WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Rep. Brian Higgins, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - "Ignite Your Life" Project Seeks to Provide STEM Training to Over 1,000 Area Youth * * * Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced that Mission:Ignite has been awarded a three-year $1,021,122 federal grant to oversee a program that engages AmeriCorps members in expanding Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) skills among area youth. Mission:Ignite will match the grant with $449,000, p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Federal Funding Will Support Innovation For Local Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in Upstate New York * * * U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $225,000 in federal funding for Launch NY in Buffalo. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI)  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * - Federal Funding Will Support Innovation For Local Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in Upstate New York * * * U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced $225,000 in federal funding for Launch NY in Buffalo. The funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI)   more