SCHUMER STATEMENT ON PHASE I ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR UTICA PROSPERITY INITIATIVE

Following his delivering millions for Utica as part of the American Rescue Plan he led to passage in the Senate, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer released the following statement on Utica Prosperity Initiative’s Phase I funding allocation:

Senator Schumer said, “As Majority Leader, I made funding state and local governments my top priority in the American Rescue Plan and fought so hard to ensure that places like Utica would get the resources needed to both defeat COVID and revive our local economies. This plan – which invests in children and families, small businesses, housing and other critical infrastructure - is a first step towards a more prosperous Utica.”

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