L3Harris Technologies Inc. has been selected by the U.S. Army to manufacture 1,540 AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios and AN/PRC-158 Manpack radios under a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) award as part of multi-vendor Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. As one of ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer visited Genesee County on Wednesday to tout his two-pronged plan to establish the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) as a domestic hub for the semiconductor and clean energy industries. Schumer said ...

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U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand were in Rochester this week drumming up support for the removal of the Inner Loop North. The senators were pushing for the Reconnecting Communities Act and to make permanent an expansion of the ...

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that fully vaccinated U.S. travelers could be allowed to cross the Canadian border as early as mid-August. On July 15, the prime minister’s office released a summary of Trudeau’s 33rd call with Canadian premiers regarding ...

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Rochester will be home to the world’s first gigafactory dedicated to the production of hydrogen fuel cell stacks and electrolyzers, Plug Power Inc. and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer hinted at the deal in late December, ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on the federal Department of Health and Human Services to release funds to enable local communities to offer free COVID-19 testing. Schumer was in the Orleans County town of Medina on Thursday, where he ...

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Greater Rochester International Airport is slated to receive nearly $5.7 million in federal funding for improvements. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the airport, which soon will be known as Frederick Douglass – Greater Rochester International Airport, $5.68 million ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is seeking additional federal funding to help hospitals stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. Schumer, D-NY, visited Yates County’s Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital last week as part of a push for his three-pronged plan to ...

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Construction has begun on a $2 million water line project to the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) in western Genesee County. The project will make the STAMP South Campus 100 percent shovel-ready for development. The ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer visited Genesee County on Friday to tout the Western New York Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) and his three-pronged push to jolt the U.S. semiconductor industry and the Upstate New York economy into high ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has introduced bipartisan legislation that promises to bolster U.S. leadership in the microelectronics sector that could have implications for Rochester’s photonics and semiconductor industry. Citing concerns that China is catching up to the U.S. in microelectronics ...

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Several hospitals statewide are slated to share nearly $300 million in emergency federal funding, including four in the Rochester metro area. U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday announced the “safety net” funding, which will provide health care ...

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More than $264 million in federal funding has been made for rural hospitals, health systems and community health centers across New York, including several in the Rochester-Finger Lakes Region. U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday said the ...

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Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is slated to receive $36.3 million in federal funding allocated by the Federal Transit Administration as part of the CARES Act. “As upstate communities like the Rochester Finger Lakes region battle the coronavirus pandemic, it’s imperative ...

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Dozens of New York localities will share an additional $2.4 billion in funding from the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds are to be used for ...

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