Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On October 13th 2017, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer stood at the Shawangunk Kill, the largest tributary of the Wallkill River, to launch a major effort to push the U.S. House of Representatives to quickly pass the “Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 2017.” Schumer said the bi-partisan bill, which recently passed the Senate would help combat toxic algae that has plagued, Sullivan, Ulster and Orange Counties for years including the Wallkill River, a staple in the Hudson Valley and a tributary of the Hudson River.