Governor Hochul Attends Micron's Groundbreaking Ceremony

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, from left, Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, US secretary of labor, Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, and Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief executive officer of Micron Technology Inc., during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Micron Technology Inc. semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. New York has provided up to $5.5 billion in tax incentives for Micron to create 9,000 new jobs with the company and over 40,000 jobs in supporting industries tied to the project. Photographer: Heather Ainsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images