SUNY, Schumer seek $50 M for community colleges

07/14/11 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says he's confident New York's community and technology colleges will win a $50 million federal grant to expand job training programs tailored to employers' needs.

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Schumer pushes job training grants for colleges

07/13/11 Funds from a federal grant could help dozens of SUNY colleges, including Herkimer County Community College, to extend or develop programs needed to help unemployed workers to get back into the workforce. On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced he is pushing for the U.S. Department of Labor to approve the $50 million grant which would provide the necessary funds for this consortium of ...

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Legislature costs too much, achieves too little

07/16/11 Those who live by the credo 'you get what you pay for' might be surprised by The Sunday Journal News report, 'The Platinum Legislature,' the first in a series by our Albany Bureau. The articles reveal, in great detail, what the state Legislature costs New Yorkers in dollars and cents. The numbers, startling by almost any measure, seem to have an inverse relationship to what actually gets ...

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