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‘Flagpoling’ – Where Individuals Seeking Canadian Work Authorization Exploit A Legal Loophole and Enter The US Only For A Few Hours To Expedite Their Work Permits – Has Increased Traffic At WNY Border Crossings And Frustrated U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Who Must Take Extra Time To Process These Cases  Since Lawmakers Launched Push Earlier This Year Canada Has Limited The Hours And Closed This Loophole For Post-Graduate Work Permits, But They Say More Needs To Be Done To Stop This... Read More

“Dairy Margin Coverage Program” Schumer Helped Enact Will Expire This December, Meaning Without Fed Action Monthly Payments To Dairy Farmers – Including In Wyoming County Which Has Highest # Of Dairy Cows In NY & Is Top Milk Producer – Could Cease Schumer Says Upstate Dairy Farms and Consumers Will Be First Impacted If We “Go Over The Dairy Cliff” – Reverting Back To 1940's-Era Policy, Leading To Severe Supply Chain Disruptions, Increasing Price Of Milk, And Causing Billions In Avoidable Fed... Read More

Micro Bird Will Invest $38 Million To Purchase Nova Bus’s Facility, Which Was Slated For Closure, And Establish Manufacturing Operations, Employing Up To 350 Workers, Which Will Support The Current Plattsburgh Workforce Schumer Personally Called Volvo CEO Urging Company To Sell Facility To Another Transportation Manufacturer So New Owner Could Help Absorb Impacted Workers And Add To Region’s Transportation Manufacturing Leadership Schumer: Micro Bird Will Drive Forward Economic Growth In The... Read More

Schumer Is Pushing To Unlock Bipartisan Infrastructure $$ To Pilot A Network of Smart Traffic Signals Along Genesee Street – Which Is Heavily Traveled Each Day By Thousands Of Vehicles & Pedestrians Senator Personally Called & Wrote Transportation Sec Buttigieg To Urge Funding To Support Utica’s Street-Safety Upgrade Plan Schumer: Fed $$ Can Greenlight Safer & More Efficient Streets For Utica U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer launched his push for millions in federal... Read More

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced, after months of advocacy, he has successfully gotten U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to reverse course and add the community-supported Cloverleaf property to the pending environmental review for consideration for the new U.S. Border Patrol facility. “Following our repeated efforts to make them reconsider their too-narrow focus on potential sites, CBP has wisely heeded the community’s calls to add the Cloverleaf property as... Read More

Senators Explain Funding Will Help Law Enforcement, Behavioral Health Professionals, Social Services & Medical Researchers Collaborate To Combat Opioids And Substance Use Disorders Funding Will Support Projects In Chautauqua, Erie, Monroe Counties That Provide Services To Individuals With Substance Use Disorders U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $11,499,991 in federal funding to provide care for individuals with substance use... Read More

WDNY Bench, Until Recently All-Male, Is Now One Of Few 50% Female Benches In America & Judge Vacca Makes History As First Korean-American & Woman Of Color To Serve On WDNY Bench Schumer Says Judge Vacca—A Rochester-area Native, Graduate Of The University At Buffalo School Of Law, Former Prosecutor & Acting State Supreme Court Judge—Will Bring Years Of Legal Expertise To Federal Bench & Serve With Integrity & Professionalism Schumer: A Historic & Great Day For Western NY’s... Read More

Funding for Trillium Health will allow them to grow their operations and continue improving the well-being of historically underserved communities in our region Today, Congressman Joe Morelle and Senator Chuck Schumer announced they have helped secure $3 million in federal funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for Trillium Health. Granted through HRSA’s Service Area Competition (SAC), the funding will convert Trillium into a fully-fledged Federally Qualified Health... Read More

GlobalFoundries Will Expand Current Fab & Build New, State-Of-The-Art Second Manufacturing Facility In Malta, In Addition To Modernizing A Vermont Location, Investing $13+ Billion Over Next 10+ Years, Adding Thousands Of New, Good-Paying Manufacturing And Union Construction Jobs Finalized Commerce Award Will Ensure GlobalFoundries Can Tap CHIPS Funding In Coming Years As Long As It Meets Project Milestones Schumer: CHIPS Investment Is Signed & Sealed For GlobalFoundries U.S. Senate... Read More

Senators Say Highly Competitive DOT Funding Will Greenlight Port of Oswego Priority Project To Replace Aging Warehouse With New, Climate-Controlled Facility With Easy Access To Rail & Port Allowing For Temperature Sensitive Materials Like Gases For The Semiconductor Industry And Other In Demand Products Schumer, Gillibrand: Full Steam Ahead For Port Of Oswego! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced a major $11,250,000 in federal funding... Read More

