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Schumer, Gillibrand: Critical Federal $$$ Will Boost Finger Lakes Colleges & Museums To Drive Tourism, Train Workforce, Boost Healthcare And Strengthen Local Economy! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Gillibrand today announced $6.9 million for Rochester and the Finger Lakes in the just passed Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills to support the region’s educational institutions and arts sector as well as boosting access to healthcare and workforce training.... Read More

Bailey Avenue, From University Station to South Park, Is One Of Buffalo’s Busiest Bus Routes, But Is Consistently Plagued With Traffic And Out Of Date Safety Features Leading To Dozens Of Accidents Every Year Funding Through The Inflation Reduction Act Will Allow NFTA To Reconnect Communities On Buffalo’s East Side With Increased Safety Features, Dedicated Bus Lanes, New More Modern Walkable & Bikeable Street, & Dozens Of Stops To Increase Affordable Transit And Improve Traffic Flow For... Read More

Schumer Advocated For Syracuse’s I-81 Project Relentlessly, Personally Calling Secretary Buttigieg For This Grant; Senators Worked Non-Stop To Highlight How I-81 Transformation Can Be A National Model For Better Transportation Policy Funding Will Allow NYSDOT & City Of Syracuse To Invest And Enhance Quality Of Life For The Neighborhoods In The Shadow Of I-81 By Adding New Parks, Reconnected Safer Streets, Sidewalks, Bike Paths, Greenery, And More Schumer, Gillibrand: Syracuse I-81... Read More

Memorial Highway & Unfinished I-95 Construction Bulldozed Central New Rochelle in 1950’s, Dividing A Vibrant Community Of Color, Ripping Jobs, Services From Lincoln Ave & Surrounding Neighborhoods Leading To Systemic Inequities Felt Till This Day Now, New Rochelle Is Among The First Cities In The Nation To Tap New Highly Competitive “Neighborhood Access & Equity Program” Created In The Inflation Reduction Act Meant To Reconnect Divided Communities And Address The Negative Legacy Of... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced they have secured $9,411,609 for Rochester and the Finger Lakes in Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills to support workforce development, improve vital infrastructure, and invest in local law enforcements. This funding, including funds for train the next generation of Rochester workers, support first responders in the Monroe County Sheriff’s office, spur research and development at local... Read More

Schumer Led Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law To Passage With Syracuse’s I-81 Transformation At Top Of Mind And Working Alongside Advocates Like Van Robinson To Help Create A More Interconnected, Energized and Equitable Syracuse Schumer: Van Represents The Best Of Syracuse, Who’s Work Is Helping Make CNY A National Model For Reconnecting Communities and Civic Engagement U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that he will bring Syracuse’s Van Robinson, longtime... Read More

UFCW Local One, Which Represents Thousands Of Food and Commercial Workers At Major Upstate Employers Like Tops Supermarket, Gianelli’s sausages in Syracuse, & Sahlen's in Buffalo, Were Victims Of A Pension System Collapsed Which Risked The Retirement Of Thousands Across Upstate NY  As Schumer’s First Major Act As Majority Leader, He Secured Pension Fix So Union Members, Like Mrs. Hartman, Who Worked Their Whole Lives But Risked Losing Benefits Through No Fault Of Their Own, Got Hard-Earned... Read More

Following Radical Alabama Supreme Court Ruling Threatening IVF Care Which Led To Fertility Clinics Shutting Down Services, Schumer Is Pushing To Safeguard & Strengthen IVF Access Across The Country, And Says Stories Like Kate’s Are The Reason We Need To Protect Reproductive Freedom Across The Country Schumer: IVF Is Essential For People Like Kate To Have Children & We Cannot Let Far Right Extremism Dictate Basic Women’s Healthcare and Reproductive Rights U.S. Senate Majority Leader... Read More

Thanks To Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Law, GlobalFoundries Plans To Construct New State-Of-The-Art Fab In Malta Through An Over $12 Billion Public-Private Investment Into Expanding Operations Over The Next 10+ Years, Adding Thousands Of New Good-Paying Manufacturing & Union Construction Jobs Kim Is An Equipment Engineering Technician At GlobalFoundries, Who Came Through Their Registered Apprenticeship Program At Hudson Valley Community College, And Plays A Vital Role In Manufacturing The... Read More

Schumer Created The Tech Hub Program With Upstate NY In Mind, And Pulled Out All The Stops To Land Designation For Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse Region, And Now With Coalition Officially Submitting For Phase 2 Tech Hub Implementation Funding From His CHIPS & Science Law Schumer Is Going All Out To Land This Funding “NY SMART I-Corridor” Tech Hub Coalition Has Grown To 100+ Partners and New Funding Will Fill In Gaps In Upstate NY’s Booming Semiconductor Industry, Helping Grow Suppliers And New... Read More

