Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presses Southwest Airlines to add flights to Syracuse Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presses Southwest Airlines to add flights to Syracuse The New York senator wants Southwest in Syracuse while the airline is ‘roaring back’ from the COVID-19 downturn Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after final votes going into the Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 28, 2021. Senate Republicans successfully blocked the creation of a bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(J. Scott Applewhite)