Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, says job cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency have hurt the Federal Aviation Administration. He says the Trump administration and Department of Transportation are causing chaos at airports across the country.

The Senate Democratic leader is outraged by the air traffic mess after opposing useful reforms for years.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday was interviewed by CNN’s Jake Tapper and discussed disruptions at Newark airport, the air traffic controller shortage, and the infrastructure at the Federal Aviation Administration.

New York discusses the FAA and whether or not Americans are safe to fly after Newark airport lost radar communication on April 28. The Senator also talks about the impacts of cuts made by DOGE, and his views on Republican members of Congress wanting to make cuts to Medicaid.

NEWARK - The ground stop the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) put into place at Newark Liberty International Airport earlier this morning has been lifted, according to Newark airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration was forced to briefly slow arriving and departing planes at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday because of a new telecommunications issue, the agency said.

United States senator Chuck Schumer spoke on the need for the FAA to fix Newark Liberty International Airport saying the recent outages just "underscores how much help Newark needs."

"It's an all-out assault on upstate New York families, a gut punch to our local governments who will lose billions in funding under this plan."

Having people that know how to get stuff done instead of just talk about policy, I think is going to be the key.” The Transportation Department’s expected announcement would come a day after the FAA said it was “taking immediate steps to improve the reliability of operations at Newark.