Charles E. Schumer

Federal Funding Would Support A Biorefinery Pilot Program In Lyonsdale For A State-Of-The-Art Facility That Will Help Reduce America's Dependence On Oil And Create North Country Jobs

September 25, 2007 -- After Writing a Letter of Support to Bodman in August, Schumer Called Secretary and Gained Assurances that he will Personally Review the Company's Grant Application    » read more »

Leaving New York's Most Vulnerable Holding The Bag; Under Project-Based Section 8, HUD Reimburses Housing Providers for Operational Costs - Including Mortgage Payments, Staffing, Utilities, Routine Maintenance, and Insurance

September 17, 2007 -- Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been financially starving New York State housing providers of reimbursement checks for weeks and will be unable to fully fund them through the rest of 2007.    » read more »

- Foreclosure Prevention Resources Represent First Federal Effort To Facilitate Safe, Sustainable Subprime Refinancings
- Schumer Calls on Mortgage Lenders and Loan Servicers to Pump In Additional Funds

Funding Included in Veterans Affairs and Military Construction Appropriations Bill Approved by U.S. Senate

September 12, 2007, Washington, DC – Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the Senate has approved the Fiscal Year 2008 Veterans Affairs and Military Construction Appropriations bill, which includes $64 million in military construction funding for an Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) at Fort Hamilton.    » read more »

As Major Concerns Remain Over NY/NJ/Philly Airspace Redesign, Two Successful Amendments Will Mandate Assessments of Available Options

Monday, September 10, 2007 -- U.S. Senators Arlen Specter (R-Pa), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Richard Lugar (R-IN), today introduced the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007. The Act seeks to protect the public’s right to information and a free press by providing appropriate protections to reporters and their employers in order to protect confidential sources while ensuring effective law enforcement.    » read more »

Syracuse University will use Funds to Provide Technical Assistance and Training to Rural and Low Income Lake Ontario Communities in the Areas of Waste and Wastewater Management

September 11, 2007 -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that a grant of $123,694 has been awarded to Syracuse University through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Technical Assistance Training Grant. Federal funds will be used to provide technical assistance and training to rural and low- income Lake Ontario communities in the areas of waste and wastewater management.    » read more »

Federal Funds Will Be Used Towards a Community Job Center for Students with Disabilities at Arnot Mall

September 11, 2007 -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that a grant of $38,701 has been awarded to NYSARC, Inc. Chemung County Chapter by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The federal funds will be used towards a community job center for students with disabilities at Arnot Mall.    » read more »

Federal Funds Will Be Used to Start a New Machine Tool Technology Program

September 11, 2007 -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that a grant of $116,095 has been awarded to Jamestown Community College in Chautauqua County by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The federal funds will be used to start a new machine tool technology program.    » read more »

- St. Lawrence Will Use the Federal Funds to Coordinate With Office on Violence Against Women to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus
- Schumer, Author of Original VAWA Legislation: Women Should Feel Safe At All Times, And In All Places, and St. Lawrence University is Doing Great Work to Achieve This Goal

Federal Funds Will Be Used to Help Village of Sherman Restore Historic Downtown

September 11, 2007 -- U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that a grant of $300,000 has been awarded to JobStart Chautauqua by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), under their Rural Housing and Economic Development Program (RHED). The federal funds will be used to help to help the Village of Sherman restore its commercial downtown.    » read more »

- Federal Funds will be Used to Support Comprehensive, Victim-Centered Transitional Housing Services for Domestic Violence Victims
- Schumer Authored the Original Violence Against Women Act Legislation

Senator Blasts Administration For Casting U.S. Forces' Lot In With Sunni Warlords; Schumer: 'Anbar Is A Mirage Of Calm Amid a Desert of Chaos'

September 5, 2007 -- WASHINGTON—Returning to the Senate floor for the second straight day to address the crisis in Iraq, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) said Wednesday that President George Bush’s desperate plan to ally with Sunni warlords and tribal chieftans to pacify pockets of Iraq has exposed the futility of the Administration’s troop surge.    » read more »

Require Commitment To Transform Coal-Fired, Pollution-Belching Russell Station Into Enviromentally-Friendly, Energy-Efficient Plant

September 4, 2007 -- Despite Rochester, NY’s Russell Station being one of the nation’s most notorious polluters, Iberdrola, a Spanish Energy company who has bid to become the facility’s new owner, has failed to offer a firm commitment to re-power the outdated plant by converting it into a natural gas powered facility.    » read more »

Federal Money Will Be Used to Rehabilitate the Runway

August 22, 2007 -- U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $4,363,085 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funds to the Elmira/Corning Regional Airport. Federal funds will be used to perform an important runway rehabilitation project.    » read more »