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NY needs $29.7B in sewer, water work
ALBANY — A federal study shows New York needs $29.7 billion in essential upgrades to long overlooked water and sewer systems nationwide over the next 20 years. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is set to announce a bill that would provide federal funding nationwide for what he calls critical repairs. He says Wednesday that 35,000 to […]
Schumer, Gillibrand Syria sanctions bill moves
ALBANY — A bill to impose sanctions on Syria proposed by New York Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand is progressing after passing a key committee Thursday. The Democrats proposed the bill after continued violence in the country. The bill is now expected to hit the U.S. Senate floor in the spring and could reach […]
Schumer calls for JetBlue expanded service
Sen. Charles E. Schumer wants JetBlue to bring new and expanded service to the Greater Rochester International Airport. He would like additional and improved services to cities like Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston and new destinations, including nonstop flights and cheaper fares for business and leisure travelers. Schumer’s call comes after he met with JetBlue’s CEO […]
Schumer calls for drugged-driving research
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer is calling for passage of legislation that would provide funding to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration that, for the first time, would allow for research on developing technologies that can help officers identify drugged drivers on site, at traffic stops. The bill would also provide funds for states to […]
Big food plant could be headed to western NY
BATAVIA — Officials say they’re hoping to entice a food company to open a mammoth processing plant in Batavia in western New York that could employ as many as 400 people. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide between $300,000 and $500,000 to help pay for sewer and infrastructure […]
Schumer pushing for completion of rail project
BERGEN — Sen. Charles Schumer plans to be in western New York to call on federal, state and private transportation entities to complete a plan for constructing a high-speed rail line linking Albany and Buffalo. Schumer had a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Bergen in Genesee County, where a proposed 11-mile stretch of new tracks […]
Schumer wants all military steel to be made in USA
Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the Defense Department to restore the requirement that all steel used in military contracts be made in the United States. Schumer was visiting Klein Steel in Rochester on Tuesday morning. He says the military got all of its steel from domestic producers like Klein for 35 years until 2009, […]
Schumer rips breathable caffeine product
Sen. Charles Schumer says a breathable caffeine product that is about to hit stores in New York and Boston could be dangerous to young people. The New York Democrat said Thursday that the product called AeroShot Pure Energy should be reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He said he fears it will be […]
Schumer completes tour of New York counties
With his visit to Washington County on Monday, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer completed his 62-county tour of New York for the 13th year-in-a-row — making him the first New York state public official to visit every single county in New York every year he has been in office. Schumer today highlighted some of the […]
Schumer wants expanded NEXUS access
BUFFALO — New York Sen. Charles Schumer says more people would use NEXUS cards to go back and forth to Canada if they were more convenient to get. Right now, western New York travelers have to go to the Whirlpool Bridge in Niagara Falls or the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario, to apply for […]
Schumer warns House bill will end do-not-call
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer is saying a bill advancing in the House of Representatives would revoke the current prohibition on automated calls to consumers’ cell phones and open up the flood gates for unsolicited marketing and collection calls to cell phone users. The Mobile Information Call Act, sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., vice-chairman […]
Schumer presses for Windstream approvals
Now that Windstream Corp. has committed to bring hundreds of jobs to the Midtown site, Sen. Charles E. Schumer is urging the Public Services Commission and Federal Communications Commission to act swiftly on the pending review of Windstream’s purchase of PAETEC Holding Corp. When the proposed merger was announced this summer, Schumer immediately lobbied Windstream […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Breach of contract: Hausrath Landscape Maintenance Inc. v. Caravan Facilities Management LLC
- Second Circuit – New York Child Victim’s Act: Kane v. Mount Pleasant CSD; Coe v. Eastport Union Free School
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Appointing law clerk: Opinion 22-149
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
Law News
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
- The Daily Record’s Power List for Intellectual Property 2023
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP names partner-in-charge of Buffalo office
- Banned professor sues SUNY Fredonia leaders
- Hochul signs law requiring unemployment insurance information from employers
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