SCHUMER URGES U.S. DEPT. OF HOUSING TO AWARD CRITICAL FUNDING TO BECTON DICKINSON FACILITY RENOVATION PROJECT IN HANCOCK – IF SELECTED, UPGRADED FACILITY COULD BRING NEW CALL CENTER & CREATE UP TO 600 JOBS IN DELAWARE COUNTY

New York, NY – August 28, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, in a letter to Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to select an application by the Delaware County Economic Development for funding under the Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG), which would provide federal funds for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Becton Dickinson facility in Hancock, NY. The two stage expansion project, both eligible for CDBG funding, is part of an effort to incentivize the construction of a call center in the area that could bring up to 600 jobs to Delaware County.