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Earlier This Year, Sullivan County Head Start Suddenly Closed, Sparking Confusion And Leaving Local Parents Without Child Care & Dozens Of Employees Without Jobs Schumer’s Office Immediately Reached Out And Worked To Expedite Federal Process, In Lockstep With Local Leaders, To Cut Through Red Tape & Restore Childcare; Now Sullivan County’s Head Start Will Reopen Next Week – Resuming Full Operations To Get Families The Care They Need Starting April 9th Following Schumer’s relentless... Read More

Blind Bay Is Home To One Of Upstate New York’s Most Prolific Muskellunge Spawning Areas; However, A New Facility In Region Could Devastate Fragile St. Lawrence River Ecosystem, A Major Hit To The Tourism Economy Schumer Has Been Relentless Advocate For The North Country Saying The Feds Must Find A Mutually Agreeable Solution With Community That Protects Environment and Local Economy & Allows Agency To Continue Essential Work Now, As CBP Moves Forward With The Supplemental Environmental... Read More

Schumer Personally Secured Funding To Boost In-Demand Job Training Programs, Including Healthcare Apprenticeships With Rochester’s Ibero-American Action League Schumer Also Secured $$$ For Both New  Semiconductor Training Initiative At Monroe Community College To Boost Fed Tech Hub Designation He Delivered Last Year From His CHIPS & Science Law, & Technology Upgrades at SUNY Geneseo Schumer: New Fed Funding Will Supercharge Future Rochester Workforce U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles... Read More

Congressionally Directed Spending Secured By The Senators Will Boost Manufacturing Programs At RPI, Siena College & HVCC, Upgrade Healthcare Infrastructure For Ellis Hospital & Albany Med, And More U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced they have secured $3,822,000 for critical local projects across the Capital Region in the FY2024 spending bill. This funding will provide vital resources for important local projects that address... Read More

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND DELIVER $3 MILLION FOR SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S SOUTH SIDE INNOVATION CENTER AND CENTERSTATE CEO TO HELP MAXIMIZE IMPACTS OF MICRON COMING TO CENTRAL NY, ATTRACTING SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES & CONNECTING LOCAL BUSINESSES TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES With Micron Coming To CNY, Thanks To Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Law, Senators Secure Funding To Make Critical Upgrades To The South Side Innovation Center For Their Training & Business Programs, And To Help Prepare Local Businesses... Read More

Upstate NY Is In A Manufacturing Boom From Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Act – From Micron’s Landmark $100 Billion Investment In CNY To Companies Like Menlo Micro Coming To The Southern Tier – Senator Says This Is Only The Beginning, And Vital We Get Students Skills They Need Now For These Jobs With Fed $$$ From The Senators, Binghamton University Will Purchase State-Of-The-Art Equipment For Its Nanofabrication Laboratory—A Cleanroom Which Trains Students For Careers In Upstate NY’s Booming... Read More

Following His Invitation, Senator Brings NSF Top Brass To UB; With Feds Investing Big In AI Development, Including First Of Its Kind National AI Research Resource Pilot, Schumer Doubles Down On Buffalo And Broader Upstate Region As Hub For Innovation From New Fed-Funded UB AI Research Institute To NYS’s UB-Based Empire AI Consortium & Fed Tech Hub Designation For Chips –The Foundation Of AI Tech –Schumer Says Now Is Time For Feds To Invest More In Western NY As He Pushes Congress To Address... Read More

Thanks To Schumer’s Relentless Advocacy, Including Personally Calling Postmaster DeJoy Directly To Demand No Changes, USPS Will Not Transfer ANY Mail Processing Operations To Rochester – Ensuring Western NY Remains A Central Hub For Mail Delivery Schumer, Along With Dozens Of Local Leaders, Has Been Calling For USPS To Keep Mail Processing Operations At Buffalo, Personally Called Postmaster DeJoy To Stop Any Plans To Transfer Operations, Workers, Or Equipment Out Of Buffalo Schumer: USPS Has... Read More

In The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, The Senators Secured An Unprecedented $1 Billion For the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Now Those $$$ Are Flowing To Buffalo-Niagara Waterkeeper To Help Protect WNY’s Great Lakes Communities Funding Is A Part Of A $35 Million Investment For Environmental Justice Projects Across the Great Lakes Announced Yesterday By The Biden Administration Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Flowing To WNY Will Help Preserve Our Beautiful Waterways For Years To Come U.S.... Read More

