Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On June 17, 2019, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer stood at the historic Grant Cottage in Saratoga County to call on the National Parks Service (NPS) to designate the U.S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site a National Historic Landmark as soon as possible. During the final years of his life, President Ulysses S. Grant traveled to Joseph W. Drexel’s cottage in Wilton, New York, where he finished work on the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, one of American literature’s true classics. That same cottage—today known as Grant Cottage—was also where President Grant passed away on July 23, 1885, surrounded by his family. Schumer explained that not only would the designation further protect the historical integrity of Grant Cottage and the surrounding Adirondack Mountains by opening up increased opportunities for federal preservation funding for the site but most importantly, would help draw much-deserved attention to the historical significance of the property for generations to come.