Schumer, Jeffries team up to bring the bacon home to New York

After bruising Democratic congressional defeats in New York last November, the state came away with an unusual prize: It can stake claim to two of the four top leaders in Congress — a first for the state

. He expects a similar relationship with Jeffries, who, like Schumer, started his career in the state Assembly in Albany.

Jeffries said the Democratic defeats in New York this year will help guide his party’s strategies heading into 2024 as he hopes to regain the majority and become the House’s first Black speaker.

Schumer, the first Senate majority leader from New York, points to the results that his leadership has brought home to New York. HeCHIPS and Science ActNow Schumer is lobbying to make Western New York one of the 20 regions in the nation to be designated as tech hubs funded with $10 billion in the CHIPS Act; bring the country’s first National Semiconductor Technology Center to Albany and make Binghamton University a leader in renewable battery research.

“We don’t need to depend on new appropriations for that. Gateway, the same thing,” Schumer said. “There is more than enough money to fund Gateway.”

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