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UFCW Local One, Which Represents Thousands Of Food and Commercial Workers At Major Upstate Employers Like Tops Supermarket, Gianelli’s sausages in Syracuse, & Sahlen's in Buffalo, Were Victims Of A Pension System Collapsed Which Risked The Retirement Of Thousands Across Upstate NY As Schumer’s First Major Act As Majority Leader, He Secured Pension Fix So Union Members, Like Mrs. Hartman, Who Worked Their Whole Lives But Risked Losing Benefits Through No Fault Of Their Own, Got Hard-Earned... Read More
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Following Radical Alabama Supreme Court Ruling Threatening IVF Care Which Led To Fertility Clinics Shutting Down Services, Schumer Is Pushing To Safeguard & Strengthen IVF Access Across The Country, And Says Stories Like Kate’s Are The Reason We Need To Protect Reproductive Freedom Across The Country Schumer: IVF Is Essential For People Like Kate To Have Children & We Cannot Let Far Right Extremism Dictate Basic Women’s Healthcare and Reproductive Rights U.S. Senate Majority Leader... Read More
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Thanks To Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Law, GlobalFoundries Plans To Construct New State-Of-The-Art Fab In Malta Through An Over $12 Billion Public-Private Investment Into Expanding Operations Over The Next 10+ Years, Adding Thousands Of New Good-Paying Manufacturing & Union Construction Jobs Kim Is An Equipment Engineering Technician At GlobalFoundries, Who Came Through Their Registered Apprenticeship Program At Hudson Valley Community College, And Plays A Vital Role In Manufacturing The... Read More
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Schumer Created The Tech Hub Program With Upstate NY In Mind, And Pulled Out All The Stops To Land Designation For Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse Region, And Now With Coalition Officially Submitting For Phase 2 Tech Hub Implementation Funding From His CHIPS & Science Law Schumer Is Going All Out To Land This Funding “NY SMART I-Corridor” Tech Hub Coalition Has Grown To 100+ Partners and New Funding Will Fill In Gaps In Upstate NY’s Booming Semiconductor Industry, Helping Grow Suppliers And New... Read More
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February 27, 2024
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE ~$23 MILLION FROM BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW TO KICKSTART CLEAN UP OF LEY CREEK PORTION OF THE ONONDAGA LAKE SUPERFUND SITE
Funding Is Part Of Over $1 Billion For Clean Up Projects At Superfund Sites Across The Country And Will Help Dispose Of Soil Contaminated With Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) And Other Toxic Pollutants Along Onondaga Lake Superfund Site, Launching Cleanup Activities While EPA Works To Continue To Hold Polluters Accountable For Years Of Damage Schumer, Gillibrand: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law $$$ Are Flowing To Clean Up Onondaga Lake And Ley Creek U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More -
Funding Is Part Of Over $770 Million for Rural Infrastructure Projects Across The Country Announced By The Biden Administration Earlier This Week Senators Say This Major Funding Will Make Key Upgrades And Provide Critical Support In Grants & Loans To Modernize Water Infrastructure In Rural Communities From The North Country To The Finger Lakes Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Are Flowing To Rural Communities Across Upstate NY To Upgrade Our Aging Water Infrastructure! U.S. Senate Majority Leader... Read More
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February 22, 2024
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $14+ MILLION IN FEDERAL DISASTER RELIEF FOR ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER’S COVID RESPONSE
Erie County Medical Center Heroically Provided Medical Staff To Help With Increased Patient Loads, Severity And Length Of Stay During COVID Outbreak Senators Say New FEMA Funding – At A 100% Federal Cost Share – Will Reimburse Hospital For Expenses Related To Pandemic Response Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal $$$ Will Help Erie County Medical Center Recover From Economic Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Keep Up Lifesaving Care U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten... Read More -
Senators Say New FEMA Funding – At A 90% Federal Cost Share – Will Boost Cayuga Medical Center For Key Power Infrastructure Upgrades, Improving The Hospital’s Ability To Operate During Extreme Weather Like Blizzards Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Is Generating The Resources So Cayuga Medical Center Can Keep Up Lifesaving Care In The Southern Tier U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $10,450,800 million in federal funding from the U.S.... Read More
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Funding Is A Part Of $5.8 Billion Investment For Water Infrastructure Across The Country Announced Yesterday By The Biden Administration Senators Say New York State Has Some Of The Oldest Water Systems In The Country And Funding Will Provide Long-Overdue, Critical Support To Modernize Drinking Water And Wastewater Infrastructure Schumer, Gillibrand: Major Fed $$$ Is Flowing To NY To Upgrade Critical Water Systems And Infrastructure Thanks To Our Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Act! U.S.... Read More
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Bipartisan Undetectable Firearms Act – For The First Time In A Decade Could Expire In Less Than One Month – Threatening Safety Of Courthouses, Sporting Events, Concerts, Airports, And More By Making Fully-Plastic Guns — That Could Slip Through First Line Defenses Like Metal Detectors And X-Rays —Legal Schumer: Keeping Fully-Plastic Undetectable Ghost Guns Illegal Is Commonsense, And Congress Must Act Now To Keep These Deadly Weapons Off Our Streets Standing with Onondaga County criminal... Read More
