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Schumer Lands Another Fed Investment For GlobalFoundries To Expand With Massive New $575M State-Of-The-Art Packaging & Photonics Center In Saratoga County New Fed $$ Is On Top Of $1.5 Billion In CHIPS Funding Schumer Secured For GlobalFoundries To Invest Over $13B In U.S., Including Building Second Fab Schumer: GlobalFoundries Is Growing And Making Capital Region The Heart Of America’s Chip Supply Chain U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today announced an additional $75 million from his bipartisan... Read More

Finalized Commerce Award Will Ensure Corning Incorporated Can Tap Schumer-Created CHIPS Funding For Canton Project In Coming Years As It Meets Project Milestones Corning Incorporated’s North Country Facility Is The Only One In The Country That Manufactures Specialized Glass Critical To The Chip Industry, And CHIPS $$ Will Fuel $315M Expansion To Help Them Grow Schumer: CHIPS Investment Is Signed & Sealed For Corning’s North Country Expansion And New Jobs! After visiting Canton following the... Read More

Funding Directly From Schumer’s Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law Will Support Edwards Vacuum’s Plans To Build A First-Of-Its-Kind $300+M American Semiconductor Dry Pump Factory In Genesee County Finalized Commerce Award Will Ensure Edwards Vacuum Can Tap CHIPS Funding In Coming Years As It Meets Project Milestones, No Matter The Administration Schumer: CHIPS $$ For Edwards Vacuum Is Signed & Sealed Ready To Deliver For WNY After announcing Edwards Vacuum’s plans to build a manufacturing... Read More

1980 American Men’s Ice Hockey Team – Comprised Of Amateur Athletes And Minor Leaguers – Defeated The Mighty Four-Time Olympic Champion Soviet Union Team In Game Referred To As “Miracle On Ice” & Went On To Win Olympic Gold Medal – An Achievement That Sparked An Explosion Of American Pride And Patriotism Schumer And Cramer’s Legislation Would Celebrate Olympic U.S. Men’s Ice Hockey Champions With Congressional Gold Medals, Including One To Be Displayed At New York’s Lake Placid Olympic... Read More

Upstate NY’s International Union Of Operating Engineers, Representing Thousands Of Construction Workers, Were Victims Of A Pension System That Collapsed – Meaning, Without Action, After A Lifetime Of Hard Work And Playing By the Rules, Many Could Not Retire Or Would Have No Pension Benefits Remaining As Schumer’s First Major Act As Majority Leader, He Secured Pension Fix So Union Members Could Get Hard-Earned Pensions & Relief They Need And Earned Schumer: Upstate NY Union Operating... Read More

Shared Kitchen Ithaca Project Will Build New Commercial Kitchen To Support Food Entrepreneurs In Tompkins County, Including Ithaca Farmers Market Vendors, And Provide Technical Business Assistance To Its Members Funding Comes From Appalachian Regional Commission – Which Supports Economic Development In Southern Tier – That Schumer Secured A Historic Increase In Funding For In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer: Fed $$ Will Help Grow New Shared Kitchen For Ithaca’s Food... Read More

Schumer Has Secured Millions Via Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Develop New Paths Across Central NY Connecting To Empire State Trail For Hiking, Biking & More    Schumer, Gillibrand: Wheels Are In Motion To Bring Bike BOOM To CNY! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,900,000 for the Central New York Regional Planning Board to develop construction-ready plans for bicycle and walking path infrastructure, connecting areas across Central NY to the... Read More

Following Horrific 2015 Valhalla Crash That Killed Six People, Schumer Vowed To Boost Rail Crossing Safety In The Hudson Valley; Senator Says Fed $$ Means Major Step Towards Making Notorious New Castle Crossing & Port Jervis Safer For Commuters, Drivers, Pedestrians, First Responders, Railroad Employees & More Schumer Says Funds – From “Rail Crossing Elimination Grant Program” Created By The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law – Will Help Put Rail Safety On The Right Track For... Read More

Schumer Personally Called Secretary Buttigieg Multiple Times To Advocate For Rochester For Highly Competitive Reconnecting Communities Grant Created In The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Now $100M – Largest Fed Reconnecting Communities Award This Year – Will Greenlight Construction To Reconnect Rochester Communities That Were Divided By Inner Loop’s Construction, Creating A More Vibrant, Accessible Downtown Along With Good Paying Local Construction Jobs Schumer: Rochester’s Inner Loop... Read More

Funding Comes From Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer Led To Passage And Will Help Expand Library Services, Computer Infrastructure And Digital Learning To Help Niagara Falls Residents & Schools Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy: Fed $$ Is Closing The Digital Divide In Niagara Falls! U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Tim Kennedy announced $9 million in federal funding for Niagara University to expand internet... Read More

