April 2022
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
04/18/22
SCHUMER: WITH THE HIGHEST OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATH RATES PER CAPITA IN NYS, SULLIVAN COUNTY STILL LACKS CRITICAL FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING DESIGNATION; SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO COMBAT HUDSON VALLEY’S OVERDOSE EPICENTER
04/18/22
AS WOLFSPEED PREPARES TO LAUNCH PRODUCTION AT NEW $1 BILLION CHIP FAB, SCHUMER PUSHES TO SECURE 2ND SEMICONDUCTOR PLANT AT MARCY NANOCENTER; SENATOR SAYS HIS FEDERAL SEMICONDUCTOR FAB-INCENTIVE LEGISLATION WILL BE THE LIGHTNING ROD TO ATTRACT NEW COMPANIES, CREATE JOBS, & SUPERCHARGE MOHAWK VALLEY’S ECONOMY
04/18/22
AFTER SECURING BINGHAMTON’S SPOT ON THE SHORTLIST FOR THE EDA’S POTENTIAL $100 MILLION REGIONAL CHALLENGE AWARD SCHUMER DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS EFFORT TO SECURE SOUTHERN TIER AS AMERICA’S NEXT MAJOR BATTERY RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING HUB
04/18/22
WITH SINKING USS THE SULLIVANS BEHIND HIM, SCHUMER LAUNCHES THREE-PRONG PUSH TO SECURE FEDERAL $$$ AND SAVE THE HISTORIC SHIP
04/15/22
STANDING ALONG THE EMPIRE STATE TRAIL--TOP RAIL TRAIL IN AMERICA--SCHUMER LAUNCHES HIS RURAL OUTDOOR INVESTMENT BILL TO BOOST NY’S $21 BILLION OUTDOOR INDUSTRY & THOUSANDS OF CAPITAL REGION JOBS, ACCELERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR RURAL AREAS, CREATE NEW JOBS, & REVITALIZE COLUMBIA COUNTY’S PICTURESQUE TOWNS
04/15/22
SCHUMER, STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH CENTRAL NY & SYRACUSE VETERANS, DEMANDS PASSAGE OF NEW LEGISLATION TO FINALLY EXTEND VA CARE TO VETERANS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS & OTHER TOXINS; SCHUMER SAYS HE WILL FORCE A VOTE & GET COVERAGE FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXPOSED NY VETERANS
04/14/22
WITH CORNELL CHESS LAB BREAKING GROUND ON NEW HIGH STRENGTH MAGNET RESEARCH FACILITY, SCHUMER DELIVERS $8.5 MILLION TO KEEP CHESS BOOMING; 10 YEARS AGO, SCHUMER PERSONALLY SAVED THE LAB FROM MASSIVE FEDERAL CUTS; NOW CHESS WILL GROW SUPPORTING OVER 300 JOBS, STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETITIVENESS, & BOOSTING CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH IN THE HEART OF UPSTATE NEW YORK
04/14/22
SCHUMER SECURES OVER $10 MILLION FOR CRITICAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS; FROM REPAIRING HARBORS TO PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER, SCHUMER SECURED MILLIONS WILL SHORE UP FLOOD PROTECTION, JOLT LOCAL ECONOMY, & BOOST ONE OF WESTERN NEW YORK’S GREATEST ECONOMIC ENGINES
04/14/22
STANDING AT IDYLLIC CANANDAIGUA LAKE, SCHUMER LAUNCHES HIS RURAL OUTDOOR INVESTMENT BILL TO BOOST FINGER LAKES’ OVER $3 BILLION TOURISM INDUSTRY, ACCELERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, CREATE NEW JOBS, & REVITALIZE FINGER LAKES’ PICTURESQUE COMMUNITIES
04/13/22
FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO SYRACUSE, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEXT STEP FOR I-81 TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW; SENATOR SAYS PROJECT WILL HAVE CLEARED BIGGEST HURDLE YET, ONE STEP CLOSER TO SHOVELS IN THE GROUND & DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE’S I-81 TRANSFORMATION
04/12/22
SCHUMER PUSHES STATEN ISLAND FOR MAJOR OFFSHORE WIND HUB AFTER SECURING PORT INVESTMENT IN BIPARTISAN INFRASTRCTURE LAW; SENATOR SAYS OFFFSHORE WIND AT SI’S ARTHUR KILL TERMINAL WOULD CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS & BOOST AMERICAN MANUFACTURING; NEW HUB WOULD BE HUGE WIN FOR COMMUNITY, LOCAL JOBS & ENVIRONMENT
04/11/22
FOLLOWING HIS ADVOCACY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $750,000 IN USDA FUNDING FOR DELAWARE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING LOAN FUND TO PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES & ACCELERATE THE SOUTHERN TIER’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
04/11/22
SCHUMER PERSONALLY BRINGS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER TO SEE FIRST-HAND HOW THE FINGER LAKES REGION IS PRIMED TO POWER NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCH AND GOOD-PAYING TECH JOBS; WITH BILLIONS FOR NSF ON THE HORIZON, SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS TO INVEST IN ROCHESTER
04/11/22
SCHUMER, STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ROCHESTER VETERANS, DEMANDS PASSAGE OF NEW LEGISLATION TO FINALLY EXTEND VA CARE TO VETERANS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS & OTHER TOXINS; SCHUMER SAYS HE WILL FORCE A VOTE & GET COVERAGE FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS EXPOSED NY VETERANS
04/11/22
AFTER SECURING WESTERN NEW YORK’S SPOT ON THE SHORTLIST FOR THE EDA’S POTENTIAL $100 MILLION REGIONAL CHALLENGE AWARD SCHUMER DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS EFFORT TO SECURE WESTERN NEW YORK AS AMERICA’S NEXT MAJOR MANUFACTURING & TECH HUB
04/08/22
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE $18.6 MILLION IN FED FUNDS FOR JAMAICA BAY’S STONY CREEK MARSH RESTORATION; PROJECT WILL RESTORE MARSH, SPUR HABITAT, HELP CLEAN WATERWAYS & PROTECT COMMUNITIES FROM EXTREME WEATHER
04/07/22
FOLLOWING HIS PERSONAL INVITATION & LONGSTANDING ADVOCACY FOR ROCHESTER-FINGER LAKES TECH ECONOMY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCES HE WILL BRING THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER NEXT WEEK; WITH MAJOR FUNDING FOR NSF ON THE HORIZON, SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS TO INVEST IN ROCHESTER AND PUT THE FINGER LAKES REGION AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE GLOBAL TECH RACE
04/07/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION FOR GLOBALFOUNDRIES AND PSIQUANTUM TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF QUANTUM COMPUTERS AT ROME AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB & MALTA CAMPUS; FED FUNDING WILL STRENGTHEN NATIONAL SECURITY, SUPERCHARGE U.S. TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETITIVENESS & ENSURE UPSTATE NEW YORK CONTINUES TO LEAD QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
04/07/22
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $25 MILLION FOR GLOBALFOUNDRIES AND PSIQUANTUM TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF QUANTUM COMPUTERS AT ROME AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB & MALTA CAMPUS; FED FUNDING WILL STRENGTHEN NATIONAL SECURITY, SUPERCHARGE U.S. TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETITIVENESS & ENSURE UPSTATE NEW YORK CONTINUES TO LEAD QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
