Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On January 19th, Schumer urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get construction of the $122.4 million Canandaigua Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center upgrade project underway as soon as possible, in order to get this important project back on track for the thousands of area veterans who depend upon its services. Schumer explained that, under a new federal policy passed last September, the VA must turn over larger construction projects of over $100 million in scope to the Army Corps of Engineers to manage. However, Schumer said this process should not further hold up this already long-delayed and desperately needed $122.4 million campus upgrade. Therefore, Schumer is pushing the Army Corps to expeditiously approve the project transfer from the VA and break ground on this project. Schumer said that doing so will finally allow thousands of Rochester-Finger Lakes area veterans to access the modern and more efficient world-class medical treatment they deserve as well as create hundreds of good-paying local construction jobs during construction.