Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Hudson Valley veterans, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer blasted recommendations included in the recently revealed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission for 2022, which proposed the closure of the Castle Point VA Medical Center in Dutchess County. Schumer said that the proposed closures would affect thousands of Hudson Valley veterans. Today, the senator sent a letter directly to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough opposing recommendations for the closure and called on the VA to immediately give local community partners a chance to demonstrate why closing the local VAMC would undermine the VA and Commission’s goals for ensuring veterans can access world-class care. Promising to fight for them, the senator also assured local veterans, their families and dedicated caregivers in the community that these recommendations were not final, and still required numerous reviews that could result in changes and would take years before being adopted and implemented