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Press releases from: February 2023

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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES ONSEMI HAS OFFICIALLY MADE THE HUDSON VALLEY HOME TO ITS LARGEST U.S. CHIP MANUFACTURING FACILITY, SAVING 1,000 GOOD-PAYING JOBS AND COMMITTING $1.3 BILLION IN DUTCHESS COUNTY; SENATOR BRINGS BIDEN ADMIN TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW PREMIERE EAST FISHKILL FAB IS PRIMED TO SUPERCHARGE AMERICA’S SEMICONDUCTOR FUTURE
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SCHUMER WILL BRING SAVION POLLARD, MICRON’S FIRST CENTRAL NEW YORK HIRE, TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STATE OF THE UNION
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SCHUMER WILL BRING FINGER LAKES VET, KEVIN KOZLOWSKI, TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR STOOD WITH ROCHESTER VETERANS TO FIGHT TO EXTEND VA CARE TO VETS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS & OTHER TOXINS LEADING TO THE HONORING OUR PACT ACT PASSING–NOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NY VETS ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE MEDICAL CARE THEY EARNED
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SCHUMER WILL BRING YONKERS’S CHERYL BRANNAN TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR WORKED WITH CHERYL TO DELIVER MAJOR FED $$$ TO UPGRADE YONKER’S SOLE MATERNITY UNIT, IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY FOR WESTCHESTER MOTHERS; PAIR WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR LEGISLATION TO COMBAT MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS
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SCHUMER WILL BRING BINGHAMTON’S DR. STAN WHITTINGHAM TO STATE OF THE UNION; AFTER DELIVERING $63+M TO HELP MAKE SOUTHERN TIER AND UPSTATE NY THE NATION’S NEXT MAJOR BATTERY RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING HUB – SENATOR SAYS LEADERS LIKE DR. WHITTINGHAM SHOW BINGHAMTON IS READY TO POWER THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN BATTERY INNOVATION
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SCHUMER WILL BRING BUFFALO’S ZENETA EVERHART TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR SAYS ZENETA EXEMPLIFIES THE UNBREAKABLE OF SPIRIT OF WESTERN NY – WITH HER ADVOCACY HELPING LEAD TO THE FIRST MAJOR BIPARTISAN GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN DECADES
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SCHUMER INVITES DAVID ANDERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE ALBANY NANOTECH COMPLEX AND NY CREATES, TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR SAYS ALBANY NANOTECH REPRESENTS THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION – AND DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS PUSH FOR FACILITY TO BECOME MAJOR HUB FOR THE NATION’S FIRST NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CENTER
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SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDS KEY RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM – SAVING UPSTATE HEALTH SYSTEMS NEARLY $145 MILLION – TO MANTAIN LIFESAVING MEDICAL SERVICES IN UPSTATE’S MOST UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES

Press releases from: January 2023

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AFTER LAUNCHING PUSH IN ORLEANS COUNTY, SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY HELPS RESOLVE BAXTER INTERNATIONAL’S CHIP SHORTAGE FOR WESTERN NY PLANT PROTECTING 300 PERSON WORKFORCE AND ENSURING COMPANY CAN KEEP PUMPING OUT LIFESAVING MEDICAL TECH
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DELIVER OVER $8.5 MILLION FOR SOUTHERN TIER INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; FROM CREATING A NONPROFIT HUB IN TIOGA COUNTY TO FLOOD PREVENTION AND CRITICAL WATER SYSTEM UPGRADES, FUNDING WILL LAY FOUNDATION FOR MORE RESILIENT FUTURE IN THE SOUTHERN TIER
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SCHUMER REVEALS: A DEBT CEILING DEFAULT WOULD BE “ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE” FOR UPSTATE NY; SENATOR SAYS UPSTATE IS ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE POINTS THAT DEFAULT WOULD BRING; FROM UPSTATE’S 1.8 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS, WHO RECEIVE $3 BILLION IN BENEFITS EACH MONTH, TO VETERANS, TO CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES, TO MEDICARE, TO RETIREES & MORE
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JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER STANDING WITH WEST POINT FIREFIGHTERS, SCHUMER DELIVERS $1.8 MILLION TO WEST POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT - $500K MORE THAN THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST; AFTER 92% OF THEIR BUDGET WAS CUT, WEST POINT CAN NOW GIVE FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT THEY DESERVE TO KEEP 6,500+ MILITARY FAMILIES & HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITIES SAFE
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: GENERAL MOTORS WILL INVEST OVER $68 MILLION AT ROCHESTER MANUFACTURING PLANT, BRINGING NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY COMPONENT PRODUCTION, FUELING REVIVAL OF FINGER LAKES AUTO INDUSTRY AND SUPERCHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE FUTURE
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SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH FOR NEW FED $$$ TO TRANSFORM DERELICT, FORMER RAILROAD INTO FIRST YONKERS’ GREENWAY TO BETTER CONNECT SOUTHWEST YONKERS TO THE BRONX & HUDSON VALLEY; SENATOR REVEALS PLAN TO REIMAGINE YONKERS EYESORE AND GIVE UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS THE GREENSPACE, BIKE OPTIONS, TRANSIT CONNECTIONS, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE LONG DESERVED
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SCHUMER PROTECTS FUNDING FOR LIFELINE “NUCLEAR CLOSURE COMMUNITIES” PROGRAM TO AID HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITIES FACING MAJOR ECONOMIC LOSS FROM SHUTDOWN OF INDIAN POINT – AND DELIVERS NEW FED $$$ FOR WESTCHESTER TO LAUNCH ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN TO SPUR NEW INVESTMENT, CREATE GOOD-PAYING JOBS, AND ENERGIZE THE HUDSON VALLEY ECONOMY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $2 MILLION TO SUPPORT LOCAL CULTURAL NONPROFITS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO SUSTAIN HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK
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STANDING AT ONE OF SENECA COUNTY’S WORST CONTAMINATED DERELICT FORMER GAS STATIONS, SCHUMER REVEALS HIS TWO PRONGED PLAN TO LAUNCH SENECA’S FIRST EVER BROWNFIELD TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY TO CLEAN UP DOZENS OF TOXIC EYESORES ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES & DELIVER FED FUNDING TO TURN THESE SITES INTO NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
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SCHUMER DELIVERS $2 MILLION TO MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HELP CREATE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART SEMICONDUCTOR-AND-ADVANCED-MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTER TO GIVE UTICA WORKERS THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO FILL GOOD-PAYING, HIGH-DEMAND TECH JOBS
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL OPENING OF PLUG POWER’S NEW $125 MILLION VISTA TECH PARK FACTORY CREATING OVER 1,600 NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS & FURTHER CEMENTING CAPITAL REGION AS GLOBAL CENTER FOR CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING
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SCHUMER REVEALS: WEST POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS LOST OUT ON MILLIONS IN DESPERATELY-NEEDED FUNDING BECAUSE OF ARMY HQ BUDGET SHORTFALLS- IN 2021, WEST POINT RECEIVED A MASSIVE 92% CUT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS – PUTTING SAFETY OF FIREFIGHTERS AND COMMUNITY AT RISK; SCHUMER LAUNCHES ALL OUT PUSH TO GET WEST POINT FIREFIGHTERS FUNDING THEY DESERVE THIS YEAR TO KEEP 6,500+ MILITARY FAMILIES AND SURROUNDING ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES SAFE