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Schumer’s Relentless, Year-Long Advocacy To Elevate Binghamton University’s New Energy NY To The National Level Included Personal Calls to Commerce Secretary, Letters and Op-Eds, Delivered Major Fed Investment, will Energize The Southern Tier Economy And Jumpstart Cutting-Edge Battery Research and Manufacturing Now, Following His Personal Invitation Last Month, Schumer Brings U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Castillo To Show How The Greater... Read More

Schumer, Along With Governor Hochul, Just Brokered The Largest Economic Development Project In NYS History For Micron To Invest Up To $100 Billion & Create 50,000 Good-Paying Jobs In Nearby Onondaga County; Adding To New York’s Semiconductor Corridor That Includes Wolfspeed’s New Mohawk Valley Chip Fab –The First, Largest And Only 200mm Silicon Carbide Fabrication Facility In The World With His CHIPS and Science Act Spurring Major Investment In Upstate’s Chip... Read More

Schumer Fought Non-Stop For Over A Year, Calling Commerce Secretary Multiple Times, Writing Op-Eds, And Uplifting Binghamton University’s New Energy NY To The National Level To Deliver Major Fed Investment To Transform The Southern Tier Economy And Jumpstart Cutting-Edge Battery Research and Manufacturing Now, Following His Personal Invitation Last Month, Schumer Will Join U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Castillo To Show How The Greater Binghamton Area Is... Read More

Schumer’s CHIPS And Science Bill Includes Major Fed Investment In Companies Like Edwards That Supply Equipment For Making Microchips And Senator Says With Micron’s Major Investment On The Horizon, And Other Industry Leaders Like GlobalFoundries And Wolfspeed Nearby, The Timing Couldn’t Be Better To Make NY Their New Home   STAMP, In Heart of NY Semiconductor Corridor, with Low-Cost Available Utilities, Infrastructure & Surrounding World-Class Skilled Workforce Make It... Read More

Schumer Unveils Formal Call To Feds For A “Road Safety Audit” Based On Findings In Recent Analysis That Detailed LI Crashes, Dangers Over A 4-Year Span; Feds Would Work With State & Locals, Take Fresh Look At Road/Intersections, Traffic Flow, As Well As Other Characteristics To Identify Safety Improvements—Like Installing Crash Attenuators, Signals, Dealing With Speed & More Schumer Will Reveal That Recently-Passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill He Led Through Congress... Read More

With Upstate New York Growing As a Global Hub For The Microchip Industry, Schumer Launches All Out Effort To Strengthen National Security, Boost US Chip Industry, And Create Upstate NY Jobs By Ensuring Semiconductor Products Used By The Feds Are Made In The U.S. Schumer—Author Of The Historic CHIPS & Science Bill That Is Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Jobs Back From Overseas—Now Wants To Cut Off Fed Use Of Chips From Companies With Known Links To The Chinese Communist... Read More

With The Capital Region Growing As a Global Hub For The Microchip Industry, Schumer Launches All Out Effort To Strengthen National Security, Boost US Chip Industry, And Create Upstate NY Jobs By Ensuring Semiconductor Products Used By The Feds Are Made In The U.S. Schumer—Author Of The Historic CHIPS And Science Bill That Is Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Jobs Back From Overseas—Now Wants To Cut Off Fed Use Of Chips From Companies With Known Links To The Chinese Communist Party... Read More

New York, NY – After years of advocating for the cleanup and transformation of Ulster County’s former Tech City campus, once the 30-year home of IBM, now known as iPark87, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Representative Patrick Ryan today released the following statements on the long awaited removal of the toxic piles of asbestos: “After a long and arduous battle, the mountains of asbestos and debris are finally gone, and a once-contaminated dumping... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that he has secured a $754,000 U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) Marine Highways Grant for the Port of Oswego Authority to purchase a new low-emission reach stacker. The senator wrote to Transportation Secretary Buttigieg to advocate on the Port of Oswego’s behalf. Schumer said this critical new equipment will help the Port significantly improve its ability to load and unload... Read More

Joanne Kwong Is President Of Iconic Pearl River Mart, And Kevin Kim Serves As Commissioner Of New York City’s Small Business Services; The Two Will Be Part Of The 8-Person Commission To Study Potential Museum Creation As Directed Under Legislation Meng & Schumer Passed Into Law Today, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and U.S. Representative Grace Meng announced the senator’s two appointees for the commission to study the potential creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific... Read More

