Schumer: Syracuse schools gain massive $128M boost from Covid relief bill Updated Mar 18, 2021; Posted Mar 17, 2021 Syracuse Superintendent Jaime Alicea admires a 5th-grader's mask during a tour of Dr. Weeks Elementary School before reopening for hybrid learning on Monday, October 5, 2020. The district installed shields at student desks to protect against Covid-19.Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com Facebook Share Washington – Syracuse schools will receive a $128 million infusion of federal aid from the latest Covid-19 relief bill passed by Congress, one of the largest shares of any school district in New York. Only New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, and a school district in New York City’s suburbs will receive a larger cut of the $8 billion in federal school aid heading to the state, according to U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, the Senate majority leader.