006 Schumer Reveals Invasive Species Pose Serious Environmental And Economic Threat To Upstate New York – Could Cost $170 Million In Lost Crop Production
05/17/2006 Amid Commencement Season, Schumer Reveals: Upstate NY College Grads Drowning In Debt – Private Lenders Setting Up Back-Door Deals Pushing More Expensive Loans On Campuses
05/03/2006 With Deadline Looming, Schumer Reveals 27% Of Eligible Upstate NY’ers Still Haven’t Signed-Up For Medicare Part D – Nearly Half Don’t Know About Deadline, Could Face Lifelong Penalties
04/26/2006 Schumer Reveals Upstate NY Vets Shortchanged $80 Million In Health Care In Proposed Budget: Monthly Co-Pay Slated To Almost Double, Plus A New $250 VA User Fee
03/28/2006 Schumer Announces Schenectady Will Receive $225,000 To "Weed-Out” Crime And "Seed-In” Prevention And Intervention
03/15/2006 Schumer To Lead Bipartisan Senate Delegation Trip To China In Latest Effort To Address Its Unfair Trade Policies
03/13/2006 Schumer: 19,000 Cap Region Single-Parent Families At Risk Because Of Closed-Door Legislative Maneuver That Cuts Child Support Collection For Those That Desperately Need It
03/08/2006 Schumer: Upstate NY Fire Departments 2nd Hardest Hit By Budget Proposal Which Underfunds Fire Grant Program By $707 Million
12/28/2005 Schumer Completes Annual 62-County Tour Throughout New York For Seventh Year In A Row
12/28/2005 In Final Stop Of 62 County Tour, Schumer Visits Columbia County To Reveal Impact Of High Costs Of Gas On Local Farmers
12/19/2005 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $16.5 Million For Defense Projects To Benefit The Capital Region
12/08/2005 Schumer Announces $56,000 for Capitol Region Arts and Cultural Programs
12/08/2005 As Cap Region Shoppers Hit the Mall, Schumer to Warn of Holiday Scams
12/01/2005 Schumer Announces Farmers In 27 Upstate Counties Eligible For Emergency Loans
11/18/2005 Schumer, Clinton, McNulty Announce Congressional Approval Of $25.5 Million For Military Construction Projects To Benefit The Capital Region
11/16/2005 Schumer: New Complicated Medicare Drug Plans Baffling Millions Of New York’s Seniors – Senator Introduces Bill To Extend Enrollment Deadline To Prevent Late-Penalty Fees
11/16/2005 Schumer Secures $200,000 For The Graduate College Of Union University
11/14/2005 Schumer: Capital Region Residents Will Pay $87.9 Million More To Heat Their Homes This Winter – Senator Proposes Utilizing Heating Oil Reserve To Bring Down Costs
11/10/2005 Schumer: Upstate School Districts Face Almost $89 Million Shortfall From Heating & Fuel Costs – Senator Announces School Energy Crisis Relief Act Today
11/02/2005 Schumer Announces Capital Region Receives Over $205,000 In Fire Grants
10/26/2005 As Tax Reform Panel Recommends Eliminating State & Local Deductions, Schumer Releases Report Showing Devastating Impact On Upstate NY
10/21/2005 Schumer Announces $250,000 For Troy Cultural Treasure
10/19/2005 Schumer Study Reveals: Upstate NY Short Of Millions Of Bird Flu Treatment – Senator Demands Immediate Licensing Of Production To More Companies
10/12/2005 As MILC Program Expires, Schumer Engages New Bipartisan Campaign To Renew Program That Protects Upstate NY Dairy Farmers
10/11/2005 Schumer Releases New Survey Of Capital Region Gas Prices – Proposes Excess Oil Company Profits Go To Victims Of Katrina
09/30/2005 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $11 Million For Defense Projects To Benefit The Capital Region
09/23/2005 Schumer Announces Over $640,000 For Legal Aid Society Of Northeastern New York