Communities Across New York – Including The Hudson Valley – Have Seen Tens Of Thousands In Merchandise Stolen From Stores Amid Spike In Organized Retail Thefts – Hurting Local Businesses And Shoppers Via Higher Prices And Harder To Access Goods Schumer Says Feds Must Increase Enforcement Against These Crime Rings & Black-Market Dealers At The Top To Stanch This Problem At Its Source; Senator Pushes Feds To Use Authority Under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act – Which... Read More

Funding Will Allow DAY ONE Early Learning Community In Poughkeepsie To Establish New Classroom for 18-36 Month-Olds And Expand Offerings for 3-4 Year-Olds U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that they have secured $1,200,000 in the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package for DAY ONE Early Learning Community, a preschool in Poughkeepsie that serves low-income children and families. The funding will allow DAY ONE to hire seven new... Read More

After Years Of Dealing With Devastating Snow Storms In Upstate NY, Schumer Launched Efforts Last Year To Update Archaic Federal Snow Policies Which Hinder Communities From Receiving Federal Assistance After Damaging Winter Weather Now As We Enter Spring, Schumer Wants To Make Next Winter Different And Is Leading A Letter With 25 Senators From Both Sides Of The Aisle Urging FEMA To Use Their Existing Authority To Change The Rules On Snow Reimbursement Schumer: FEMA’s Policy of No Dough For Snow... Read More

Communities Across New York – Including Rochester & Ontario County, Have Seen Millions In Merchandise Stolen From Stores Amid Spike In Organized Retail Thefts – Hurting Local Businesses And Shoppers Via Higher Prices And Harder to Access Goods Schumer Says Feds Must Increase Enforcement Against These Crime Rings & Black-Market Dealers At The Top To Stanch This Problem At Its Source; Senator Pushes Feds To Use Authority Under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act –... Read More

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that they have secured $2,118,000 for critical local projects across Western New York in the just-passed bipartisan funding package for Fiscal Year 2024. The funding will support local projects that will address youth violence prevention, provide resources to first responders and bolster academic programs at Niagara University and St. Bonaventure University. “This $2+ million is a major boost for... Read More

DOE Is Awarding Kraft Heinz Up To $170M Total To Upgrade 10 Facilities Across America, Including Lewis County’s, With Heat Pumps And Other Clean Energy Modernizations, Creating Good Paying Jobs And Reducing Annual Emissions by 300,000+ Tons of CO2 Schumer Created Program In The IRA & Infrastructure Laws He Led To Passage To Boost Projects Like The North Country’s Kraft Heinz Modernization — Building On His Long History To Strengthen Lowville’s Kraft Heinz Plant, Which He Helped Save In... Read More

Funding Will Go To Trillium Health, Rochester General Hospital, Nazareth University, And The Emergency Operations Centers of Livingston Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that they have secured $3,173,000 in the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package to improve health care access and shore up emergency operations in the Finger Lakes. The funding will help provide health care and supportive services to underserved communities and... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Will Help Our Brave First Responders During Emergencies & Keep Our Mohawk Valley Residents Safe U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced they have secured $1,200,000 in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills for the City of Utica to construct a centrally located emergency operation, medical, and fire center (EOC). The senators said the complex will allow for faster emergency deployment measures and... Read More

Rockland County & Clarkstown Have Long Been Subject To Recurrent Flooding During Storms Now Schumer’s Delivering $2+ Million For Town Of Clarkstown For The Jeffrey Court Flood Prevention Project To Help Area Frequently Plagued By Hackensack River Overflow, And Working With Gillibrand Is Also Delivering $375K To Begin Study of NYS Thruway To Divert Water To Keep Rockland’s Roads Safe Schumer: New Fed $$$ Will Help Get Long Needed Clarkstown Flood Mitigation Projects Back On Track   U.S.... Read More

Rehabilitation Of The Armory, Built In 1904 & Not Updated Since, Will Make The Facility Modern, Adaptable And Sustainable To Support Readiness & Training Of Army Units The 69th Regiment, First Assembled In 1851, Mostly Consisted Of Irish Immigrants; The Regiment Served With Distinction, And Now Leads New York City’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Every Year Schumer, Gillibrand, Nadler: We’re Proud To Bring This Fed Investment Home To The Historic Lex Ave Armory, To Not Only Honor Its... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law $$$ Are Improving Safety And Helping Critical Upgrades For Griffiss International Airport Take Off U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Rome Griffiss International Airport a total of $1,200,000 in competitive federal funding from the Contract Tower Competitive Grant Program, through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment &... Read More