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And a very good Monday evening
to you.
I'm Jeff Kulikowsky and I'm
Christie Casciano about to lock
in a generational project as
Central New York continues
making room for micron.
Senator Chuck Schumer says
the federal funding needed for
through on its plant in Clay is
locked in.
We've been waiting for it.
We'll know exactly how much
money micron is getting when the
But most of it will be going
toward building the first two of
four chip fabs.
Micron plans to build in Clay.
The whole project is expected to
be worth.
$100 billion.
There's been some pressure to
finalize the deal after comments
made by president elect Trump
and then House speaker Mike
Johnson right here in Syracuse
just before the election.
That seemed to threaten the
future of the Chips act, which
provides the funding for this
very project.
Let's take a moment to take a
live look over downtown Syracuse