Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, for the first time, toured the new Micro Bird facility he helped bring to Plattsburgh, protecting hundreds of good-paying local manufacturing jobs. Last year, after Nova Bus announced it would close its North Country facility, Schumer personally called the Volvo CEO, urging the company to sell the manufacturing facility to preserve transportation-manufacturing operations in the North Country.
With the new Micro Bird facility up and running and planning to expand manufacturing to offer new propane and electric buses, Schumer promised to lead the fight to boost the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) funding that Micro Bird relies on for demand like the “Low or No Emission Vehicle Grant Program” in the upcoming transportation authorization bill to support Micro Bird’s growth in the North Country.