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New Schumer Legislation Will Rebuild American Manufacturing Capacity In Industries Critical To Our Economy, Including Microelectronics, While Reducing Dependence On Foreign Manufacturers Schumer Additionally Delivered $1 Million For Binghamton University’s Nanofabrication Laboratory, Which Provides Hands-On Training For Students To Secure Jobs In Fast-Growing Chip Industry Across Upstate NY And In Other High-Demand Industries That New Schumer Legislation Will Boost Schumer: New Legislation Would... Read More

Trump Administration Terminated Collective Bargaining Agreements For Nearly All Federal Employees, Including 1,100 DoD Civilian Employees At DFAS & AFRL In Rome And Thousands More Across NY Schumer Advances Effort To Protect DoD Federal Employees’ Collective Bargaining Rights By Prohibiting Use Of Fed $$ In Annual National Defense Bill To Implement Trump Executive Order Terminating Rights For Federal Labor Unions Schumer: Hands Off DFAS & Rome Labs Workers’ Union Rights! After the Trump... Read More

Last Year Trump And Republicans Made The Largest Cut To SNAP In History – NEARLY $200 BILLION; In New York, SNAP Is Administered By Counties – Meaning The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region Will Need To Find A Whopping $5.6+ MILLION To Keep Nutrition Assistance Flowing To Families and Veterans In Need, Including $250,000 For Orleans County And $3 MILLION For Monroe County House And Senate GOP Have Refused To Reverse Cruel SNAP Cuts; Schumer Calls On Republicans To Work With Democrats To Write A Farm... Read More

Last Year Trump And Republicans Made The Largest Cut To SNAP In History – NEARLY $200 BILLION; In New York, SNAP Is Administered By Counties – Meaning Western New York Will Need To Find A Whopping $9.8+ MILLION To Keep Nutrition Assistance Flowing To Families and Veterans In Need, Including $211,000 For Wyoming County And $6.3 MILLION For Erie County House And Senate GOP Have Refused To Reverse Cruel SNAP Cuts; Schumer Calls On Republicans To Work With Democrats To Write A Farm Bill That... Read More

Fed Funding Will Support Conversion Of Four Intersections To Roundabouts, Installation Of New Traffic Signals, Construction Of Shared-Use Path, And More Funding Comes From Highly Competitive BUILD Program, Which Schumer Secured Historic Increase For In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer: A Transportation Transformation Is Coming To Westchester! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $25 million in federal funding for the Villages of Tarrytown... Read More

Announcement Includes Fed $$ From FAA’s Airport Improvement Program And Airport Infrastructure Grant Program Which Senators Boosted In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law And FAA Reauthorization Law Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Helping Upstate NY Reach New Heights! Today, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $63,692,917.00 in new federal funding to upgrade airport facilities and equipment at Upstate New York airports. This federal funding was awarded... Read More

Schumer Has Delivered Billions From CHIPS & Science Law, Which Senator Wrote And Passed Into Law, To Boost Chip R&D And Manufacturing Across New York, Including At Albany NanoTech, GlobalFoundries, And Micron Schumer: World’s Smallest Chip Achieved In Upstate NY… Again! After delivering billions in funding from his CHIPS & Science law to boost chip R&D and manufacturing across Upstate NY, including at Albany NanoTech, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today applauded IBM’s announcement... Read More

Senators Say Funding Will Be Used to Provide Technical Assistance And Resources To Help Communities Clean Up And Reuse Polluted and Contaminated Sites Fed Support Includes Millions From Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer Led To Passage In Senate Schumer, Gillibrand: Cleanup And Reuse Of These Community Eyesores Across NY Begins Today! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $14,316,198 in federal support for thirteen communities across New... Read More

TTM’s 200,000+ Square Foot Expansion Makes Central NY Facility One Of North America’s Biggest And Most Advanced Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Sites, Bringing Total TTM Central NY Workforce To 1,000 Workers Schumer Helped Land TTM’s Major Expansion In Town of Dewitt Thanks To Prestigious “Tech Hub” Designation He Secured; Schumer Also Called On DoD To Invest Tens of Millions In Central NY To Boost Domestic Production Of Advanced Printed Circuit Boards Needed For Defense Industry — Which... Read More

Schumer Says Four Corporate Giants Dominate Meat Market, Squeezing Farmers And Ranchers Who Keep Just 16 Cents Of Every Dollar Spent On Food And Rigging The System Against Finger Lakes Families New Schumer Bill Will Break Up Big Monopolies In Meat Packing That Lead To Higher Prices For Consumers & Hurt Farmers And Restore Real Competition To Help Farmers And Smaller Meat Producers While Lowering Prices Schumer: New Bill Will Bring Down Costs For Families At The Grocery Store As families in... Read More

