More than $130 million in federal funding for New York’s airports

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEWS10) – U.S. Senators introduced extra than $136,977,897 in federal funds have been allotted by way of the just lately enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for 59 airports throughout New York State. The 2022 Fiscal Year funding can be used for enhancements associated to runways, taxiways, security and sustainability initiatives, in addition to terminal, airport-transit connections, and roadway initiatives.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says upstate airports join companies and residents and permit financial alternatives. The funding will enable airports to get better from the toll of the pandemic and meet the ever-increasing demand for air journey.

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act will assist New York’s airports create financial alternative, facilitate tourism, and supply a protected and environment friendly journey expertise mentioned, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Further federal sources can help to bolster and modernizing New York’s infrastructure.

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A full record of recipients embrace: 

Recipient CityAmountJohn F. Kennedy InternationalNew York55,615,724LaGuardiaNew York28,405,348Buffalo Niagara InternationalBuffalo7,277,246Albany InternationalAlbany5,568,244Syracuse Hancock InternationalSyracuse5,301,945Greater Rochester InternationalRochester5,268,698Westchester CountyWhite Plains4,429,080Long Island MacArthurNew York4,287,127New York Stewart InternationalNew York2,915,986Elmira/Corning RegionalElmira/Corning1,694,929Plattsburgh InternationalPlattsburgh1,513,973Niagara Falls InternationalNiagara Falls1,493,889Ithaca Tompkins RegionalIthaca1,418,953Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link AreaBinghamton1,024,700Ogdensburg InternationalOgdensburg1,017,457Watertown InternationalWatertown1,014,598RepublicFarmingdale763,000East HamptonEast Hampton295,000Floyd Bennett MemorialGlens Falls295,000Columbia CountyHudson295,000Massena International-Richards AreaMassena295,000Penn YanPenn Yan295,000Potsdam Municipal/Damon AreaPotsdam295,000Griffiss InternationalRome295,000Adirondack RegionalSaranac Lake295,000Saratoga CountySaratoga Springs295,000Schenectady CountySchenectady295,000BrookhavenShirley295,000Francis S GabreskiWesthampton Beach295,000Genesee CountyBatavia159,000CanandaiguaCanandaigua159,000Corning-Painted PublishCorning159,000Cortland County-Chase AreaCortland159,000Dansville MunicipalDansville159,000Chautauqua County/DunkirkDunkirk159,000Joseph Y ResnickEllenville159,000Tri-CitiesEndicott159,000Oswego CountyFulton159,000Hamilton MunicipalHamilton159,000Chautauqua County/JamestownJamestown159,000Fulton CountyJohnstown159,000Orange CountyMontgomery159,000Sullivan County InternationalMonticello159,000Lt Warren EatonNorwich159,000Cattaraugus County-OleanOlean159,000Albert S. Nader RegionalOneonta159,000Perry-WarsawPerry159,000Hudson Valley RegionalPoughkeepsie159,000Finger Lakes RegionalSeneca Falls159,000Sidney MunicipalSidney159,000Warwick MunicipalWarwick159,000Wellsville Municipal Airport, Tarantine AreaWellsville159,000Bayport AerodromeBayport110,000Elizabeth FieldFishers Island110,000Hornell MunicipalHornell110,000Lake PlacidLake Placid110,000Malone-DufortMalone110,000PisecoPiseco110,000Ticonderoga MunicipalTiconderoga110,000