SCHUMER PUSHES FUNDING TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING

U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer will visit Watertown this morning to
detail his push for more federal funding to combat drug trafficking in
four north country counties.

In a press release, the Democratic senator said he and Rep. John M.
McHugh, R-Pierrepont Manor, are working in tandem to secure a "drug
trafficking" designation for Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin and
Clinton counties.

The Office of National Drug Control Policy recently hired two drug
intelligence officers to serve at the northern border through the New
York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, the
senator's office said. It is that program that the two politicians
hope to persuade officials to bring here.

The event will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Metro-Jefferson Public
Safety Building, 753 Waterman Drive.