Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
Standing at the Griffiss UAS Test Site Operations Center, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer launched a major push to include new funding for programs that will benefit the New York unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) Test Site located at Griffiss International Airport in the final, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations (THUD) bill. Schumer explained that there are seven UAS test sites across the country, and that for the first time ever, the Senate created a funding stream of $6 million for the test sites in their version of the FY19 THUD appropriations bill.