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First-Ever BBB Regional Challenge Grants Provide Opportunity For Transformational Investment To Revitalize CNY Economies By Promoting Emerging Industries, Innovation, And Workforce Development CenterState CEO’s Smart Systems Proposal Aims To Grow Central NY And Mohawk Valley Semiconductor And UAS Industries, Quantum Computing, STEAM Education, And Boost Upstate Tech Infrastructure Schumer To EDA: Fed Award Will Be The Green Light CNY Needs To Attract Major Employers To Shovel Ready Sites... Read More

BBB Regional Challenge Grants Provide Opportunity For Transformational Investment To Revitalize Local Economies By Promoting Emerging Industries, Innovation, And Workforce Development Upstate New York Optoelectronics Cluster Proposal Aims To Accelerate Manufacturing Operations Across Upstate Of Key Products Like Fiber Optics, Batteries, Drones And Sensors Schumer to EDA: From Buffalo To Rochester And Throughout Upstate New York, Investing In This Project Is A Win-Win-Win: Will Supercharge... Read More

BBB Regional Challenge Grants Provide Opportunity For Transformational Investment To Revitalize Local Economies By Promoting Emerging Industries, Innovation, And Workforce Development Western New York Advanced Manufacturing Cluster Would Scale Up Innovation, Advance Inclusive Workforce Development, And Develop Infrastructure To Rapidly Expand The Growing Advanced Manufacturing Sector In WNY Upstate New York Optoelectronics Cluster Proposal Aims To Accelerate Manufacturing Operations Across... Read More

Senators Say Pandemic Created Unnavigable Storms For Airports; Fed Assistance To Help Upstate Economies Take Off Schumer, Gillibrand: After Significant Losses During The Pandemic, COVID Relief Funding Will Help Upstate New York Airports Recover And Reach New Heights U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $39,172,473 in COVID-19 relief funding to airports and counties across... Read More

Essential Air Service Funding Will Guarantee 12 Nonstop Round Trip American Airlines Flights From Watertown To Philadelphia Per Week In 2015, Schumer Secured Federal Funding To Extend Runway & Critical Improvements To Allow Larger Jets, Like Those Used By American Airlines, To Be Cleared for Take-Off Schumer: New Funding Will Ensure American Airlines Fly’s In Watertown For Years To Come, And Help North Country Economy Soar U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced... Read More

Senator Says Capital Region And Upstate New York Can Be Home To The Offshore Wind Supply Chain—BUT It Will Take Federal Investment To Fully Lift Off  Schumer Calls Secretary Buttigieg To Directly Advocate For Funding for the Port of Albany Through U.S. DOT’s MARAD Port Infrastructure Development Grant Program  Schumer To Feds: Investing In Port of Albany Would Be A Win-Win-Win, Creating Hundreds Of New Green-Energy Union Jobs, Combatting Climate Change, & Helping NY... Read More

New York Receives 3rd Largest Investment In Water  State Revolving Funds In The Country; Includes Funding To Remove Lead Pipes And Toxic Pollutants From Drinking Water  Senator Say New York State Has Some Of The Oldest Water Systems In The Country And Funding Will Provide Long-Overdue, Critical Support To Modernize Drinking Water And Wastewater Infrastructure  Schumer: Bipartisan Infrastructure Act Will Get New York’s Water Systems Flowing Like Never Before!  U.S.... Read More

Israel-Based Tower Semiconductor Is Considering Several Locations To Be The Site Of Their New U.S. Semiconductor Fab, Including New York; Schumer Says NYS Sites Like STAMP In WNY, White Pine In CNY, Luther Forest In The Capital Region and Marcy Nanocenter In The Mohawk Valley Are Prime For Investment Schumer Has Proposed Billions To Implement Federal Semiconductor Manufacturing And R&D Incentives So Microchips Can Be Made in the USA; Pushes To Land Tower Semiconductor Fab & Cementing NY... Read More

Before Heading To DC, Schumer Reveals New Survey Data Showing That—Because Of Pandemic—89% Of Borrowers Are Not Financially Secure Enough To Begin Making Payments On Feb 1st; Omicron Casts More Uncertainty Senator Says He’ll Make The Push This Week In DC To Extend Loan Repayment Freeze For More Than 45 Million Borrowers Who Would Owe Avg Of $393 More A Month Come February; $91.6B In Debt & 2,404,100 Borrowers In NYS   Schumer: Burden Of Student Loan... Read More

With Omicron Now On-The-Move Across U.S., Schumer Says Expanding Access To At-Home Tests ASAP Is Critical Key To Keeping Variant Under Control Senator Wants A Surge Of FREE At-Home Tests For NY; Says COVID Relief Bills He’s ALREADY Passed Can Foot This Cost  Schumer: Omicron Shouldn’t Mean Panic, It Should Mean Planning  With COVID’s Omicron variant spreading, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said the key to controlling it centers around the at-home tests now for sale... Read More

