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{"BD18F02B-5056-A066-60FA-C5C604DC73AB":{"TotalRows":1,"uid":"BD18F02B-5056-A066-60FA-C5C604DC73AB","title":"Sen. Schumer Demands FAA Allocates Federal Funds to LI TRACON First","summary":"Westbury, NY","eventType":"chuck-around-ny","eventTypeLabel":"Chuck Around NY","date":"March 19, 2019","url":"about/chuck-around-new-york/sen-schumer-demands-faa-allocates-federal-funds-to-li-tracon-first","city":"Westbury","county":"Nassau","lat":40.7378277,"lng":-73.58646870000001,"description":"On March 19, 2019, just days after President Trump announced his 2020 proposed budget, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer honed in on $7.8 billion uncommitted dollars the administration would deliver to certain air traffic control operations <a href=\"https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/tracon/\">across the country.</a> Schumer, today, demanded that Long Island’s Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility (TRACON) N90 and its hundreds of good-paying jobs are first in line for the billions requested in new FAA funds. Schumer said that specific dollars that are part of this request must go to Long Island first for a slew of upgrades necessary to cement the Long Island facility for years to come and based the request on Long Island’s Westbury facility overseeing some of the busiest and most complex airspace in the nation.  \r\n“If the president is going to request $7.8 billion in federal dollars from Congress to improve FAA TRACON facilities, we are here today to say: Long Island’s Westbury facility needs to be first in line if the request is to fly,” said U.S. Senator Charles Schumer. “Reason being, improving the nation’s TRACON facilities is important, but ensuring it’s done in a way that is the most efficient is critical. Putting Long Island first in the line for these dollars would better guarantee an efficient use of federal funds, because it is this facility and this site where some of the hardest and most tedious work is done and where federal dollars can be maximized down the TRACON pipeline.”  \r\nSchumer explained that the proposed budget does not specify where these dollars would go, but that Long Island’s TRACON needs an infusion of federal dollars to remain fully operational, modern and protected from any future or possible cuts. Schumer reiterated the work it took to secure and keep this facility on the Island, and said that the FAA must detail where it intends to spend these requested dollars as congressional negotiations on the final budget begin. Schumer detailed about $80 million in upgrades, which include a new two-story building, new ATC equipment, the repurposing of old equipment and other critical advancements that will keep NY TRACON prospering."}}

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