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Representatives Say New Funding Will Supercharge Western NY’s Tech Workforce Training Center At Niagara University And Bring New Job Opportunities To Niagara County And Nearby Erie And Orleans Counties EDA Grant Builds On $1.4M Schumer, Gillibrand, And Higgins Helped Secure In The FY 2023 End-Of-Year Spending Package To Jumpstart Creation Of New Academic Innovation Hub Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins: EDA Investment In Niagara University Is A Win-Win-Win, Boosting Workforce Training, Creating... Read More

Schumer Personally Called Menlo Micro CEO Last Year to Urge Them To Invest In Upstate NY; Now Company Has Heeded His Call And Chosen A Facility In Lansing, NY, With Albany NanoTech Complex Serving As Home Of Company’s Global R&D Hub To Boost New Domestic Manufacturing Menlo Micro Cites Schumer’s Chips & Science Act, Governor’s Excelsior Jobs Tax Credits As The Lightning Rod To Bringing Semiconductor Jobs Back to US, And Landing New First-Of-Its-Kind Microchip Switch... Read More

On July 9th, Extreme Flash Flooding Ravaged Orange & Ontario County and Several Other Communities Across The Hudson Valley And Upstate NY, Devastating Homes, Bridges, Roads, And Tragically Resulting In The Loss Of Life Reps To FEMA: Mobilize Disaster Assessment Teams & Stand Ready To Approve Any Requested Aid For Upstate Municipalities and Residents Battered By Severe Flooding U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Congressman Pat Ryan today... Read More

Schumer Announces Gateway Tunnel Project To Move Immediately Into Action-Packed Engineering Phase & Construction Within Year Senator Worked For Years To Piece Together The Fed Funds To Replace the More Than Century-Old Tunnels, Including Passing The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; Vital Project Once Used As Political Pawn Is Now Back On Track Schumer: It’s All Systems Go For Gateway Overlooking the west side rail yard where portions of the Gateway Tunnel construction will take... Read More

For Years, Despite Having The Highest Overdose Death Rate In NYS, With 218 Overdose Incidents And 24 Fatalities In 2022 Alone, Sullivan County Has Remained The ONLY Hudson Valley County Not In The HIDTA Zone – Meaning It Has Lacked Access To Critical Federal Resources Needed To Stop Overdose Epidemic And Go After Drug Traffickers  Now, After Personally Bringing NY HIDTA Boss To Meet With Sullivan County Drug Task Force Earlier This Year And Launching An All Out Multi-Year Push,... Read More

Senators Say Funding Major Fed $$$ Will Help Seven Fire Departments Across Jefferson County Purchase A Critically Needed Nearly 150 New Sets Of Gear Including Coats, Boots, Helmets, Hoods, Gloves, And More To Replace Dangerously Out Of Date Supplies   Schumer Helped Create The AFG & SAFER Grant Which Delivered Today’s Funding – And Says Boosts Like This Are Why He Fought To Pass The Fire Grants And Safety Act In The Senate To Save The Program From Being Eliminated This... Read More

Senator Says Fed Investment Into FuzeHub-Led Collaboration Would Help Supercharge Upstate New York As A Trailblazer In Advanced Materials, Boosting Startups, Sparking Innovation, Creating Good-Paying Jobs, All While Making Manufacturing More Sustainable And Supply Chains Stronger Project Brings Together Advanced Materials R&D At Leading Universities Across Upstate NY Including RPI, Clarkson, Cornell, Alfred University, Binghamton, University at Buffalo, And RIT  Schumer: FuzeHub Project... Read More

Senator Says Local Cops Have Waited Up To Four Years In Some Cases For Equitable Share Covering Long & Productive Hours Helping Feds Bust Regional Crime Rings Standing In Rockland, Schumer Launches Push To Cut Through Bureaucratic Red Tape & Retrieve Money Owed By Feds To Multiple HV Departments Including Rockland, Westchester, Orangetown, Woodbury, Yonkers, New Windsor, And Putnam County Schumer: Our Hard-Working Hudson Valley Cops Have Waited Long Enough, Feds... Read More

IBEW Local 237, Along With Thousands Of Union Families Across America, Were Victims Of A Pension System That Collapsed After 2008 Crash; Without Action, After a Lifetime of Hard Work, Many Could Not Retire Or Would Have Little Benefits Remaining As Schumer’s First Major Act As Majority Leader, Working With Gillibrand, And Higgins Providing Key Vote In The House, They Secured Fix So Union Members, Who Worked Their Whole Lives But Risked Losing Payments Through No Fault Of Their Own, Got... Read More

  Schumer, Hochul: Tom James’s Acquisition Will Save This Iconic Rochester Factory And Protect Nearly 200 Rochester Union Jobs! After Years Of Work To Save The Rochester Factory, And When Future Was In Doubt, Schumer Made Personal Appeal To U.S. Custom Clothing Manufacturer Tom James CEO To Take Over ‘Rochester Tailored Clothing’ Factory – Maintaining Nearly 200 Workers With Plans To Add 45 New Jobs Over The Next 5 Years To Support New Owners, Schumer Doubles... Read More

Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Allocation Is The Largest Single Federal Investment In Broadband In New York State’s History Schumer: Record-Breaking $670M In Federal Funding Is On The Way To Close The Digital Divide In New York! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced New York state will receive a historic $664,618,251 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act. This is the largest single investment for broadband... Read More

Schumer Says Critical Cancer Drugs & Common Generics For Asthma, Antibiotics and More Are In Short Supply And Feds Need To Act Fast To Protect Capital Region Patients And Help Doctors Across Upstate NY With Drug Shortages Rapidly Increasing by 30%, Schumer Reveals New 4-Prong Push To Repair Upstate NY’s Drug Supply Chains And Thwart Future Crises; Says Legislation Is Coming To Once And For All Fix Urgent Problem   Schumer: Dire Drug Shortage Could Delay Treatments In Fulton... Read More

With Upstate NY Seeing Historic New Investment And A Manufacturing Boom From Schumer’s Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law, Inflation Reduction Act, And CHIPS & Science Act – Like Micron’s Landmark $100 Billion Investment In CNY Memory Chip Fab – Senator Says Now Is The Time For The Feds To Double Down To Bring Jobs Back From Overseas, With Central NY Primed To Lead The Way ONSHORE Act Gives Local Leaders Fed Assistance For Workforce... Read More

“Dairy Margin Coverage Program” Schumer Helped Enact In 2018 Farm Bill Will Expire This September, Meaning Without Fed Action Monthly Payments To Dairy Farmers Could Cease, Hitting Genesee County – NY’s #5 Milk Producing County – The Hardest Schumer Says Upstate Dairy Farms and Consumers Will Be First Impacted If We “Go Over The Dairy Cliff” – Reverting Back To 1940's Era Policy, Leading To Severe Supply Chain Disruptions, Doubling The Price Of... Read More

Senators Successfully Delivered Extremely Competitive RAISE Grant To Create A Regional Trail Loop Connecting WNY And Southern Tier; Federal $$$ Will Help Complete The Planning, Design, And Permitting For Construction Southern Tier Trail Will Join Erie-Cattaraugus Rail Trail With Genesee Valley Greenway, Connecting WNY Communities From Buffalo To Hinsdale To Spur Economic Growth Across Region Schumer, Gillibrand: Over $7 Million Fed Boost Will Finally Put Long Desired Southern Tier Rail Trail On... Read More

After Schumer’s Relentless Advocacy, Binghamton University Secured A Historic $113+M Last Year In Fed And State Investment To Establish A Battery Manufacturing & Innovation Hub In The Southern Tier Now, Because Of A New NSF Competition Schumer Created In His CHIPS & Science Bill, Binghamton Is On The Shortlist For Even More Fed Funding For The Project – Senator Is Doubling Down To Boost Binghamton With Up To $160M To Grow Battery R&D Hub    Schumer: Binghamton... Read More

Schumer Fought Relentlessly For Years, Writing And Calling Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Personally, For Kingston’s Long Desired Project To Transform Downtown  Now, After Schumer Rallied In Kingston Last Year, Senator Has Secured Highly Competitive Federal RAISE Grant For Kingston To Reimagine The Rondout Waterfront, Increase Walkability, Biking, Flood Protections, And Reconnect Kingston Neighborhoods Schumer: Over $21 Million Will Revitalize Downtown And Give Kingston Access To... Read More

After Delivering Historic Federal Funding To NFTA, Buffalo And WNY Will Now Get Major Boost To Purchase Game Changing 20 New Electric Buses To Help Reach Lower Emissions Goals Reps Secure Highly Competitive Federal “Low & No Emission Grant” For NFTA To Accelerate Cleaner Air & Electrification Goals With New Buses And Charging Infrastructure Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins: NFTA Just Got A Major Jolt To Supercharge New Electric Buses and Cleaner Air For Western New Yorkers! U.S.... Read More

After Schumer Successfully Urged The Department Of Energy To Advance The Northeast U.S. Hydrogen Hub Proposal, Schumer Is Doubling Down To Secure $1.25 Billion Investment Stemming From His Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Make Rochester A Clean, Green Hydrogen Hub Senator Says Northeast Hub Is A Collaboration Of Seven States And Over 100 Partners – Including Rochester’s Globally Recognized Plug And Groundbreaking Research Institutions Like RIT – That Would Give Upstate NY The... Read More

With Upstate NY Seeing Historic New Investment And A Manufacturing Boom From Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and Inflation Reduction Act – Senator Says Now Is The Time For The Feds To Double Down To Bring Jobs Back From Overseas, With Western NY Primed To Lead The Way Onshore Act Will Give Municipalities Fed Assistance Needed For Workforce Development, Infrastructure, And Site Readiness For Mega Complexes Like Buffalo’s Renaissance Commerce... Read More