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Chuck's Activities on Long Island
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Press Releases for the Long Island Region
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10/31/2006 Schumer Reveals: Nearly 7,000 Staten Island Seniors Threatened By Medicare Drug Plan “Donut Hole” – Increasing Their Costs 300 Percent
10/31/2006 Schumer Calls On FAA To Launch Comprehensive Safety Audit Of Macarthur Airport
10/16/2006 With Long Island Primed To Become Largest Wi-Fi Network In Nation, Schumer Unveils Ambitious New Plan For Federal Investment In Wireless Technology
09/29/2006 Schumer Announces Passage Of Long Island Sound Stewardship Act – A Bill To Protect Crucial Long Island Sound Ecosystem
09/26/2006 Schumer, Clinton Announce Congressional Panel Backs $22.02 Million For Long Island Defense Projects
09/25/2006 As Long Island’s Housing Crunch Punishes Working Class Families, Schumer Secures Over $20 Million For Affordable Housing In Nassau County
09/22/2006 With Vital Federal Fire Grant Program To Be Gutted, Schumer Visits West Sayville Fire Department And Calls For Full Restoration Of Program
09/19/2006 Schumer Secures Nearly $200k For Anti-Gang Education Programs On Long Island
09/12/2006 Schumer, Alessi Call On Army Corps Of Engineers To Initiate Erosion Study For North Shore Of Long Island
09/05/2006 Schumer And Clinton Secure Over $1 Million For Expansion Of Nassau County Hub
08/31/2006 Schumer, Clinton Urge USPS To Create A Stamp Commemorating NY Painter Jasper Cropsey
08/25/2006 Schumer Secures Almost $1 Million For Suffolk County 852-COPS Response System
08/24/2006 New Schumer Analysis Of LIRR Stations Reveals LIRR Woefully Behind In Implementing Critical Safety And Security Measures
07/31/2006 Schumer Reveals Backbreaking And Outdated Regulations Decimating Long Island Fishing Economy; Both Commercial And Recreational Fishermen Hurt
07/20/2006 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Authorizes Funds To Preserve Montauk Lighthouse
07/20/2006 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $300 Million For East Side Access Project
07/20/2006 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Backs $1 Million For Hofstra University’s Safe And Sustainable Campus Plan
07/13/2006 Schumer Secures $600,000 To Restore Long Island Shellfish Population
07/06/2006 Schumer Reveals: Long Islanders At Much Greater Risk For Lyme Disease This Summer Than Ever Before – Large Increase In Deer, New Aggressive “Lone Star” Ticks Increase Threat
06/15/2006 Key Senate Committee Approves Clinton Bill To Rename Patchogue Post Office In Honor Of Lt. Michael Murphy
06/15/2006 Key Senate Committee Approves Clinton Bill To Rename Massapequa Post Office After Former Postmaster Jerry Fiorenza
06/15/2006 Schumer, Clinton Welcome Key Senate Committee Approval Of Bill To Rename Tuckahoe Post Office After 9/11 Hero Ronald Bucca
06/07/2006 Schumer: Updating Ancient, Pollution Belching Northport Power Plant Must Be Part Of Final LIPA, National Grid Deal
05/15/2006 Schumer, Hempstead Supervisor Murray Call For Emergency Funding For Point Lookout And Dredging Of Jones Inlet
04/19/2006 Schumer, Hempstead Supervisor Murray Urge Immediate Action At Point Lookout – Massive Army Corps Erosion Control Project In Jeopardy
04/03/2006 Schumer, Nassau D.A. Rice Unveil New Plan To Fight Gang Violence – New Proposal Protects Courageous Witnesses From Intimidation; Provides Breakthrough In Prosecuting Gangs
03/02/2006 As National Grid Takes Over Keyspan, Schumer Calls On Newly Merged Company To Protect Ratepayers
02/28/2006 Schumer, Lowey, Bishop Introduce Bill To Prevent 276,000 More New Yorkers From Losing EPIC Coverage
02/20/2006 Schumer Reveals: Nearly 200,000 Middle Class Long Island Families Could Pay Thousands Of Dollars More In Stealth Amt Tax This Year
