Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On January 23, 2023, standing outside the crumbling and hazardous former site of Jamestown’s Crawford Furniture Factory, that just experienced a fire late last year potentially putting public health at risk, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer launched his three-pronged plan to clean up the community eyesore and turn the hazardous building into a site for new opportunity. First, Schumer said he is calling for the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to bolster their presence at the site and launch a full investigation and coordinate with Jamestown to bring all resources to bare to ensure the continued safety of the community. Second, the senator highlighted that he secured $5 billion for the EPA’s critical Brownfields and Superfund programs, and reinstated the Superfund tax to ensure long term funding was available for these cleanups. This funding is exactly what this site needs as Jamestown and EPA move forward towards a possible Superfund cleanup action.