09/23/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Senate Approval of $25.5 Million For Military Construction Projects To Benefit The Capital Region
09/15/2005 Schumer Announces $475,000 for Capital District Community Loan Fund
09/14/2005 As Students Hit Campus Bookstores, New Report Reveals Textbook Price Increase Doubles Inflation Rate – Schumer Bill Would Reduce Costs
09/12/2005 Schumer Announces Unity House of Troy Awarded Over $165,000 for Victims of Domestic Violence
09/07/2005 With Shocking Gas Prices Throughout Upstate New York, Schumer To Call For Immediate Steps To Deliver Relief At The Pump
08/31/2005 Schumer Announces Initiatives To Promote Economic Development On Heels Of BRAC Recommendations
08/31/2005 Schumer Dedicates U.S. Post Office In Honor Of Slain Officer Lt. John F. Finn In Official Renaming Ceremony
08/18/2005 Schumer Announces Over $241,000 for Capital Region Crime Control and Prevention Programs
08/17/2005 Schumer: Over $444,000 Coming To Capital Region Fire Departments For Fire Operations And Safety
08/17/2005 Gas Prices At Record Highs In Captial Region; Schumer Again Urges Deployment Of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
08/03/2005 Schumer To Feds: Do Not Cut TSA Security Staff At Albany International Airport
07/29/2005 Schumer Urges FEMA To Declare Twelve New York Counties Federal Disaster Areas, Send Federal Aid
07/27/2005 As Domestic Violence Continues To Plague Upstate NY Communities, Schumer Calls For Stronger, Tougher Federal Legislation To Stiffen Penalties, Support Victims
07/22/2005 New Fuel Efficient Tires Could Save Upstate New Yorkers $225 Million, Conserve Fuel, And Reduce U.S. Dependency On Foreign Oil – Schumer Introduces Amendment To Energy Bill
07/21/2005 Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Backs $200,000 For the Graduate College of Union University
07/13/2005 Schumer: New York Blood Supply Reaching Dangerously Low Levels Throughout Upstate – With Surgeries Getting Postponed, Senator Unveils New Plan To Promote Blood Donations
07/06/2005 Schumer: Over $478,000 Awarded to the College of St. Rose in Albany
07/06/2005 Schumer: $500,000 in Federal Dollars Coming to Village of Hoosick Falls For New Water Treatment Plant
06/28/2005 Schumer Reveals New Crystal Meth Stats In Each Upstate Ny County – Senator Unveils New Bipartisan Federal Legislation To Crackdown On Ongoing Epidemic
06/16/2005 Schumer Secures Key Provision In Senate Energy Bill That Would Create New Markets For Plug Power In Latham
06/15/2005 Schumer Reveals Number Of Identity Theft Victims In Each Upstate NY County, Costing Millions – Senator Unveils New Steps To Protect Consumers And Private Financial Data
06/08/2005 New Schumer Report: Upstate New York Manufacturing Hit Hard By Unfair China Trade Practices – Senator Unveils New Steps To Level The Playing Field
05/19/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Over $2.9 Million For Albany International Airport
05/18/2005 Schumer Warns: Upstate NY College Students Graduating With Diploma And Mountain Of Credit Card Debt
05/11/2005 In Light Of Latest Chronic Wasting Disease Case, Schumer To Warn This Could Slash Upstate NY’s Deer Population & Cost Hunting Industry Millions
05/10/2005 Schumer Annouces Six Upstate New York Areas Are “Fiber-To-The-Home” Communities
05/05/2005 New Schumer Survey Reveals Scores Of Previously Undisclosed MTBE Leaks Located In Capital Region Pose Grave Danger To Public Health
05/03/2005 Schumer: Federal Dollars Coming To Town Of Princetown
04/28/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Over $127,000 For Fulton County Airport
