Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $11+ Million In Federal Funding For Projects Across Upstate New York Through The Northern Broder Regional Commission

Dec 5, 2025
Communities From North Country, Finger Lakes, CNY, Capital Region Win Funding For Critical Community Projects Such As Expanding Access To Healthcare, Upgrading Wastewater Infrastructure, Building New Educational Facilities & More
Schumer, Gillibrand: NBRC Continues Delivering Vital Fed $$ For North Country & Upstate NY
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $11,394,774.01 in federal funding for 18 projects across Upstate New York through the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), which the senators fought to reauthorize and expand last year. Schumer and Gillibrand said these projects will help address critical needs across the region, including expanding access to healthcare services, increasing early education opportunities, upgrading wastewater infrastructure, and more to improve quality of life and spur economic development in the region.
“From expanding access to health care in the Mohawk Valley to increasing early education opportunities in the North Country to expanding wastewater systems in the Finger Lakes Region, this $11+ million in federal funding through the Northern Border Regional Commission will support major infrastructure upgrades and increase access to vital services across Upstate New York. These federal investments will help spur economic development, create new jobs, strengthen our infrastructure, and boost quality of life across the region,”said Senator Schumer.“I have long fought to secure and increase much-needed resources for the Northern Border Regional Commission and expand this vital federal support. I’m proud to have delivered this critical funding to help families and communities invest in a better future for Upstate New Yorkers.”
“Federal dollars are powering real growth across Upstate New York — strengthening local economies, creating jobs, and delivering the services that New Yorkers rely on,”said Senator Gillibrand.“With more than $11 million going to support communities from the North Country to the Finger Lakes, we’re expanding access to health care and early education, upgrading critical infrastructure, and helping communities across the region build a stronger future. I’m proud to have fought to deliver this funding that will strengthen our communities and make a real difference for working families.”
A full list of projects can be found below:
After years of advocacy, Schumer and Gillibrand announced late last year that they had successfully reauthorized the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) for another 5 years, increasing funding and expanding the critical Catalyst grant program that has delivered tens of millions of dollars for the North Country and Upstate NY. Despite the wide bipartisan support to reauthorize the NBRC, President Trump’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026 calls for the elimination of this program, an effort that the senators are actively pushing back against to ensure NBRC continues to be funded to provide critical investment to Upstate NY. From 2010-2024, the NBRC has invested in over 78 projects,totaling more than $48 million in federal funding for Upstate New York. Schumer introduced the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) Reauthorization Act of 2023 which paved the way for these key changes.
In addition to reauthorizing the NBRC for an additional 5 years, the bill that passed into law at the end of last year also increased funding for the program from $33 million to $40 million. The bill made critical enhancements to the range of projects the NBRC is able to support to foster growth in the region, including a new program focused on addressing childcare and healthcare needs, increasing support for addiction treatment, and new support for capacity building for business retention, job training, and job creation. The NBRC reauthorization was included as part of the Economic Development Administration reauthorization in the bipartisan, bicameral Water Resources Development Act of 2024.
Schumer and Gillibrand have a long history of championing the Northern Border Regional Commission and its positive economic impacts on Upstate New York. In 2021, the senator successfully secured $150 million for the NBRC, over triple its funding from previous years, through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act.
Established in 2008, the NBRC is a federal-state partnership focused on the economic revitalization of communities across the Northern Border region, which includes New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The Commission is composed of the governors of the four Northern Border states and a federal co-chair and provides financial and technical assistance to communities in the region to support entrepreneurs, improve water, broadband, and transportation infrastructure, and promote other initiatives to improve the region’s economy. The northern border region of New York State currently includes 30 counties: Cayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Orleans, Oswego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Washington, Warren, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.
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