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Jamestown, Fulton, And New Rochelle Fire Departments Have Faced Staffing Challenges, Impacting Their Ability To Respond To Daily EmergenciesNow, Thanks To This Major Federal Boost Delivered By Schumer And Gillibrand, They Will Have The Resources They Need To Hire 18 New FirefightersSchumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Will Strengthen Fire Departments From Western NY To CNY To The Hudson ValleyU.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today... Read More

Magpantay, An Expert Litigator on Civil Rights and Voting Rights Law, Is Filipino American And Will Be The Only Asian Pacific Islander Currently On The Commission; His Recommendation Also Enhances LGBTQ Representation U.S. Commission On Civil Rights Is An Independent, Bipartisan Agency To Investigate Voting Rights Complaints, Assess Fed Laws & Policies, As Well As Submit Reports, Findings & Recs To Congress And The President Schumer and Meng’s Recommendation Reflects The Diversity,... Read More

Senator Personally Met With onsemi’s Top Brass Multiple Times Over The Years To Prevent Massive Layoffs From Devastating Dutchess; Says East Fishkill And Its Proven Powerhouse Workforce Are Here To Stay, Making onsemi Primed To Tap Historic Fed CHIPS Investment For Further GrowthSchumer’s Historic CHIPS & Science Bill Has Already Spurred Proposed Investment From Several Companies That Will Create Tens Of Thousands Of Good-Paying Jobs In Upstate NY—Now Onsemi Will Breathe New Life Into The... Read More

Schumer’s Historic CHIPS And Science Act Spurred The Largest Economic Development Project In NYS History With Micron’s Plans to Invest Up To $100 Billion Over The Next 20 Years To Build A State-Of-The-Art Manufacturing Operation That Will Create Nearly 50,000 Good-Paying Jobs In Upstate New York Senator Will Bring Syracuse University Student, Savion Pollard, A Navy Veteran And Micron’s First Hire For Their Massive Semiconductor Fab Being Built In CNY Schumer: Micron’s Transformational... Read More

Schumer Led PACT Act To Passage After Years Of Fighting Alongside NY Vets To Extend VA Care; Veterans Like Rochester’s Kevin Kozlowski Had Struggled To Receive Coverage For Long-Term Health Effects—From Cancers To Respiratory Illnesses—Caused By Toxins In Burn Pit Smoke Schumer: Every Breath Our Veterans Take Is A Reminder Of Their Sacrifice, It Is Because of Advocacy Of Vets Like Kevin Millions Will Now Receive The Benefits And Healthcare They Desperately Deserved  U.S. Senate Majority... Read More

Last Year, Schumer Secured Nearly $1 Million for St. John’s Riverside Hospital Maternity Unit Upgrades – For Critical New Equipment & New Programs Focused On Black Maternal Health U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that he will bring Yonkers’s Cheryl Brannan, founder of Sister to Sister International and a maternal health advocate, as his guest to attend President Biden’s State of the Union address. Schumer worked hand-in-hand with Cheryl last year to deliver critical... 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 With Federally-Backed, Cutting-Edge Battery Research And ManufacturingSchumer Worked Hand In Hand With Dr. Whittingham Standing Together At Multiple Events, And Penning An Op-Ed Together On The Importance Of Bringing Battery Manufacturing Back From Overseas To Places Like Upstate NYSchumer: Upstate NY Is Ready To Power... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced that he will bring Zeneta Everhart, as his guest to attend President Biden’s State of the Union address. Zeneta Everhart, the mother of Zaire Goodman, who was wounded but survived the horrific racially motivated mass shooting at the Tops supermarket in East Buffalo, gave an extremely powerful testimony before Congress and along with the other families helped break gridlock to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first... Read More

Schumer’s CHIPS And Science Bill Will Create A First-Of-Its-Kind National Semiconductor Technology Center To Maintain U.S. Leadership In Innovation For The Future Of Chip ManufacturingSchumer Has Already Brought Top Commerce Dept Leadership To See Firsthand All That The Albany Nanotech Complex Has To Offer As A Premier Semiconductor R&D Center – This Year Senator Will Be Fighting Nonstop To Bring NSTC Hub To Albany And Thousands of New Cap Region Jobs That Would Come From Fed... Read More

Vital Federal Medicare Reimbursement Programs Was Set To Expire This Past December Putting Rural Upstate NY Hospitals At Risk Of Major Funding Cliff  Schumer Secured Key Extension For Programs For Hospitals In Southern Tier, North Country, Finger Lakes And Beyond To Continue To Receive Millions In Funding To Maintain Care In Underserved Areas Schumer: Lifeline Fed Reimbursement Program Just What The Doctor Ordered For Upstate NY Rural Hospitals & Families  After launching an... Read More

