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Press releases from: July 2023

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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HIGGINS ANNOUNCE $1.3 MILLION EDA GRANT TO STRENGTHEN WORKFORCE TRAINING AT NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, PROMOTE JOB CREATION & BOOST NIAGARA FALLS AND BROADER WESTERN NY ECONOMY
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SCHUMER, HOCHUL ANNOUNCE MENLO MICROSYSTEMS WILL INVEST $50+ MILLION TO RETROFIT A MICROELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING FAB IN TOMPKINS COUNTY, BRINGING 100+ NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS TO UPSTATE NEW YORK
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, RYAN CALL ON FEMA TO MOBILIZE DISASTER ASSESSMENT TEAMS & STAND READY TO QUICKLY APPROVE POTENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR NEW YORK COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED BY EXTREME FLASH FLOODING
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Schumer Announces: Gateway Tunnel – Nation’s Largest Infrastructure Project – Will Receive Massive $6.88 Billion In Fed Funds; Largest Federal Transportation Grant In History; The Money For Gateway Is Now Allocated & All Systems Go; Marks Long Effort By Senator
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SCHUMER, AFTER YEARS OF NON-STOP ADVOCACY, ANNOUNCES SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS RECEIVED CRITICAL FEDERAL “HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA” DESIGNATION; SCHUMER SAYS HUDSON VALLEY WILL NOW RECEIVE MAJOR BOOST IN FED CRIME FIGHTING RESOURCES COMING TO FIGHT OPIOID SCOURGE, STOP DANGEROUS DRUG TRAFFICKERS, AND KEEP SULLIVAN STREETS SAFE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $648,000 FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO PURCHASE CRITICAL NEW GEAR TO HELP PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS AND KEEP COMMUNITY SAFE
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FUZEHUB ADVANCES TO NEXT ROUND TO COMPETE FOR UP TO $160 MILLION FROM FIRST EVER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION “INNOVATION ENGINES” PROGRAM – CREATED BY HIS CHIPS & SCIENCE BILL – BRINGING NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TO HELP MAKE UPSTATE NY A LEADER IN MANUFACTURING SUSTAINABILITY
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SCHUMER REVEALS: LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY ARE OWED THEIR SHARE OF MILLIONS BY THE FEDS, BUT FUNDING HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN BUREAUCRATIC DELAYS FOR YEARS; SENATOR SAYS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND DEMANDS ACTION FROM FEDS TO HONOR COMMITMENT TO HUDSON VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENTS

Press releases from: June 2023

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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HIGGINS ANNOUNCE NIAGARA FALLS IBEW LOCAL 237 UNION TO RECEIVE $32.2 MILLION – RESTORING PENSIONS FOR 430 MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING BACKPAY FOR BENEFITS, THANKS TO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
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SCHUMER, HOCHUL ANNOUNCE TOM JAMES COMPANY TO TAKE OVER ‘ROCHESTER TAILORED CLOTHING’ FACTORY – PROTECTING NEARLY 200 JOBS FOR WORLD-CLASS UNION WORKERS THAT WERE AT RISK, & PROVIDING LONG-TERM STABILITY AND GROWTH FOR FACTORY
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEW YORK STATE AWARDED AN HISTORIC NEARLY $670 MILLION FROM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW TO EXPAND HIGH-SPEED INTERNET TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN NY
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SCHUMER, WITH OVER 295 CRITICAL DRUGS FROM CANCER TO EVERYDAY GENERICS IN SHORT SUPPLY IN CAPITAL REGION & ACROSS AMERICA, CALLS ON FDA TO ACTIVATE PLAN TO LIMIT SHORTAGES AND REVEALS HIS 4-PRONG LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION TO ADDRESS MOUNTING SHORTAGE HITTING COMMUNITIES IN CAPITAL REGION AND ACROSS UPSTATE NY
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SCHUMER, WITH MICRON’S AND OTHER MAJOR INVESTMENT DRIVING SUPPLY CHAINS TO CENTRAL NY, REVEALS NEW ONSHORE ACT – BIPARTISAN BILL TO CREATE CRITICAL FED INVESTMENT TO PREPARE SITES FOR INDUSTRIES LIKE SEMICONDUCTORS, STRENGTHENING INFRASTRUCTURE AND BOOSITNG WORKFORCE TRAINING TO BRING GOOD-PAYING JOBS BACK FROM OVERSEAS TO PLACES LIKE CNY & THE MOHAWK VALLEY
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SCHUMER REVEALS: WITH CRITICAL FED PROGRAM IN LIMBO, DAIRY CLIFF COULD HIT WESTERN NY & FINGER LAKES 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 UPSTATE NY IS PROTECTED
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE MAJOR $7+ MILLION GRANT FROM BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY TO HELP CONNECT WESTERN NY COMMUNITIES ALONG THE OLD BUFFALO-PITTSBURGH RAIL CORRIDOR THROUGH NEW SOUTHERN TIER TRAIL
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY’S GROWING BATTERY HUB ADVANCES TO NEXT ROUND TO COMPETE FOR UP TO $160 MILLION FROM FIRST EVER NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION “INNOVATION ENGINES” PROGRAM – CREATED BY HIS CHIPS & SCIENCE BILL; AFTER DELIVERING HISTORIC INVESTMENT LAST YEAR, SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH FOR MORE FED FUNDING FOR UPSTATE NY TO POWER AMERICA’S BATTERY INDUSTRY
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SCHUMER, FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVOCACY, DELIVERS GAMECHANGING $21+ MILLION TO RECONNECT KINGSTON’S NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE WATERFRONT AND REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HIGGINS ANNOUNCE NEARLY $29 MILLION FROM BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW FOR THE NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE 20 NEW 40-FOOT CLEAN ELECTRIC BUSES TO REPLACE DIRTY DIESEL-POWERED BUSES AND EXPAND CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
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SCHUMER, STANDING AT PLUG’S 400+ JOB ROCHESTER GREEN HYDROGEN GIGAFACTORY, LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO MAKE NEW YORK THE CENTER OF THE NATION’S FIRST EVER FEDERAL CLEAN, GREEN HYDROGEN HUB; SENATOR REVEALS HOW UPSTATE NY CAN LAND BILLIONS IN NEW COMPETITION FOR THOUSANDS OF NY CLEAN ENERGY JOBS POWERING THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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SCHUMER, AT BUFFALO’S FORMER BETHLEHEM STEEL SITE, REVEALS NEW ONSHORE ACT – BIPARTISAN BILL TO CREATE CRITICAL NEW FEDERAL INVESTMENT TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO UPSTATE NY’S INDUSTRIAL SITES, STREGTHEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAIN WORKFORCE TO BRING CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAINS & GOOD-PAYING JOBS BACK FROM OVERSEAS TO PLACES LIKE WESTERN NY