SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, TONKO DELIVER OVER $7 MILLION FOR ALBANY & THE CAPITAL REGION THROUGH INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF CITY'S VAST URBAN FOREST AND BOLSTER YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES, PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR A BRIGHTER, CLEANER, FUTURE FOR CAPITAL REGION NEIGHBORHOODS

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"Capital Region tree lovers, put on your work gloves, get out your shovels and get ready to dig in because over $7 million is on the way to keep our urban forest healthy and help youth make our communities cleaner and greener for all. Investing in helping green spaces in our neighborhoods grow not only improves quality of life and air quality, it helps increase property values, decrease temperatures and so much more, it is how you plant the seeds for a brighter future. I fought hard to plant this funding in the Inflation Reduction Act so that places like Albany, Glens Falls, and other cities across Upstate New York, could have access to the funding they have long needed to breathe new life into our most underserved neighborhoods. Now a greener, healthier, and more equitable Albany can finally take root and blossom."

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