04/28/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Over $1.3 Million For Albany International Airport
04/27/2005 Schumer Unveils New Bipartisan Legislation With Senator Santorum Establishing $500 Investment Accounts For Every Newborn Child In Upstate New York
04/21/2005 Schumer: Schenedtady Will Get $175,000 To "Weed" Out Crime And "Seed" In Prevention And Intervention
04/20/2005 New Schumer Analysis Reveals Upstate Farmers Devastated By Outrageous Gas Costs – Senator Unveils Steps To Lower Prices
04/20/2005 Schumer Announces Federal Hotline For Local Flood Victims To Apply For Relief
04/13/2005 As Tax Day Nears, Schumer Warns: Tax Refund Scams Are Cheating Hundreds Of Thousands Of New Yorkers Out Of Tens Of Millions Of Dollars
04/12/2005 Schumer Pushes FEMA To Speed-Up Damage Assessments For Fourteen New York Counties And Send Federal Aid As Soon As Possible
04/05/2005 With Storms Destroying Roads And Bridges, Schumer Urges State To Declare Counties Across Upstate Disaster Areas
04/04/2005 Schumer: Capital Region Faces Severe Shortage Of Volunteer Firefighters – Senator Unveils New Plan To Boost Recruitment
03/14/2005 Schumer Launches Campaign To Save Amtrak In Capital Region - New Administration Budget Proposal Would Shut It Down, Devastate Economy
03/09/2005 Schumer, Clinton Urge Feds To Reverse Decision To Close Control Towers Overnight
03/03/2005 Schumer Meets With Top Superpower Officials; Vows To Make Funding A Priority For Fiscal Year 2006
02/28/2005 Schumer Unveils New Social Security Calculator Showing How Much 760,000 Capital Region Residents Lose Under Privatization Plan
02/23/2005 Schumer Urges Feds To Reconsider Green Island Power Authority’s Licensing Permit For Cohoes Falls
02/23/2005 Schumer: Over $2.2 Million Coming To New York Fire Departments
02/16/2005 Schumer To Feds: Drop Plan That Would Cut Millions To Upstate NY Dairy Farmers
02/09/2005 New Schumer Analysis: This Week's Federal Budget Proposal Stiffs Upstate NY Fire Departments By $21 Million
01/31/2005 New Schumer Study: Hundreds Of Miles Of Train Tracks In Capital Region Leave Thousands At Risk From Toxic Fumes & Uninspected Freight Trains
01/26/2005 Schumer Blasts New Fed Proposal That Would Strip Thousands Of Upstate Students Of College Tuition
01/20/2005 Schumer Urges President To Fully Fund Health Services For Capital Region Vets
01/14/2005 Schumer Presses Feds To Fund Superpower In Capital Region
01/06/2005 Schumer Unveils 2005 Region-Specific Agendas
12/22/2004 Schumer: Over $871,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments
12/20/2004 Schumer: $4 Million In Federal Aid Coming To Help The Hungry And Homeless In Upstate NY
12/16/2004 Schumer Meets With Former Senate Rival Howard Mills To Discuss Ways To Help New York
12/15/2004 Schumer: Over $85,000 Coming To Pro Action Of Steuben County For Veteran Job Training
12/14/2004 Schumer Advises Capital Region Christmas Shoppers On How To Avoid Being Ripped Off This Season
12/14/2004 Schumer Advises Capital Region Christmas Shoppers On How To Avoid Being Ripped Off This Season
12/02/2004 In 1-On-1 Meeting Attorney General Nominee Tells Schumer He'll Strongly Consider Full-Time Prosecutor For Plattsburgh
11/23/2004 Schumer: Artifacts From The U.S.S. Schenectady Have Been Secured
11/23/2004 Schumer: Bring Full-Time Prosecutor To Plattsburgh Us Attorney's Office
11/19/2004 Mcnulty, Schumer: Bill Naming Albany Postal Facility As “Henry Johnson Annex” Will Pass CONGRESS TONIGHT
11/17/2004 Schumer, Mcnulty Effort To Re-Name U.S. Post Office In Slain Officer Lt. John Finn's Honor Passes Congress
11/15/2004 Schumer Accepts Senator Reid’s Offer To Sit On Finance Committee, Lead Dscc, And Join Dem Leadership
