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Schumer & Hamlin Worked Together For Months, And Tonight Schumer Successfully Passed Hamlin’s Lifesaving HEARTS Act – UNANIMOUSLY! – To Bring More AEDs To Schools Across America Schumer-Hamlin Bill Now Heads To The President’s Desk To Be Signed Into Law Chuck & Damar: Together We Got This Lifesaving Bill In The Endzone To Bring AEDs To Schools Across America After standing with Buffalo Bills’ Safety Damar Hamlin, student-athletes, and Bills Mafia earlier this week, U.S. Senate Majority... Read More

Schumer, Who Shepherded Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Act Into Law, Went All Out To Land Micron In CNY And Deliver This Historic Investment, Which Now Takes A Monumental Leap Forward To Make It A Reality Finalized Agreement Ensures Micron Can Tap CHIPS Funding In Coming Years As It Meets Project Milestones For Micron’s Plans In Idaho & CNY To Invest Over $100 Billion In NY Over The Next 20+ Years Creating Up To 50,000 Good Paying Jobs – Micron Also Announces New Expansion Plans In Virginia... Read More

Schumer & Hamlin Have Been Working Together For Months To Boost Bipartisan Support For This Bill, After Damar Suffered Cardiac Arrest During A Bills Game And Used His Miraculous and Inspirational Recovery Story To Better Protect Students Across USA HEARTS Act Would Put More Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) In Schools & Make CPR Training More Prevalent & Accessible Across The Country Chuck & Damar: We’re On The One-Yard Line! Let’s Get This Bill Into The End Zone &... Read More

New NBRC Bill Schumer Is Leading Would Make Schoharie Eligible For Fed Program That Has Delivered Millions For Upstate NY To Build Infrastructure, Invest In Workforce, New Businesses, Childcare and Healthcare, & More Senator Has Delivered BIG For Schoharie County in Recent Month – Securing Fed $$ To Replace Vital Bridge, Improve High-Speed Internet Access & Support Firefighters – Says Adding Them To NBRC Can Supercharge Fed Funding Further Schumer: We Secured Critical Fed Resources For... Read More

Funding Will Support Erie County’s Efforts To Collect 1 Million Pounds Of Batteries, Keeping Them Out Of Landfills, Which Risks Community Safety & Pollutes The Environment – Instead Recycling Them Into New Rechargeable Batteries    Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy: Our Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Is Helping Power A Cleaner Future For Erie County U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Tim Kennedy today announced... Read More

Fed $$ Will Help Rid Hundreds Of Homes In The City Of Buffalo & Erie County Of Lead Paint Hazards & Increase Education Initiatives To Protect Families U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Tim Kennedy announced $7,000,000 in federal funding for Erie County from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program. The lawmakers explained that the funding will be used to... Read More

‘Flagpoling’ – Where Individuals Seeking Canadian Work Authorization Exploit A Legal Loophole and Enter The US Only For A Few Hours To Expedite Their Work Permits – Has Increased Traffic At WNY Border Crossings And Frustrated U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Who Must Take Extra Time To Process These Cases  Since Lawmakers Launched Push Earlier This Year Canada Has Limited The Hours And Closed This Loophole For Post-Graduate Work Permits, But They Say More Needs To Be Done To Stop This... Read More

Micro Bird Will Invest $38 Million To Purchase Nova Bus’s Facility, Which Was Slated For Closure, And Establish Manufacturing Operations, Employing Up To 350 Workers, Which Will Support The Current Plattsburgh Workforce Schumer Personally Called Volvo CEO Urging Company To Sell Facility To Another Transportation Manufacturer So New Owner Could Help Absorb Impacted Workers And Add To Region’s Transportation Manufacturing Leadership Schumer: Micro Bird Will Drive Forward Economic Growth In The... Read More

Schumer Is Pushing To Unlock Bipartisan Infrastructure $$ To Pilot A Network of Smart Traffic Signals Along Genesee Street – Which Is Heavily Traveled Each Day By Thousands Of Vehicles & Pedestrians Senator Personally Called & Wrote Transportation Sec Buttigieg To Urge Funding To Support Utica’s Street-Safety Upgrade Plan Schumer: Fed $$ Can Greenlight Safer & More Efficient Streets For Utica U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer launched his push for millions in federal... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced, after months of advocacy, he has successfully gotten U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to reverse course and add the community-supported Cloverleaf property to the pending environmental review for consideration for the new U.S. Border Patrol facility. “Following our repeated efforts to make them reconsider their too-narrow focus on potential sites, CBP has wisely heeded the community’s calls to add the Cloverleaf property as... Read More

