Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On November 20, 2020, Senator Schumer stood at Nathan Littauer Hospital flanked by hospital officials to sound the alarm on the $58+ million in stake for Capital Region hospitals if devastating cuts are not immediately reversed. Schumer called on Congress to kill the cuts to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program that is slated to go into effect at the end of this month. Amdist COVID's second wave hitting in NYS, and with Nathan Littauer Hospital set to lose $4.6 million, the cuts would reduce access to doctors and life-saving servies for thousands of Fulton County residents.