Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On August 12th, 2025, standing with seniors and Social Security workers from across Central NY, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his push for new legislation to counter Trump’s cuts to Social Security. As ‘DOGE’ continues damaging cuts to the Social Security Administration (SSA), creating chaos & confusion as thousands of employees are laid off and threatening office closures.
The new bill The Keep Billionaires out of Social Security Act would invest in preventing Social Security field office closures, hiring new staff, protecting beneficiaries’ data, and making long-needed modernizations & upgrades to reduce wait times and improve access for the vital service that nearly 200,000 Central NY seniors & beneficiaries, including over 11,000 in Cortland County, rely on.