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GlobalFoundries Plans To Construct New State-Of-The-Art Fab In Malta & Invest Over $12 Billion Into Expanding Operations Over The Next 10+ Years, Adding Thousands Of New Good-Paying Manufacturing And Union Construction Jobs Schumer Created CHIPS Program, Including Key Support For Legacy Chips Like Those Made By GlobalFoundries Which Are Critical To Our National Security And Essential To The Auto Industry That Saw Prices Sky Rocket During The Pandemic Due To Chip Shortages Schumer: Because Of... Read More
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Senator Says Damaged Breakwater No Longer Keeping Out Sediment And Years of Sediment Build-Up Jeopardizing Chautauqua County’s Vibrant Summer Tourist Economy; Now, He Is Fighting To Deliver Funding He Secured In The Final Appropriations Bill Expected To Be Voted On Next Month New Funding Builds On The Millions Schumer Delivered In 2022 For Dredging Across Chautauqua County, Including Barcelona, Cattaraugus Creek, & Dunkirk Harbors Schumer: Chautauqua Tourism Economy Depend On Repairs To The... Read More
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) Can Be Serious For Young Children, But The Brand New Potentially Lifesaving Medication Released Last Year For RSV Is Seeing Shortages Across Country, Including Upstate NY Pediatricians Are The First Line Of Defense In Protecting Kids Against RSV, But Without Adequate And Consistent Vaccine Supply, More Infants Could Get Infected; Thanks To Schumer’s Efforts More Doses Were Released Last Month, And Now, Senator Is Continuing His Push Calling On Feds And... Read More
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The National Science Foundation Just Launched A National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot To Shape America’s AI Innovation Ecosystem, And Schumer Says Upstate New York Is Primed To Lead The Way For AI In The USA Senator Says Upstate New York Is Already A Burgeoning Home To AI Innovation – From UB’s NSF AI Institute And Other Leading Research Universities Across NYS That Are Part Of The Recently Announced Empire AI Consortium, To Recent Tech Hub Designation For Semiconductors, Which Are The... Read More
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Funding Comes From The Newest Round Of the Highly Competitive Airport Terminal Grant Program Schumer, Gillibrand: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Is Helping Buffalo Niagara International Airport Reach New Heights U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just awarded Buffalo Niagara International Airport a total of $4,400,000 in competitive federal... Read More
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February 14, 2024
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $10+ MILLION FOR ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO MODERNIZE & REHABILITATE FACILITIES THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW
Funding Comes From The Newest Round Of the Highly Competitive Airport Terminal Grant Program, Which Received Major $$$ Boost In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Schumer, Gillibrand: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Is Helping Albany International Airport Reach New Heights U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Albany International Airport a... Read More -
Earlier This Month, Sullivan County Head Start Suddenly Closed, Sparking Confusion And Leaving Local Parents Without Child Care & Dozens Of Employees Without Jobs Schumer, In A Letter To The Head Of HHS, Says We Need All-Hands-On-Deck Solution From Feds So A Head Start Program Can Resume Operations And Once Again Get Families The Care They Need Schumer: Sullivan County Families Lost Childcare Through No Fault Of Their Own, Feds Must Do Everything They Can To Expedite And Get Parents The Help... Read More
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Following The Tragic 2009 Plane Crash, Schumer Fought Alongside Families Of Flight 3407 Victims To Create Critical Flight Safety Regulations, Including Requirement That Pilots Log 1,500 Flight Hours In Order To Receive Certificate, Among Other Lifesaving Reforms Schumer Has Been Working In Lockstep With The Flight 3407 Families, Helping Elevate Their Voices, And Ensuring The Reauthorization Of The FAA In The Senate Protects Legacy Of The 15 Year Long Fight –Senator Will Continue Fight As Bill... Read More
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Thanks To Schumer’s Years Of Work, CHESS Went From Once Being On The Chopping Block For Fed Funding To Growing Cutting-Edge Facility Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) Is One Of Only Two High-Energy Synchrotron X-Ray Sources In U.S.; Lab Has Generated Revolutionary Scientific Research In Numerous Fields, Including Discoveries That Led To Two Nobel Prizes – Now Lab Is Growing With New Cutting-Edge XLEAP Beamline Schumer: Fed $$$ Is Supercharging New Growth At Cornell’s CHESS... Read More
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February 6, 2024
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEARLY $11 MILLION TO BOLSTER HYDROPOWER INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK — FROM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW
Fed $$$ Will Make Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvements, From The North Country To The Hudson Valley, Including Wildlife And Environmental Restoration, All While Bolstering Clean-Energy Workforce With Good-Paying Jobs Schumer: Major Fed $$$ Is Flowing To Power Upstate NY Communities With Clean Energy, Good Jobs And Combat Effects Of Climate Change U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced nearly $11 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydroelectric... Read More