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First Human EEEV Fatality Just Hit NYS Since 2015 & Now Schumer Says EEEV, West Nile And Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Are Going Later Into The Fall– Infecting Horses & Other Animals In Washington, Rensselaer & Saratoga County Which Last Week Had To Euthanize A Horse, Risking The Capital Region’s Critical Equine & Horse Racing Industry Schumer Calls On Feds To Increase Coordination To Identify & Monitor Mosquitoes, Pushes To Increase CDC “Vector” Funds To Target Mosquito Pools,... Read More

TTM Last Year Announced Plans To Create Up To 400 New, Good-Paying Jobs In Central NY, Citing Tech-Hub Designation Schumer Secured And Increased Demand From His CHIPS & Science Law For Printed Circuit Boards, Which Are Vital To Chip Industry & National Security Now With TTM Recently Breaking Ground, Schumer Has Secured A Major Investment From The Department Of Defense To Bolster TTM’s Growth By Boosting Their CNY Expansion To Make Advanced Printed Circuit Boards For The Defense... Read More

Schumer Says Ulster County Sheriff, A U.S. Marine Corps Vet And Former NY State Trooper, Will Be An Excellent Addition To The State And Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge Of Bravery Review Board To Recommend Candidates To The Attorney General For Prestigious Award U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced the appointment of Juan Figueroa, Ulster County Sherriff, to the State And Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Review Board. The State and Local... Read More

Schumer Says Funding Will Create New Shovel-Ready Site In Ripley—Creating Economic Development Opportunities In Western NY By Attracting New Companies, Creating Good-Paying Jobs, And Bringing In Tax Revenue Funding Comes From The Appalachian Regional Commission, A Federal-State Partnership That Schumer Fought To Boost Funding For In Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Law Schumer: We’re Building New Job-Creating Opportunities For Chautauqua County & Western NY U.S. Senate... Read More

NY Received Two Of Just 7 Awards Across America To Jumpstart The National Semiconductor Technology Center’s Workforce Partner Alliance Program Which Will Help Get Students The Hands-On Training They Need For Good-Paying Jobs At Companies Like Micron, GlobalFoundries, Corning, And Edwards Vacuum Expanding Now In Upstate NY Thanks To Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Law Awards To The American Federation Of Teachers Program Will Provide Training So Teachers Can Help Students Get Ready For... Read More

Schumer Created SAFER Program, Which Helps Staff Fire Departments Across Upstate NY, And Along With AFG Is Local Fire Depts’ Main Lines Of Fed Funding; When Programs Were On Chopping Block Last Year, Schumer Stood With Southern Tier Firefighters To Push To Successfully Re-Authorize Program  Funding Will Help Binghamton Fire Department Hire And Train 8 New Firefighters & Elmira Fire Department Hire A New Firefighter For Every Shift For Three Years  Schumer: Fed $$ Are Helping Southern Tier... Read More

Schumer Made Major Breakthrough After Visiting Stratton Air National Guard Base Earlier This Year Securing $229M In Senate Approps, But In Order For $$ To Become Law The House Needs To Agree To This Measure, Which Is Currently Not Included In Their Bill Schumer Brought NSF And NY National Guard Top Brass, Who Rely On These Planes For Scientific Research And Maintaining American Competition With China And Russia, To Capitol To Discuss Need For New Ski-Bird Planes To Ensure We Can Continue... Read More

Schumer Stood In Cap Region In 2022 To Push For HIDTA Zone For Schenectady & Rensselaer County To Combat Overdose Epidemic, And After Delivering Schenectady Later That Year Now Secures The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle To Boost Fed Resources To Go After Drug Traffickers In The Cap Region Schumer: HIDTA Designation Will Help Combat Capital Region Overdose Epidemic With New Fed Tools To Cut Problem Off At Its Source    After standing with law enforcement and addiction service advocates to call... Read More

Schumer Says New Federally-Funded Center For Early Literacy And Responsible AI Will Help Students Improve Reading Skills Using Cutting-Edge AI Tools Funding Builds On Senator’s Continued Efforts To Elevate UB As A Leader In AI After Bringing The NSF Director To Campus Earlier This Year & Securing $20M To Create New National AI Research Institute At UB Schumer: UB Is Helping Power America’s AI Future! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced that the University at Buffalo... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer released the following statement on his meeting with Major General Scott Naumann, Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum: Majority Leader Schumer said, “Fort Drum is woven in the very fabric of the North Country and essential to our national defense. I was honored to welcome Major General Naumann and Major Johnson to the capital today to discuss how I can best support Fort Drum’s plans and priorities for... Read More

