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Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities & Health Centers Heroically Responded To COVID Outbreak, Ripping Holes In Their Budgets To Hire Emergency Staff Senators Say FEMA Funding – At A 100% Federal Cost Share – Will Reimburse The Healthcare Facilities For Costs; Funding Comes On Heels Of Over $3.6M Senators Delivered To Mohawk Valley Health System Earlier This Year Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Funding Will Give Mohawk Valle Health System Support It Needs To Keep Saving Lives U.S.... Read More

When The Canandaigua VA Was Targeted For Closure In 2003, Schumer Successfully Led The Charge To Block Closure Plans And Thanks To His Relentless Advocacy Instead Secured Over $443M So Far To Upgrade Campus, Build New Outpatient Clinic, Safeguard It From Future Closure Threats Schumer Secured $60M Phase 4 Will Construct 2 New Housing Cottages To House Dozens Of Veterans And Complete Major Upgrades To Buildings 4 And 5; Now Schumer Is Pushing For Final $62.5M To Complete The Major Overhaul Begun... Read More

Landmark Partnership Creates Largest Investment in a Manufacturing Project in New York State History; the New Megafab Will Create Nearly 50,000 Jobs, Plus Thousands of Prevailing Wage Construction Jobs  With Schumer's Historic Federal CHIPS and Science Act As the Fuse, and Utilizing New York's Innovative Green CHIPS Legislation, Micron Will Build Largest Clean Room in Nation; Agreement Establishes $500 Million Community Fund and Prioritizes Hiring for Disadvantaged Communities, Veterans,... Read More

More Than 700,000 Upstate NY Households Tapped Fed Home Energy Assistance Program In Past Fiscal Year, BUT With Energy Sector Still Strained By COVID And Supply Chain Issues From Conflict In Ukraine Schumer Says Families And Seniors Need Added Funds To Help Pay Their Bills Thanks To Schumer’s Advocacy, Struggling Upstate Families Will Continue To Be Able To Tap This Program As Industry Predicts Heating Spikes This Winter – Senator Said Securing More Funding In Final Budget Is Crucial... Read More

Washington, D.C. – After personally visiting the St. Lawrence Seaway Visitors’ Center in 2018 and successfully delivering over $6 million in federal funding through U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the once dilapidated Visitors’ Center. Senator Schumer today released the following statement on the groundbreaking of the new facility: “I was proud to fight for and deliver $6 million to modernize the St. Lawrence Seaway Visitors’ Center,” said... Read More

Troy And Saratoga Springs Fire Department Have Faced Staffing Challenges, Impacting Their Ability To Respond To Daily Emergencies- Now Thanks To This Major Federal Boost Delivered By Schumer And Gillibrand They Will Have The Resources They Need To Hire 30 New Firefighters  Funding Comes On The Heels Of Senators Delivering Over $1M Through The AFG Program To Troy & Schenectady Fire Departments Earlier This Summer To Purchase Essential Equipment And Train Troy Firefighters To Become... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced over $2.6 million in federal funding for firefighters across Upstate New York. The funding was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The senators said the funding will be used to purchase essential equipment, boost training and provide firefighters the support they need to keep New Yorkers and themselves safe. “From the... Read More

Schumer Fought Non-Stop For Over A Year, Calling Commerce Secretary Multiple Times For Binghamton University’s New Energy NY Proposal To Transform The Southern Tier Economy And Successfully Deliver Major Fed Funding To Jumpstart BU’s Cutting-Edge Battery Research And Manufacturing Proposal  Now Schumer Wants Feds To Strike While The Iron Is Hot, And Personally See Southern Tier Potential; Senator Says Fed Programs He Created Will Be Major Piece Of The Puzzle As Upstate Battery... Read More

Following Tragic 2009 Plane Crash, Schumer Fought Alongside Families Of Flight 3407 Victims To Create Critical Flight Safety Regulations, Including Requirement That Pilots Log 1,500 Flight Hours In Order To Receive Certificate And Pilot Record Database  Since The Rule Was Enacted There Has Not Been A Fatal Crash On A U.S. Airline, But Special Interests Were Pushing To Reduce The Safety Measures, Prompting Schumer To Launch All Out Push To Stop Any Roll Back  Schumer: Today Special... Read More

On The Heels of Delivering Over $63M For An Upstate Battery Research And Manufacturing Consortium, In Partnership With RIT And NY-BEST – Schumer Breaks Down How Finger Lakes Is Already Sparking The Next Phase Of Growth In Bringing Battery Production Back To America Rochester’s Li-Cycle Is At The Forefront Of Lithium Battery Recycling And Poised To Benefit BIG From Billions In The Just Passed Inflation Reduction Act & Investments Made In The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law –... Read More

