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Senator Says Fed Investment Will Strengthen Health of Madison County With New Facilities, Protecting Local Jobs, & Improving Healthcare In CNY USDA Rural Development Loan Guarantee Will Help Community Memorial Hospital’s Plans Finally Move Forward To Expand, Renovate, Modernize, And Retool Over 42,000 SF Of Patient Treatment Space From Radiology To Labs, Rehabilitation And More                       Schumer: Fed $$ Is The Shot-In-The-Arm Community Memorial Hospital Needed To Expand And Boost... Read More

Stratton Air National Guard Base’s One-of-a-Kind LC-130H Aircraft, Used For Essential NSF Climate Research, Polar Rescue And Maintaining U.S. Leadership In The North & South Poles, Are Up to Five Decades Old & In Constant Need Of Repairs, Creating A Dangerous Amount Of Uncertainty For Airlift Missions Schumer Visited Earlier This Year, And Now Has Made Major Progress By Authorizing Fed $$$ For Ski-Birds In The FY2025 Senate NDAA; Says Now House Needs To Back Funding, Too, So New Planes... Read More

Schumer-Created Programs—AFG & SAFER—Critical Fed Funding Streams Which Directly Staff And Purchase Lifesaving Equipment To Keep Communities And Have Delivered $100+M To Upstate NY Fire Departments in Past 3 Years Alone Schumer: After Sounding Alarm, Lifesaving Fed Funding For Our Heroic NY Fire Departments Will Be Protected For Years To Come After standing with firefighters across NY, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced the Fire Grants and Safety Act, which would... Read More

Days After Senate GOP Shoots Down Popular Women’s Reproductive Bill, Schumer Says He Is Bringing New Bill To Floor TOMORROW To Protect & Expand Access To IVF; Senator Says The ‘Right To IVF Act’ Would Establish Nationwide Right To Receive, Provide Or Cover IVF Services – And Expand IVF Insurance Coverage Senator Says IVF Is Under Attack—Across NYS, Roughly 10,000+ Babies Were Born Because Of Miracle IVF Access In 2022; MAGA Courts Across Country Have Already Made Clear Women’s Rights Can Be... Read More

Schumer: New Fed $$$ Will Be Big Boost For ANDRO, Rome Lab & Oneida County Tech Sector U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC. of Rome, NY was awarded a highly competitive $2 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance next generation internet of things (IoT) and wireless technologies by developing a scalable, open-source, fifth generation (5G) testbed for advanced telecommunications... Read More

CAH Status Provides Upstate Hospitals Like Wyoming County Community Health With Enhanced Reimbursement Rates, Which Will Bring In Millions In Critical Funding To Support Healthcare Services Schumer Has Been A Champion Of The CAH Program For Years And Successfully Saved The Program And Several Upstate New York Hospitals At Risk Of Losing Their CAH Status Last Year, Which Helped Wyoming County Community Health System Receive This Critical Designation To Continue Lifesaving Care U.S. Senate... Read More

The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Has Been At The Heart Of The African American Community For Nearly 200 Years Schumer: Buffalo’s Michigan St. Corridor Is A National Treasure, And This Funding Will Help Preserve Its Legacy For Generations To Come U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission has received $100,000 in federal funding as part of a Museum Grant for African American History and... Read More

Fed $$ Will Make It Cheaper For Hudson Valley School Districts To Purchase Dozens Of New Electric Low And Zero-Emission Buses – Helping Make Transition Easier For Schools That Want To Go Green, Boosting Local Taxpayers & Protecting Hudson Valley’s Children Health Diesel Exhaust From School Buses Not Only Pollutes The Environment, But Has Been Linked To Asthma In Children; Now Thousands Of Children Will Have Cleaner Air When Riding To School U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Catholic Health System Heroically Provided Medical Staff To Help With Increased Patient Loads, Severity And Length Of Stay During COVID Outbreak Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal $$$ Will Help Catholic Health System Recover From Economic Impacts Of COVID-19 Pandemic And Keep Up Lifesaving Care U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced Catholic Health System will receive two grants, one for $15,184,299 and an additional $20,175,953, from the... Read More

Schumer Created Tech Hubs Program In His CHIPS & Science Law With Upstate NY In Mind, And Pulled Out All The Stops To Land Designation For Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse Region, Joining Elite Group Of Only 31 Out Of Hundreds That Applied; Now Schumer Says First Major Funding Awards Could Come As Soon As Next Month   Schumer Personally Met With Commerce Secretary Raimondo To Make Final Pitch On How Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse Are A Step Above The Competition—Already Attracting New Supply Chain... Read More