10/22/2004 Schumer Takes Storm Case To White House -- Urges Immediate Assistance To Upstate Counties That Suffered Massive Storm Damage
10/13/2004 Schumer: Feds To Blame For Flu Vaccine Shortage; Announces Plan To Solve Local Crisis And Urges Us To Implement Immediately
10/12/2004 Schumer's Travels: Senator Completes 62 County Tour Of Ny For Sixth Year In A Row
10/11/2004 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Approves Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More Of Schenectady Eligible For Special Tax Break
10/06/2004 Schumer: Feds Must Take Immediate Action To Bolster Manufacturing Industry In Ny
09/09/2004 Schumer Delivers $1.5 Million For University At Albany And Ny State Police Forensic Training Institute
09/08/2004 As Kids Return To School, New Schumer Report Shows Upstate Ny Schools Shortchanged By More Than $542 Million In Fed Funds
09/07/2004 Schumer Announces Over $4 Million For Albany International Airport
09/01/2004 Schumer: Over $822,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments
08/30/2004 Schumer: Newly Developed Capital Region Project Could Be Key To Preventing Future Blackouts
08/29/2004 Schumer: Over $858,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments And Organizations
08/24/2004 Schumer: Columbia County Airport To Receive $405,000 Money Will Be Used To Rehabilitate The Airport Apron
08/16/2004 Schumer:$1.5 Million A Year Coming To Save Essential Air Flights From Plattsburgh And Saranac Lake/Lake Placid
08/10/2004 Schumer Announces Over $465,000 For Albany International Airport
08/05/2004 Schumer: Albany Arrests Are Warning Shot On Shoulder-Held Missiles
08/03/2004 Schumer Warns Capital Region Military Families To Beware Of Payday Loan Scams That Prey On Soldiers & Rip Them Off With 900% Interest
07/29/2004 Schumer: Over $858,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments And Organizations
07/23/2004 Schumer, Clinton: Congress Backs $17.3 Million In Defense Funds For Capital Region
07/23/2004 Schumer Persuades Farm Services Agency To Meet With Tompkins & Schuyler County Farm Representatives Before Closing FSA Office
07/21/2004 Schumer, Clinton: Congressional Panel Backs $17.3 Million In Defense Funds For Capital Region
07/14/2004 Schumer: Us Airways Lowers Fares To Albany - Prices Drop From $478 To Just $89
07/06/2004 Schumer: 40 New Jobs And $2 Million Of Equipment Coming This Month To The Chocolate Plant In Fulton
07/06/2004 Schumer: Re-Name U.S. Post Office In Slain Officer Lt. John Finn's Honor
06/24/2004 Schumer: Save Program That Has Helped Over 1,400 Upstate Manufacturing Companies Stay In Business
06/23/2004 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $31 Million In Defense Funds For Capital Region
06/22/2004 Schumer Presents Jefferson Public Service Award To Times Union's Nominee Burke Adams
06/10/2004 Schumer Meets With President Of Ivory Coast To Discuss Making The Fulton Chocolate Plant Flourish
06/09/2004 Schumer: Proposed Cuts Could Cost Thousands Of New York Families Their Homes
06/03/2004 Schumer To Usps: Give Town Of Halfmoon Its Own Zip Code
05/27/2004 Schumer Introduces New Low Cost Air Service To Albany Area – Unveils New Independence Air Jet And Brings Ceo To Meet With Local Leaders
05/21/2004 Schumer Lobbies Ceo Of Krispy Kreme To Bring Famous Donuts To Plattsburgh
05/19/2004 Schumer: New Affordable Flights Coming To Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, White Plains, And Stewart On Independence Air
05/12/2004 Schumer, Clinton Secure Renewal Community Expansion That Makes More Of Schenectady Eligible For Special Tax Breaks
