A coalition of New York medical schools and other prominent research institutions is asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to commit billions of state dollars in the coming years to create a new biomedical research fund amid ongoing uncertainty around federal science funding.

Supporters say the proposed Empire Biomedical Research Institute would not only sustain existing research and jobs that are endangered by changes in federal funding under the Trump administration, but also fuel New York’s life sciences sector in the long term.

“We can't separate this [proposal] from all of the changes in policy and funding that have come out of Washington,” said Jonathan Teyan, the president and CEO of the Associated Medical Schools of New York. “But our view is  that this is actually really good for economic de

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