Schumer And Hochul Say Funding Will Help Connect Over 60,000 Homes & Businesses In Chautauqua, Orleans, Schoharie, Cayuga, Cortland, Franklin & Sullivan Counties To Build Stronger Broadband Infrastructure Funding For ConnectAll Grants Will Build 1,200+ Miles Of New Public Broadband Infrastructure – Funded Through American Rescue Plan Which Schumer Led To Passage In The Senate Schumer: Fed $$ Is On The Way To Help Close NY’s Digital Divide! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and... Read More

The NYSW Main Line Connecting Cortland & Onondaga Counties Is A Vital Corridor For Freight Rail Needed For Central NY Industry & Manufacturing – And Is Expected To Become Even More Critical With Major Projects Like Micron On The Horizon - But Early 1900s Infrastructure Has Limited Load Sizes And Sustainability Of Line Schumer Recently Secured Millions In New Fed $$ For The Final Piece Of The Puzzle, Allowing NYSW To Complete Final Phase Of Upgrades To Increase Capacity, Reliability,... Read More

Finger Lakes Saw Record Harmful Algal Blooms At The End Of Summer & Into Fall, More Than Anywhere Else In NYS Potentially Threatening Drinking Water, Environment, And Region’s Robust Tourism Economy Schumer Says Fed Resources Are Key To Making Sure We Can Mitigate HABs And Will Launch His Push To Surge Funding To Fed Program That Helps Local Farmers Get Paid To Help Prevent These Outbreaks & Great Lakes Initiative That Is Vital To Keeping Our Upstate Waters Clean Schumer: We Can’t Have... Read More

Corning Incorporated’s North Country Facility Is The Only One In The Country That Manufactures Specialized Glass Critical To The Chip Industry – Used In Some Of The Most Advanced Machinery In The World; New Award Will Expand Production And Supercharge The Workforce Adding Up To 130 Manufacturing Jobs And 175 Construction Jobs To Strengthen This Vital Supply Chain For America Schumer, Author & Champion Of The Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law, Personally Visited The Canton Facility After He... Read More

Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that New York will receive $360,185,996 in federal funding through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). This money will help thousands of low-income households across the state afford their energy bills and make cost-effective repairs to their heating systems this winter. “Everyone in New York should be able to come home to warmth in the winter. I’m proud to deliver $360+... Read More

Schumer Lands A Whopping $825 Million Initial Federal Investment And Establishes Albany NanoTech As Fed Headquarters For Semiconductor Research; A Once In A Generation Recognition Making The Capital Region A Chip R&D Center For The Entire World Schumer Created NSTC Program — With Albany As His North Star — And Worked Relentlessly To Secure This Prestigious Investment, Bringing Good-Paying Jobs, New Companies, And Innovation With Most Advanced Machinery In World To Upstate NY Schumer: A... Read More

Last Year, Schumer-Supported And Binghamton University-Led Battery Research Hub Won Inaugural NSF Engines Competition, And This Year Even More From NY Are Competing For Funding As The Contest Launches For Second Year Schumer Says 5 NY-Based Projects Were Selected – The Most Of Any State - Ranging From University At Buffalo AI Research To Rochester’s Laser Lab To Cornell’s New Technology For Upstate Dairy Farmers And More; All To Spur New Innovations And Good-Paying Jobs Schumer: NY Is Leading... Read More

Senators Say Fed $$ Will Support Critical Replacement Of 100-Year-Old Bridge Via Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Competitive “Bridge Investment Program” Schumer, Gillibrand: The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Is Helping Bridge The Gap To Build Long Overdue Projects The Capital Region! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $11,600,000 for Schoharie County to replace the Bridge Street bridge over Schoharie Creek as a recipient of the... Read More

Senators Explain Project Will Greenlight Major Rail Modernization And Upgrade 14+ Miles Of Track In St Lawrence County, Improving Safety, Efficiency, Resilience & Competitiveness Of Ogdensburg Area Railroad Built In The Early 1900s Funding Comes From Consolidated Rail Infrastructure And Safey Improvements Program That Schumer Fought To Boost Funding For In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer, Gillibrand: This Fed $$ Puts Ogdensburg On Track For A Safer & More Efficient... Read More

New EPA $$ Will Help KLAW Develop Tech To Reduce Waste Sent To Landfill With Automated Recycling System To Bolster Operations In The Southern Tier Schumer: KLAW Is The Success Story I Had In Mind When Establishing A High-Tech Incubator In Binghamton! U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced $400,000 in federal funding for the Binghamton-based KLAW Industries to produce a robotic sorting system to improve recycling facilities in disadvantaged communities. The federal funding... Read More