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Press releases from: August 2023

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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES – THANKS TO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN– UPSTATE NY’S UFCW LOCAL ONE TO RECEIVE $764 MILLION – RESTORING PENSIONS FOR 19,000+ MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS UPSTATE NY
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SCHUMER, AFTER YEARS OF UPSTATE NY HOSPITALS BEING SHORTCHANGED, ANNOUNCES HE HAS SECURED MASSIVE NEARLY $1 BILLION INCREASE IN PAYMENTS FROM FEDS FOR HOSPITALS – EVERY SINGLE YEAR – UNDER NEW FINALIZED RULE TO MEDICARE WAGE PAYMENTS; SCHUMER BREAKS DOWN REGION BY REGION MAJOR FED $$$ FOR IMPACTED HOSPITALS ACROSS UPSTATE NY
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES MAJOR PUSH TO UPEND FLOW OF FENTANYL IN WESTERN NEW YORK & FINGER LAKES-ROCHESTER AREA – REVEALING NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO SANCTION CHINA FOR ITS ROLE IN SPREADING FENTANYL & DELIVER RESOURCES TO COMBAT OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC, WHICH HAS HAMMERED ORLEANS COUNTY AND WESTERN NY
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SCHUMER, AT SCHUYLER COUNTY BUSINESS PARK, REVEALS NEW ONSHORE ACT – BIPARTISAN BILL TO CREATE CRITICAL NEW FEDERAL INVESTMENT TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO UPSTATE NY’S INDUSTRIAL SITES, STRENGTHEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAIN WORKFORCE TO BRING CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAINS & GOOD-PAYING JOBS BACK FROM OVERSEAS TO PLACES LIKE THE SOUTHERN TIER
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SCHUMER REVEALS: WITH CRITICAL FED PROGRAM IN LIMBO, DAIRY CLIFF COULD HIT ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY FARMERS AND CONSUMERS, HALTING CRITICAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND RAISING MILK PRICES; SENATOR LAUNCHES NEW PUSH TO ENSURE NY DAIRY INDUSTRY ISN’T PUT OUT TO PASTURE AND VITAL FED DAIRY PROGRAM FOR NORTH COUNTRY IS PROTECTED

Press releases from: July 2023

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SCHUMER, FOLLOWING MAJOR PUSH, ANNOUNCES THE HISTORIC JOHN D. MCKEAN FIREBOAT IN ROCKLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES – SECURING ACCESS TO CRITICAL FUNDING TO HELP PRESERVE THE VESSEL & ANCHORING THE RETIRED FDNY FIREBOAT’S PLACE IN HISTORY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL’S COVID RESPONSE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $2.5 MILLION HOOKED TO RESTORE FISH HABITATS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES IN UPSTATE NY – THROUGH BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW – TO PROTECT THE ENVIROMENT AND SAFEGUARD AQUATIC LIFE OF ONE OF UPSTATE NEW YORK’S GREATEST NATURAL BEAUTIES
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $2.5 MILLION IN NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FUNDING FOR SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY TO LEAD RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FROM ACROSS UPSTATE NY IN CONNECTING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS TO GOOD PAYING JOBS AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S STEM WORKFORCE
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AFTER DELIVERING HISTORIC FEDERAL INVESTMENT TO JUMPSTART THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY’S CHILDREN’S SPECIALTY HOSPITAL, SCHUMER DELIVERS OVER $620,000 FEDERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION FOR 400+ JOB PROJECT TO BRING FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE HUDSON VALLEY
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GOVERNOR HOCHUL AND SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER ANNOUNCE COMPLETION OF RENOWNED CLOTHING MANUFACTURER TOM JAMES ACQUISITION OF FORMER HICKEY FREEMAN FACILITY IN ROCHESTER
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SCHUMER REVEALS VERIZON BREAKTHROUGH: UTICA & NEW HARTFORD ARE NOW IN CONTACT WITH COMPANY & A PLAN TO CONSTRUCT A NEW CELL TOWER IS IN THE WORKS; SENATOR SAYS ‘DEAD ZONE’ HAS PLAGUED RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES FOR YEARS, AND HE IS WATCHING LIKE A HAWK TO GET PROGRESS
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION SECURED, UNLOCKING CRITICAL FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP IMPACTED HUDSON VALLEY AND UPSTATE NY COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM HISTORIC FLOODING
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SCHUMER REVEALS: CONGRESS AND THE U.S. ARMY TO INVEST OVER $1.7 BILLION IN WATERVLIET ARSENAL OVER NEXT 20 YEARS – THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE FACILITY – TO MODERNIZE FACILITY, UPGRADE EQUIPMENT, AND BOLSTER WORKFORCE TO SECURE WATERVLIET AS HEART OF ARMY CANNON MANUFACTURING FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
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SCHUMER, HOCHUL, GILLIBRAND OFFICIALLY BREAK GROUND ON TRANSFORMATIONAL I-81 VIADUCT PROJECT IN SYRACUSE
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SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH FOR UP TO $20 MILLION TO SECURE FORT DRUM’S WATER SUPPLY AND IMPROVE WATERTOWN’S WATER QUALITY; SENATOR SAYS VITAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE $$$ CAN HELP WATERTOWN UPGRADE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ENSURING CLEAN WATER FOR NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITIES
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, RYAN: AFTER ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION FLOODING DEVASTATED ORANGE COUNTY, WITH WEST POINT ALREADY FACING OVER $100 MILLION IN DAMAGES, REPS LAUNCH TWO-PRONGED PUSH TO BRING FULL SUPPORT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP HUDSON VALLEY GET ON ROAD TO RECOVERY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO SWIFTLY APPROVE MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION FOR NEW YORK COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED BY EXTREME FLASH FLOODING
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SCHUMER – AFTER STANDING WITH STUDENTS ACROSS NEW YORK TO HIGHLIGHT RISE IN DANGERIOUS ‘SWATTING’ ATTACKS – APPLAUDS FBI HEEDING HIS CALL TO FINALLY BEGIN TRACKING THIS DANGEROUS CRIME AND CREATE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND NATIONAL DATABASE FOR SWATTING TO HELP LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND KEEP COMMUNITIES SAFE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND & RYAN: WITH WEST POINT FACING SEVERE DAMAGE FROM EXTREME FLOODING, REPS CALL ON U.S. ARMY CORPS TOP BRASS TO GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND ASAP AND DEPLOY ANY & ALL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO GET HUDSON VALLEY HOME OF AMERICAN MILITARY ON ROAD TO RECOVERY