Senators Explain Funding Will Help Law Enforcement, Behavioral Health Professionals, Social Services & Medical Researchers Collaborate To Combat Opioids And Substance Use Disorders Funding Will Support Projects In Chautauqua, Erie, Monroe Counties That Provide Services To Individuals With Substance Use Disorders U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $11,499,991 in federal funding to provide care for individuals with substance use... Read More

WDNY Bench, Until Recently All-Male, Is Now One Of Few 50% Female Benches In America & Judge Vacca Makes History As First Korean-American & Woman Of Color To Serve On WDNY Bench Schumer Says Judge Vacca—A Rochester-area Native, Graduate Of The University At Buffalo School Of Law, Former Prosecutor & Acting State Supreme Court Judge—Will Bring Years Of Legal Expertise To Federal Bench & Serve With Integrity & Professionalism Schumer: A Historic & Great Day For Western NY’s... Read More

Funding for Trillium Health will allow them to grow their operations and continue improving the well-being of historically underserved communities in our region Today, Congressman Joe Morelle and Senator Chuck Schumer announced they have helped secure $3 million in federal funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for Trillium Health. Granted through HRSA’s Service Area Competition (SAC), the funding will convert Trillium into a fully-fledged Federally Qualified Health... Read More

GlobalFoundries Will Expand Current Fab & Build New, State-Of-The-Art Second Manufacturing Facility In Malta, In Addition To Modernizing A Vermont Location, Investing $13+ Billion Over Next 10+ Years, Adding Thousands Of New, Good-Paying Manufacturing And Union Construction Jobs Finalized Commerce Award Will Ensure GlobalFoundries Can Tap CHIPS Funding In Coming Years As Long As It Meets Project Milestones Schumer: CHIPS Investment Is Signed & Sealed For GlobalFoundries U.S. Senate... Read More

Senators Say Highly Competitive DOT Funding Will Greenlight Port of Oswego Priority Project To Replace Aging Warehouse With New, Climate-Controlled Facility With Easy Access To Rail & Port Allowing For Temperature Sensitive Materials Like Gases For The Semiconductor Industry And Other In Demand Products Schumer, Gillibrand: Full Steam Ahead For Port Of Oswego! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a major $11,250,000 in federal funding... Read More

Schumer And Hochul Say Funding Will Help Connect Over 60,000 Homes & Businesses In Chautauqua, Orleans, Schoharie, Cayuga, Cortland, Franklin & Sullivan Counties To Build Stronger Broadband Infrastructure Funding For ConnectAll Grants Will Build 1,200+ Miles Of New Public Broadband Infrastructure – Funded Through American Rescue Plan Which Schumer Led To Passage In The Senate Schumer: Fed $$ Is On The Way To Help Close NY’s Digital Divide! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and... Read More

The NYSW Main Line Connecting Cortland & Onondaga Counties Is A Vital Corridor For Freight Rail Needed For Central NY Industry & Manufacturing – And Is Expected To Become Even More Critical With Major Projects Like Micron On The Horizon - But Early 1900s Infrastructure Has Limited Load Sizes And Sustainability Of Line Schumer Recently Secured Millions In New Fed $$ For The Final Piece Of The Puzzle, Allowing NYSW To Complete Final Phase Of Upgrades To Increase Capacity, Reliability,... Read More

Finger Lakes Saw Record Harmful Algal Blooms At The End Of Summer & Into Fall, More Than Anywhere Else In NYS Potentially Threatening Drinking Water, Environment, And Region’s Robust Tourism Economy Schumer Says Fed Resources Are Key To Making Sure We Can Mitigate HABs And Will Launch His Push To Surge Funding To Fed Program That Helps Local Farmers Get Paid To Help Prevent These Outbreaks & Great Lakes Initiative That Is Vital To Keeping Our Upstate Waters Clean Schumer: We Can’t Have... Read More

Corning Incorporated’s North Country Facility Is The Only One In The Country That Manufactures Specialized Glass Critical To The Chip Industry – Used In Some Of The Most Advanced Machinery In The World; New Award Will Expand Production And Supercharge The Workforce Adding Up To 130 Manufacturing Jobs And 175 Construction Jobs To Strengthen This Vital Supply Chain For America Schumer, Author & Champion Of The Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law, Personally Visited The Canton Facility After He... Read More

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that New York will receive $360,185,996 in federal funding through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). This money will help thousands of low-income households across the state afford their energy bills and make cost-effective repairs to their heating systems this winter. “Everyone in New York should be able to come home to warmth in the winter. I’m proud to deliver $360+... Read More