Funding Comes From U.S. Department Of Transportation’s Charging And Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program, Created By Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer Led To Passage In Senate Schumer, Gillibrand: NY Is Getting Major Jolt To Build Brand-New EV Charging Stations On SUNY Campuses! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $15 million in federal funding for SUNY to install up to 350 electric vehicle charging stations on campuses across NY. The funding... Read More

Fed $$ Will Support Construction 2.5 Miles Of New Bike Lanes, Bump-Outs, And Roundabouts On West State Street Between North Union Street And St. Bonaventure University Campus, That Will Increase Safety, Efficiency Along West State Street – One Of Cattaraugus County’s Busiest Streets – And Boost Small Businesses In Olean Funding Comes From Highly Competitive RAISE Program Which Schumer Secured Historic Increase For In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer: A Transportation... Read More

Schumer And Gillibrand Deliver On Key Legislation Directing The Department of Defense (DoD) To Procure Stainless Steel Flatware and Dinnerware From Domestic Sources, Helping Drive New Growth At American Flatware Producers Such As Oneida County’s Sherrill Manufacturing Senators Say Extension Of ‘SPOONSS Act’ In Annual Defense Bill Will Restore Long-Standing Domestic Sourcing Requirements, Protecting Good-Paying Jobs In The Mohawk Valley Schumer, Gillibrand: The Bipartisan ‘SPOONSS Act’ Will Put A... Read More

Lake Champlain Basin Program, Which Helps Protect Watershed & Wildlife Across Region, Will Now Have Feds Cover 90% Cost Of Projects, Up From 65% Thanks To Schumer’s Efforts – WRDA Now Headed To President’s Desk To Be Signed Into Law A Win-Win-Win Says Schumer: Increasing Fed Funding, Saving Local Conservation Groups $$ And Protecting Lake Champlain U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced he secured a provision in the just-passed bipartisan Water Resources Development... Read More

New NBRC Bill Increases Funding & Expands Program That Has Delivered Millions For Econ Dev & Infrastructure Across Upstate NY To Bolster Healthcare And Childcare Access, Invest In Workforce, New Businesses And More; Also Makes Wyoming And Schoharie County Eligible For Inclusion Legislation Ensures NBRC Will Be Reauthorized For The Next 5 Years So North Country & Upstate NY Can Continue To Tap This Vital Program    Schumer, Gillibrand: NBRC Will Continue To Deliver For North Country... Read More

Schumer Successfully Got The ONSHORE Act, Which He Pushed For Standing At Industrial Sites Across Upstate NY, Added To EDA Reauthorization, Which Is Now Headed To The President’s Desk The ONSHORE Act Creates New Fed Grant Program For Bringing Back Critical Supply Chains, Like Semiconductors And Clean Technology, By Improving Infrastructure And Workforce Training To Prepare More Industrial Sites For Investment Schumer: We Are Bringing Back Manufacturing From Overseas To Upstate NY, And The... Read More

Watervliet Arsenal Firefighters Keep Troops Safe And Respond To Hundreds Of Calls A Year Helping Surrounding Communities, But Current Aging Fire Station Has Long Needed Upgrades To Meet Mission Requirements & Keep Firefighters Prepared For Emergencies Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ For New Fire Station Is Critical To Ensure Safety At Watervliet Arsenal And Cap Region U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced they have secured a whopping... Read More

Wool Trust Fund Payments Are Critical For American Textile Factories To Stay Competitive, Like At The Formerly-Known Hickey Freeman Factory, By Providing Crucial Tariff Relief After Tom James Co. Took Over Rochester Factory Senator Vowed To Save Program That Is Vital To Their Business And Now Secured One-Year Extension Of Wool Trust Fund In End-Of-Year Budget Bill Schumer: Wool Trust Fund Will Help Protect Hundreds Of Jobs At Rochester’s Iconic 113-Year-Old Factory U.S. Senate Majority Leader... Read More

Schumer And Gillibrand Have Long Fought For Continued Funds To Support First Responders And Others With Long-Term Health Issues Stemming From 9/11 Terror Attack Senators Explain They Secured Funding In Upcoming Budget Bill That Congress Will Vote On This Week Schumer, Gillibrand: This Funding Fix Ensures 9/11 Heroes Never Have To Worry About Getting The Health Care They Need U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced he has secured permanent... Read More

Funding From Inflation Reduction Act Schumer Championed As Majority Leader Will Help Bolster Extreme Weather And Climate Resiliency Hubs In Albany’s Most Vulnerable Neighborhoods Trinity Alliance Of The Capital Region And Other Local Environmental Justice Groups Will Also Work Together To Strengthen Local Workforce Training And Other Projects To Help Families Lower Energy Costs & Fight Climate Change Locally  Schumer, Gillibrand: Our Inflation Reduction Act Is Delivering To Help Keep Albany... Read More