02/09/2006 Schumer Asks New York Insurance Department To Investigate Allstate
02/07/2006 Schumer Announces $300 Million For East Side Access, Funding For Second Avenue Subway
02/03/2006 Schumer: Allstate, Citing Bogus Concerns Of Hurricane Exposure Stops Writing Policies In Ny; Will Unfairly Raise Homeowner Premiums Across The State
01/13/2006 Senators Chuck Schumer And Hillary Rodham Clinton And Representative Tim Bishop Welcome $13 Million Donation To Brookhaven National Laboratory
12/28/2005 Schumer Completes Annual 62-County Tour Throughout New York For Seventh Year In A Row
12/19/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Congressional Panel Backs $18.3 Million For Long Island Defense Projects
12/15/2005 Schumer, Clinton and Rep. Tim Bishop Meet Energy Department’s Science Director Seeking Full Funding of BNL Project
11/30/2005 Schumer: Brianna Lieneck Tragedy Exposes Glaring Hole In Boating Regulations
11/29/2005 Schumer: New Survey Shows Staten Island Residents Will Pay Over $69 Million More To Heat Their Homes This Winter
11/21/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Congressional Approval Of $920,000 For Gabreski Airport In Westhampton
11/14/2005 Schumer Calls For Bureau Of Indian Affairs To Bypass Federal Court Ruling And Reject Federal Status For Shinnecock Indians
11/03/2005 Schumer Calls On Jets To Keep Hempstead Practice Facility On Long Island, Even With Planned Stadium Move
10/25/2005 Schumer Demands Federal Disaster Assistance For Long Island Farmers And Wineries Pummeled By Record Breaking Rainfall
10/21/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce More Than $2 Million For Nassau Hub Project
10/18/2005 In Wake Of Flooding, Schumer Calls On Pataki To Help Long Island Get Federal Disaster Relief Assistance
10/17/2005 Schumer Reveals Long Island Woefully Unprepared: If Hurricane, Disaster, Strike - No Plan In Place For Evacuation
10/14/2005 Schumer Announces $255,855 In HUD Grants For Long Island Housing Services, Inc
10/06/2005 Schumer Announces Sea Cliff Fire Department To Receive Over $160,000 In Federal Grants
09/22/2005 Schumer Announces $200,000 To Help Combat Drug And Alcohol Abuse In Suffolk County
08/30/2005 Schumer Announces: HHS To Launch Federal Investigation Of Lake Grove Schools And Treatment Centers
08/17/2005 Schumer: Over $463,000 Coming to Suffolk County Fire Organizations
08/09/2005 Schumer Calls For Modernization Of Northport, Port Jefferson Power Plants; Long Island Among Worst In Nation For Smog And Ozone Levels
08/03/2005 Schumer Announces Almost $200,000 For Nassau County For Crime Control And Prevention Progam
08/02/2005 Schumer Demands Federal Investigation Of Lake Grove Schools And Treatment Centers
07/25/2005 Schumer: With Over 1225 Sex Offenders In Nassau And Suffolk, Patchwork Of State Sex Offender Laws Has Massive Loopholes
07/13/2005 Schumer: Long Island Blood Supply Reaching Dangerously Low Levels -- Senator Unveils New Plan To Promote Blood Donations
07/08/2005 Schumer, Israel: Long Island Rail Security Needs To Be Tightened – London Attacks Should Serve As Warning To Beef Up LIRR Security
07/06/2005 Schumer: Spate Of Low-Flying Helicopters This Summer Making Life Miserable For Long Island Communities
06/17/2005 Schumer Gets Restoration Of $2.5 Million For Montauk To Fire Island Reformulation Study In Budget
06/16/2005 Schumer Announces Key Senate Panel Backs Increased Funding For Brookhaven National Laboratory
06/15/2005 Schumer Announces New Plan To Lure Businesses To Long Island
06/13/2005 With Over 6300 Long Island Residents Diagnosed With Blood Cancer, Schumer Announces New Life-Saving Umbilical Cord Blood Program
05/16/2005 Schumer Announces Strong Opposition To LNG Terminal On Long Island Sound, Cites Potential Terrorist Target, Damage To Environment
