March 2023
03/07/23
SCHUMER: FOLLOWING CATASTROPHIC RAIL ACCIDENT, SPOTLIGHT TURNS TO UPSTATE NEW YORK, WHERE TRAINS CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULARLY RUN; SENATOR REVEALS 10 QUESTIONS HE IS DEMANDING RAILROADS ANSWER TO IMPROVE RAIL SAFETY FOR UPSTATE COMMUNITIES NOW
03/06/23
SCHUMER: FOLLOWING CATASTROPHIC RAIL ACCIDENT, SPOTLIGHT TURNS TO CITIES LIKE SYRACUSE, THROUGH WHICH TRAIN CARS CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULARLY RUN; SENATOR WANTS NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE ASAP & LAUNCHES TWO-TRACK PLAN TO IMPROVE RAIL SAFETY FOR SYRACUSE AND UPSTATE
03/06/23
SCHUMER: FOLLOWING CATASTROPHIC RAIL ACCIDENT, SPOTLIGHT TURNS TO FREIGHT HUBS LIKE SOUTHERN TIER; SENATOR WANTS NEW SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE ASAP & LAUNCHES TWO-TRACK PLAN TO IMPROVE RAIL SAFETY FOR ELMIRA, SOUTHERN TIER AND UPSTATE
03/02/23
SCHUMER REVEALS: LIFESAVING FED FIRE DEPARTMENT FUNDING—PREVIOUSLY DELIVERING ALMOST $700 MILLION TO NY DEPARMENTS—IS IN LIMBO; SCHUMER SOUNDS ALARM ON POTENTIAL TOTAL AND PERMENANT ELIMINATION OF PROGRAMS & LAUNCHES PUSH TO SAVE FUNDING FOR UPSTATE NY DEPARTMENTS
03/01/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL’S COVID RESPONSE
February 2023
02/28/23
SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH FOR iM3NY’S $700 MILLION DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROPOSAL TO SUPERCHARGE BATTERY MANUFACTURING IN THE SOUTHERN TIER
02/27/23
SCHUMER: DANGEROUS & INFURIATING SURGE OF KIA, HYUNDAI CAR THEFTS IN UPSTATE NY IS OUT OF CONTROL – 350+ STOLEN IN BUFFALO THIS YEAR ALONE AND HUNDREDS MORE ACROSS UPSTATE NY – SENATOR CALLS ON FEDS TO GET INVOLVED AND DEMANDS KIA, HYUNDAI TO GIVE UPSTATE COMMUNITIES THE HELP THEY NEED NOW
02/27/23
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES ROCHESTER’S LI-CYCLE AWARDED GAMECHANGING $375 MILLION DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOAN – CREATING 270 GOOD PAYING ROCHESTER JOBS AND 1,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS - TO POWER FINGER LAKES AS GLOBAL BATTERY HUB
02/24/23
SCHUMER PUSHES FEDS FOR SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT CREATED IN HIS CHIPS & SCIENCE ACT TO GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND AND BOOST SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY JOBS IN UPSTATE NY
02/23/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE UPSTATE NEW YORK AIRPORTS AWARDED NEARLY $25 MILLION TO MODERNIZE & REHABILITATE FACILITIES THROUGH THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW
02/23/23
SCHUMER DELIVERS OVER $3.6 MILLION FOR FINGER LAKES AND CENTRAL NY SCHOOL DISTRICTS & NONPROFITS TO EXPAND MENTAL ESSENTIAL SERVICES, HIRE MORE SOCIAL WORKERS, AND SUPPORT UPSTATE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
02/20/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, ANNOUNCE $500,000 FEDERAL PLANNING GRANT TO RECONNECT SYRACUSE’S SOUTHSIDE ALONGSIDE THE CITY’S TRANSFORMATIVE I-81 PROJECT; SYRACUSE WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO TAP THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW’S HISTORIC RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
02/17/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HIGGINS ANNOUNCE SIGNIFICANT $55 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP REUNITE COMMUNITIES DIVIDED BY KENSINGTON EXPRESSWAY; BUFFALO WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO TAP THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE & JOBS LAW’S HISTORIC RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
02/15/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $4.5 MILLION IN FEMA FUNDING TO HIRE MORE THAN A DOZEN NEW FIREFIGHTERS IN JAMESTOWN, FULTON, AND NEW ROCHELLE
02/10/23
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES ONSEMI HAS OFFICIALLY MADE THE HUDSON VALLEY HOME TO ITS LARGEST U.S. CHIP MANUFACTURING FACILITY, SAVING 1,000 GOOD-PAYING JOBS AND COMMITTING $1.3 BILLION IN DUTCHESS COUNTY; SENATOR BRINGS BIDEN ADMIN TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW PREMIERE EAST FISHKILL FAB IS PRIMED TO SUPERCHARGE AMERICA’S SEMICONDUCTOR FUTURE
02/07/23
SCHUMER WILL BRING SAVION POLLARD, MICRON’S FIRST CENTRAL NEW YORK HIRE, TO PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STATE OF THE UNION
02/07/23
SCHUMER WILL BRING FINGER LAKES VET, KEVIN KOZLOWSKI, TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR STOOD WITH ROCHESTER VETERANS TO FIGHT TO EXTEND VA CARE TO VETS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS & OTHER TOXINS LEADING TO THE HONORING OUR PACT ACT PASSING–NOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NY VETS ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE MEDICAL CARE THEY EARNED
02/07/23
SCHUMER WILL BRING YONKERS’S CHERYL BRANNAN TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR WORKED WITH CHERYL TO DELIVER MAJOR FED $$$ TO UPGRADE YONKER’S SOLE MATERNITY UNIT, IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY FOR WESTCHESTER MOTHERS; PAIR WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR LEGISLATION TO COMBAT MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS
02/07/23
SCHUMER WILL BRING BINGHAMTON’S DR. STAN WHITTINGHAM TO STATE OF THE UNION; AFTER DELIVERING $63+M TO HELP MAKE SOUTHERN TIER AND UPSTATE NY THE NATION’S NEXT MAJOR BATTERY RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING HUB – SENATOR SAYS LEADERS LIKE DR. WHITTINGHAM SHOW BINGHAMTON IS READY TO POWER THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN BATTERY INNOVATION
02/06/23
SCHUMER WILL BRING BUFFALO’S ZENETA EVERHART TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR SAYS ZENETA EXEMPLIFIES THE UNBREAKABLE OF SPIRIT OF WESTERN NY – WITH HER ADVOCACY HELPING LEAD TO THE FIRST MAJOR BIPARTISAN GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN DECADES
