Press Releases
Apr 14, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins announced that two agencies in Chautauqua County will receive $740,000 in state and federal funds for programs aimed at enhancing and stabilizing Chautauqua County communities. Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corp will receive $490,000 and Chautauqua Opportunities Inc. will be awarded $250,000 through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).
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Apr 14, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins, City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Town of Cheektowaga Supervisor Mary Holtz were joined by Senator William Stachowski, Senator Antoine Thompson, Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak and Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy to announce a $2,635,019 state and federal grant which will be used to enhance and stabilize neighborhoods on the Buffalo/Cheektowaga border.
Apr 13, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that Western New York will receive over $5 million in federal 2009 preparedness funding through the US Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Infrastructure Security Program (TSGP).
Apr 9, 2009
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Mayor Byron W. Brown today joined Congressman Brian Higgins, New York State Assemblyman Mark Schroeder and Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy to announce an infrastructure improvement program for the city’s Hickory Woods neighborhood. The effort, funded by a $500,000 grant through the New York State Community Enhancement Facilities Assistance Program and a $125,000 match from the City of Buffalo, involves the repair and replacement of neighborhood sidewalks and curbs.
Apr 7, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that the Conewango Watershed retention structure is set to benefit from $2.4 million in federal Recovery Act funding through the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Watershed Rehabilitation Program.
Apr 7, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced $3.5 million in new federal funding for the airport authorized through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program (FAA AIP).
Apr 3, 2009
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Today, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) voted in favor of a 2010 federal budget that serves as a long term economic plan that will get our economy working again and put us on a path towards renewed prosperity.
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Apr 3, 2009
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Today Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced an award of 17 classic books on the theme of “Picturing America” to 10 libraries in Erie and Chautauqua Counties, made possible through the National Endowment for the Humanities’(NEH) We the People Bookshelf program.
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Apr 3, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced that New York State will release $17.6 million in federal Recovery Act funds for a Buffalo Sewer Authority, Erie County project that will provide sewer overflow abatement work. The funding will be used to support planning, design and construction of the Hamburg Drain Control Facility, which collects and processes input from twenty sewer regulators within the Hamburg drain system. This project is also an essential component of Buffalo’s Inner Harbor redevelopment.
Apr 1, 2009
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Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) applauded the Making Work Pay Tax Credit, which becomes effective today, Wednesday, April 1, 2009 and will provide over 110 million middle class working families with additional take home pay totaling up to $400 per person and $800 for married taxpayers annually in 2009 and 2010.
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