Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On April 15, Senator Charles E. Schumer stood at the Cooperstown Bat Company, a Major League Baseball bat supplier, highlighting that they are at risk of becoming one of the many victims of the Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive species that is wreaking havoc on the ash trees used to make their baseball bats. Schumer argued that without significant federal action, the Emerald Ash Borer will continue devastating ash trees across the Southern Tier, driving up the price of raw ash material and cutting into the profits of producers like the Cooperstown Bat Company. Therefore, Schumer called for a major infusion of federal funding responsible for efforts to curb the spread of rampant invasive species like the Emerald Ash Borer.