Sen. Schumer calls for bird flu awareness campaign
New York's senior senator took the initiative following the discovery of a contaminated flock on Long Island.
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New York's senior senator took the initiative following the discovery of a contaminated flock on Long Island.
Schumer says preventing these tragedies and doing the hard work of changing the law is what will happen next.
The senseless killing of a 19-year-old Burger King cashier was heavy on Adams' mind as he observed his first Martin Luther King Jr. Day in office with a vow to fix things in the civil rights leader's name.
New York's senior senator said the money will also be used to help the Long Island Rail Road and Metro North recover from losses during the pandemic.
Now work can proceed on the East River Tunnels and the Penn Access project.
Sen. Chuck Schumer called on President Joe Biden to tap into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to provide temporary relief at the pump, especially ahead of holiday travel.
Supporters say it will address environmental injustice and now they have the backing of New York's most powerful lawmaker.
The bill includes money for roads, bridges, safe water and broadband. So what's headed to the Tri-State Area?
Schumer said there is also $24 billion for the Second Avenue Subway and the Gateway Project, along the Northeast Corridor rail line.
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate reached a deal to extend the debt ceiling through early December, avoiding what could have been an economic disaster.
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer says FEMA tried to deprive the city's public hospital system of the funds because it didn't build or rent new facilities for COVID patients.
President Biden signed a declaration to pump out federal funds to the local level, which will help New Yorkers in dire need.
The governor arrived with a signed emergency declaration, along with a commitment from the Biden administration and FEMA to provide resources.
Agents last week seized dozens of fake cards being sent from China to New Orleans.
Schumer joined tenants in Manhattan on Sunday and called on the state to act now.
Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the State Department to act and get tens of thousands of New Yorkers out of what he calls "passport purgatory."
Infectious disease specialists believe the COVID pandemic allowed the bloodsucking ticks to flourish, feasting off animals and spreading to humans.
Sen. Chuck Schumer took Buttigieg on a tour of the dilapidated, storm-damaged tunnels under the Hudson River, where Buttigieg took pictures and heard first hand how bad things are.
The legislation would raise the minimum pay to $15 an hour by 2025.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are urging their fellow lawmakers to provide nearly $400,000 to the program, which was started by Jacobi Hospital in 2014.
The stage is set for Broadway's reopening on Sept. 14 after nearly 18 months of suspended performances.
Junior's Cheesecake held a grand reopening at its restaurant in Times Square on Thursday.
An Asian woman in Queens is angry after she says she was attacked and spoken to in a racist way at a local boutique. She spoke exclusively to CBS2 on Sunday.
Subway ridership is the highest its been since the coronavirus pandemic began and there's a new push for the MTA to return to 24-hour subway service.
He testified that often posting what he calls "controversial content and clickbait."
