NEW WINDSOR—Stewart International Airport hosted Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul and the state’s Strategic Implementation Assessment Team on Aug. 18 in the first leg of several stops in the Hudson region to highlight success stories in economic development.
Howard Zemsky, co-chair of Empire State Development, introduced the group to economic successes at Stewart. Zemsky said Stewart has great potential “not only for passenger service but great potential in the area of cargo.”
The lieutenant governor supports more passenger flights as she joked Stewart could have worked better for her flight from Buffalo. She had to go through LaGuardia, where her transfer almost made her late. She said economic councils do best when locals say what’s needed for development. “Let us work with you to capitalize on that.”
Stewart holds several qualities for economic development, Hochul said: “Its proximity to a large metropolitan area known as New York City, but also its majestic beauty—the [Catskill] mountains, the hills, the [Hudson] river.”
