June 2022
06/08/22
MAJORITY LEADER SCHUMER REMARKS STANDING WITH BUFFALO MASS SHOOTING VICTIMS FAMILIES FOLLOWING THE SENATE JUDICIARY HEARING ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM
06/01/22
SCHUMER CALLS ON USDA TO WORK WITH BUFFALO’S EAST SIDE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO INCREASE INVESTMENT FOR FOOD ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS, BRINGING DESPERATELY NEEDED FRESH, AFFORDABLE, & HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS TO UNDERSERVED EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS
May 2022
05/26/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS ADVOCACY, AMERICAN HERO, ALBANY RESIDENT & HARLEM HELLFIGHTER, SGT. HENRY JOHNSON RECOMMENDED TO HAVE FORT POLK RENAMED IN HIS HONOR
05/24/22
FOLLOWING HIS DIRECT ADVOCACY, SCHUMER DELIVERS $2.6 MILLION TO UPGRADE ROME’S GRIFFISS BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY PARK, ATTRACT NEW EMPLOYERS, CREATE NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS, & SUPERCHARGE THE MOHAWK VALLEY’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
05/23/22
SCHUMER WELCOMES NORTH COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO WASHINGTON D.C.
05/19/22
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $2.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL DISASTER RELIEF FOR AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOR COVID RESPONSE
05/17/22
FOLLOWING HIS DIRECT ADVOCACY, SCHUMER DELIVERS $7.5 MILLION TO EXPAND ROCHESTER’S STRONG MUSEUM, CREATE OVER 120 NEW JOBS, & ATTRACT TOURISM TO DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY OF THE FINGER LAKES’ ECONOMY
05/11/22
FOLLOWING SCHUMER’S DIRECT ADVOCACY TO SECRETARY BECERRA, AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE OVER $3.4 MILLION IN LONG-OVERDUE FEDERAL FUNDING TO COVER PANDEMIC LOSSES; SCHUMER CUT THROUGH RED TAPE & DELIVERED AUBURN HOSPITAL THEIR DESERVED FUNDING
05/11/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES USDA HAS HEEDED HIS CALL, WILL START DESPERATELY NEEDED PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RELIEF PAYMENTS TO WOOL & COTTON TRUST FUND RECIPIENTS; PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS LIKE ROCHESTER’S HICKEY FREEMAN WILL SUPPORT WORKERS & LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AGAINST OVERSEAS COMPETITORS
05/06/22
IN PERSONAL MEETINGS WITH GE CEO & VESTAS WIND TECH PRESIDENT, SCHUMER URGES COMPANIES TO MAKE CAPITAL REGION HOME OF FUTURE TURBINE MANUFACTURING; SENATOR SAYS PORT OF ALBANY $$ HE SECURED WILL GIVE COMPANIES THE LIFT THEY NEED TO INVEST & EXPAND IN NY
05/04/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $117 MILLION FOR GLOBALFOUNDRIES TO PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SECURE SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN; SENATOR SAYS DOD AGREEMENT ENSURES CHIPS CRITICAL TO AMERICA’S DEFENSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE IN CAPITAL REGION, BOLSTERING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING & ENSURING UPSTATE NY CONTINUES TO LEAD THE MICROCHIP INDUSTRY
April 2022
04/29/22
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO CREATE OTSEGO COUNTY TECH JOB ACCELERATION CENTER; SENATOR BACKS NEARLY $2 MILLION PROJECT TO MAKE GREATER ONEONTA AREA AN ADVANCED ELECTRONICS HUB, BOOST AMERICAN MANUFACTURING, CREATE NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS, & GROW LOCAL TECH ECONOMY
04/29/22
STANDING AT AMSTERDAM’S BLIGHTED FIVE CORNERS COMMERCIAL SITE, SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO BOOST VITAL BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM AND GET FEDS TO CLEAN UP SITE TO TURN COMMUNITY EYESORE INTO SITE OF NEW ECONOMIC GROWTH
04/26/22
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE MAJOR INVESTMENT IN BINGHAMTON’S CHILDREN; SENATORS DELIVER $1 MILLION FOR CITY OF BINGHAMTON TO EXPAND YOUTH PROGRAMS, RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES & STRENGTHEN CITY’S ONGOING EFFORTS TO CREATE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE FOR BINGHAMTON YOUTH
04/25/22
SCHUMER & CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ANNOUNCE GROUND BREAKING OF FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SCHENECTADY GATEWAY MOBILITY HUB; ACROSS COVID RELIEF AND NEW INVESTMENT, SCHUMER DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED OVER QUARTER OF A BILLION IN FED $$$ TO PAVE THE WAY FOR CAPITAL REGION’S TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMATION
04/25/22
SCHUMER: SYRACUSE EXPERIENCING BACK TO BACK WORST YEARS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN LAST DECADE; SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO QUADRUPLE FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO COMBAT WAVE OF GUN VIOLENCE
04/21/22
SCHUMER DELIVERS OVER $2 MILLION TO ADIRONDACK REGION LOCAL PROJECTS IN BUDGET; SENATOR REVEALS KEY LOCAL PROJECT FROM RESTORING GLENS FALLS HISTORIC CITY HALL, PROTECTING FORT TICONDEROGA, DEVELOPING THE FT. EDWARD INDUSTRIAL PARK , AND BOOSTING CHILD CARE IN THE REGION
04/21/22
SCHUMER PERSONALLY CALLED COMMERCE SECRETARY TO PUSH FOR THE APPROVAL OF $7.5 MILLION TOURISM GRANT TO EXPAND ROCHESTER’S STRONG MUSEUM, SUPPORT CREATION 150 NEW JOBS, & ATTRACT TOURISM TO DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY OF THE FINGER LAKES ECONOMY
04/20/22
WITH 65% OF SOUTHWEST YONKERS HOUSEHOLDS UNABLE TO AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING IN WESTCHESTER, SCHUMER, BOWMAN DELIVER $500,000 TO WESTHAB TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS; REPS SAY FUNDING WILL MAKE CRITICAL UPGRADES TO AGING HOUSING UNITS, ADDRESS URGENT HEALTH & SAFETY NEEDS, & IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YONKERS FAMILIES
04/20/22
SCHUMER: NEWBURGH & POUGHKEEPSIE SHOOTINGS ROSE BY 72% LAST YEAR ALONE, THE HIGHEST JUMP IN YEARS; STANDING WITH ADVOCATES & OFFICIALS FROM ORANGE AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES, SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO QUADRUPLE FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO COMBAT HUDSON VALLEY SURGE IN GUN VIOLENCE
