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Yesterday at 2:19 PM  New York Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to reverse flight change fee increases.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Lawmakers are responding to our series of exclusive interviews this week with the man who was first on the scene the night of the Clay horrors.

Monday, May 06, 2013  New York Sen. Charles Schumer says the ability for making an untraceable and undetectable gun with a 3D printer is "stomach-churning."

Thursday, May 02, 2013  New York Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing legislation targeting thieves who strip and sell copper and other metal from homes and businesses.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is said to be assuring lawmakers that 149 small airport towers will remain open.

Monday, April 29, 2013  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is questioning why the FBI didn't re-interview the older brother suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing when he returned from Russia and posted "inflammatory" comments on the Internet.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Senator Charles Schumer wants Hydrocodone to be nationally classified as a Schedule 2 Controlled Substance. That would make it more difficult for patients to get refills of the powerful painkiller.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and State Senator John DeFrancisco make City & State’s 2013 "Albany Power 100 List." Others include Senator Charles Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Susan Arbetter, and Mario Cuomo.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  There's a new push to save two airport control towers in Central New York, which are currently set to close on June 15th.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A U.S. Senator is outraged that the Federal Probation Office apparently ignored dozens of alerts set off by David Renz's GPS monitoring bracelet, indicating it had been tampered with.

Friday, April 12, 2013  U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says there are more than 800 hazardous bridges without adequate emergency plans in New York

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Senator Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors in Owego has received a Navy contract award totaling over $13,516,318. The contract will extend a previous contract data and software systems upgrades of MH-60R helicopters.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  The new owners of Greek Peak in Cortland will keep the ski resort open and possibly even expand.

Monday, March 18, 2013  At a press conference in front of the vacant Hotel Syracuse, Senator Schumer lends his support for a New Market Tax Credit program which would bring $10 Million in tax credits to revitalize the historic landmark.

Monday, March 11, 2013  New York Sen. Charles Schumer says new rules are planned to prevent trucks and buses from striking low bridge underpasses.