WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Charles Schumer wants to make sure Upstate New Yorkers don’t miss out money owed them in the form of unclaimed tax refunds.

“There are millions of dollars sitting in Washington that should be in families’ checking and savings accounts across Upstate New York,” the Democrat said last week, as he urged anyone who hasn’t filed their 2007 tax return to do so before April 18.

If they don’t, he said, an estimated $33.8 million will stay “in Washington for good.”

According to numbers releases by Schumer’s office, that is how much the 27,000 upstate residents who haven’t filed a 2007 tax return are due, based on a median potential refund of more than $700.