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Schumer Stood In Cap Region In 2022 To Push For HIDTA Zone For Schenectady & Rensselaer County To Combat Overdose Epidemic, And After Delivering Schenectady Later That Year Now Secures The Missing Piece Of The Puzzle To Boost Fed Resources To Go After Drug Traffickers In The Cap Region Schumer: HIDTA Designation Will Help Combat Capital Region Overdose Epidemic With New Fed Tools To Cut Problem Off At Its Source    After standing with law enforcement and addiction service advocates to call... Read More

Schumer Says New Federally-Funded Center For Early Literacy And Responsible AI Will Help Students Improve Reading Skills Using Cutting-Edge AI Tools Funding Builds On Senator’s Continued Efforts To Elevate UB As A Leader In AI After Bringing The NSF Director To Campus Earlier This Year & Securing $20M To Create New National AI Research Institute At UB Schumer: UB Is Helping Power America’s AI Future! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced that the University at Buffalo... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer released the following statement on his meeting with Major General Scott Naumann, Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum: Majority Leader Schumer said, “Fort Drum is woven in the very fabric of the North Country and essential to our national defense. I was honored to welcome Major General Naumann and Major Johnson to the capital today to discuss how I can best support Fort Drum’s plans and priorities for... Read More

Funding Will Help Train Hundreds Of Workers To Support NY’s Growing Domestic Wind Energy Workforce With New Training Facility For The Next Generation Of IBEW Union Electrical Workers Schumer: New Facility Means More Renewable Energy, Good-Paying Union Jobs Here In Hudson Valley & Beyond! Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Pat Ryan announced $3,828,000 in federal funding for the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of... Read More

Schumer Says Funding Will Support Four Projects In NY Led By NY CREATES, Cornell, RIT & Other Upstate Research Labs Focused On Chips, Quantum Computing & Critical Tech To Maintain America’s Competitive Edge In The Defense Industry– Building On Earlier $40M Award For NORDTECH Which Connects NY Universities’ And DoD’s Top Tech Research Projects Schumer Created DoD’s Microelectronic Commons Program & Now NY-Led NORDTECH Consortium Among First Project Awardees With Upstate Research... Read More

In FAA Re-Authorization Bill, Schumer Secured More Than Double The Funding For Essential Air Service Program That Guarantees Air Service To Smaller and Rural Communities – Vital To Maintaining Air Service At North Country Airports Now Breeze Will Offer Flights Between Ogdensburg & Washington DC Starting In October, Keeping Ogdensburg And North Country Connected To Key Hub and National Travel Network Schumer: The Sky Is The Limit For Breeze, North Country & Ogdensburg! U.S. Senate... Read More

Schumer Secured An Unprecedented $1 Billion For the GLRI In The Infrastructure Law; Now This Funding Will Help Restore Niagara River Shoreline For Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park In Buffalo New $$ Will Also Help Cherry Farms Shoreline Along The Upper Niagara River Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy: We’re Turning The Tide For WNY’s Great Lakes Shorelines! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Tim Kennedy today announced $1,961,000 in... Read More

Senator Has Long Been One Of The Corning Museum Of Glass’s Advocates, Delivering A Critical $10+M In Relief During The Height Of The COVID Pandemic To Keep Staff On Payroll Through The Schumer-Led Save Our Stages Program In The American Rescue Plan New Funding Will Expand Museum’s K-12 STEAM Education Initiatives & Target Expansion Of Outreach To Schools In Upstate NY Beyond Southern Tier Schumer: Corning Museum Of Glass Is A Crown Jewel Of The Southern Tier’s Arts & Tourist... Read More

Following His Relentless Advocacy For Siemens To Select Upstate NY, Schumer Announces Company Planning New Manufacturing Hub To Build High-Speed Railcars For Line Connecting California To Las Vegas Siemens Plans To Invest ~$60 Million For New Massive 300,000 Sq ft. Facility In Horseheads, NY – Partnering With IAM Union To Help Southern Tier Workers Build What Will Be The Fastest Railcars Yet At Up To 220 MPH Schumer: Full Steam Ahead For Upstate NY Building America’s High-Speed Rail... Read More

Earlier This Month Feds Announced – For First Time In History – 10 New, Negotiated Lower Drug Prices For Medicare Thanks To Inflation Reduction Act, Impacting Those With Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease & More Senator Standing With Buffalo Seniors Who Take These Drugs Says We Need To Do More; Announces Next Phase For Seniors Coming In January And Details Steps Seniors Need To Tap Further Savings – Vows To Block Efforts To Roll Back Schumer: Lowering Health Care Costs Is Just What The Doctor... Read More

