Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
Standing at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls in the wake of the announcement that New York would begin lifting many COVID restrictions on May 19th, due to increasing vaccination rate and falling COVID rates, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer called on the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security to coordinate with Canadian government and public health officials to develop a comprehensive plan, based on data, science and common sense, for reopening the Northern Border.
Since March 2020, American and Canadian stakeholders on both sides of the border have grown frustrated with the endless cycle of month-by/month closure extensions and the lack of transparency on which they’re decided. With the current moratorium on non-essential traffic set to expire on May 21, and vaccination rates rising on both sides of the border, Schumer urged the relevant parties to come to an agreement as soon as possible on how and when to allow for increased cross border travel to avoid the loss of another summer season and $900 Million in cross-border dollars.