Poughkeepsie Family Partnership Center Took Over The Old High School Nearly A Decade Ago, To Transform It Into Hub For Dozens Of Nonprofits & Families To Receive Vital Community Services From Healthcare To Youth Programs – But The Aging Structure Still Needs Many Major Renovations, Including Cleanup Of Toxic Asbestos Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million In Fed Funding for Brownfield Sites Across NY, With Poughkeepsie As The Largest Single Award In NY; New $$ Build On $1 Million Schumer & Ryan... Read More

Schumer Fought Tooth & Nail To Protect Vital Combat Rescue Helicopter Program That Supports Jobs In Southern Tier, Which Had Faced Major Potential Cuts; On Heels Of Delivering $400M+ For Helicopter Program, Senator Stands With Lockheed Workers To Highlight How Their Work Is Vital To America’s National Security Building On His Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law To Bolster National Security, Bring Chip Supply Chains Back To America, And Make NY #1 In Chips Industry, Schumer Announces New, Key... Read More

Fed $$ Will Make Lower Costs For Capital Region School Districts From South Glens Falls to Lansingburgh Central To Bethlehem To Purchase Dozens Of New, Electric Low And Zero-Emission Buses – Helping Make Transition Easier For Schools That Want To Go Green, Boosting Local Taxpayers & Protecting Capital Region Children’s Health Diesel Exhaust From School Buses Not Only Pollutes The Environment, But Has Been Linked To Asthma In Children; Now Thousands Of Children Will Have Cleaner Air When... Read More

Fed $$ Will Help Lower Costs For Buffalo & WNY School Districts To Purchase Dozens Of New, Electric Low And Zero-Emission Buses – Helping Make Transition Easier For Schools That Want To Go Green, Boosting Local Taxpayers & Protecting WNY Children’s Health Diesel Exhaust From School Buses Not Only Pollutes The Environment, But Has Been Linked To Asthma In Children; Now Thousands Of Children Will Have Cleaner Air When Riding To School U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today... Read More

Last Year, Schumer Stood At Abandoned “Buisch” Gas Station To Launch Push, And Now He Is Delivering The Funding To Transform Dozens Of Toxic Finger Lakes Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayers Now Schumer Has Secured New Fed $$ To Clean Up Dozens Of These Sites Across The Region, Which Will Help Jumpstart Cleanup And Transform Eyesores — Like Abandoned Gas Stations, Polluted Factories, And Large Sites Like The Seneca Army... Read More

Schumer & Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Western NY, Especially Along Rainbow Bridge & Peace Bridges, Has Seen Surge Of Practice Known ‘FlagPoling’ – Where Canadians Seeking Canadian Work Authorization Exploit A Legal Loophole and Enter The US Only For A Few Hours To Expedite Their Work Permits – Which Are Facing Long Wait Times In Canada – Bogging Down Crossings And Frustrating Border Protection Officers Who Must Take Extra Time To Process These Cases Schumer Is Now Calling On... Read More

Schumer Says New Fed $$ Will Help Transform Properties In Allegany County Like Abandoned Gas Stations, Defunct Manufacturing Sites, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayer Schumer: Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY That Will Improve Public Health, Community Safety, And Create New Economic Development Opportunities Schumer: Cleanup And Reuse Of These Community Eyesores For... Read More

Schumer Says New Fed $$ Will Help Clean Up Brownfields And Eyesores And Transform Blighted Properties Across Oneida County Like The Former Rome Cable Tower Site, The Former St. Luke’s Campus, Vacant Lots, Abandoned Sites, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping Take Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayer Schumer: This Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY & Will Improve Public Health & Safety Of Communities By Revitalizing... Read More

Schumer Says New Fed $$ For Fulton & Greene County, And City Of Gloversville, Will Help Clean Up & Transform Eyesores And Blighted Properties Like Abandoned Tanneries, The Former Decca Records Site, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayer Schumer: This Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY & Will Improve Public Health & Safety Of Communities By Revitalizing Hazardous... Read More

Transform Blighted Properties Like Abandoned Gas Stations, Defunct Manufacturing Sites, And Other Fallow Brownfields Into Sites For Productive Use, Helping To Take The Burden Of Polluted Properties Off Local Taxpayers Schumer: This Funding Is Part Of $18+ Million for Brownfield Sites Across NY & Will Improve The Public Health & Safety Of Communities By Revitalizing Hazardous Sites While Creating New Development & Job Opportunities Schumer: Cleanup And Reuse Of These Toxic Community... Read More