Funding Will Help Train Hundreds Of Workers To Support NY’s Growing Domestic Wind Energy Workforce With New Training Facility For The Next Generation Of IBEW Union Electrical Workers Schumer: New Facility Means More Renewable Energy, Good-Paying Union Jobs Here In Hudson Valley & Beyond! Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Pat Ryan announced $3,828,000 in federal funding for the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of... Read More

Schumer Says Funding Will Support Four Projects In NY Led By NY CREATES, Cornell, RIT & Other Upstate Research Labs Focused On Chips, Quantum Computing & Critical Tech To Maintain America’s Competitive Edge In The Defense Industry– Building On Earlier $40M Award For NORDTECH Which Connects NY Universities’ And DoD’s Top Tech Research Projects Schumer Created DoD’s Microelectronic Commons Program & Now NY-Led NORDTECH Consortium Among First Project Awardees With Upstate Research... Read More

In FAA Re-Authorization Bill, Schumer Secured More Than Double The Funding For Essential Air Service Program That Guarantees Air Service To Smaller and Rural Communities – Vital To Maintaining Air Service At North Country Airports Now Breeze Will Offer Flights Between Ogdensburg & Washington DC Starting In October, Keeping Ogdensburg And North Country Connected To Key Hub and National Travel Network Schumer: The Sky Is The Limit For Breeze, North Country & Ogdensburg! U.S. Senate... Read More

Schumer Secured An Unprecedented $1 Billion For the GLRI In The Infrastructure Law; Now This Funding Will Help Restore Niagara River Shoreline For Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park In Buffalo New $$ Will Also Help Cherry Farms Shoreline Along The Upper Niagara River Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy: We’re Turning The Tide For WNY’s Great Lakes Shorelines! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Tim Kennedy today announced $1,961,000 in... Read More

Senator Has Long Been One Of The Corning Museum Of Glass’s Advocates, Delivering A Critical $10+M In Relief During The Height Of The COVID Pandemic To Keep Staff On Payroll Through The Schumer-Led Save Our Stages Program In The American Rescue Plan New Funding Will Expand Museum’s K-12 STEAM Education Initiatives & Target Expansion Of Outreach To Schools In Upstate NY Beyond Southern Tier Schumer: Corning Museum Of Glass Is A Crown Jewel Of The Southern Tier’s Arts & Tourist... Read More

Following His Relentless Advocacy For Siemens To Select Upstate NY, Schumer Announces Company Planning New Manufacturing Hub To Build High-Speed Railcars For Line Connecting California To Las Vegas Siemens Plans To Invest ~$60 Million For New Massive 300,000 Sq ft. Facility In Horseheads, NY – Partnering With IAM Union To Help Southern Tier Workers Build What Will Be The Fastest Railcars Yet At Up To 220 MPH Schumer: Full Steam Ahead For Upstate NY Building America’s High-Speed Rail... Read More

Earlier This Month Feds Announced – For First Time In History – 10 New, Negotiated Lower Drug Prices For Medicare Thanks To Inflation Reduction Act, Impacting Those With Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease & More Senator Standing With Buffalo Seniors Who Take These Drugs Says We Need To Do More; Announces Next Phase For Seniors Coming In January And Details Steps Seniors Need To Tap Further Savings – Vows To Block Efforts To Roll Back Schumer: Lowering Health Care Costs Is Just What The Doctor... Read More

Schumer Celebrates Major Investment in Norwich By GE Aerospace To Support Significant Upgrades To State-Of-The-Art Facility In Chenango County & Southern Tier  Senator Stands With GE Aerospace Workers At Historic Unison Facility To Highlight How Their Work Is Vital To America’s Growing Aerospace Industry – For Which He Is Fighting To Bolster Federal Funding In Budget & Via Programs Like His CHIPS & Science Law   Schumer: The Sky Is The Limit For Unison and The Chenango County... Read More

Schumer Helped Create AFG & SAFER Programs, Which Help Train, Equip & Staff Fire Departments Across Upstate NY, Which Have Delivered Millions For Central NY Firefighters  Schumer Pushed To Re-Authorize Programs Earlier This Year To Support First Responders And Now Schumer Delivers Syracuse The 3rd Largest SAFER Grant In NYS History     Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Flowing To Hire Syracuse Firefighters U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today... Read More

Earlier This Month Feds Announced – For First Time In History – 10 New, Negotiated Lower Drug Prices For Medicare Thanks To Inflation Reduction Act, Impacting Those With Cancer Diabetes, Heart Disease & More Senator Announces $2,000 Annual Cap On Medication For Seniors Coming In January And Details Steps Seniors Need To Take To Opt In For New Monthly Medicare Payment Options Benefiting Thousands In Plattsburgh & North Country Schumer: Lowering Health Care Costs Is Just What The Doctor... Read More