05/06/2005 Schumer Reveals Massive MTBE Spill Has Devastated Queens Drinking Water Supply
04/29/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Over $65 Million For New York Long Island Railroad East Side Access Project
04/25/2005 New Schumer Survey Reveals Scores Of Previously Undisclosed MTBE Leaks Located Throughout Long Island Pose Grave Danger To Public Water Supply
04/21/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce Over $1.5 Million For Long Island Macarthur Airport
04/20/2005 Schumer: World’s Most Advanced Particle Collider At Brookhaven Could Be Rendered Virtually Useless With Newly Announced Budget Cuts
04/19/2005 Schumer Announces Major Increase Coming For Tax-Free Commuter Benefit; Clears Big Hurdle In Senate
04/01/2005 Schumer, Clinton Announce $10 Million For JFK Airport Improvements
03/31/2005 Schumer: Shortage Of Volunteer Firefighters On Long Island Looms - Unveils New Plan To Boost Recruitment
03/07/2005 New Schumer Analysis Of LIRR Stations Reveals Security Measures Are Painfully Inadequate
03/01/2005 Schumer Sends List Of 15 “Must Be Answered” Questions To Broadwater; Demands Answers Before Project Can Go Forward
02/21/2005 Schumer Unveils New Social Security Calculator Shows That Over 2 Million LI Residents Would Lose Under Bush Privatization Scheme
02/15/2005 Schumer Demands NY State Clamp Down On Suffolk's Poorly Regulated "Sober Homes"
02/15/2005 Schumer Urges Army Corps To Save Tiana Beach
02/14/2005 Schumer, Levy Announce New Push For Federal Funding For New County-Wide 311 System
02/01/2005 Schumer Secures Refunds For Long Island High School Students Left Out In The Cold On Trip To Washington For Inauguration
01/28/2005 Schumer: Virginia Travel Agent Swindled Multiple Li Schools On Trips To D.C. For Inauguration - Senator Asks U.S. Atty For Probe
01/18/2005 With Hepatitis C Dramatically Growing On Long Island; Schumer Lays Out Plan To Stop It In Its Tracks
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
12/16/2004 Schumer, King: Major Hurdle Cleared Towards Getting Hicksville Nuclear Site Cleaned Up
12/12/2004 Schumer Warns Nyers: New Secret Store Policies Block Shoppers From Returning Gifts - Could Create Havoc This Christmas
11/22/2004 Schumer Secures $199,000 For Solution To Canada Geese Problem
11/22/2004 Schumer Secures $125,000 For Long Island Association To Purchase Technology And Equipment
11/22/2004 Schumer Secures $350,000 For North Shore- Long Island Jewish Health System
11/22/2004 Schumer Secures $500,000 For Language Lab At Hofstra University
11/22/2004 Schumer Secures $500,000 For North Hempstead 311 Communication Management System
11/22/2004 Schumer Secures $1 Million For Stony Brook’s Center Of Excellence In Wireless Internet And Information Technology
11/18/2004 Schumer Secures $1 Million For New Center For Women’s Cancer Genetics At The Cold Spring Harbor Labs
11/15/2004 Schumer Accepts Senator Reid’s Offer To Sit On Finance Committee, Lead Dscc, And Join Dem Leadership
10/27/2004 Schumer: Over $61,000 Coming To Sea Cliff Fire Department
10/26/2004 Schumer: Average Long Island Potato Grower Losing Thousands Each Year Because Of Unfair Canadian Practices
10/22/2004 Schumer Takes Storm Case To White House -- Urges Immediate Assistance To Upstate Counties That Suffered Massive Storm Damage
10/14/2004 Schumer: Long Island Police & Fire Personnel Unable To Share Critical Information Unless Feds Clear Airwaves Asap
10/12/2004 Schumer, Clinton: Senate Approves Increased Protection And Access To Long Island Sound
10/12/2004 Schumer's Travels: Senator Completes 62 County Tour Of Ny For Sixth Year In A Row
10/06/2004 Schumer: Feds Must Take Immediate Action To Bolster Manufacturing Industry In Ny
09/30/2004 Schumer Announces $75,000 For To Help Combat Drug And Alcohol Abuse In Suffolk County
