Schumer: Restaurant relief grants start in 3 weeks
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer announces that state restaurants are now eligible for their own, direct federal pandemic relief, as part of the American Rescue Plan he led to passage in the Senate on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Russo s Grill in Amsterdam, N.Y. The Senator was joined by U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, left, Amsterdam Mayor Michael Cinquanti and local leaders, restaurant owners and residents. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
AMSTERDAM Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday a $28.6 billion grant program Congress created to boost struggling restaurants will start serving clients in about three weeks.
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Find out the facts, and we will take it from there, he said.
Biden also said if Cuomo is found guilty, I think he ll probably end up being prosecuted, too.
President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC News George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign if an investigation confirms claims he committed sexual harassment. If you committed a crime, you can be prosecuted, that s true, but what President Biden said was, we should do an investigation, Cuomo said. The question to President Biden starts with, Do you think the governor should resign or do you think should there a review first? And the president said, There should be a review.
PUBLISHED 5:34 AM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:34 AM EDT Mar. 17, 2021
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer is backing the push to legalize adult-use cannabis in New York as the measure gains ground for potential passage in the coming days in Albany.
At the same time, Schumer raised the possibility of the bill s approval being a harbinger for easing federal marijuana policy in the future.
Schumer on Tuesday tweeted his support for the measure, which would allow for the legal sale of cannabis products and allow people to grow a limited number of marijuana plants in their homes. As a deal comes close to getting done, I urge our leaders in Albany to keep front and center the effort to repair the harm done by marijuana prohibition, Schumer said.