Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On December 14, 2018, standing at the Port of Albany, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer joined Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, LION Fire Training Equipment Marketing Director Ray Perez-Pearson, Albany Fire Chief Joe Gregory, and Albany firefighters to unveil the City’s new state-of-the-art mobile fire simulator trailer. Schumer said that the City of Albany was able to construct the trailer thanks to a $426,444 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that he worked tirelessly to help the City secure. Schumer detailed that the simulator was designed by Albany’s very own LION Fire Training Equipment, formerly BullEx, a local business success story and global leader in high-tech training. Schumer explained that this accomplishment shows exactly why his yearly 62 county tour of New York State, which he concluded today in Washington County, is such an important tradition. Because he visited the Brevator Street Firehouse back in 2017, he was able to learn of Albany’s need for a firefighter training center and help the City secure the grant funding they needed to create one.