Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On March 16th, 2017, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer stood with Victor homeowners and amidst rising local anxiety, launched a push to preserve popular, but increasingly at-risk, tax deductions that Victor homeowners and taxpayers depend upon to keep Ontario County’s cost of living in-check. Whether new Ontario County homeowners, longtime owners, or those looking to buy right now, Schumer said locals are in tax jeopardy as newly-confirmed U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin has suggested threats to mortgage, state and local property tax deductions. Schumer said reductions to—or the removal of these vital tax deductions—would hit the Rochester Finger-Lakes region particularly hard, given local cost of living and higher local property tax burden.Schumer pledged to fight any efforts that would rollback critical deductions used by Rochester Finger-Lakes region homeowners and taxpayers.