Two Erie County Residents Have Tested Positive For Measles This Month After No Cases For Eight Years And County Officials Worry There Are More Unreported Cases – As Nationwide Cases Exceed 2,000 For Second Year In A Row As Secretary Kennedy Puts Upstate New Yorkers’ Public Health At Risk By Unraveling Public Health Infrastructure And Promoting Anti-Vax Conspiracies, Vaccination Rates Plunge Below CDC Herd Immunity Threshold; Schumer Calls On Trump Admin To Boost Resources For Measles Monitoring... Read More

Communities Throughout Upstate NY – From North Country To Finger Lakes To Central New York To Capital Region – Win Critical Fed $$ For Community Projects That Will Upgrade Water Infrastructure, Replace Aging Bridges, Build New Childcare Facilities, Boost Workforce Development Programs & More Schumer And Gillibrand Fought To Reauthorize And Expand Funding For NBRC In 2024, And Successfully Protected It From Trump’s Proposed Elimination Last Year Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Is Headed To... Read More

New Report Shows NY Families Have Had To Pay $4,000+ More On Necessities Like Housing, Groceries, Gas, Utilities, And Health Care Due To Trumpflation Schumer Says Trump Should Focus On Lowering Costs For Hardworking Families Instead Of Building A Gilded Ballroom For Parties With His Billionaire Buddies And Starting A Reckless War In Iran Schumer: Trumpflation Is Costing NY Families After Trump said he “loves the inflation,” U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer revealed a new report showing New York... Read More

Schumer Says FEMA Funding Will Allow For District To Build A New Middle & High School At A Different, Safe Location – After Students Have Been Relocated For 5 Years Following The Flooding During Tropical Storm Fred And Tropical Storm Debby Schumer Previously Advocated For School To Be Relocated And Rebuilt To Reduce Risks Of Future Flooding, And Keep Students, Teachers, And Staff Out Of Harm’s Way Schumer: FEMA $$ We Secured Puts Jasper-Troupsburg Community On The Path For A Safer... Read More

Schumer And Ryan Forced End To Federal Delays After Trump Admin Derailed $28M Grant For Rhinecliff Station Upgrades Without Explanation Schumer, In 2020, Personally Visited Rhinecliff Station – One Of NY’s Busiest – To Push For Fed Funding For Much-Needed Repairs To Give Dutchess County And The Hudson Valley The Modern Train Station It Deserves Schumer, Ryan: Rhinecliff Train Station Upgrades Are Getting Back On Track! After demanding an end to inexplicable delays for $28 million in much-needed... Read More

Schumer Says Many Young Women Train In Upstate NY For A Chance To Represent Team USA And Allowing Them To Participate Gives Overdue Recognition For Their Athletic Accomplishments While Boosting Tourism And Winter Sports In Lake Placid And The North Country Currently Only Men Are Allowed To Compete In Nordic Combined – Which Combines Cross-Country Skiing And Ski Jumping – At Olympics Despite Increased Women’s Participation Schumer: Include Women’s Nordic Combined Competition In Olympic Games U.S.... Read More

New York, N.Y. — U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today released the following statement on the passing of Donald Newhouse, longtime journalism leader and owner of Advance Publications, whose newspapers included Syracuse’s Post-Standard: “Donald Newhouse was one of the finest, kindest, and most decent people I have ever had the privilege to know. “Don understood that local journalism is not just how a community gets its news — it is how a community knows itself. It is the first draft... Read More

Schumer Says Southern Tier & Mohawk Valley Families Are Seeing One Of The Most Expensive Memorial Day Weekends – With Beef Spiking Nearly 20% Since Last Year, Gas Prices Skyrocketing, And BBQ Essentials Costs Increasing Due To Tariffs Senator Unveils New Bill To Drive Down Cost Of Groceries By Breaking Up Big Monopolies In Meatpacking That Lead To Higher Prices While Helping Local Upstate NY Farmers By Supporting Local Producers Schumer: New Bill Will Bring Down Costs For Families At The... Read More

Schumer Says Capital Region Families Are Seeing One Of The Most Expensive Memorial Day Weekends – With Beef Spiking Nearly 20% Since Last Year, Gas Prices Skyrocketing, And BBQ Essentials Costs Increasing Due To Tariffs Senator Unveils New Bill To Drive Down Cost Of Groceries By Breaking Up Big Monopolies In Meatpacking That Lead To Higher Prices While Helping Local Upstate NY Farmers By Supporting Local Producers Schumer: New Bill Will Bring Down Costs For Families At The Grocery Store As... Read More

Schumer Says Hudson Valley Families Are Seeing One Of The Most Expensive Memorial Day Weekends – With Beef Spiking Nearly 20% Since Last Year, Gas Prices Skyrocketing, And BBQ Essentials Costs Increasing Due To Tariffs Senator Unveils New Bill To Drive Down Cost Of Groceries By Breaking Up Big Monopolies In Meatpacking That Lead To Higher Prices While Helping Local Upstate NY Farmers By Supporting Local Producers Schumer: New Bill Will Bring Down Costs For Families At The Grocery Store As... Read More