After Hospitals Just Faced Harshest Years Because Of The Pandemic, Schumer Says Vital Federal Medicare Reimbursement Programs, The Low-Volume Hospital (LVH) And Medicare-Dependent Hospital (MDH) Funds, Are Set To Expire By End Of This Year Putting Rural Upstate NY Hospitals At Risk Of Major Cliff Schumer Secured A Short Term Extension In Just Passed Temporary Budget Bill – But If The Program Isn’t Renewed Rural Upstate Hospitals Would Lose Millions – Resulting In Rural... Read More

Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities & Health Centers Heroically Responded To COVID Outbreak, Ripping Holes In Their Budgets To Hire Emergency Staff Senators Say FEMA Funding – At A 100% Federal Cost Share – Will Reimburse The Healthcare Facilities For Costs; Funding Comes On Heels Of Over $3.6M Senators Delivered To Mohawk Valley Health System Earlier This Year Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Funding Will Give Mohawk Valle Health System Support It Needs To Keep Saving Lives U.S.... Read More

When The Canandaigua VA Was Targeted For Closure In 2003, Schumer Successfully Led The Charge To Block Closure Plans And Thanks To His Relentless Advocacy Instead Secured Over $443M So Far To Upgrade Campus, Build New Outpatient Clinic, Safeguard It From Future Closure Threats Schumer Secured $60M Phase 4 Will Construct 2 New Housing Cottages To House Dozens Of Veterans And Complete Major Upgrades To Buildings 4 And 5; Now Schumer Is Pushing For Final $62.5M To Complete The Major Overhaul Begun... Read More

Landmark Partnership Creates Largest Investment in a Manufacturing Project in New York State History; the New Megafab Will Create Nearly 50,000 Jobs, Plus Thousands of Prevailing Wage Construction Jobs  With Schumer's Historic Federal CHIPS and Science Act As the Fuse, and Utilizing New York's Innovative Green CHIPS Legislation, Micron Will Build Largest Clean Room in Nation; Agreement Establishes $500 Million Community Fund and Prioritizes Hiring for Disadvantaged Communities, Veterans,... Read More

More Than 700,000 Upstate NY Households Tapped Fed Home Energy Assistance Program In Past Fiscal Year, BUT With Energy Sector Still Strained By COVID And Supply Chain Issues From Conflict In Ukraine Schumer Says Families And Seniors Need Added Funds To Help Pay Their Bills Thanks To Schumer’s Advocacy, Struggling Upstate Families Will Continue To Be Able To Tap This Program As Industry Predicts Heating Spikes This Winter – Senator Said Securing More Funding In Final Budget Is Crucial... Read More

Washington, D.C. – After personally visiting the St. Lawrence Seaway Visitors’ Center in 2018 and successfully delivering over $6 million in federal funding through U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the once dilapidated Visitors’ Center. Senator Schumer today released the following statement on the groundbreaking of the new facility: “I was proud to fight for and deliver $6 million to modernize the St. Lawrence Seaway Visitors’ Center,” said... Read More

Troy And Saratoga Springs Fire Department Have Faced Staffing Challenges, Impacting Their Ability To Respond To Daily Emergencies- Now Thanks To This Major Federal Boost Delivered By Schumer And Gillibrand They Will Have The Resources They Need To Hire 30 New Firefighters  Funding Comes On The Heels Of Senators Delivering Over $1M Through The AFG Program To Troy & Schenectady Fire Departments Earlier This Summer To Purchase Essential Equipment And Train Troy Firefighters To Become... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced over $2.6 million in federal funding for firefighters across Upstate New York. The funding was allocated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The senators said the funding will be used to purchase essential equipment, boost training and provide firefighters the support they need to keep New Yorkers and themselves safe. “From the... Read More

Schumer Fought Non-Stop For Over A Year, Calling Commerce Secretary Multiple Times For Binghamton University’s New Energy NY Proposal To Transform The Southern Tier Economy And Successfully Deliver Major Fed Funding To Jumpstart BU’s Cutting-Edge Battery Research And Manufacturing Proposal  Now Schumer Wants Feds To Strike While The Iron Is Hot, And Personally See Southern Tier Potential; Senator Says Fed Programs He Created Will Be Major Piece Of The Puzzle As Upstate Battery... Read More

Following Tragic 2009 Plane Crash, Schumer Fought Alongside Families Of Flight 3407 Victims To Create Critical Flight Safety Regulations, Including Requirement That Pilots Log 1,500 Flight Hours In Order To Receive Certificate And Pilot Record Database  Since The Rule Was Enacted There Has Not Been A Fatal Crash On A U.S. Airline, But Special Interests Were Pushing To Reduce The Safety Measures, Prompting Schumer To Launch All Out Push To Stop Any Roll Back  Schumer: Today Special... Read More