Schumer takes victory lap to tout benefits of new stimulus bill By Robert J. McCarthy News Political Reporter Mar 9, 2021 Mar 9, 2021 Updated Mar 18, 2026 0 × John Hickey/Buffalo News Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the very least, the American Rescue Plan numbers unveiled Tuesday by Sen. Charles E. Schumer in Buffalo can be called unprecedented.kAm$@>6 >:89E =236= E96> DE2886C:?8]k^AmkAmp? 6DE:>2E65 e`d[f__ (6DE6C? }6H *@C< 9@FD69@=5D 2C6 6IA64E65 E@ 36?67:E]k^AmkAm%96C6 :D ?@ 2C8F>6?E @G6C E96 H:56DAC625 67764ED @7 E96 S`]h EC:==:@? 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Local officials plan to fill budget holes, expand internet access with stimulus funds The holes that the pandemic blew through the region's local government budgets will soon be overflowing with federal dollars.
20 years after campaign promise, Majority Leader Schumer is still touring all 62 NY counties Schumers travels have become part of the state's political ritual. It allows Schumer to tend to his own back yard, from Chautauqua to Clinton,…
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