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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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