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Press releases from: June 2023

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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $128,000 IN FED FUNDING FOR THE TROY FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE IMPORTANT NEW EQUIPMENT TO KEEP FIREFIGHTERS SAFE
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $574,000 IN FED FUNDING FOR THE CORTLAND, MARATHON AND WILLET FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT TO HELP PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS AND KEEP COMMUNITY SAFE
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SCHUMER: L3HARRIS AWARDED $196 MILLION U.S. ARMY PURCHASE ORDER TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF RADIOS; SCHUMER FOUGHT SO L3HARRIS COULD COMPETE FOR MAJOR CONTRACTS AND NOW ARMY CONTINUES TO CHOOSE POWERHOUSE ROCHESTER WORKFORCE TO PRODUCE CUTTING-EDGE RADIOS

Press releases from: May 2023

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FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF LITTLE SODUS BAY HARBOR WEST PIER PROJECT – THANKS TO FUNDING FROM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND: AFTER LATE MAY DEEP FREEZE DEVASTATED ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS ACROSS NY LAST WEEK, DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF APPLE AND GRAPE CROPS, SENATORS CALL ON USDA SECRETARY FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO HELP NY GROWERS STRUGGLING TO RECOVER
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AFTER REMAINS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS WERE DISCOVERED IN UPSTATE NY, AND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND APPROACHING, SCHUMER CALLS ON U.S. ARMY TO HELP LAY THESE AMERICAN PATRIOTS TO REST AND SUPPORT REINTERMENT OF THESE HEROES AT LAKE GEORGE BATTLEFIELD PARK
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SCHUMER: WITH CAPITAL REGION HOSPITALS ON DECK TO RECEIVE NEARLY $200 MILLION EVERY YEAR UNDER NEW MEDICARE RULE, SENATOR DOUBLES DOWN, PERSONALLY WRITING TO HEAD OF MEDICARE TO GET CHANGE FINALIZED AND RALLYING WITH LOCAL HEALTH LEADERS TO BREAK DOWN TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT MASSIVE INCREASE IN FED PAYMENTS WOULD HAVE FOR HEALTHCARE ACROSS UPSTATE NY
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SCHUMER REVEALS: WITH CRITICAL FED PROGRAM IN LIMBO, DAIRY CLIFF COULD HIT CENTRAL NY 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 STATEMENT ON GE VERNOVA’S ANNOUNCEMENT TO CREATE 200 NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS AND INVEST $50 MILLION TO ESTABLISH NEW ONSHORE WIND TURBINE MANUFACTURING LINE IN THE CAPITAL REGION
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AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES FIRST PHASE OF $500 MILLION IN GRANTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR UPSTATE NY COMMUNITIES TO APPLY FOR FIRST-EVER REGIONAL TECH & INNOVATION HUB COMPETITION SCHUMER CREATED IN HIS CHIPS & SCIENCE BILL
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ON 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE “BATTLE OF HENRY JOHNSON,” SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO CREATE A NEW U.S. POSTAGE STAMP HONORING AMERICAN HERO, ALBANY RESIDENT, HARLEM HELLFIGHTER & BELATED MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT SGT. HENRY JOHNSON
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MORELLE ANNOUNCE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER AS FINALIST IN MAJOR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COMPETITION, BRINGING $1 MILLION AND A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TO COMPETE FOR UP TO $160 MILLION TO GROW ROCHESTER AS AMERICA’S LASER INNOVATION HUB
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE CORNELL UNIVERSITY AS FINALIST IN MAJOR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COMPETITION, BRINGING $1 MILLION AND A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TO COMPETE FOR UP TO $160 MILLION TO HELP MAKE UPSTATE NY A LEADER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND GROW SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY, SCHUMER BREAKS GROUND ON GAME CHANGING $11.3 MILLION BROADBAND EXPANSION PROJECT TO HELP CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY
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SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH FOR FEDS TO GREENLIGHT ROCHESTER’S URBAN TREE TRANSFORMATION AND MAKE ROCHESTER ONE OF FIRST IN THE NATION TO TAP HISTORIC INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FUNDING TO PLANT OVER 6,000 NEW TREES ACROSS THE CITY
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SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO SUPERCHARGE BUFFALO BATTERY COMPANY, VIRIDI PARENTE, TO ADD HUNDREDS OF GOOD PAYING JOBS WITH NEW $200+ MILLION DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOAN TO ACCELERATE THEIR GROWTH AND USHER IN A NEW AGE OF MANUFACTURING FOR BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE
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SCHUMER REVEALS: AFTER YEARS OF RELENTLESS ADVOCACY, UPSTATE NY HOSPITALS COULD RECEIVE A MASSIVE NEARLY $1 BILLION INCREASE EVERY SINGLE YEAR UNDER NEW PROPOSED CHANGE TO MEDICARE WAGE PAYMENTS; SCHUMER BREAKS DOWN REGION BY REGION, HOW MUCH EACH IMPACTED UPSTATE HOSPITAL SHOULD RECEIVE AS HE PUSHES TO FINALIZE RULE ASAP
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND LEAD EFFORT TO REVITALIZE & PROTECT HUDSON RIVER AND NEW YORK WATERWAYS; SENATORS RE-INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN NY-NJ WATERSHED PROTECTION ACT TO HELP MILLIONS IN NEW FED FUNDING FLOW TO CONSERVE AND CLEANUP NY’S SCENIC WATERS

Press releases from: April 2023

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SCHUMER: THE HOUSE’S EXTREME DEBT CEILING “PLAN” IS A GUT PUNCH TO UPSTATE NY– WILL SEND US CLOSER TO DEFAULT & JEOPARDIZING VITAL PROGRAMS UPSTATE FAMILIES RELY ON; SENATOR BREAKS DOWN IMPACTS THAT WOULD RIPPLE THROUGHOUT NY
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TORRES: CHEAP, CHINESE-MADE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES ARE SHORT CIRCUITING & EXPLODING MORE & MORE ACROSS NY; ON HEELS OF MAJOR FIRES, INJURIES & SPIKING NUMBERS, SENATORS PUSH BIPARTISAN PLAN TO REGULATE THE MOST COMMON, BUT VERY DANGEROUS BATTERIES IN SCOOTERS, E-BIKES & MORE; FDNY BACKS PLAN AS FIRES CLIMB