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Senator Fought So L3Harris Could Compete For Major Military Contracts And Army Continues To Purchase Cutting-Edge Radios From Rochester Company Schumer: New Contract Is A Win-Win-Win For L3Harris, Rochester-Finger Lakes Workforce & The U.S. Army U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today announced L3Harris Technologies in Rochester has been selected by the U.S. Army to manufacture thousands of Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit (HMS) radios under a $300,000,000 Firm Fixed Price (FFP) award as part... Read More

Communities Across Upstate NY Will Receive Funding For Long Desired Community Projects Such As Expanding Access To Telehealth Service, Making Bridges And Streets Safer, Upgrading Wastewater Infrastructure & More Funding Comes From Northern Border Regional Commission, Which The Senators Fought To Secure Historic Funding For In Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Law – That Schumer Led To Passage In The Senate – And That Was Recently Reauthorized And Expanded Schumer, Gillibrand:... Read More

Washington D.C. – After months of working alongside the Corbett family to help free Ryan Corbett, a Western NY native who for over two years has been unjustly detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released the following statement on the news that Ryan is now freed and on the plane home to return to his family: “After over two years of being unjustly and wrongfully detained by the Taliban, Ryan Corbett, praise God, is now finally on his way home. It is... Read More

Schumer Lands Another Fed Investment For GlobalFoundries To Expand With Massive New $575M State-Of-The-Art Packaging & Photonics Center In Saratoga County New Fed $$ Is On Top Of $1.5 Billion In CHIPS Funding Schumer Secured For GlobalFoundries To Invest Over $13B In U.S., Including Building Second Fab Schumer: GlobalFoundries Is Growing And Making Capital Region The Heart Of America’s Chip Supply Chain U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today announced an additional $75 million from his bipartisan... Read More

Finalized Commerce Award Will Ensure Corning Incorporated Can Tap Schumer-Created CHIPS Funding For Canton Project In Coming Years As It Meets Project Milestones Corning Incorporated’s North Country Facility Is The Only One In The Country That Manufactures Specialized Glass Critical To The Chip Industry, And CHIPS $$ Will Fuel $315M Expansion To Help Them Grow Schumer: CHIPS Investment Is Signed & Sealed For Corning’s North Country Expansion And New Jobs! After visiting Canton following the... Read More

Funding Directly From Schumer’s Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law Will Support Edwards Vacuum’s Plans To Build A First-Of-Its-Kind $300+M American Semiconductor Dry Pump Factory In Genesee County Finalized Commerce Award Will Ensure Edwards Vacuum Can Tap CHIPS Funding In Coming Years As It Meets Project Milestones, No Matter The Administration Schumer: CHIPS $$ For Edwards Vacuum Is Signed & Sealed Ready To Deliver For WNY After announcing Edwards Vacuum’s plans to build a manufacturing... Read More

Final Agreement Will Secure Funding For Albany NanoTech As First NSTC Facility From Schumer’s Bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law, Ensuring This Hub Will Lead The Next Frontier Of Chip Research For The Country As New Administration Takes Over Schumer Created NSTC Program — With Albany As His North Star — And Worked Relentlessly To Secure Prestigious Investment, Bringing Good-Paying Jobs, New Companies, And Innovation With The Most Advanced Machinery In World To Upstate NY Schumer: Today We Secure... Read More

1980 American Men’s Ice Hockey Team – Comprised Of Amateur Athletes And Minor Leaguers – Defeated The Mighty Four-Time Olympic Champion Soviet Union Team In Game Referred To As “Miracle On Ice” & Went On To Win Olympic Gold Medal – An Achievement That Sparked An Explosion Of American Pride And Patriotism Schumer And Cramer’s Legislation Would Celebrate Olympic U.S. Men’s Ice Hockey Champions With Congressional Gold Medals, Including One To Be Displayed At New York’s Lake Placid Olympic... Read More

Upstate NY’s International Union Of Operating Engineers, Representing Thousands Of Construction Workers, Were Victims Of A Pension System That Collapsed – Meaning, Without Action, After A Lifetime Of Hard Work And Playing By the Rules, Many Could Not Retire Or Would Have No Pension Benefits Remaining As Schumer’s First Major Act As Majority Leader, He Secured Pension Fix So Union Members Could Get Hard-Earned Pensions & Relief They Need And Earned Schumer: Upstate NY Union Operating... Read More

One Of America’s Remarkable 100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivors Is On Long Island & Loving Life —Pina Frassineti Wax; She’s Got A Bold Life That Started In Italy & Then Thrived On Long Island; Schumer Says Pina Is Whip Smart, Energetic & Going Strong – But She Remembers The Horrors Of The Holocaust And Has Dedicated Her Life To Teaching, Loving & Learning Schumer Announces Special Honor For This LI Centenarian & Her Life Of Accomplishments; Pina Will Get Senate Floor... Read More

