WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that they have secured a whopping $28,800,000 in federal funding for the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (CNYRTA) to construct a new bus maintenance, storage, and administrative facility in Utica, serving all of Oneida County and communities across the greater Mohawk Valley. The grant, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law - championed by the senators - was awarded through the Federal Transit Administration's FY26 Buses & Bus Facilities Program, and brings the total BIL investment in the City of Utica up to more than $53 million.

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