New York Sen. Charles Schumer announced March 10 he plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit the U.S. Postal Service from handling the shipment of cigarettes purchased over the Internet, reported the Business Review in Albany. Schumer's bil New York Sen. Charles Schumer announced March 10...
Byline: philip lentz Political insiders say that Sen. Charles Schumer has begun to mull the possibility of running for governor in 2006. ``He's thinking about it,'' says one colleague. Mr. Schumer's current political priority is winning re-el Byline:...
WASHINGTON-The Senate could begin debating the controversial issue of optional federal chartering for insurers and producers later this year. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a federal chartering proposal, the National Insurance Chartering WASHINGTON-The Senate could begin debating the controversial issue of optional...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y) has called on FCC Chairman Michael Powell to step up regulation of the wireless industry to improve mobile-phone service and consumer protection, a proposal with potentially huge economic implications that WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y) has called...
The bipartisan spirit espoused by President-elect George W. Bush is motivating some of New York's Democratic lawmakers to brush up their credentials as political moderates. Historically, centrist Democrats are few and far between in New York, espe The bipartisan spirit espoused by President-elect...
Wall Street lobbyists are scrambling to head off an erosion of the influence that they have long exercised on Capitol Hill through the two senators who could always be counted on to be most in tune with their interests-the two New Yorkers. With on...
The campaign for the United States Senate presents New Yorkers with a clear choice. Brooklyn Congressman Charles Schumer has built a solid record as a Democrat with the ability to shepherd major legislation into law. Three-term senator Alfonse D'Amat The campaign for the United States Senate...
Both are friends, but giving to Schumer a big risk for many firms New York banking and financial services firms are finding themselves in a bind over Brooklyn Rep. Charles Schumer's bid to unseat Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato. House Banking CommitteBoth are friends, but giving to...
Opponents of the Senate's ethanol mandate failed to muster enough votes to strip the renewable fuels standard RFS provision from S. 517, the Senate's comprehensive energy bill. Sen. Charles Schumer's (D-N.Y.) bold attempt to "tell it like it is& Opponents of the Senate's ethanol mandate failed to muster...
Schumer aids firm on Iraqi contract in an effort to ensure that New York companies get their fare share of the reconstruction work coming out of postwar Iraq, Sen. Charles Schumer is lobbying on behalf of Globecomm Systems Inc. of Hauppauge, L.I., Schumer...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association expects to make news when it unveils its voluntary consumer code of conduct next week, but how consumers embrace the code is less clear. Either the code Byline: HEATHER...
The Department of Justice is keeping an eye on the possible sale of Parmalat USA and any side-effects such a sale could have on the New York milk market. The Italian dairy and juice conglomerate is trying to sell off its U.S. operations after an accounting scandal that included the...
We praise Sen. Charles Schumer's decision to introduce legislation that would allow optional federal chartering of insurers. The New York Democrat's bill, which is overdue, will advance the debate over the need of large multistate insurers-and thei We praise Sen. Charles Schumer's decision to...
BUSINESS PICKS SIDES IN FIERCE US SENATE RACE: SOME FIRMS RISK CHOOSING BETWEEN D'AMATO, SCHUMER; OTHERS HEDGE BETS New York business interests are taking sides in the bitter contest between GOP Sen. Alfonse D'Amato and Democratic challenger Rep. BUSINESS PICKS SIDES IN...
A decade after New York City's Democratic Congressional delegation voted nearly en bloc against the North American Free Trade Agreement, a substantial minority has turned centrist, sometimes breaking with the liberal wing of the Democratic Party to s A decade after New York City's Democratic Congressional...
The defection of vermont Sen. James Jeffords from the Republican Party-which will give Democrats control of the U.S. Senate-could give added clout to New York's two Democratic senators. Charles Schumer, now in his third year in the Senate, would be The defection of vermont...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Both the House and Senate said they plan to hold hearings on the ever-burgeoning privacy scandal regarding the disclosure and sale of customers' telecommunications records. The House Commerce Committee is ...
The executive director of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., Kevin Rampe, will discuss the progress in rebuilding the World Trade Center site at the next Crain's New York Business forum on Tuesday, Dec. 2. In addition, Crain's will host the st The executive...