Last Year, More Than 57,000 Capital Region Households Tapped Roughly $40 Million In Home Energy Assistance BUT With Energy Sector Still Strained By COVID Families And Seniors Need Added Funds To Help Stay Safe In Their Homes And Pay Their Bills Thanks To Schumer’s Advocacy, Troy Using Fed Funding To Tear Down Vacant Buildings Downtown & Begin Constructing More Affordable Capital Region Housing For All; Senator Has Made The Case For Additional HEAP Funds Before – But Now Has The... Read More

Senators Deliver Fed Funding To Give Upstate Community College Students The Hands-On Training To Help Fill Sorely Needed Healthcare Jobs Upstate And Give  Job Seekers The Skills For Good-Paying Healthcare Careers OCC Will Lead Coalition Of Upstate Community Colleges Including SUNY Broome, Corning, Cayuga, Genesee, Herkimer, Jamestown, Jefferson, North Country, Schenectady, & Tompkins Cortland Community College, In Addition To Workforce Development Agencies, Hospitals, Unions, To Reduce... Read More

Fort Drum is Among 13 Finalists for the Army’s New Multi-Domain Task Force To Become Central Site For Addressing New Global Threats Schumer Called Army Secretary Personally To Boost Fort Drum, Citing Its Superior Infrastructure And Mission Readiness, & Bring Major Investment To The North Country  Schumer To DoD: Fort Drum Is Ready To Lead America In Combatting Emerging Global Threats  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer doubled down on his advocacy for the U.S.... Read More

Schumer, Torres Supported City’s App For Fed Funding To Bolster Resiliency & Meet Region’s Growing Food Demands; Hunts Point Produce Market Services Supermarkets, Hotels, Restaurants, Bodegas & More Project Will Expand Refrigeration Capacity & Eliminate Usage of Diesel-Operated Refrigeration Units, Reducing Diesel Emissions For South Bronx Residents Schumer, Torres: These Fed Funds Will Spur Hunts Point Market Transformation To Support Regional Food Supply Chain,... Read More

From His CHIPS And Science Act To The Inflation Reduction Act, Schumer Has Been Delivering Major Fed $$$ To Transform Upstate Economy With Cutting-Edge Industries And Bring Manufacturing Back From Overseas Now Senator Secures $15M NSF Award For Cornell To Lead New Northeast Hub To Accelerate Innovation, Entrepreneurship And Economic Development Along With UBuffalo, Syracuse University, Binghamton University, RIT, University Of Rochester, To Take Products Out Of The Lab And Launch New Businesses... Read More

After Schumer Directly Lobbied President Biden And Commerce Secretary To Advocate For Buffalo And WNY, Senator Delivers $25M To Train Workers And Bring Major New Opportunities In Tech And Manufacturing To Underserved Communities WNY Advanced Manufacturing Cluster Will Advance Inclusive Workforce Development And Redevelop Industrial Sites To Expand The Advanced Manufacturing Sector Schumer: Major Federal Investment Will Transform East Buffalo And Western New York, Giving The Region The Backing To... Read More

Schumer Fought Non-Stop For Over A Year, Calling Commerce Secretary Multiple Times For Binghamton University’s New Energy NY Proposal To Transform The Southern Tier Economy With Federally-Backed, Cutting-Edge Battery Research And Manufacturing Senator Says This Investment Is Breathing New Life Into Region’s Industrial and Innovation Legacy With An Upstate Coalition Of Binghamton University, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY BEST, And More Leading The Way Schumer: The Southern... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced over $6.2 million in federal funding for firefighters across Upstate New York. The funding was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The senators said the funding will be used to purchase essential equipment, boost training and provide firefighters the support they need to keep New Yorkers and themselves safe. “From the... Read More

In Recent Years, Schumer Championed Over $10+ Million In Fed Funding For The Greater Binghamton Airport To Strengthen Their Facilities, Accelerate Their Pandemic Recovery, And Attract New Air Service Senator Says Long Awaited New Flights In Binghamton Will Increase Quality of Life, Boost Economic Development, And Help Southern Tier Reach New Heights   Schumer: Landing Avelo Is Only The Beginning For Broome’s Economic Takeoff  After delivering historic federal funding to the... Read More

Orphaned Wells - Abandoned Sites From The Fossil Fuel Industry - Can Leak Methane And Other Pollutants Into Communities And Water Sources New York Is Home To Nearly 7,000 Orphaned Wells With Many In The Southern Tier, Western NY, Central NY, And Finger Lakes Putting Communities At Risk Of Contamination; Schumer Delivered Fed Funding Will Boost NY Efforts To Plug, Remediate, and Reclaim These Hazardous Sites Schumer: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Help Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Oil Wells,... Read More