SCHUMER DELIVERS HUGE $11+ MILLION FOR THE HUDSON VALLEY THROUGH INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO PLANT THOUSANDS OF NEW TREES, TRAINING YOUTH FOR GOOD PAYING JOBS MAKING COMMUNITIES GREENER, AND PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR A BRIGHTER, CLEANER FUTURE FOR FAMILIES & NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE HUDSON VALLEY

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"From Yonkers and Mount Vernon, to Kingston and Port Jervis, it is time for the Hudson Valley to put on your work gloves, dust off your shovels and get ready to dig in because over $11 million is on the way to plant thousands of new trees and give our youth good paying jobs to make our communities cleaner and greener for all. Investing in helping green spaces grow not only improves quality of life, it helps tack systemic inequalities like urban heat islands, create cleaner air and so much more. Growing our green spaces is how you plant the seeds for a brighter future for communities that need it most in the Hudson Valley. I fought hard to plant this funding in the Inflation Reduction Act so that places like White Plains, Yonkers, Kingston, and other communities across the Hudson Valley could have access to the funding they have long needed to breathe new life into our neighborhoods. Now a greener, healthier, and more equitable Hudson Valley can finally take root and blossom."

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