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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

Senator Says Plug Is a Great New York Success Story & New Factory Opening With Over A Thousand New Jobs Is The Culmination Of Years Of Work To Deliver Fed Support To Help Plug Grow In The Cap Region  Factory Opening Would Not Be Possible Without Investment Tax Credit Schumer Delivered in 2017 – And Schumer Says New Incentives In The Inflation Reduction Act And Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Supercharge Plug’s Future Growth Schumer: Plug is POWERING UP Capital Region With 1,600 New... Read More

The West Point Fire Department Uniquely Depends On Fed Funding Through Army HQ, Since They Are Fed Employees Serving USMA & Surrounding Communities – Meaning Recent Shortfalls In Army Budget Have Resulted In Major Hits To Operations In 2021, West Point Requested $1.76 Million To Help Its Fire And Emergency Services – But Barely Received $100K; A Reduction Of 92% In Non-Pay Budget Compared To Previous Years, Resulting In Emergency Equipment Becoming Outdated And Failing Inspection... Read More

Schumer-Negotiated Infrastructure Law Included Billions To Bring Fast & Affordable High-Speed Internet To Underserved Communities In Rural & Urban Parts Across Upstate NY – And Deadline For The Maps Which Determine That Funding Is This Week- January 13th Schumer: Over 1,500+ Tompkins County Households Lack Sufficient Broadband Access And More Than 25,000 Across The Southern Tier; Everyone Must Be Accurately Represented In Fed Maps So NY Gets Its Fair Share Of The Funding... Read More

Historic Crawford Furniture Factory, A Site With Known Hazardous Contamination, Went Up In Flames Late Last Year, Posing A Potential Public Health Threat – But Cleanup Could Cost Millions, Creating A Serious Financial Challenge For Jamestown Senator Wants  To Bolster Feds’ Presence At The Site And Work Towards a Superfund Cleanup Action, Which Schumer Just Got Massive Funding For– Doing So Would Help Swiftly Remove Toxic Debris Without Burden Falling On Local... Read More

On The Heels of Expanding The National Science Foundation In The CHIPS & Science Bill And Delivering The Largest $$$ Increase For The Agency Ever, UB Receives First NSF AI Institute Award of 2023 And The First For New York State Reps Says New NSF- And Department Of Education-Backed AI Institute At UB Will Help Develop Cutting-Edge Education Technology To Help Children With Speech And Language Disorders Communicate  Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins: Buffalo Will Help Lead America In AI... Read More

Schumer Delivered New Funding In End-Of-Year Spending Package; Follows Nearly $6 Million Senator Secured Last Year To Jumpstart Oswego Harbor Repairs Schumer: Full Steam Ahead For Major Upgrades To Oswego Harbor After years of advocacy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced he has secured $17.971 million in federal funding for critical repairs to Oswego Harbor as a part of the recently passed, bipartisan omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2023. Specifically,... Read More

Schumer Delivers Final Piece Of Puzzle To Expand Critical Healthcare Services In Capital Region For A New State-Of-The-Art Regional Health System For The Disabled – Partnering The Center for Disability Services And Albany Medical CenterSchumer: Major New Fed Funding Is The Shot In The Arm Needed To Boost The Healthcare Sector And Future Of The Capital RegionU.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today revealed that he has secured nearly $22 million in federal funding for long desired... Read More

Schumer Details Over $12 Million He Just Secured To Train Next Gen Of Healthcare Workers At OCC; Funding Will Help Address Local Medical Staff Shortages And Expand Lifesaving Healthcare Services In Syracuse   Senator Highlights Key Boosts He Secured In The Just Passed End-Of-Year Spending Bill To Increase Residency Slots, Boost Mental Health Programs, And More Schumer: Fed $$$ On The Way To CNY Will Give Local Health Systems The Shot In The Arm They Need To Expand Healthcare Services, Train... Read More

Lake Ontario Floods Cost Millions In Damage To Homes, Businesses, & Beaches, With Floods Severely Exacerbated By Deteriorating Condition Of The East Breakwall In Sodus Bay; But Now Schumer Has Finally Delivered Long-Awaited Fed Funding To Kick Start Overdue Upgrades  Senator Say $20 Million Project Will Make Critical Repairs To The Great Sodus Bay East Breakwall – Protecting Homes, Businesses, And Tourism Industry And Preventing Future Devastating Floods  Schumer: After Years... Read More

Standing At The Canandaigua VA That Was Originally Targeted For Closure In 2003, Senators Deliver Major New Fed $$$ To Transform Aging Buildings Into The State-Of-The-Art Care Facility Finger Lakes Veterans Deserve – Culminating Nearly Two Decades Of Advocacy Schumer, Gillibrand Backed Community Projects Will Breathe New Life Into Finger Lakes Aging Infrastructure, Expand Youth Programs In Rochester, Train Workers For High Paying Semiconductor Jobs, And More Senators: Major New Fed Funding... Read More

Great Lakes Basin Is Home To 30+ Million People, Including 8% Of All Americans, Not Only Serving As One Of The Largest Sources Of Freshwater, But Also Upstate New York Industrial And Manufacturing Hubs In Western New York, The Rochester-Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, and North Country Regions New Great Lakes Authority Will Function Similarly to the Federal Appalachian Regional Commission and Northern Border Regional Commission Which Have Pumped Tens of Millions In Federal Funding Into Upstate New... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are announcing that they secured $1,000,000 for the Boys & Girls Club in Akwesasne for children of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in the FY2023 spending bill. The Boys & Girls Club of America provides safe community gathering centers nationwide and empowers young students with educational programs designed to help them succeed in school. The federal dollars Gillibrand and Schumer fought for will help construct a new... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today revealed that they secured $7,030,000 for Clarkson University in the end-of-year spending package. More than $6 million of this significant federal investment will help the Potsdam campus expand programs and educational opportunities to train the next generation of health care professionals. Additionally, the senators secured nearly $900,000 for Clarkson University’s Green Energy on Demand rapid... Read More

Senators Say Emergency Declaration Would Unlock Federal Funds for Impacted Counties Still Recovering From Double Blow Of Back To Back Winter Storms After The Record Breaking “Snowvember” Storm Deadly Blizzard Buried Buffalo And Upstate Communities In Nearly 4 Feet Of Snow, With More Still Coming, And Brutal Mix Of Frigid Temperatures And High Winds – Creating Impossible Road Conditions And Tragically Resulting In Over 20 New Yorkers Losing Their Lives Schumer, Gillibrand: Feds... Read More