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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

On Heels Of Labor Day Weekend, North Country Is Surging In Mosquito Activity With EEEV And West Nile Virus Detected in St. Lawrence County, As NY Enters Height Of Season For Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Schumer Calls On Feds To Increase Coordination With NYS To Identify & Monitor Mosquitoes, Pushes To Increase CDC “Vector” Funds To Target Mosquito Pools, Educate Public & Beat Back Diseases Endangering Residents Schumer: Feds Must Be Ready To Help Track & Zap NY’s Mosquito Population To... 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

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $59,115,204 in federal funding to modernize facilities and strengthen airfield safety at 26 airports across New York State. This federal funding was granted through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program and will help fund projects that address safety, capacity, and security at New York’s airports. The projects include constructing and expanding terminals, rehabilitating... Read More

Funding Is On Top Of The Over $175M For NYS To Build Out Network of EV Charging Stations In The Infrastructure Law, And $700K For Oneida County Senators Secured Earlier This Year  To Build New EV Charging Stations In The Region Schumer: Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Is Supercharging EV Infrastructure For The Mohawk Valley U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $12,823,915 for the Oneida Indian Nation to help install 52 electric vehicle... Read More

Schumer Stood With Traffic Accident Victims, Including An Intern In His Office Who Was Recently Struck By A Car While Biking To Work, And Safety Advocates Earlier This Month To Sound Alarm Record High Pedestrian & Bicycle Crashes & Deaths – And Vowed To Fight For Fed $$ To Implement New Safety Plan For Rochester And Personally Called Secretary Buttigieg To Help Land This Grant Now Senator Delivers On Promise With Massive $23M – The Largest SS4A Infrastructure Law Grant NY Received This... Read More

Schumer Worked Tirelessly With NY Parents To Gain Robust Bipartisan Support Of 91-3 To Pass The Kids Online Safety Act And COPPA 2.0 In The Senate, Biggest Federal Tech Regulations In Decades, But Bill Has Languished In The House With Recent Reporting Saying House Leadership Does Not Plan To Bring Senate Bill For A Vote – Senator Says That Is Not Acceptable And Demands Action Schumer: House Must Bring The Senate Legislation To A Vote To Protect CNY Kids & Teens From The Harmful Effects Of... Read More

Earlier This Month Many Cap Region Seniors Found Out New Negotiated Lower Drug Prices For 10 Of Most Common Drugs For Medicare, Impacting Those With Cancer Diabetes, Heart Disease & More – But Extremists And Far Right Now Want To Take Away Medicare’s Ability To Negotiate Drug Prices Senator Says We Need To Be Doing More To Address Drug Costs And Announces $2,000 Annual Cap On Medication For Seniors Coming In January; Vows To Block Rollbacks That Could Drug Costs For Thousands Of Cap Region... Read More

Oswego Industrial Park Is Less Than 10 Miles From Micron’s Future Home, With Many Tech & Other Companies Wanting To Locate There; BUT Site Is Rapidly Running Out Of Developable Land Schumer Personally Visited Earlier This Month To Fight For New Fed $$$ To Fix This Problem And Develop 185 Acres Of Adjacent Land With New Roads, Water & Other Infrastructure To Prepare Oswego County For New Investment Schumer: I Am Proud To Deliver This Major Investment To Help Oswego County Grow & Land... Read More

One Of Utica’s Busiest Streets — Oneida Street — Was Plagued By A Verizon Dead Zone For Years Frustrating Neighbors & Business Owners And Leading To Public Safety Issues With Residents Unable To Make Calls For Years Town Could Get No Change, But Senator Stood With Locals & Publicly Called On Verizon And FINALLY Got Move On Building A Cell Tower In New Hartford That Will Start To Provide Service To The Area That Just Went Online This Week Schumer: I Made Sure Verizon Heard Utica’s Voices,... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand: We’re Turning The Tide For Hamlin Beach & Ensuring It Gets The Fed $$ Needed To Be A Destination For Years To Come U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $5 million to restore the Hamlin Beach Shoreline at Hamlin Beach State Park. This project aims to make the Hamlin Beach Shoreline more storm-resilient and build improved pedestrian and bicycle paths for visitors. The funding comes from the National Parks Service’s... Read More

Schumer Secured Funding For Program In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Which Will Increase Energy Efficiency And Lower Energy Costs For Families In Ulster & Wayne County While Supporting Good-Paying Clean Energy Jobs Schumer: As Winter Approaches, We Must Prioritize Energy-Efficient Ways To Keep Homes Warm U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced $5,247,869 for the Ulster and Wayne Community Action Partnerships to provide low-income households with energy efficiency... Read More

Schumer Helped Create AFG & SAFER Programs, Which Help Train, Equip & Staff Fire Departments Across Upstate NY; Schumer Pushed To Re-Authorize Programs Earlier This Year To Support First Responders And Now $$ Are Flowing To Firefighters In Montgomery County, Cortland County, & More Schumer, Gillibrand: AFG & SAFER Are Continuing To Deliver Resources To Upstate Firefighters Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced... Read More

Senators Say Fed Funding Will Help Historic Fort And Museum Continue Attracting Visitors & Teaching Them About North Country’s Vivid History Senators Previously Secured $500,000 To Stabilize & Restore Fort, Emphasize Ongoing Commitment To Preserving Fort That Played Significant Role In American Revolution Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Will Ensure Historic Fort Ticonderoga Can Be Preserved For Generations To Come Following years of advocacy for preserving Fort Ticonderoga, U.S. Senate... Read More

Schumer-Led Inflation Reduction Act Secured Resources To Develop Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Created FAA’s Fueling Aviation's Sustainable Transition (FAST) Grant Program, Which Will Energize Malta-Based Wright Electric To Develop Cutting-Edge Batteries For Electric Airplanes Schumer, Tonko: New Fed $$ Will Spark Innovation And Help Cutting-Edge Research At Wright Electric In Malta Take Flight! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko today applauded Wright... Read More

Schumer Helped Create AFG & SAFER Programs, Which Help Train, Equip & Staff Fire Departments Across Upstate NY; Schumer Pushed To Re-Authorize Programs Earlier This Year To Support First Responders Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ From AFG & SAFER Is Preparing Upstate Firefighters To Take On Any Emergency Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $6,451,148.56 in federal funding for fire departments across New York State. The... Read More