Press Releases
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
Amsterdam's Five Corners Commercial Site Has Sat Abandoned For Years Because Expected Industrial Pollution From Past Use Has Stifled Economic Development With EPA Assessment Underway For Five Corners, Schumer Reveals Historic $1.5 Billion He Secured For The EPA Brownfields Program; Pushes For The Feds To Begin Working On Decades Old Amsterdam Site ASAP Schumer: Amsterdam Has Waited Long Enough -- It's Time To Clean Up Five Corners Standing at the former Five Corners commercial site in Amste… Continue Reading
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
Senators Deliver Funding To Bolster City Of Binghamton To Help Make This Long Held Community Dream One Step Closer To Becoming A Reality Schumer, Gillibrand: Investing In Binghamton's Youth Is Investing In The Future U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that they have secured $1,000,000 for the City of Binghamton to bolster the community's ongoing pursuit to create a comprehensive youth center. The funding was secured as a part of … Continue Reading
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 $$$ TO PAVE THE WAY FOR CAPITAL REGION’S TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMATION
In A Culmination Of Historic Federal Funding Schumer Delivered To CDTA, Capital Region Will Establish New Transportation Hub, Increasing Accessibility, And Further Revitalizing Downtown Schenectady Senator Secured Unprecedented $296 Million For CDTA In Emergency COVID Relief And New Investment; Fed Funds Will Directly Contribute To Expanding Transportation In Capital Region And Cover 80% Of The Project Schumer: Schenectady Gateway Mobility Hub Will Revolutionize How People Move In Capital Reg… Continue Reading
04.25.22
SCHUMER: SYRACUSE EXPERIENCING BACK TO BACK WORST YEARS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN LAST DECADE; SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO QUADRUPLE FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO COMBAT WAVE OF GUN VIOLENCE
Community-Based Violence Intervention (CVI) Programs Are Designed To Stop The Violence From Ever Occurring In The First Place By Supporting Those At Greatest Risk Of Gun Violence Schumer: Epidemic of Gun Violence In Syracuse Must Be Confronted Head-On With Federal Investment In CVI Programs Standing at the Southwest Community Center with officials, law enforcement, community violence interrupters, and advocates, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today launched his latest push to … Continue Reading
04.21.22
SCHUMER DELIVERS OVER $2 MILLION TO ADIRONDACK REGION LOCAL PROJECTS IN BUDGET; SENATOR REVEALS KEY LOCAL PROJECT FROM RESTORING GLENS FALLS HISTORIC CITY HALL, PROTECTING FORT TICONDEROGA, DEVELOPING THE FT. EDWARD INDUSTRIAL PARK , AND BOOSTING CHILD CARE IN THE REGION
In First Omnibus As Majority Leader, Schumer Delivers BIG For Warren and Washington Counties; Funding Will Support Key Community-Led Projects Senator Secures Funding To Accelerate Adirondack Region's Economic Recovery; Fed $$ Will Boost Regional Tourism Attractions, Support Job Growth, And Make Critical Infrastructure Upgrades Standing outside Glens Falls City Hall, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that the Adirondack Region will receive over $2 million for essen… Continue Reading
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
Schumer Delivered $16.5M In 2013 To Fill Rochester Inner Loop East, And Now Thanks To His Advocacy Strong Museum Is Able To Begin Massive Expansion Schumer Created EDA Tourism Grant In American Rescue Plan To Help Hard-Hit Communities Like Rochester Bolster Their Tourism Economy & Boost Their Economic Recovery Schumer To EDA: Investing In Rochester's Strong Museum Is A Win-Win-Win: Bringing in $130M in Annual Tourism Dollars, Creating Jobs, Strengthening Local Economy U.S. Senate Majo… Continue Reading
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
In Southwest Yonkers Roughly 65% Of Households - Roughly 24,000 Families - Are Unable To Afford The High Cost Of Living In Westchester County; Exasperating Historic Inequities & Limiting Economic Opportunity, Reps Deliver Half A Million To Directly Address Urgent Health & Safety Needs, Increase Affordable Housing Access, And Improve Quality Of Life Schumer, Bowman: Housing Is A Human Right, This Fed Funding Will Ensure Yonkers Families Have Access To The Safe & Affordable Housin… Continue Reading
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
Community-Based Violence Intervention (CVI) Programs Are Designed To Stop The Violence From Ever Occurring In The First Place By Supporting Those At Greatest Risk Of Gun Violence Schumer: Epidemic of Gun Violence In The Hudson Valley Must Be Confronted Head-On With Federal Investment In CVI Programs Standing at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center with officials, law enforcement, community violence prevention experts, and advocates from Poughkeepsie and Newburgh, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charl… Continue Reading
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
20% Of All Deaths In Sullivan Just Last Month Were Opioid-Related; Despite That Sullivan Is Hudson Valley's ONLY County Not Designated A 'High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area,' Blocking Vital Federal Resources To Beat Back Scourge Schumer Launches Two-Part Plan: (1) Make Sullivan HIDTA-Designated To Stop Dangerous Drug Traffickers (2) Supercharge Community-Based Addiction Treatment, Harm Reduction, & Recovery Resources To Get Residents The Help They Need Schumer To Feds: Give Sullivan Coun… Continue Reading
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
