WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The office of Sen. Charles E. Schumer issued the following press release:

Schumer, Gillibrand: Fed $$$ Will Help Central NY Soar!

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced they have secured $26,134,857 for Central New York in Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills for to bolster childcare, upgrade water systems and other vital infrastructure improvements, and to invest in STEAM learning for underserved students in Syracuse.

The funding will be used for a number of vital and impactful projects including: constructing a 4-mile corridor to connect communities between the villages of Solvay and Geddes, classroom development at Syracuse's Milton J. Rubenstein Mus...