U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has reintroduced her Upstate Works Act, legislation she wrote and introduced last year that is designed to put New Yorkers back to work and help create the environment for a strong and growing upstate economy.

In making the announcement, Gillibrand’s office noted unemployment statistics for each of New York’s counties, including St. Lawrence County: 4,500 officially unemployed in September, which made for a 9.4 percent unemployment rate. The statistics also show 272 construction jobs lost by county workers from Sept. 2010 to Sept. 2011.

The wide-ranging bill contains loans for adopting clean energy manufacturing technology, encouragement for value-added agriculture, training opportunities, expansion of broadband access, and other provisions.

The legislation calls for establishing a $30 billion Manufacturing Revolving Loan Fund to help small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses expand or establish clean energy manufacturing. It would also invest $1.5 billion over five years for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership that helps manufacturers access clean energy and transition to new, innovative, clean energy manufacturing technologies.