Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On June 15th, 2026, as Erie County faces two cases of measles this month, the first cases in eight years, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today stood with public health officials, concerned parents, and doctors and demanded that the Trump administration take immediate action to address measles outbreaks across the country. Schumer will explain that under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s leadership, the Trump administration has facilitated the rapid growth of measles cases after it gutted funding for vaccine awareness and public health, destabilized HHS’s infectious disease workforce, and continues to sow doubt about the safety of the measles vaccine. For the second year in a row, there have been more than 2,000 cases of measles nationwide, which is why Schumer demanded that Secretary Kennedy bring back CDC experts fired by ‘DOGE,’ restore measles-related grants, and boost funding for public health programs to keep Western New York kids safe from measles.Â