Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
\n\nOn August 5, 2014, Schumer visited the City of Newburgh Department of Public Works to urge the federal Economic Development Agency (EDA) to provide the City of Newburgh with federal funding to undertake critical infrastructure upgrades at an old industrial site that could soon become the permanent headquarters of Hudson Valley Lighting, a local company that is already one of the area's top employers and is looking to expand. The project would open up two other commercial spaces and potentially create hundreds of jobs. Schumer was joined by local elected and economic development officials, including Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus, City of Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy; Newburgh City Manager Michael Ciaravino; Patricia Pomeroy, Executive Director of the Hudson Valley Regional Council; Laurence Gottlieb, President and CEO of Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation; and Maureen Halahan, President and CEO of Orange County Partnership.