NEW YORK (AP) — A retired New York City firefighter and a state court employee were swept up Tuesday in the federal investigation of the storming of the U.S. Capitol.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York man was charged Wednesday with threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Adam Schiff because he was angered over the impeachment proceedings...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal disaster aid is coming to 18 upstate New York counties that endured severe thunderstorms and flooding on Halloween, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand...

ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — MacArthur Airport will get infrastructure renovations that will extend the facility's operational life, thanks to an infusion of $5.4 million in federal funds.

JAMESPORT, N.Y. (AP) — New York Sen. Charles Schumer is praising the humble spud, at least the ones grown on Long Island.

The Democratic lawmaker appeared at a farm on Long Island's North...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says airlines lack policies assuring children can sit with their parents, despite 2016 legislation requiring the federal Department of Transportation to enact...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer wants federal officials to help figure out why Syracuse has such a high rate of multiple sclerosis.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is blasting a helicopter tour company involved in last year's fatal East River crash for operating doors-off helicopter flights for tourists and their...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The University at Buffalo is getting $1.1 million in federal funding to study mosquito and fruit fly genetics.

Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced...

GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) — Work has begun on creating the nation's only hemp seed bank in New York's Finger Lakes region.

The "Industrial Hemp Germplasm Repository" will be established at Cornell...

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A Canadian cannabis company has started converting a former vacuum cleaner plant in upstate New York into its first U.S. processing facility for industrial hemp.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is one of six recipients of federal funding to study the health effects of a class of chemicals once used in nonstick cookware, firefighting foam and many other...

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A vacuum cleaner factory will be transformed into an industrial hemp processing plant in upstate New York.

Canadian cannabis business giant Canopy Growth announced...

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic members of New York's congressional delegation want to rename a Veterans Affairs hospital after a woman who fought alongside American troops during the Revolutionary...

MASSENA, N.Y. (AP) — Alcoa reached a deal with the New York Power Authority to continue providing low-cost hydroelectric power for the company's aluminum smelting plant in northern New York,...

GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) — A federal lab for grape research will be built in New York's wine country.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced $68.9 million in funding to build a new...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Members of New York's congressional delegation are pushing for official recognition for the recently opened National Comedy Center.

Democratic U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say the Senate has passed legislation designating the western New York center as the official National Comedy Center of the United States.

The bill was part of the 2019 Lands Package passed Feb. 12.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — An industrial hemp processing company based in Canada is planning a facility in New York's Southern Tier.

Sen. Charles Schumer says the facility planned by Canopy Growth is expected to create hundreds of jobs and serve as a magnet for other hemp-related businesses. Schumer announced the project at his Binghamton office on Monday.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar said the company plans to invest $150 million in a hemp processing, research and product development plant.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat says the Federal Aviation Administration isn't moving fast enough to roll out a plan to stop airlines from shrinking passengers' seats.

Sen. Charles Schumer says federal officials should be doing more to comply with a law to establish minimum seat size standards for airplanes.

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says progress is being made getting federal safety investigators fuller access to the limousine involved in a crash that killed 20 people two weeks ago.

Schumer told reporters in Utica a National Transportation Safety Board representative was given "limited access" to the wreckage Friday. He said a full investigation team could have access as early as next week.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — JetBlue plans to start service from Rochester to Boston early next year, making the western New York city the fourth upstate to offer direct flights to Logan International Airport.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for upstate New York counties hit by severe flash flooding in August.

The declaration signed Monday by the Republican will allow the counties to apply for federal financial assistance to cover the money spent on cleanup and recovery efforts.

Flash flooding caused by heavy rains Aug. 14-15 led to an estimated $36 million in damage to infrastructure, homes and business in the Finger Lakes region and Southern Tier.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Hancock International Airport in Syracuse is getting $2 million in federal funding for aircraft de-icing equipment.

The grant through the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program was announced by Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. It will support the reconstruction of a de-icing containment facility.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As children fill their school backpacks with new crayons, markers and notebooks, Sen. Charles Schumer is urging federal officials to take immediate steps to protect kids from potentially harmful chemicals in their classroom supplies.

Schumer told reporters in a conference call Wednesday that reports from consumer advocacy groups have revealed toxic chemicals in common school supplies including crayons, markers, rulers, 3-ring binders, notebooks, glue and lunch boxes.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government has been studying the presence of a probable cancer-causing herbicide in foods such as granola bars and oatmeal for two years but hasn't released its findings.

Schumer discussed the issue after an environmental group released a report last week showing the weed-killing chemical glyphosate in oat products.