ROME, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) -- Gov. Kathy Hochul was at the Rome campus of Mohawk Valley Community College to announce over $50 million in grants, including over $30 million for a shovel-ready site in the city.

The governor announced on Aug. 19 that over $51 million in Focused Attraction of Shovel-Ready Tracts New York (FAST NY) grants will be given to five sites across New York State. The grants are designed to prepare and develop sites to make them more attractive to large employers and high-tech manufacturing.

“Through FAST NY, we're able to promote manufacturing and bring in good-paying jobs to communities throughout New York State,” Governor Hochul said in a statement. “Companies like Micron, Edwards Vacuum, Chobani and fairlife want to come to New York because we have the hardest wor

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