February 2023
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
02/06/23
SCHUMER INVITES DAVID ANDERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE ALBANY NANOTECH COMPLEX AND NY CREATES, TO STATE OF THE UNION; SENATOR SAYS ALBANY NANOTECH REPRESENTS THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION – AND DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS PUSH FOR FACILITY TO BECOME MAJOR HUB FOR THE NATION’S FIRST NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CENTER
02/01/23
SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDS KEY RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM – SAVING UPSTATE HEALTH SYSTEMS NEARLY $145 MILLION – TO MANTAIN LIFESAVING MEDICAL SERVICES IN UPSTATE’S MOST UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES
January 2023
01/30/23
AFTER LAUNCHING PUSH IN ORLEANS COUNTY, SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY HELPS RESOLVE BAXTER INTERNATIONAL’S CHIP SHORTAGE FOR WESTERN NY PLANT PROTECTING 300 PERSON WORKFORCE AND ENSURING COMPANY CAN KEEP PUMPING OUT LIFESAVING MEDICAL TECH
01/25/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DELIVER OVER $8.5 MILLION FOR SOUTHERN TIER INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; FROM CREATING A NONPROFIT HUB IN TIOGA COUNTY TO FLOOD PREVENTION AND CRITICAL WATER SYSTEM UPGRADES, FUNDING WILL LAY FOUNDATION FOR MORE RESILIENT FUTURE IN THE SOUTHERN TIER
01/25/23
SCHUMER REVEALS: A DEBT CEILING DEFAULT WOULD BE “ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE” FOR UPSTATE NY; SENATOR SAYS UPSTATE IS ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE POINTS THAT DEFAULT WOULD BRING; FROM UPSTATE’S 1.8 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS, WHO RECEIVE $3 BILLION IN BENEFITS EACH MONTH, TO VETERANS, TO CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES, TO MEDICARE, TO RETIREES & MORE
01/23/23
JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER STANDING WITH WEST POINT FIREFIGHTERS, SCHUMER DELIVERS $1.8 MILLION TO WEST POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT - $500K MORE THAN THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST; AFTER 92% OF THEIR BUDGET WAS CUT, WEST POINT CAN NOW GIVE FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT THEY DESERVE TO KEEP 6,500+ MILITARY FAMILIES & HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITIES SAFE
01/20/23
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES: GENERAL MOTORS WILL INVEST OVER $68 MILLION AT ROCHESTER MANUFACTURING PLANT, BRINGING NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY COMPONENT PRODUCTION, FUELING REVIVAL OF FINGER LAKES AUTO INDUSTRY AND SUPERCHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE FUTURE
01/20/23
SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH FOR NEW FED $$$ TO TRANSFORM DERELICT, FORMER RAILROAD INTO FIRST YONKERS’ GREENWAY TO BETTER CONNECT SOUTHWEST YONKERS TO THE BRONX & HUDSON VALLEY; SENATOR REVEALS PLAN TO REIMAGINE YONKERS EYESORE AND GIVE UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS THE GREENSPACE, BIKE OPTIONS, TRANSIT CONNECTIONS, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE LONG DESERVED
01/13/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $2 MILLION TO SUPPORT LOCAL CULTURAL NONPROFITS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO SUSTAIN HUMANITIES ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK
01/12/23
STANDING AT ONE OF SENECA COUNTY’S WORST CONTAMINATED DERELICT FORMER GAS STATIONS, SCHUMER REVEALS HIS TWO PRONGED PLAN TO LAUNCH SENECA’S FIRST EVER BROWNFIELD TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY TO CLEAN UP DOZENS OF TOXIC EYESORES ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES & DELIVER FED FUNDING TO TURN THESE SITES INTO NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
01/12/23
SCHUMER DELIVERS $2 MILLION TO MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HELP CREATE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART SEMICONDUCTOR-AND-ADVANCED-MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTER TO GIVE UTICA WORKERS THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO FILL GOOD-PAYING, HIGH-DEMAND TECH JOBS
01/12/23
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL OPENING OF PLUG POWER’S NEW $125 MILLION VISTA TECH PARK FACTORY CREATING OVER 1,600 NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS & FURTHER CEMENTING CAPITAL REGION AS GLOBAL CENTER FOR CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING
01/11/23
SCHUMER REVEALS: WEST POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS LOST OUT ON MILLIONS IN DESPERATELY-NEEDED FUNDING BECAUSE OF ARMY HQ BUDGET SHORTFALLS- IN 2021, WEST POINT RECEIVED A MASSIVE 92% CUT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS – PUTTING SAFETY OF FIREFIGHTERS AND COMMUNITY AT RISK; SCHUMER LAUNCHES ALL OUT PUSH TO GET WEST POINT FIREFIGHTERS FUNDING THEY DESERVE THIS YEAR TO KEEP 6,500+ MILITARY FAMILIES AND SURROUNDING ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES SAFE
01/11/23
WITH FCC MAP DEADLINE THAT DETERMINES INFRASTRUCTURE LAW $$$ AMOUNTS FAST APPROACHING, SCHUMER LAUNCHES ALL OUT PUSH TO ENSURE UPSTATE NY GETS THE FED FUNDING IT DESERVES FOR 1,500+ TOMPKINS AND 25,000+ SOUTHERN TIER HOUSEHOLDS THAT LACK HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS
01/11/23
SCHUMER: AFTER FIRE AT JAMESTOWN’S CONTAMINATED CRAWFORD FURNITURE FACTORY PUT COMMUNITY HEALTH AT RISK, SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO PRONGED PLAN CALLING FOR EPA TO IMMEDIATELY LAUNCH FULL INVESTIGATION, DETERMINE IF SITE QUALIFIES FOR FED CLEAN-UP DOLLARS, AND HELP TRANSFORM JAMESTOWN EYESORE INTO SITE FOR NEW ECONOMIC GROWTH
01/09/23
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, HIGGINS ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION TO CREATE NEW NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO; REPS SAYS UB WILL LEAD NATION IN ADVANCING AI RESEARCH FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
01/06/23
SCHUMER SECURES NEARLY $18 MILLION FOR CRITICAL REPAIRS TO OSWEGO HARBOR; FUNDING WILL UPGRADE SEVERELY DAMAGED WEST BREAK WALL PROTECTING VITAL COMMERICAL CHANNEL FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK’S ECONOMY
01/05/23
SCHUMER REVEALS NEW FED FUNDING TO CREATE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM TO BOLSTER CARE FOR THE DISABLED IN THE CAPITAL REGION AND BOOST LOCAL NURSING PROGRAMS AT SIENA & MARIA COLLEGES; SENATOR OUTLINES NEARLY $22 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR CAPITAL REGION IN JUST-PASSED END OF YEAR SPENDING BILL FOR LONG DESIRED COMMUNITY PROJECTS
01/05/23
SCHUMER REVEALS NEW FED FUNDS TO CREATE STATE OF THE ART HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER AT ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EXPAND HEALTHCARE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK - FROM SUNY UPSTATE TO CROUSE TO AUBURN