05/12/2004 Schumer: Save Program That Has Added Over 3,000 Cops To Upstate NY
05/11/2004 Schumer Lobbies CEO Of Boscov's Dept Store To Bring Store To Glens Falls
05/10/2004 Schumer: Key Official Will Try To Overturn Funding Cuts For Superconductor Technology Produced In Capital Region
05/03/2004 Schumer Unveils New Plan To Give Capital Region Tough New Tools To Fight Gangs
04/22/2004 Schumer: New Study Shows That Air Service Quality At Major Upstate Airports Has Soared Since Last Year - Good Sign For The Economy
04/12/2004 Schumer: Madrid Attack & U.S. High Alert Should Make Securing Rensselaer Amtrak Station A Federal Priority
03/24/2004 Schumer: Over 400,000 New Yorkers Could Lose Overtime Pay Under Labor Dept Plan Slated To Take Effect Next Week
03/16/2004 Schumer Secures $400,000 For New Crime Mapping Technology For City Of Albany Police Department
03/16/2004 Schumer Visits Fulton Seniors To Launch Grassroots Effort To Protect Social Security
03/08/2004 Schumer Urges Full Funding For Amtrak To Avert Service Shutdown
03/04/2004 Schumer: Boa/Fleet Should Continue To Have An Upstate New Yorker On New Board Of Directors
03/03/2004 Schumer Presses Feds To Overturn Funding Cuts For Superconductor Technology Produced In Capital Region
02/26/2004 Schumer Meets With Ivory Coast Officials To Get Their Support Of "New York Chocolate" Venture In Fulton
02/25/2004 New Schumer Analysis: Proposed Federal Budget Would Under-Fund "No Child Left Behind" By $204 Million In Upstate NY Schools
02/11/2004 Schumer: Opec's Latest Plan To Cut Oil Supplies Will Push New York Gasoline And Home Heating Costs Through The Roof
02/11/2004 Schumer: New Senate Bill Contains Billions In Federal Transportation Money For New York State
02/09/2004 Schumer: Worst-Case Scenario For Dairy Farmers May Be Averted In Australia Free Trade Agreement
02/08/2004 Schumer Reveals Local College Textbook Prices Are Skyrocketing - And Proposes New $1,000 Tax Deduction To Help Cover Cost
02/06/2004 Schumer: New Law Could Create New Health Care Options For Many New Yorkers
02/02/2004 Schumer: Bush Budget Leaves New York Behind
02/02/2004 Schumer, Sweeney: New US Ephedra Ban Doesn't Go Far Enough – Ephedra Copycats Dodge Ban And 15 Ephedra Clones Already On Sale In NY
01/28/2004 Schumer: Remove Federal Requirement That Could Cause Gas Prices To Climb In New York
01/22/2004 Schumer: New Trade Proposal With Australia Could Cost New York Dairy Farmers $1.6 Billion Over Nine Years
01/22/2004 Schumer Measure To Penalize USDA For Mismanagement Of Price Support Payments Passes Congress
01/22/2004 Schumer Secures $50,000 In Federal Funds For "New Energy New York" Consortium To Promote Capital Region Group
01/20/2004 High Quality Workforce
01/17/2004 Schumer Reveals: NY Auto Insurance Fraud Capital Of US – Most New Yorkers Will Have Higher Car Insurance Bills In 2004
01/16/2004 Schumer Urges President To Send $30 Million In Heating Aid To New York As Sub-Zero Temperatures Threaten Safety
01/15/2004 Schumer Reveals Local College Textbook Prices Are Skyrocketing - And Proposes New $1,000 Tax Deduction To Help Cover Cost
01/14/2004 Schumer: Over $871,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments
01/13/2004 Schumer: $15,000 Coming To Schoharie County Cooperative Dairies
01/13/2004 Schumer: $20,000 Coming To Upstate Farms
01/08/2004 Schumer Demonstrates New Online Technology Community That Will Help Recruit New Companies To Cap Region
01/08/2004 Schumer Lobbies NCAA Members To Save 5 New York College Sports Programs
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