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At DNC, Dems put spotlight on Upstate NY as America’s ‘semiconductor superhighway’

Chuck Schumer

Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., gestures during microphone check at the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP

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  • Anna Ginelli and Samantha OlanderNewhouse School at Syracuse University

CHICAGO – Leading New York officials, including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, shined a spotlight on Syracuse and Central New York at a state delegation breakfast Tuesday morning.

“Because of the infrastructure law, New York has the biggest public works project ever in the country, the great gateway,” Schumer said. “We have focused on I-81 in Syracuse … We’ve done a great deal in transportation, but maybe the thing that’s had the greatest effect on New York is the CHIPS and Science Act. Hello Syracuse, hello central New York, how about Micron?”

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