Funding Is Part Of Over $1 Billion For Clean Up Projects At Superfund Sites Across The Country And Will Help Dispose Of Soil Contaminated With Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) And Other Toxic Pollutants Along Onondaga Lake Superfund Site, Launching Cleanup Activities While EPA Works To Continue To Hold Polluters Accountable For Years Of Damage Schumer, Gillibrand: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law $$$ Are Flowing To Clean Up Onondaga Lake And Ley Creek U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Funding Is Part Of Over $770 Million for Rural Infrastructure Projects Across The Country Announced By The Biden Administration Earlier This Week Senators Say This Major Funding Will Make Key Upgrades And Provide Critical Support In Grants & Loans To Modernize Water Infrastructure In Rural Communities From The North Country To The Finger Lakes Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Are Flowing To Rural Communities Across Upstate NY To Upgrade Our Aging Water Infrastructure! U.S. Senate Majority Leader... Read More

Erie County Medical Center Heroically Provided Medical Staff To Help With Increased Patient Loads, Severity And Length Of Stay During COVID Outbreak Senators Say New FEMA Funding – At A 100% Federal Cost Share – Will Reimburse Hospital For Expenses Related To Pandemic Response Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal $$$ Will Help Erie County Medical Center Recover From Economic Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Keep Up Lifesaving Care U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten... Read More

Senators Say New FEMA Funding – At A 90% Federal Cost Share – Will Boost Cayuga Medical Center For Key Power Infrastructure Upgrades, Improving The Hospital’s Ability To Operate During Extreme Weather Like Blizzards Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Is Generating The Resources So Cayuga Medical Center Can Keep Up Lifesaving Care In The Southern Tier U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $10,450,800 million in federal funding from the U.S.... Read More

Funding Is A Part Of $5.8 Billion Investment For Water Infrastructure Across The Country Announced Yesterday By The Biden Administration Senators Say New York State Has Some Of The Oldest Water Systems In The Country And Funding Will Provide Long-Overdue, Critical Support To Modernize Drinking Water And Wastewater Infrastructure Schumer, Gillibrand: Major Fed $$$ Is Flowing To NY To Upgrade Critical Water Systems And Infrastructure Thanks To Our Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Act! U.S.... Read More

Bipartisan Undetectable Firearms Act – For The First Time In A Decade Could Expire In Less Than One Month – Threatening Safety Of Courthouses, Sporting Events, Concerts, Airports, And More By Making Fully-Plastic Guns — That Could Slip Through First Line Defenses Like Metal Detectors And X-Rays —Legal Schumer: Keeping Fully-Plastic Undetectable Ghost Guns Illegal Is Commonsense, And Congress Must Act Now To Keep These Deadly Weapons Off Our Streets Standing with Onondaga County criminal... Read More

GlobalFoundries Plans To Construct New State-Of-The-Art Fab In Malta & Invest Over $12 Billion Into Expanding Operations Over The Next 10+ Years, Adding Thousands Of New Good-Paying Manufacturing And Union Construction Jobs Schumer Created CHIPS Program, Including Key Support For Legacy Chips Like Those Made By GlobalFoundries Which Are Critical To Our National Security And Essential To The Auto Industry That Saw Prices Sky Rocket During The Pandemic Due To Chip Shortages Schumer: Because Of... Read More

Senator Says Damaged Breakwater No Longer Keeping Out Sediment And Years of Sediment Build-Up Jeopardizing Chautauqua County’s Vibrant Summer Tourist Economy; Now, He Is Fighting To Deliver Funding He Secured In The Final Appropriations Bill Expected To Be Voted On Next Month New Funding Builds On The Millions Schumer Delivered In 2022 For Dredging Across Chautauqua County, Including Barcelona, Cattaraugus Creek, & Dunkirk Harbors Schumer: Chautauqua Tourism Economy Depend On Repairs To The... Read More

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) Can Be Serious For Young Children, But The Brand New Potentially Lifesaving Medication Released Last Year For RSV Is Seeing Shortages Across Country, Including Upstate NY Pediatricians Are The First Line Of Defense In Protecting Kids Against RSV, But Without Adequate And Consistent Vaccine Supply, More Infants Could Get Infected; Thanks To Schumer’s Efforts More Doses Were Released Last Month, And Now, Senator Is Continuing His Push Calling On Feds And... Read More

The National Science Foundation Just Launched A National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot To Shape America’s AI Innovation Ecosystem, And Schumer Says Upstate New York Is Primed To Lead The Way For AI In The USA Senator Says Upstate New York Is Already A Burgeoning Home To AI Innovation – From UB’s NSF AI Institute And Other Leading Research Universities Across NYS That Are Part Of The Recently Announced Empire AI Consortium, To Recent Tech Hub Designation For Semiconductors, Which Are The... Read More