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Tonko Cheers $2 Million in New Amtrak Investments

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ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) today cheered the announcement of four grant awards totaling $2 million in federal funding to improve and expand Amtrak service in New York’s 20th congressional district and throughout the Northeastern United States. These grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will provide funding for…

Tonko Cheers $2.1 Million+ Award for Schenectady County Airport

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SCHENECTADY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that the Schenectady County Airport will receive a federal award of $2,100,232 from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This significant investment will be used by the airport to rehabilitate its taxiways, reconstruct airfield guidance signs, and secure new taxiway lighting. “Today’s…

Tonko Announces $1.15 Million for Safer Capital Region Streets

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ALBANY, NY—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that the Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC) has been awarded a $1,150,000 grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program to develop a comprehensive safety action plan for the Capital Region.  The SS4A program was established by the Bipartisan…

1 Year After Signing of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Tonko Highlights Major Wins for NY-20

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WASHINGTON, DC—On the one year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered the transformational investments the legislation has delivered to the Capital Region. “One year ago today, I stood alongside my colleagues at the White House as President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law” Congressman Tonko said. “This…

Tonko Cheers $25 Million Biden Investment in New York EV Infrastructure

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko celebrated the announcement today that $25,971,644 in EV charging investments will be available to New York State in the first year of the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program established by the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The program will deliver an estimated $5 billion over 5 years to create a network of…

Tonko Cheers Advance of Limo Safety Legislation in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) cheered the advance of provisions he authored as part of his comprehensive limousine safety legislation included as part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Biden signed into law today. These provisions were championed by Tonko alongside the families who lost loved ones in a tragic limousine crash in…

Tonko Applauds Key Transportation Investments in Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced a number of major infrastructure provisions that he helped successfully push to include in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed out of the House. “For decades, we have put investments in critical infrastructure on the backburner, leaving communities unequipped to deal with crumbling roads and bridges, insufficient…

Tonko Lauds Advance of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill & Build Back Better Agreement

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko voted tonight to advance the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation critical to President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that includes investments to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure including roads, bridges and ports, and make investments to protect drinking water and develop clean energy. Tonko also cheered the…

Tonko Advances Funding for Critical Infrastructure Upgrades in 2022 Budget

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WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered the advance of several major surface transportation infrastructure provisions he pushed to get included in a major budget package advanced this afternoon by a vote of the full House of Representatives. “Each day we fail to act, the risks and costs of major infrastructure failures and shortfalls go up even as the needs of our communities and…

Tonko Secures House Backing for FIVE Capital Region Infrastructure Projects

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WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced that five local projects totaling $19,955,000 that he pushed for to receive federal funding have been advanced out of the House of Representatives by a vote of 221-201 as part of a major infrastructure package, the INVEST in America Act. “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make critical investments in our infrastructure…

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