Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On March 22, 2021, standing at Cinemapolis in downtown Ithaca, Senator Schumer announced that ‘help is on the way’ to Ithaca, Tompkins County, and across Southern Tier as he detailed specifics from the American Rescue Plan he just led to passage in the U.S. Senate. Using Cinemapolis as a backdrop, Schumer explained that even more is available for New York’s live independent venues which are eligible for their own, DIRECT, federal pandemic relief, thanks to a provision he championed. Additionally, Schumer detailed the American Rescue Plan’s tentative impact to New York as more than $100 Billion dollars. The deal includes the additional round of direct stimulus checks for tens of thousands of Southern Tier residents, on top of aid to help schools safely reopen, vaccine distribution, critical pension relief, an expanded Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, new rental assistance, agriculture and nutrition assistance, direct local fiscal relief to revive the local economy and help solve the Southern Tier’s budget woes, a dedicated relief fund for the struggling restaurant industry, all of which adds up to essential relief for countless families, workers, restaurants, more independent live venues and small businesses across the state.