Schumer, left, with New Windsor Town Supervisor George Green,
discussing the needed federal funds
NEW WINDSOR – Stewart Airport and several businesses in New Windsor
are in need of sewer and water infrastructure upgrades to keep the momentum
growing for expanded business in Eastern Orange County. On Monday, Senator
Charles Schumer came to the airport to announce that he would push for
federal funds to help make those upgrades happen.
The senator said he would seek $4 million from the federal Economic Development
Administration to modernize the 80-year-old infrastructure.
Schumer said water and sewer upgrades would modernize the airport, open
up new land tracts that were not previously considered usable, support
construction of two hotels, create a new business incubator, create and
retrain local jobs and pave the way for the development of 2,400 additional
acres of land.
Schumer was joined at the airport with a host of local officials in support
of his efforts.
