Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted investments in Western New York included in the New York State budget on Friday.
- The City of Tonawanda will receive $10 million as the WNY winner of the seventh round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative.
- The Village of Gowanda and the Town of Aurora/Hamlet of West Falls will receive $4.5 million each as this year’s Western New York region NY Forward winners.
- The University at Buffalo has been selected to host Empire AI, a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence center.
- Tesla to install its $500 million Dojo Supercomputer at Riverbend Gigafactory in Buffalo.
- $50 million in one-time Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding to support locally driven anti-poverty initiatives, including $12.25 million for Buffalo.
- Organization of One Network for Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships to Create Workforce Development Centers in Four High-Impact Locations Across Upstate.
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will receive $4 million to finance new mobile breast and prostate cancer screening vans and expand screening activities.