Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On April 8, 2019, at Schenectady’s Social Enterprise and Training (SEAT) Center, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer launched a major effort to reverse the administration’s proposed devastating cuts to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) YouthBuild program. YouthBuild is an essential career-training program in the Capital Region and other parts of New York State that helps at-risk youth from ages 16 to 24 develop trade skills and knowledge to gain industry-recognized job credentials, apprenticeships and employment. In addition to the successful Schenectady program, Schumer also pointed to a recent grant to the Troy program, which is run by the Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO) for the Greater Capital Region, and which uses the SEAT Center to train the students. Together, the Schenectady and Troy programs have helped over 1,000 students gain workforce training in the construction trades, emergency medical technology and culinary services. Therefore, Schumer called on the administration to reverse course and eliminate the 6% cut to YouthBuild and launched a major effort to maintain funding for the program in the appropriations process, to ensure Capital Region youth have access to the tools needed to get and retain good-paying jobs.