Schumer Worked Nonstop For Months Helping Connect Baxter With Chip Supplier Texas Instruments, And Even Personally Calling TI To Ensure Orders Continued To Be Fulfilled So Orleans Workers Would Be Able To Continue Their Essential Work – Now Baxter Has Been Able To Secure The Necessary Chips To Complete Work And Says This Issue Has Been Resolved  Schumer’s Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Bill Signed – Already Spurring Major Investment In Upstate NY Like Edwards Vacuum To Genesee County – Will... Read More

Schumer, Gillibrand: New Fed Investment Will Lay The Foundation For Future In Southern TierU.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $8.5 million for essential infrastructure and long-desired community development projects across the Southern Tier. This federal funding was secured by the senators as congressionally directed spending in the end-of-year budget for Fiscal Year 2023. Schumer and Gillibrand said the projects include vital... Read More

Schumer Says Risking Debt Ceiling Default Is Needlessly Playing With Fire – And Local Economies’ & That People’s Wallets, Especially In Upstate NY, Would Take The Hit Schumer Says Public Needs To Put Pressure On House To Break Free Of Extreme Wings Of The GOP Party & Prevent Catastrophic Spike In Rising Costs — As Millions In Earned Benefits Like SS & Medicare Could Be Disrupted For Communities From Buffalo To Albany And Plattsburgh... Read More

West Point Fire Department Had Its Operating Budget Cut By A Staggering 92%, Leaving Equipment Outdated And Even Failing Inspection Despite Responding To 800 Calls Last Year– Schumer Immediately Sounded The Alarm, Standing With Firefighters Calling On Army Top Brass To Fix Years Of Problems ASAP Just Days After His Push – Army HQ Heeded Schumer’s Call By Sending Top Brass To Meet With West Point Firefighters, Pledging To Provide $1.8 Million – 150% Of Their Original Request – To Rectify... Read More

Schumer Lead The Charge To Protect & Keep Rochester GM Plant Open When It Was On The Verge Of Closure After 2008 Auto Industry Crash And Fought Non-Stop Personally Calling On GM To Bring New Work To UAW Workers Of The Finger Lakes  Now Electric Battery Components Built At GM Rochester Plant Will Help Power Future EV Production And Lead GM’s Transformation To All-Electric Cars Schumer: New GM Investment Will Put Rochester Plant in ‘Driver’s Seat’, To Power America’s Electric Vehicle... Read More

1920s Construction Of The Saw Mill River Parkway & Subsequent Closure Of The Old Putnam Railroad And Its Four Stations Segregated Southwest Yonkers And Ripped Jobs, Services AwayStanding With Community Leaders & Supporters, Schumer Announces Major Push To Reconnect Southwest Yonkers To The Rest Of Westchester & NYC Through New Greenway To Transform Abandoned Spur, Restore Polluted Properties, Revitalize South Broadway & Promote Equity In Southwest Yonkers Historically Redlined... Read More

With Indian Point's 2021 Shutdown, Westchester Suddenly Lost Over $1 Billion Of Economic Output, $32 Million Of Tax Revenue, And 1,000+ Jobs, Creating A Major Economic Hit After 50 Years Of Plant Operations Schumer-Championed NCC Program Aimed At Rebuilding Indian Point & Other Closure Communities Was Almost Significantly Cut Last Year – But Schumer Successfully Saved It; Delivering A New Cash Infusion Of $16.5M... Read More

NEH Grants Support Research And Learning In History, Literature, Philosophy & Other Areas Of The Humanities Upstate New York Awarded Over 7% Of Total Funding For Humanities Projects Across The CountrySenators: Investment In Humanities, Cultural Organizations, And Non-Profits Paints Bright Picture For New York’s FutureU.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $1,977,376 million in grants distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH),... Read More

Hazardous Abandoned “Buisch” & “George’s” Gas Stations Have Plagued Community For Years But Industrial Pollution From Past Use Has Stifled Businesses That Want To Redevelop These Sites & Grow In Seneca County And The Finger Lakes Senator Launches Push for Vital EPA Grant to Kickstart Initiative, To Clean Up Hazardous Blights Offering New Opportunity To Redevelop Dozens Of Finger Lakes Sites To Help Lure In New Businesses And Take Burden Off Local Taxpayer For Polluted Properties... Read More

Schumer-Created Fed Incentives Have Spurred Thousands Of Good-Paying Tech And Manufacturing Jobs In Upstate NY – With Companies Like Micron, Wolfspeed, and GlobalFoundries Making Big Investments; Now He Says We Need To Get Mohawk Valley Workers Ready To Fill These Jobs Senator Also Highlights Major Fed $$$ To Bolster Rome Lab And Rapidly Growing Mohawk Valley High-Tech Sector Schumer: Future Of Technology Will Be Made By Utica-Area Workers With Skills Gained From MVCC! With his CHIPS &... Read More