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Press releases from: May 2022

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FOLLOWING HIS DIRECT ADVOCACY, SCHUMER DELIVERS $7.5 MILLION TO EXPAND ROCHESTER’S STRONG MUSEUM, CREATE OVER 120 NEW JOBS, & ATTRACT TOURISM TO DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY OF THE FINGER LAKES’ ECONOMY
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FOLLOWING SCHUMER’S DIRECT ADVOCACY TO SECRETARY BECERRA, AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE OVER $3.4 MILLION IN LONG-OVERDUE FEDERAL FUNDING TO COVER PANDEMIC LOSSES; SCHUMER CUT THROUGH RED TAPE & DELIVERED AUBURN HOSPITAL THEIR DESERVED FUNDING
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES USDA HAS HEEDED HIS CALL, WILL START DESPERATELY NEEDED PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RELIEF PAYMENTS TO WOOL & COTTON TRUST FUND RECIPIENTS; PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS LIKE ROCHESTER’S HICKEY FREEMAN WILL SUPPORT WORKERS & LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AGAINST OVERSEAS COMPETITORS
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IN PERSONAL MEETINGS WITH GE CEO & VESTAS WIND TECH PRESIDENT, SCHUMER URGES COMPANIES TO MAKE CAPITAL REGION HOME OF FUTURE TURBINE MANUFACTURING; SENATOR SAYS PORT OF ALBANY $$ HE SECURED WILL GIVE COMPANIES THE LIFT THEY NEED TO INVEST & EXPAND IN NY
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SCHUMER ANNOUNCES $117 MILLION FOR GLOBALFOUNDRIES TO PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SECURE SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN; SENATOR SAYS DOD AGREEMENT ENSURES CHIPS CRITICAL TO AMERICA’S DEFENSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE IN CAPITAL REGION, BOLSTERING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING & ENSURING UPSTATE NY CONTINUES TO LEAD THE MICROCHIP INDUSTRY

Press releases from: April 2022

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SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO CREATE OTSEGO COUNTY TECH JOB ACCELERATION CENTER; SENATOR BACKS NEARLY $2 MILLION PROJECT TO MAKE GREATER ONEONTA AREA AN ADVANCED ELECTRONICS HUB, BOOST AMERICAN MANUFACTURING, CREATE NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS, & GROW LOCAL TECH ECONOMY
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STANDING AT AMSTERDAM’S BLIGHTED FIVE CORNERS COMMERCIAL SITE, SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO BOOST VITAL BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM AND GET FEDS TO CLEAN UP SITE TO TURN COMMUNITY EYESORE INTO SITE OF NEW ECONOMIC GROWTH
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND SECURE MAJOR INVESTMENT IN BINGHAMTON’S CHILDREN; SENATORS DELIVER $1 MILLION FOR CITY OF BINGHAMTON TO EXPAND YOUTH PROGRAMS, RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES & STRENGTHEN CITY’S ONGOING EFFORTS TO CREATE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE FOR BINGHAMTON YOUTH
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SCHUMER & CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ANNOUNCE GROUND BREAKING OF FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SCHENECTADY GATEWAY MOBILITY HUB; ACROSS COVID RELIEF AND NEW INVESTMENT, SCHUMER DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED OVER QUARTER OF A BILLION IN FED $$$ TO PAVE THE WAY FOR CAPITAL REGION’S TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMATION
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SCHUMER: SYRACUSE EXPERIENCING BACK TO BACK WORST YEARS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN LAST DECADE; SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO QUADRUPLE FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO COMBAT WAVE OF GUN VIOLENCE
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SCHUMER DELIVERS OVER $2 MILLION TO ADIRONDACK REGION LOCAL PROJECTS IN BUDGET; SENATOR REVEALS KEY LOCAL PROJECT FROM RESTORING GLENS FALLS HISTORIC CITY HALL, PROTECTING FORT TICONDEROGA, DEVELOPING THE FT. EDWARD INDUSTRIAL PARK , AND BOOSTING CHILD CARE IN THE REGION
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SCHUMER PERSONALLY CALLED COMMERCE SECRETARY TO PUSH FOR THE APPROVAL OF $7.5 MILLION TOURISM GRANT TO EXPAND ROCHESTER’S STRONG MUSEUM, SUPPORT CREATION 150 NEW JOBS, & ATTRACT TOURISM TO DOWNTOWN ROCHESTER TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY OF THE FINGER LAKES ECONOMY
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WITH 65% OF SOUTHWEST YONKERS HOUSEHOLDS UNABLE TO AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING IN WESTCHESTER, SCHUMER, BOWMAN DELIVER $500,000 TO WESTHAB TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS; REPS SAY FUNDING WILL MAKE CRITICAL UPGRADES TO AGING HOUSING UNITS, ADDRESS URGENT HEALTH & SAFETY NEEDS, & IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YONKERS FAMILIES
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SCHUMER: NEWBURGH & POUGHKEEPSIE SHOOTINGS ROSE BY 72% LAST YEAR ALONE, THE HIGHEST JUMP IN YEARS; STANDING WITH ADVOCATES & OFFICIALS FROM ORANGE AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES, SCHUMER LAUNCHES MAJOR PUSH TO QUADRUPLE FUNDING FOR NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT PROGRAM TO COMBAT HUDSON VALLEY SURGE IN GUN VIOLENCE
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SCHUMER: WITH THE HIGHEST OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATH RATES PER CAPITA IN NYS, SULLIVAN COUNTY STILL LACKS CRITICAL FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING DESIGNATION; SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO-PRONGED PLAN TO COMBAT HUDSON VALLEY’S OVERDOSE EPICENTER
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AS WOLFSPEED PREPARES TO LAUNCH PRODUCTION AT NEW $1 BILLION CHIP FAB, SCHUMER PUSHES TO SECURE 2ND SEMICONDUCTOR PLANT AT MARCY NANOCENTER; SENATOR SAYS HIS FEDERAL SEMICONDUCTOR FAB-INCENTIVE LEGISLATION WILL BE THE LIGHTNING ROD TO ATTRACT NEW COMPANIES, CREATE JOBS, & SUPERCHARGE MOHAWK VALLEY’S ECONOMY
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AFTER SECURING BINGHAMTON’S SPOT ON THE SHORTLIST FOR THE EDA’S POTENTIAL $100 MILLION REGIONAL CHALLENGE AWARD SCHUMER DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS EFFORT TO SECURE SOUTHERN TIER AS AMERICA’S NEXT MAJOR BATTERY RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING HUB
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WITH SINKING USS THE SULLIVANS BEHIND HIM, SCHUMER LAUNCHES THREE-PRONG PUSH TO SECURE FEDERAL $$$ AND SAVE THE HISTORIC SHIP
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STANDING ALONG THE EMPIRE STATE TRAIL--TOP RAIL TRAIL IN AMERICA--SCHUMER LAUNCHES HIS RURAL OUTDOOR INVESTMENT BILL TO BOOST NY’S $21 BILLION OUTDOOR INDUSTRY & THOUSANDS OF CAPITAL REGION JOBS, ACCELERATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR RURAL AREAS, CREATE NEW JOBS, & REVITALIZE COLUMBIA COUNTY’S PICTURESQUE TOWNS
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SCHUMER, STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH CENTRAL NY & SYRACUSE VETERANS, DEMANDS PASSAGE OF NEW LEGISLATION TO FINALLY EXTEND VA CARE TO VETERANS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS & OTHER TOXINS; SCHUMER SAYS HE WILL FORCE A VOTE & GET COVERAGE FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXPOSED NY VETERANS