Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On September 1, 2021, after the Schumer-negotiated bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in the Senate last month, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer visited Cayuga County to announce that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 includes a record $65 billion in funding to expand access to high-speed internet in underserved rural and urban communities across the nation, including here in Central New York. Schumer also revealed new data from the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board’s (CNY RBDP) broadband internet survey project that will help the region immediately tap into the historic funding made available from the IIJA. The new survey showed up to an estimated 14,000 homes and businesses across approximately 1,775 road miles lack modern internet access in the five counties that make up Central New York.