Senator Chuck Schumer's Website Schumer Study Shows New Yorkers Inundated with Record Levels of Spam this Year US Senator Charles E. Schumer released a new study finding NYC residents receive 8.25 million junk emails a day and spend 4.2 million hours a year eliminating spam messages. Schumer also unveiled legislation to combat spam – unwanted bulk emails often sent from a fake or misleading email address. Mass-emailers will be subject to tough criminal and civil penalties – including jail time for serious repeat offenders.Read More >>