Schumer Celebrates Major Investment in Norwich By GE Aerospace To Support Significant Upgrades To State-Of-The-Art Facility In Chenango County & Southern Tier  Senator Stands With GE Aerospace Workers At Historic Unison Facility To Highlight How Their Work Is Vital To America’s Growing Aerospace Industry – For Which He Is Fighting To Bolster Federal Funding In Budget & Via Programs Like His CHIPS & Science Law   Schumer: The Sky Is The Limit For Unison and The Chenango County... Read More

Schumer Helped Create AFG & SAFER Programs, Which Help Train, Equip & Staff Fire Departments Across Upstate NY, Which Have Delivered Millions For Central NY Firefighters  Schumer Pushed To Re-Authorize Programs Earlier This Year To Support First Responders And Now Schumer Delivers Syracuse The 3rd Largest SAFER Grant In NYS History     Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$ Flowing To Hire Syracuse Firefighters U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today... Read More

Earlier This Month Feds Announced – For First Time In History – 10 New, Negotiated Lower Drug Prices For Medicare Thanks To Inflation Reduction Act, Impacting Those With Cancer Diabetes, Heart Disease & More Senator Announces $2,000 Annual Cap On Medication For Seniors Coming In January And Details Steps Seniors Need To Take To Opt In For New Monthly Medicare Payment Options Benefiting Thousands In Plattsburgh & North Country Schumer: Lowering Health Care Costs Is Just What The Doctor... Read More

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $59,115,204 in federal funding to modernize facilities and strengthen airfield safety at 26 airports across New York State. This federal funding was granted through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program and will help fund projects that address safety, capacity, and security at New York’s airports. The projects include constructing and expanding terminals, rehabilitating... Read More

Funding Is On Top Of The Over $175M For NYS To Build Out Network of EV Charging Stations In The Infrastructure Law, And $700K For Oneida County Senators Secured Earlier This Year  To Build New EV Charging Stations In The Region Schumer: Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Is Supercharging EV Infrastructure For The Mohawk Valley U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $12,823,915 for the Oneida Indian Nation to help install 52 electric vehicle... Read More

Schumer Stood With Traffic Accident Victims, Including An Intern In His Office Who Was Recently Struck By A Car While Biking To Work, And Safety Advocates Earlier This Month To Sound Alarm Record High Pedestrian & Bicycle Crashes & Deaths – And Vowed To Fight For Fed $$ To Implement New Safety Plan For Rochester And Personally Called Secretary Buttigieg To Help Land This Grant Now Senator Delivers On Promise With Massive $23M – The Largest SS4A Infrastructure Law Grant NY Received This... Read More

Schumer Worked Tirelessly With NY Parents To Gain Robust Bipartisan Support Of 91-3 To Pass The Kids Online Safety Act And COPPA 2.0 In The Senate, Biggest Federal Tech Regulations In Decades, But Bill Has Languished In The House With Recent Reporting Saying House Leadership Does Not Plan To Bring Senate Bill For A Vote – Senator Says That Is Not Acceptable And Demands Action Schumer: House Must Bring The Senate Legislation To A Vote To Protect CNY Kids & Teens From The Harmful Effects Of... Read More

Earlier This Month Many Cap Region Seniors Found Out New Negotiated Lower Drug Prices For 10 Of Most Common Drugs For Medicare, Impacting Those With Cancer Diabetes, Heart Disease & More – But Extremists And Far Right Now Want To Take Away Medicare’s Ability To Negotiate Drug Prices Senator Says We Need To Be Doing More To Address Drug Costs And Announces $2,000 Annual Cap On Medication For Seniors Coming In January; Vows To Block Rollbacks That Could Drug Costs For Thousands Of Cap Region... Read More

Schumer Says The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) He Helped Write & Fund With Unprecedented Funds Provides Fed Dollars To Protect Jewish Institutions Like Synagogues, Temples & More Against Attacks & Threats Schumer Has Built The Grant Program Up For Nation & Has Successfully Fought To Add Even More Dollars In Light Of Increased Antisemitism And Hate; Will Continue To Champion More Funds  Schumer: Amid Rising Threats & Antisemitism & Worry In NYC/LI & Nation,... Read More

Oswego Industrial Park Is Less Than 10 Miles From Micron’s Future Home, With Many Tech & Other Companies Wanting To Locate There; BUT Site Is Rapidly Running Out Of Developable Land Schumer Personally Visited Earlier This Month To Fight For New Fed $$$ To Fix This Problem And Develop 185 Acres Of Adjacent Land With New Roads, Water & Other Infrastructure To Prepare Oswego County For New Investment Schumer: I Am Proud To Deliver This Major Investment To Help Oswego County Grow & Land... Read More