Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On January 18, 2019, in the midst of a needless government shutdown that has forced key functions at the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to shut down, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer revealed that the Capital Region is experiencing an alarming shortage of the shingles vaccine, that left unsolved, could result in many people getting Shingles or spreading the chickenpox virus to others this winter.