Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On November 12th, 2021, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced that after his continued advocacy and support, Plug Power has officially opened its new, $125 million Innovation Center in Monroe County. Last year Senator Schumer made a personal call to Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh pushing for the company to select Upstate New York for the site of its newest factory instead of a site in another state that was in contention. In December 2020, Schumer announced that Plug Power had heeded his call and selected Monroe County as the site for its new ‘gigafactory,’ a hydrogen fuel cell component R&D and manufacturing plant.