09/10/2004 Schumer: Over $100,000 Coming To St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department
09/01/2004 Schumer: Over $822,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments
08/04/2004 Schumer To Receive Iraqi Battle Flag From Suffolk County Vet Just Back From Iraq Whom He Nominated To Air Force Academy 16 Years Ago
07/29/2004 Schumer: Over $858,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments And Organizations
07/16/2004 Schumer, Clinton: Key Senate Panel Approves $990,000 For Gabreski Airport In Westhampton
07/12/2004 Schumer & Long Island Wtc Victim Families: 9/11 Commission Should Brief Families On Findings In New York, Not Just Washington
06/28/2004 Schumer: LI Middle Class Housing Shortages Reaching Crisis Levels - Unveils Major New Federal Plan For Expansion
06/14/2004 Schumer: Babylon To Receive Almost $2.4 Million In Federal Housing Funds
06/10/2004 Congress Unanimously Passes Schumer-Israel Bill To Rename Copiague Post Office After Maxine Postal
06/09/2004 Schumer: Proposed Cuts Could Cost Thousands Of New York Families Their Homes
06/07/2004 Schumer: Eliminate Provision That Shortchanges Long Island Military Widows Millions Each Year
05/25/2004 Schumer Unearths Recent Connecticut Study Showing Sludge Far More Toxic Than Thought – New Ammo To Prevent Li Sound Dumping
04/26/2004 Li Delegation Calls On Epa To Extend Deadline For Comments On Dredge Waste Dumping Into Sound
04/25/2004 Schumer: New Stats Show Crystal Meth Quickly Becoming The New Crack – Seizures In New York Up 31% Over Last Year
04/19/2004 Schumer Secures $200,000 Federal Life Insurance Payment For L.I. Air Force Widow On Second Anniversary Of Husband's Death
04/09/2004 Schumer Visits Forest Hills Seniors To Launch Grassroots Effort To Protect Social Security
04/08/2004 Bishop, Schumer, Clinton, Levy Praise Bnl Cleanup Proposals
03/29/2004 As Districts Finalize New School Budgets, Schumer Reveals "No Child Left Behind" Law Under-Funds Long Island Schools By $35 Million
03/25/2004 Schumer: Long Island Irs Jobs Are Safe For Now
03/24/2004 Schumer: Over 400,000 New Yorkers Could Lose Overtime Pay Under Labor Dept Plan Slated To Take Effect Next Week
03/21/2004 With Gang Killings Skyrocketing In Ny, Schumer And Long Island Gang-Slay Widow Unveil Tough New Tools To Fight Gangs
03/15/2004 Schumer Reveals: Li Medicaid Mills Trap Ex-Addicts In Dangerous Conditions, Cheat Them Of Treatment & Blight Neighborhoods
03/09/2004 Schumer To Feds: Waiver For Pipeline Along L.I.E. Would Protect Pine Barrens And Help Lower Home Heating Costs On Island
02/23/2004 Schumer, McCarthy Launch All-Out Push To Get President To Stand By His Word And Re-Authorize The Assault Weapons Ban
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
01/29/2004 Schumer To President: Don't Shortchange LI Army Corps Of Engineers Projects
01/28/2004 Schumer: Remove Federal Requirement That Could Cause Gas Prices To Climb In New York
01/26/2004 Schumer: Long Island Seniors Will See $75-$100 Cuts In Month Medicare HMO Costs In 2004
01/23/2004 Schumer, Clinton Announce $3.6 Million In Federal Job Access And Reverse Commute Funds For 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:$200,000 For "Geesepeace" Solution To Canada Geese Problem Passes Congress
01/22/2004 Schumer Measure To Penalize USDA For Mismanagement Of Price Support Payments Passes Congress
01/21/2004 Schumer: Over $433,000 Coming To New York Fire Departments
01/21/2004 Schumer And Rockville Centre Bishop Push Immigration Department To Intervene Before Refugee Is Sent To Death
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
01/07/2004 Schumer: New 2003 Data Shows Bank Robberies Up 70% On Long Island, Yet FBI Has Cut 85 Agents From Regional Office
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