Chuck Schumer Archives - Harlem World Magazine

As Schumer Contemplates Tech Bill, Analysis Finds Proposed Regulations Would Cost Up To $109 Billion

As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer contemplates bringing antitrust legislation to a floor vote, a new economic impact analysis by the Computer & Communications Industry Association hits.Continue reading

Decades Of Fierce Advocacy Culminates With $107 Billion For A Pathway To Citizenship

Early Monday morning, Senate Democrats, led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, unveiled the text of their $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation infrastructure package.Continue reading

Attorney General Antitrust Bill Will “Jeopardize Our Legal System” NY Civil Justice Reform Group Writes

The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York this week sent a letter to New York Senator Chuck Schumer and the New York Delegation to Congress cautioning lawmakers against passing the Antitrust Venue Enforcement Act. Continue reading

Juneteenth Set To Become A Federal Holiday From Harlem To Hawaii

On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution establishing June 19, 2021, as Juneteenth National Independence Day.Continue reading

Seitu’s World: Dr. Martin Luther King Birthday Celebration At The National Action Network In Harlem

Photographs by Seitu Oronde On Monday, January 18, 2019, Seitu attended Dr. Martin Luther King Birthday "King Day" Celebration at the National Action Network in Harlem.Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Presses FEMA On Massive Almost $1 Billion Cut To Fight COVID-19

Today, Mayor de Blasio released the following statement after a phone call with FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor on the recent rule change to cut federal payments.Continue reading

The US Congress To Pass $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus And How It Affects New York

Federal legislators are poised to pass the largest disaster relief bill in United States history on Wednesday in the form of a $2 trillion stimulus package.Continue reading

FCC May Shut New York Out Of Broadband Funding Under Proposed Program

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may shut New York state out of a planned $20.4 billion broadband-funding program, and the Empire State’s U.S. senators aren’t happy about it.Continue reading

NY Senator Schumer Unveils Plan For Electric Vehicle Rollout From Harlem To Hollywood

On Thursday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a proposal to help the United States transition from gas vehicles to electric ones through the distribution of cash vouchers. Continue reading

Senator Schumer’s Announcement To Decriminalize Marijuana From Harlem To Hollis

From Bertha Lewis, President and Founder of The Black Institute: "I applaud Senator Chuck Schumer's decision to listen to the voice of the people and announce a plan to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. Continue reading

Harlem Electeds And Others Praise Mayor de Blasio Plan To Launch ’3-K for All’

Senator Chuck Schumer said, “All children deserve the opportunity to succeed and Mayor de Blasio’s universal, high-quality early childhood education program will help our littlest New Yorkers get a strong start on the path to success. Continue reading

Trump’s Budget Takes A ‘Meat Axe’ To Affordable Housing Budget From Harlem To Hollis

Still grappling with the implications of record cuts to federal public housing funding for 2017, NYCHA Chair Shola Olatoye joined Senator Chuck Schumer outside the Elliot Houses in Chelsea on Tuesday to predict the impact of additional multi-million dollar cuts laid out in President Donald Trump's draft "skinny budget" for Fiscal Year 2018.Continue reading

One Of Harlem’s Last-Remaining Mitchell-Lama Buildings At Risk

Local politicians are asking the federal government to help preserve an East Harlem affordable housing complex built in 1974 under the Mitchell-Lama program, which has provided housing for low- and middle-income families for decades.Continue reading

WWI ‘Harlem Hellfighter’ Henry Johnson to Receive Medal of Honor

They called Sgt. Henry Johnson "Black Death," a soldier from the all-black "Harlem Hellfighters" unit who fought off two dozen Germans with a gun and then a knife during World War I.Continue reading