Press Releases
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
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
Schumer Doubles Down On Boosting Rochester As A Tech Research Hub; Following His Invitation, Senator Brings NSF Top Brass To University of Rochester To See How Finger Lakes Region Can Drive American Innovation and Jobs Schumer's U.S. Innovation & Competition Act Is Slated To Significantly Increase Federal Investment In Research And Workers, Strengthen Domestic Manufacturing To Fix Supply Chains And Lower Costs for Working Families Schumer To National Science Foundation: From Rochester Las… Continue Reading
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
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
04.11.22
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
After Schumer Lobbied Commerce Secretary Raimondo Directly To Advocate For Buffalo, WNY; Advanced Manufacturing Proposal Was Selected For Final Round To Compete For Up To A $100 Million Grant To Transform The WNY Economy With Major Tech Hub Funding From Schumer's U.S. Innovation & Competition Act In The Works, Senator Says WNY Must Strike While The Iron Is Hot To Bolster Its Tech Infrastructure and Workforce To Bring Manufacturing Back to the U.S. Schumer: WNY's Selection As One Of Nation… Continue Reading
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
In Letter To OMB & Army Corps, Schumer & Gillibrand Pushed To Fully Fund The Jamaica Bay Stony Creek Marsh Island Project; OMB & USACE Then Included The Funding In Their 2023 Work Plan Vital Funding Will Be Used For Design & Construction Work Today U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced $18.61 million in funding they secured for the Jamaica Bay Stony Creek Marsh Island restoration in the 2023 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastruct… Continue Reading
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
Schumer Doubles Down On Boosting Rochester As A Tech Center; Will Personally Bring NSF Top Brass To University of Rochester To See How The Finger Lakes Region Can Drive American Tech Leadership Schumer's U.S. Innovation & Competition Act Is Slated To Make Major Investments In NSF And Tech Hubs, And Grow NY Tech Companies, And Manufacturing Schumer To National Science Foundation: Come See For Yourself Everything Rochester Has To Offer - From Laser Lab To A Topnotch Tech Workforce - The Fing… Continue Reading
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
Expanded Partnership Between GlobalFoundries & PsiQuantum Will Develop Next Generation Of Photonic Quantum Computing System Senator Secures Funding To Advance Quantum Computing & Cyber Capabilities Over China; Funding Will Boost The Mohawk Valley & Capital Region Economy, Create Jobs, Bolster National Security Schumer: Upstate New York Is Leading The World In Quantum Computing & Tech Of The Future U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced $25 million in fe… Continue Reading
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
Expanded Partnership Between GlobalFoundries & PsiQuantum Will Develop Next Generation Of Photonic Quantum Computing System Senator Secures Funding To Advance Quantum Computing & Cyber Capabilities Over China; Funding Will Boost The Mohawk Valley & Capital Region Economy, Create Jobs, Bolster National Security Schumer: Upstate New York Is Leading The World In Quantum Computing & Tech Of The Future U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced $25 million in fe… Continue Reading
