Biden to Designate Upstate NY as National Workforce Hub with Micron Investment

With one of the world's largest semiconductor producers receiving $6.1 billion in federal grants, upstate New York will be designated as a National Workforce Hub. President Joe Biden made the announcement Thursday afternoon during a stop in Syracuse, where Micron Technology will invest $100 billion in the area over the next 20+ years, the single largest manufacturing investment in New York's history. Biden says the investment, which came through Senator Majority Leader Charles Schumer's CHIPS & Science Law, is a big deal...

Joe Biden: will create tens of thousands of jobs

Schumer says the investment will bring 50,000 good-paying jobs to the state...

Charles Schumer: made in upstate New York

Governor Kathy Hochul says Micron is also getting $7.1 billion from New York State as part of its $100 billion investment. She says the future facility "will power a regional transformation and forever shape New York's role in the global economy."

Photo by Governor Kathy Hochul's Office