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Press releases from: April 2022

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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE MAJOR INVESTMENT IN BINGHAMTON’S CHILDREN; SENATORS DELIVER $1 MILLION FOR CITY OF BINGHAMTON TO EXPAND YOUTH PROGRAMS, RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES & STRENGTHEN CITY’S ONGOING EFFORTS TO CREATE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE FOR BINGHAMTON YOUTH
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SCHUMER & CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ANNOUNCE GROUND BREAKING OF FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SCHENECTADY GATEWAY MOBILITY HUB; ACROSS COVID RELIEF AND NEW INVESTMENT, SCHUMER DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED OVER QUARTER OF A BILLION IN FED $$$ TO PAVE THE WAY FOR CAPITAL REGION’S TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMATION
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SCHUMER: SYRACUSE EXPERIENCING BACK TO BACK WORST YEARS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN LAST DECADE; SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO QUADRUPLE FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO COMBAT WAVE OF GUN VIOLENCE
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SCHUMER DELIVERS OVER $2 MILLION TO ADIRONDACK REGION LOCAL PROJECTS IN BUDGET; SENATOR REVEALS KEY LOCAL PROJECT FROM RESTORING GLENS FALLS HISTORIC CITY HALL, PROTECTING FORT TICONDEROGA, DEVELOPING THE FT. EDWARD INDUSTRIAL PARK , AND BOOSTING CHILD CARE IN THE REGION
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SCHUMER PERSONALLY CALLED COMMERCE SECRETARY TO PUSH FOR THE APPROVAL OF $7.5 MILLION TOURISM GRANT TO EXPAND ROCHESTER’S STRONG MUSEUM, SUPPORT CREATION 150 NEW JOBS, & ATTRACT TOURISM TO DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY OF THE FINGER LAKES ECONOMY
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WITH 65% OF SOUTHWEST YONKERS HOUSEHOLDS UNABLE TO AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING IN WESTCHESTER, SCHUMER, BOWMAN DELIVER $500,000 TO WESTHAB TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS; REPS SAY FUNDING WILL MAKE CRITICAL UPGRADES TO AGING HOUSING UNITS, ADDRESS URGENT HEALTH & SAFETY NEEDS, & IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YONKERS FAMILIES
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SCHUMER: NEWBURGH & POUGHKEEPSIE SHOOTINGS ROSE BY 72% LAST YEAR ALONE, THE HIGHEST JUMP IN YEARS; STANDING WITH ADVOCATES & OFFICIALS FROM ORANGE AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES, SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO QUADRUPLE FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO COMBAT HUDSON VALLEY SURGE IN GUN VIOLENCE
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SCHUMER: WITH THE HIGHEST OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATH RATES PER CAPITA IN NYS, SULLIVAN COUNTY STILL LACKS CRITICAL FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING DESIGNATION; SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO COMBAT HUDSON VALLEY’S OVERDOSE EPICENTER
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AS WOLFSPEED PREPARES TO LAUNCH PRODUCTION AT NEW $1 BILLION CHIP FAB, SCHUMER PUSHES TO SECURE 2ND SEMICONDUCTOR PLANT AT MARCY NANOCENTER; SENATOR SAYS HIS FEDERAL SEMICONDUCTOR FAB-INCENTIVE LEGISLATION WILL BE THE LIGHTNING ROD TO ATTRACT NEW COMPANIES, CREATE JOBS, & SUPERCHARGE MOHAWK VALLEY’S ECONOMY
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AFTER SECURING BINGHAMTON’S SPOT ON THE SHORTLIST FOR THE EDA’S POTENTIAL $100 MILLION REGIONAL CHALLENGE AWARD SCHUMER DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS EFFORT TO SECURE SOUTHERN TIER AS AMERICA’S NEXT MAJOR BATTERY RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING HUB
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WITH SINKING USS THE SULLIVANS BEHIND HIM, SCHUMER LAUNCHES THREE-PRONG PUSH TO SECURE FEDERAL $$$ AND SAVE THE HISTORIC SHIP
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STANDING ALONG THE EMPIRE STATE TRAIL--TOP RAIL TRAIL IN AMERICA--SCHUMER LAUNCHES HIS RURAL OUTDOOR INVESTMENT BILL TO BOOST NY’S $21 BILLION OUTDOOR INDUSTRY & THOUSANDS OF CAPITAL REGION JOBS, ACCELERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR RURAL AREAS, CREATE NEW JOBS, & REVITALIZE COLUMBIA COUNTY’S PICTURESQUE TOWNS
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SCHUMER, STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH CENTRAL NY & SYRACUSE VETERANS, DEMANDS PASSAGE OF NEW LEGISLATION TO FINALLY EXTEND VA CARE TO VETERANS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS & OTHER TOXINS; SCHUMER SAYS HE WILL FORCE A VOTE & GET COVERAGE FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXPOSED NY VETERANS
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WITH CORNELL CHESS LAB BREAKING GROUND ON NEW HIGH STRENGTH MAGNET RESEARCH FACILITY, SCHUMER DELIVERS $8.5 MILLION TO KEEP CHESS BOOMING; 10 YEARS AGO, SCHUMER PERSONALLY SAVED THE LAB FROM MASSIVE FEDERAL CUTS; NOW CHESS WILL GROW SUPPORTING OVER 300 JOBS, STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETITIVENESS, & BOOSTING CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH IN THE HEART OF UPSTATE NEW YORK
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SCHUMER SECURES OVER $10 MILLION FOR CRITICAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS; FROM REPAIRING HARBORS TO PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER, SCHUMER SECURED MILLIONS WILL SHORE UP FLOOD PROTECTION, JOLT LOCAL ECONOMY, & BOOST ONE OF WESTERN NEW YORK’S GREATEST ECONOMIC ENGINES
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STANDING AT IDYLLIC CANANDAIGUA LAKE, SCHUMER LAUNCHES HIS RURAL OUTDOOR INVESTMENT BILL TO BOOST FINGER LAKES’ OVER $3 BILLION TOURISM INDUSTRY, ACCELERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, CREATE NEW JOBS, & REVITALIZE FINGER LAKES’ PICTURESQUE COMMUNITIES
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FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO SYRACUSE, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEXT STEP FOR I-81 TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW; SENATOR SAYS PROJECT WILL HAVE CLEARED BIGGEST HURDLE YET, ONE STEP CLOSER TO SHOVELS IN THE GROUND & DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE’S I-81 TRANSFORMATION
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SCHUMER PUSHES STATEN ISLAND FOR MAJOR OFFSHORE WIND HUB AFTER SECURING PORT INVESTMENT IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRCTURE LAW; SENATOR SAYS OFFFSHORE WIND AT SI’S ARTHUR KILL TERMINAL WOULD CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS & BOOST AMERICAN MANUFACTURING; NEW HUB WOULD BE HUGE WIN FOR COMMUNITY, LOCAL JOBS & ENVIRONMENT
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FOLLOWING HIS ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $750,000 IN USDA FUNDING FOR DELAWARE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING LOAN FUND TO PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES & ACCELERATE THE SOUTHERN TIER’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
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SCHUMER PERSONALLY BRINGS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER TO SEE FIRST-HAND HOW THE FINGER LAKES REGION IS PRIMED TO POWER NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCH AND GOOD-PAYING TECH JOBS; WITH BILLIONS FOR NSF ON THE HORIZON, SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS TO INVEST IN ROCHESTER