Shared Kitchen Ithaca Project Will Build New Commercial Kitchen To Support Food Entrepreneurs In Tompkins County, Including Ithaca Farmers Market Vendors, And Provide Technical Business Assistance To Its Members Funding Comes From Appalachian Regional Commission – Which Supports Economic Development In Southern Tier – That Schumer Secured A Historic Increase In Funding For In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer: Fed $$ Will Help Grow New Shared Kitchen For Ithaca’s Food... Read More

Schumer Has Secured Millions Via Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Develop New Paths Across Central NY Connecting To Empire State Trail For Hiking, Biking & More    Schumer, Gillibrand: Wheels Are In Motion To Bring Bike BOOM To CNY! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $3,900,000 for the Central New York Regional Planning Board to develop construction-ready plans for bicycle and walking path infrastructure, connecting areas across Central NY to the... Read More

Following Horrific 2015 Valhalla Crash That Killed Six People, Schumer Vowed To Boost Rail Crossing Safety In The Hudson Valley; Senator Says Fed $$ Means Major Step Towards Making Notorious New Castle Crossing & Port Jervis Safer For Commuters, Drivers, Pedestrians, First Responders, Railroad Employees & More Schumer Says Funds – From “Rail Crossing Elimination Grant Program” Created By The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law – Will Help Put Rail Safety On The Right Track For... Read More

Schumer Personally Called Secretary Buttigieg Multiple Times To Advocate For Rochester For Highly Competitive Reconnecting Communities Grant Created In The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Now $100M – Largest Fed Reconnecting Communities Award This Year – Will Greenlight Construction To Reconnect Rochester Communities That Were Divided By Inner Loop’s Construction, Creating A More Vibrant, Accessible Downtown Along With Good Paying Local Construction Jobs Schumer: Rochester’s Inner Loop... Read More

Funding Comes From Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer Led To Passage And Will Help Expand Library Services, Computer Infrastructure And Digital Learning To Help Niagara Falls Residents & Schools Schumer, Gillibrand, Kennedy: Fed $$ Is Closing The Digital Divide In Niagara Falls! U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Congressman Tim Kennedy announced $9 million in federal funding for Niagara University to expand internet... Read More

Funding Comes From U.S. Department Of Transportation’s Charging And Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program, Created By Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer Led To Passage In Senate Schumer, Gillibrand: NY Is Getting Major Jolt To Build Brand-New EV Charging Stations On SUNY Campuses! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $15 million in federal funding for SUNY to install up to 350 electric vehicle charging stations on campuses across NY. The funding... Read More

Fed $$ Will Support Construction 2.5 Miles Of New Bike Lanes, Bump-Outs, And Roundabouts On West State Street Between North Union Street And St. Bonaventure University Campus, That Will Increase Safety, Efficiency Along West State Street – One Of Cattaraugus County’s Busiest Streets – And Boost Small Businesses In Olean Funding Comes From Highly Competitive RAISE Program Which Schumer Secured Historic Increase For In Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer: A Transportation... Read More

Schumer And Gillibrand Deliver On Key Legislation Directing The Department of Defense (DoD) To Procure Stainless Steel Flatware and Dinnerware From Domestic Sources, Helping Drive New Growth At American Flatware Producers Such As Oneida County’s Sherrill Manufacturing Senators Say Extension Of ‘SPOONSS Act’ In Annual Defense Bill Will Restore Long-Standing Domestic Sourcing Requirements, Protecting Good-Paying Jobs In The Mohawk Valley Schumer, Gillibrand: The Bipartisan ‘SPOONSS Act’ Will Put A... Read More

Lake Champlain Basin Program, Which Helps Protect Watershed & Wildlife Across Region, Will Now Have Feds Cover 90% Cost Of Projects, Up From 65% Thanks To Schumer’s Efforts – WRDA Now Headed To President’s Desk To Be Signed Into Law A Win-Win-Win Says Schumer: Increasing Fed Funding, Saving Local Conservation Groups $$ And Protecting Lake Champlain U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced he secured a provision in the just-passed bipartisan Water Resources Development... Read More

New NBRC Bill Increases Funding & Expands Program That Has Delivered Millions For Econ Dev & Infrastructure Across Upstate NY To Bolster Healthcare And Childcare Access, Invest In Workforce, New Businesses And More; Also Makes Wyoming And Schoharie County Eligible For Inclusion Legislation Ensures NBRC Will Be Reauthorized For The Next 5 Years So North Country & Upstate NY Can Continue To Tap This Vital Program    Schumer, Gillibrand: NBRC Will Continue To Deliver For North Country... Read More