Wolfspeed's New Mohawk Valley Chip Fab Will Be The First, Largest And Only 200mm Silicon Carbide Fabrication Facility In The World, Bringing 600 Good-Paying Jobs To New York; Schumer Says Fab Will Help Ease National Chip Shortage & Be Catalyst For Additional Tech Investment In The Region As Marcy Nanocenter Is In Discussions With Multiple Semiconductor Companies To Invest In Site, Schumer-Led U.S. Innovation And Competition Act Creates First-Ever Incentives To Help Land New Chip Fab in Moha… Continue Reading
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
After Schumer Advocated To Commerce Secretary Raimondo Directly For Binghamton University's New Energy NY Proposal It Was Selected For Exclusive Opportunity To Compete For Up To A $100 Million Grant To Transform The Southern Tier Economy With Major Manufacturing & Tech Hub Funding From Schumer's U.S. Innovation & Competition Act In The Works, Senator Says Binghamton Is Primed To Tap Into These Fed $$$ To Power The Future Of Battery Innovation And Bring Manufacturing Back To America Sch… Continue Reading
04.18.22
WITH SINKING USS THE SULLIVANS BEHIND HIM, SCHUMER LAUNCHES THREE-PRONG PUSH TO SECURE FEDERAL $$$ AND SAVE THE HISTORIC SHIP
Last Week, The Beloved WWII Naval Museum Ship Started Sinking After A Serious Hull Breach & Presumed Pump Failure; Schumer Began Working To Develop An All Hands On Deck Approach To Save Buffalo Landmark Senator Says His Plan Is Emergency Lifeboat - A Down Payment- The USS The Sullivan Needs To Begin Work & Set Sail Once Again Schumer: I Am Putting Out An SOS-- Save Our Sullivans-- To Preserve Buffalo Landmark For Generations To Come After the USS The Sullivans tragically began sinki… Continue Reading
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
Senator Says Pandemic Skyrocketed Outdoor Recreation Tourism In Upstate NY, BUT Fed Support For This Economic Driver Has Not Kept Up, Stifling Opportunity For Further Growth In The Over $21B NY Outdoor Rec Industry That Provides 240K+ NY Jobs Schumer's Rural Outdoor Investment Act Would Give Columbia County's Rural Communities The $$$ Needed For Outdoor Infrastructure, Planning, And Business Assistance To Drive Tourism & Revitalize Downtowns Schumer: It Is Time To Hike Up Funding For Colu… Continue Reading
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
Toxins In Burn Pit Smoke Can Have Long Term Health Effects From Cancers To Respiratory Illnesses, But Veterans Struggle To Receive Coverage & Have Claims Denied For These Conditions Linked To Burn Pit Exposure Senator Says Honoring Our PACT Act Will Cut Red Tape So Vets Exposed To Environmental Hazards Can Get Their Health Care Benefits; Schumer Promises To Bring Bill For A Vote This Congress. Every Member Will Have to Go on the Record And Show How Much They Really Support Veterans Schume… Continue Reading
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
Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) Is One Of Only Two High-Energy Synchrotron X-Ray Sources In U.S.; The Lab Has Generated Revolutionary Scientific Research In Numerous Fields, Including Discoveries That Led To Two Nobel Prizes Thanks To Schumer's Years Of Work, CHESS Went From The Chopping Block To An Expansion That Will Create A New Frontier For National Innovation That Is Primed To Tap More Investment From Schumer's Bipartisan Innovation and Competition Act Schumer: New Funding… Continue Reading
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
In First Omnibus As Majority Leader, Schumer Delivers BIG For Chautauqua County And WNY Supporting Essential Community And Long Overdue Harbor Upgrades To Safeguard Continued Access The Great Lakes Senator Secures Millions To Fund Essential Repairs & Dredge Harbors To Remove Years Of Sediment Build Up; Ensuring Harbors Remain Navigable For Boats, Boosting Flood Prevention, & Protecting Vital Summer Tourism Industry Schumer: Clear Waters And Full Steam Ahead For Chautauqua County Infr… Continue Reading
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
Senator Says Pandemic Skyrocketed Outdoor Recreation Tourism In Upstate NY, BUT Fed Support For This Economic Driver Has Not Kept Up, Stifling Opportunity For Further Growth In The Over $21B NY Outdoor Rec Industry That Provides 240K+ NY Jobs Schumer's Rural Outdoor Investment Act Would Give Finger Lakes Communities The $$$ Needed For Outdoor Infrastructure, Planning, And Business Assistance To Drive Tourism & Revitalize Downtowns Schumer: It Is Time To Hike Up Funding For Finger Lakes Ou… Continue Reading
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
Last Month, Senator Huddled With Sec. Buttigieg To Ensure Syracuse's I-81 Was On Fast Track To Be Approved And Community Concerns From Housing To Environmental Needs Would Be Addressed Now Schumer Says Final EIS For Syracuse's I-81 Is Expected Tomorrow Schumer: Fed Greenlight En Route For I-81 Following his visit to Syracuse last month to ensure the I-81 project stayed on track, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that I-81’s Environmental Impact Statement … Continue Reading
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
Schumer Says Staten Island Can Be Central To The Offshore Wind Supply Chain-BUT It Will Take Investment; In New Letter To Transportation Sec. Buttigieg, Schumer Pushes For Major Fed Investment To Upgrade Arthur Kill's Port Infrastructure Admin & NYS Have Established Bold Goals For Offshore Wind Power By 2030; Funding For Arthur Kill Project Would Help Advance Those Goals & Make Sure Wind Technology Is Made In America, Including In NY Schumer: With Fed Funding, St… Continue Reading
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
USDA Will Boost Delaware County LDC To Provide Low-Interest Loans To Underserved Businesses & Create Jobs In The Region Schumer: USDA Funding Will Strengthen The Recovery of Delaware County's Small Businesses U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that the U.S. Department of the Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Rural Development has approved the Delaware County Local Development Corporation (LDC) for $750,000 in funding from the Intermediary Relending Program. This… Continue Reading
