Charles Schumer

Following the increase in potentially deadly tick-borne infections in New York State and the country, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer at a press conference Tuesday expressed his support for “The Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education and Research Act."

Democrat U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and republican U.S. Senator from Arkansas Lisa Murkowski introduced an amendment to the Senate budget resolution that would prohibit the TSA from allowing small knives onto airplanes.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rural development program to provide the city of Norwich with a more than $5 million water and waste disposal loan and grant. The grant and loan would go toward the construction of a much needed water treatment plant in Norwich.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer was at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich Wednesday to announce that his legislation will extend support to rural hospitals that treat high numbers of Medicare patients and are critical to rural communities.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling on other legislators to push through a bill intended to curb violence against women.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced Wednesday that schools can soon say they have New York Greek yogurt on the lunch menu. Schumer said that he successfully petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase the availability of New York-made Greek yogurt in school meal programs in the state and potentially across the country.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, announced that Cooperstown Cheese Company products will be served at the 2013 Presidential Inaugural luncheon.

Senator Charles Schumer says retailers that sell assault weapons should stop offering them for purchase while congress discusses gun regulation legislation.

President Barack Obama signed into law U.S. Senator Charles Schumer's legislation to provide state law enforcement agencies with incentives to require mandatory DNA fingerprinting for anyone who has been arrested for a violent crime. The law would help states cover the cost of implementation of a DNA collection process, which would help determine whether suspects have also committed previous crime

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced Friday that Chobani, made in Edmeston, is the yogurt of choice at the president's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 21. Greek yogurt brands Chobani and Fage will be served to guests in the hours leading up to the inauguration ceremony...