Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On August 5th, 2025, as the fallout from Trump and the GOP’s devastating Medicaid cuts in their ‘Big Ugly Betrayal’ begins in Central NY with local hospitals fearing layoffs and over 1.5 million New Yorkers projected to lose healthcare, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced for the first time in NY his new legislation the Protecting Health Care And Lowering Costs Act to repeal the devastating healthcare cuts and permanently extend the ACA premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year, and otherwise will raise families healthcare costs.
Standing at Auburn Community Hospital, Schumer said these rushed, ill-conceived Trump cuts to fund tax breaks for billionaires have already caused hospitals across America to announce closures, layoffs in NY, and are expected to rip away health coverage for more than 30,000 in Central NY and he is leading the charge in the Senate to fix this grave Republicans mistake that we are just beginning to see the consequences of and invest instead to lower people’s healthcare costs.