SCHUMER, CLINTON ANNOUNCE FUNDING FOR KEY CAPITAL REGION PROJECTS NOW ENACTED IN LAW
BYLINE: States News Service
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
The following information was released by New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton:
Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that the Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill signed into law by the President on Wednesday includes funding for Capital Region projects, including WiFi Service in Albany and the New York Center for National Competitiveness in Nanoscale Characterization.
These projects are crucial to fueling economic growth across the Capital Region and for giving local residents top-notch services in education, law enforcement and health care, said Senator Schumer. By investing in these vital projects, we ensure that the Capital Region continues to lure new businesses and tourists to the region, while ensuring families have the first-class services they need.
This funding is a wise investment in the future of the Capital region, and these projects will benefit the region' people, economy and infrastructure, said Senator Clinton. Albany' WiFi service will provide schools and businesses an invaluable tool for learning and commerce. The region will continue to be a pioneer in nanotechnology development with this investment in the University at Albany. I welcome funding for these projects and others, which promise to provide a real boost to the region.
The Omnibus Appropriations bill includes funding for the following projects for New York' Capital Region:
WiFi Service in Albany, New York, public access to technology project - $196,000
New York Center for National Competitiveness in Nanoscale Characterization (NC)3, Partnership between the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST) and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), University at Albany-SUNY - $893,000
Legal Project for military families, Albany, NY - $211,500
AIDS Council of Northeastern New York At-Risk Youth Prevention Education Initiative, Albany, NY - $94,000
Albany PAL After School Club for at-risk youth, Albany, NY - $164,500
Teen Challenge At-Risk Youth Drug Prevention Outreach Albany, NY - $47,000
Albany Medical Center, Patient Safety Center - Virtual Learning Center - $478,449
Hudson Valley Community College, Weekend Nursing Program in Troy - $478,492
Center for Economic Growth, Business Acceleration Program to develop into rural areas of the Capital region including Greene County - $282,000
Capital District YMCA, Schenectady, NY, for construction of new YMCA at the site of a brownfield - $196,000
SUNY Cobleskill Bio-Waste to Bio-Energy Project - $1,279,200
The Civic Center of Moreau, Inc. The Moreau Community Center, Campaign to Establish the New Regional Community Center at Moreau, South Glens Falls, NY, for the construction of the Regional Community Center at Moreau which will provide dramatically improved educational, recreational, and community service facilities as well as substantial economic development - $196,000