On September 1st, Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Caused Severe Flooding In NYC, Long Island, and Hudson Valley Regions, Damaging Homes With Record-Breaking Rainfall Orange County Home Owners and Renters Who Had Damage or Losses From Ida Now Eligible for Housing Assistance, Crisis Counseling, Unemployment Assistance, Home Repairs, Legal Services Families and Businesses, Including Those Without Flood Insurance, Now Able To Apply For FEMA Aide  After securing a disaster declaration... Read More

Local Governments And Higher Education Institutions Heroically Responded To COVID Outbreak, Ripping Holes In Their Budgets To Obtain PPE, Cleaning/Disinfecting Facilities, Testing, Tracing, And More  Senators Say FEMA Funding – At A 100% Federal Cost Share – Will Reimburse Syracuse University & Oneida County For Costs Related to Pandemic Response Schumer, Gillibrand: Federal Funding Will Help Keep Up The Fight Against COVID-19 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer... Read More

Schumer Says  Bridge Connecting Albany And Rensselaer Poses Safety and Economic Concerns; Bridge Failure Would Effectively Cease Passenger Rail Travel North and West of Rensselaer And Halt Hudson River Travel, Devastating The Regional And State Economy  Amtrak’s Slated To Receive $22 Billion From The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Including $16 Billion For Its National Network That Can Be Used For Projects In The Empire Corridor  Schumer To Amtrak: Livingston Ave... Read More

Senator Says Support For ARC Is More Important Than Ever To Assist Underserved Communities In Upstate New York Rebuild And Recover From The COVID Economic Crisis Under Schumer-Negotiated Deal, ARC Receives An Increase In Its Annual Funding Compared To Previous Years, Including Dedicated Investment For High-Speed Internet Deployment Schumer: Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Will Directly Support Families, Communities, And Job Opportunities In The Southern Tier and Upstate New... Read More

Historically, Many Highways Have Been Built Through Economically Disadvantaged Areas, Displacing Residents & Isolating Communities; Projects Like I-81 Redevelopment In Syracuse, Inner Loop In Rochester, Rts 33 and 198 In Buffalo, I-787 In Albany, LINC In New Rochelle, Could Receive Support Under Senators’ Plan Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Will Begin To Address The Legacy Of Systemic Racism In Highway Construction Fracturing Many Communities Of Color And Low-Income... Read More

New York Has Approx. 360,000 Lead Service Pipes Throughout State, The 4th Largest Number Of Pipes In The Country Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Bill Schumer Negotiated Will Provide The Needed $$$ To Remove Dangerous Lead Service Pipes ASAP And Boost Union Jobs Schumer: Protecting Our Children’s Health Must Be Our #1 Priority U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, joined by Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, announced that the Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs bill he negotiated... Read More

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $300,000 in federal funding for local arts agencies in Westchester and St. Lawrence counties. The funding was allocated through the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan and will be used to help local arts venues recover from the economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. ArtsWestchester and the St. Lawrence County Arts Council will each receive $150,000 for subgranting... Read More

Memorial Highway & Unfinished I-95 Construction Bulldozed Central New Rochelle in 1958, Dividing Community, Ripping Jobs, Services From Lincoln Ave & Surrounding Neighborhoods  Reps Say Funding Must Go Out ASAP, Turning Highway To Nowhere Into A Vibrant City Street; Project Will Bring Equity To City, Boost Accessibility, Jobs; Adding Bike Paths, Enhance Walkability, And Reconnect 25,000 Residents to Downtown New Rochelle   Schumer, Bowman To Feds: Get $$$ Out ASAP &... Read More

For Years, Advocates For The Rights Of People With Disabilities Have Been Taking Steps To Advance Elevator Access At Subway Stations Like Broadway Junction Schumer, Who Has Been A Longtime Advocate For A Variety Of ADA-Backed Causes, Pushed Feds, In Personal Call To Transpo Sec. Buttigieg, To Act On Broadway Junction Elevator Project & Other RAISE Grants For NY  Schumer, Jeffries: Elevator Install At Broadway Junction Will Make The Subway More Accessible For Riding Public, Especially... Read More

Schumer-Negotiated Bill Will Fund Cleanup Efforts For The Great Lakes And Connected Waterways, Support Thousands Of Jobs, & Bring Millions To Local Economy Funding Will Help Improve Water Quality By Reducing Pollutants, Restoring & Protecting Wildlife Habitats, Mitigating Climate Change Impacts & Helping Preserve Tourism, Recreation, & Fishing Industries Schumer: $1 Billion Investment Is A HUGE CATCH For Great Lakes’ Economies A longtime advocate for preserving the natural... Read More