Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On May 28, 2024, Standing at a decrepit former laundromat in Geneseo, after launching his push standing at the contaminated, long-abandoned former gas station brownfield site in Seneca County last year, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced Seneca County and Livingston County will each receive a $1.5 million federal Brownfields Assessment Grant through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse contaminated properties across the Finger Lakes region.Â
Schumer said this major funding will be used to clean up eyesores that have long plagued the area like the abandoned Buisch’s gas station, Seneca Army Depot, shuttered Willard State Asylum campus, and dozens of other hazardous sites across the Finger Lakes, revitalizing these areas for new development and economic opportunities.